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CDC Tries Less Rigid Approach to Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Agency underscores voluntary nature of its recommendations, highlights new science and collaboration that went into the revisions.

Advocates Underscore Importance of Colonoscopies

Follow-up media reports about possibly incomplete research on this subject may have created confusion.

Dextromethorphan/Bupropion (Auvelity)

Auvelity can be prescribed to treat major depressive disorder in adults.

Antibiotic Resistance: We Were Doing Great and then COVID Happened

After improvement, antimicrobial resistance in the United States significantly increased.

Clinical Significance of Mitral Annular Calcification

Researchers found mitral annular calcification to be uncommon, and few experienced associated moderate to severe mitral stenosis or regurgitation. However, the latter group recorded a high mortality rate over three years follow-up, which was significantly lower in those who underwent valve interventions, even when corrected for younger age, fewer comorbidities.

Family Members of Critically Ill Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Have a High Burden of Symptoms of PTSD

This multicenter cohort study found a high incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among family members of COVID-19 patients at three months after the index intensive care unit admission.

Hot Trials from the European Society of Cardiology Annual Congress

Some highlights from two key studies presented in Barcelona, Spain, between Aug. 26 and Aug. 29, 2022, along with Dr. Crawford’s personal commentary on both.

Where Are the P Waves?

The ECG in the figure was obtained from a previously healthy young woman with “palpitations.” How would one interpret this two-lead rhythm strip? Is there a conduction disorder?

Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine (Booster Dose)

The FDA has amended the emergency use authorizations of two leading COVID-19 vaccines. Now, these new bivalent formulations can be used as a single booster dose (after primary or booster vaccination).

Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence Among Adult U.S. Women Has Increased

The updated prevalence of urinary incontinence using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data is 60% in community-dwelling women, which is an increase from prior estimates.