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What Do You Know About Wound Care?
This article will summarize the salient features of wound care, including demographics of a changing population, fundamental phases of wound healing, advances in therapeutic modalities, and steps family physicians can take to become recognized as certified wound care physicians.
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Topical Cannabis for Wound Pain: A Case Series
For three people with continued pain despite conventional treatment for pyoderma gangrenosum, topical cannabis led to statistically significant pain relief for two of them.
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Low Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Frequent Headache
Low vitamin D levels are associated with a range of neurovascular diseases, but little data are available on the association between vitamin D levels and headaches. This retrospective, cross-sectional study showed that low serum vitamin D levels were associated with a higher risk of frequent headaches in middle-aged/elderly Finnish men.
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Black seed (Nigella sativa) for Asthma: Minimal Effects
SYNOPSIS: Black seed, crushed, in capsule form, administered to 76 people with asthma in a single-blind, randomized study, showed some minimal improvements in some, but not all, components of spirometry and one serum cytokine after 12 weeks.
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Use of Essential Oils as an Alternative Treatment for Depression
The antidepressant effects of essential oils are promising, but more studies in humans beyond preliminary stages are needed.
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Tai Chi and Fall Risk
Tai chi practice in the older and at-risk population reduces the risk of falls (with the most robust results in the short-term) and may reduce the risk of injury from falls; no effect is seen when measuring time to the first fall.
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Rapid Test for Emerging C. auris Under Development
If the test is validated in this larger trial, it will enable hospitals to rapidly identify C. auris in patients or the hospital environment.
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CDC: Clinicians Should Be Vigilant in Watching for Post-hurricane Infections
The period of increased risk could run through March 2018 if the current pace of restoration efforts continues.
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APIC to CDC: Need for Legionella Guidance
In light of numerous Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in the last few years, the CDC has asked clinicians in the field what should be emphasized in revised guidance to reduce the growth and transmission of Legionella spp. in healthcare water systems.
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Heater-cooler Infections Linked to Tap Water
Heater-cooler devices used in cardiac surgery continue to be implicated in patient infections, and the take-home lesson from one recently reported outbreak is use only sterile water in the units.