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No Payoff to Physical Therapy After Healed Ankle Fracture
After successful healing of an ankle fracture, a program of supervised physical therapy does not appear to improve outcomes.
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Manipulating the Microbiome to Enhance Metabolic Functions
The recognition that incretin secretion is impaired in type 2 diabetes stimulates consideration of a similar trial in diabetic patients.
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Confirming the Value of Total Knee Replacement
Total knee replacement provides better outcomes for pain, symptoms, activities of daily living, and quality of life than medical therapy alone.
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Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day?
Omission of breakfast was associated with less secretion of insulin and glucagon-like peptide and higher levels of free fatty acids, glucose, and glucagon.
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Leaving the Annual Physical Behind
To date, the annual physical has shown minimal, if any, benefit and potential for harm.
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Results in your hand: Scientists develop hand-held chlamydia test
Researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University are testing a low-cost diagnostic tool that detects chlamydia within 30 minutes. The tool, tentatively called mobiLab, is made of a disposable cartridge for a genital swab sample and a heating unit that incubates the DNA to facilitate a reaction.
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Young men who have sex with men have highest HIV infection risk — Just 1 in 5 is tested
Young men who have sex with men have the highest risk for HIV infection, but only one in five has ever been tested for HIV, according to new research.
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Commercial sexual exploitation of children: What can healthcare providers do?
Commercial sexual exploitation of children is a serious public health concern that results in immediate and long-term negative health consequences for affected youth. According to the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act, sex trafficking of a minor does not require the use of fraud, force, or coercion to be deemed illegal.
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Update your treatment of menopausal symptoms
Most menopausal women experience vasomotor symptoms with bothersome symptoms often lasting longer than one decade.
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Options for premenstrual dysphoric disorder
The patient in front of you says she has dealt with depression, marked anxiety, sudden mood shifts, persistent irritability, and bloating. While the symptoms disappear with the onset of her menstrual cycle, when they are present, they are severe enough to interfere with her relationships and work activities. What is your diagnosis?