BACKGROUND:
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D to prevent COPDexacerbations have yielded conflicting results.Individual participant data meta-analysis could identify factors that explain this variation.
METHODS:
PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of ...
An update for clinicians on the importance of smoking cessation for the prevention of cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
An update for clinicians on the use of statins to prevent cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
An update for clinicians on the role of blood pressure for prevention of cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
An update for clinicians on the role of low-dose aspirin for prevention of cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
Porphyromonas gingivalis, the keystone pathogen in chronic periodontitis, was identified in the brain of Alzheimer’s disease patients. Toxic proteases from the bacterium called gingipains were also identified in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients, and levels correlated with tau and...
Videos from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute on the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Early-stage prostate cancer can be treated in different ways. The three main ways are active surveillance, surgery, and radiotherapy. Active surveillance means having your prostate checked every few months to make sure the cancer is not spreading. Surgery would take out the prostate, and...
New evidence can help clinicians, caretakers, and others weigh the benefits and harms of antipsychotic treatment for children and adolescents.
BACKGROUND::
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections have been proposed as a new conservative option for knee degeneration to provide symptomatic relief and delay surgical intervention. Although the current literature provides some evidence on the benefits of this technique compared with...
