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Lack of Evidence to Support Increased Salt For Orthostatic Intolerance Syndromes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Guidelines recommend increased salt intake as first-line in the management of orthostatic hypotension and syncope. There have been no systematic…
Social Media: A Pandemic of Misinformation
In the shadows of a novel viral pandemic that ravages our country and the entire world, a pandemic of different…
Risk factors and risk prediction models for colorectal cancer metastasis and recurrence: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies
There is a clear need for systematic appraisal of models/factors predicting colorectal cancer (CRC) metastasis and recurrence because clinical decisions…
Rate, Causes, and Predictors of 30-day Readmission Following Hospitalization for Acute Pericarditis
Acute pericarditis is a frequent cause of hospitalization in the United States. Although recurrence of this condition is common, few…
Treatment of Left Ventricular Thrombus with Direct Oral Anticoagulants: A Retrospective Observational Study
There is limited data on the efficacy of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for the treatment of left ventricular thrombus. Currently,…
Critical new allergy pathway
Researchers have identified the sequence of molecular events by which tiny, tick-like creatures called house dust mites trigger asthma and…
Common food additive causes adverse health effects in mice
A common food additive, recently banned in France but allowed in the US and many other countries, was found to…
COVID-19 costs primary care billions
On average, a full-time primary care physician in the U.S. will lose more than $65,000 in revenue in 2020. Overall,…
Microbiome of anticancer compound-producing marine invertebrate
Could the cure for melanoma – the most dangerous type of skin cancer — be a compound derived from a…