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Insomnia is a common complaint among adults and it is well recognized that mental performance can be impaired by poor sleep. Both difficulty falling asleep and trouble staying asleep have been associated with poor cognitive function in cross-sectional elderly cohorts.
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Our Newest Pharmacologic Class for Treatment of Diabetes: SGLT2 Inhibitors
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This cross-sectional studys purpose was to validate the Male Osteoporosis Risk Estimation Score (MORES) in a primary care setting; it had been previously validated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III.
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Fluoroquinolones are commonly prescribed bactericidal agents with a wide spectrum of activity. In addition to the coverage against conventional gram-negative organisms, newer agents in this class have an expanded spectrum of activity against a variety of gram-positive and atypical organisms.
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Dolutegravir, a once daily hiv-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI), has been approved by the FDA.
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The relationship between neurologic complications of infective endocarditis (IE), urgent valve surgery, and outcomes is poorly understood. Thus, these investigators performed a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database of IE cases from 1984-2009 in seven Spanish hospitals.
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Atrial septal defects (ASD) can lead to exercise intolerance, pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure, and reduced life expectancy if they are not repaired. Surgical closure for ASD transformed the care of these patients and resulted in similar life expectancy to subjects without ASD. In recent years, transcatheter ASD closure has largely replaced surgery, but long-term data comparing the two techniques are limited.
