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Patients with heart failure who had a median systolic blood pressure (BP) of 100 mm Hg overnight had a higher incidence of cardiac events than those with a median of 117 mm Hg or 136 mm Hg.

Filipino American men had the highest cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate, at 248.3 per 100,000 people, compared with all other groups studied, an analysis of CDC data showed.

A 21-year-old patient is evaluated for cervical lymphadenopathy that has progressed over the past 2 months. They have no other medical problems and take no medications. Following a physical exam, lab...

The guideline from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) addresses use of lung ultrasound and antibiotics in outpatients and inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia.

Telephone/videoconference cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based chronic pain treatment with a health coach led to a clinically significant reduction in chronic pain severity compared to usual...

Biennial screening with fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) starting at ages 40 to 49 years was associated with greater reductions in colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality and incidence than starting at...

One study found that patients were more likely to complete fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) with video versus pictorial instructions, while another offered a model for increasing follow-up of...

A 52-year-old man is hospitalized for 1 day of melena. Upper endoscopy revealed multiple duodenal ulcers, but the examination was limited by clots obscuring the mucosa. Following a physical exam and...

More than 5% of study participants randomized to cannabidiol (CBD) twice daily for 28 days had an alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase level of at least three times normal, sugges...

Microscopic colitis rates were not elevated in patients taking NSAIDs, proton-pump inhibitors, statins, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, or angiotensin-receptor blockers.

Concomitant and bismuth quadruple therapies had the highest eradication rates for initial treatment, while bismuth quadruple therapy was most successful as a salvage regimen, a retrospective cohort...

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“Decision-Making for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions” is designed to support internal medicine physicians in delivering care that aligns with what matters most to their patients.

A 65-year-old woman is evaluated in the emergency department after hypotension was noted during blood pressure screening at a community health fair. Medical history is significant for cirrhosis...

Patients on long-term opioid therapy were more likely to also get a benzodiazepine prescription if they were on more than 150 mg of morphine equivalents daily, if they started buprenorphine, or if...

Primary care patients who were treated under an electronic health record-integrated clinical decision support system were more likely to receive orders for naloxone or medications for opioid use...

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