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An extensive systematic review of research exploring the relationship between diet and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis as well as disease activity concludes that some dietary patterns and supplements may be protective enough to be recommended as part of the holistic management of rheumatoid disease
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This randomized clinical trial involving more than 18,000 nondepressed adults at baseline and followed for five years concludes that supplementation with vitamin D3 (vs. placebo) is not associated with a decrease in symptoms of depression.
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How would one interpret the ECG in the figure, obtained in the ED from a middle-aged man with new chest pain?
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The FDA has approved a new, but controversial, treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
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By shortening the duration of antibiotic therapy, a procalcitonin-guided protocol decreased the rate of infection-associated adverse effects, decreased costs, and reduced mortality in patients with sepsis.
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Children with asthma showed improved small airway mechanics following indoor filtration of particulates (2.5 µm and greater) using high-efficiency particulate air filtration devices.
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The WHO Solidarity Trial Consortium found remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, and interferon regimens produced “little or no effect” on relevant outcomes.
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After years of improvement in this area, investigators recently observed troubling decline in rate control.
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Optimizing positive end-expiratory pressure to minimize driving pressure may be a better strategy for ventilator adjustment than maximizing partial pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen (P/F) ratios to improve outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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In this prospective uncontrolled cohort study of COVID-19 survivors performed four months after their hospitalization, many patients reported at least one symptom not previously present, and abnormalities on lung computed tomography scan were common.
