FDA Goes Out on a Limb Again:Lecanemab Approved for Early Alzheimer’s Disease
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Benefits and harms of drug treatment for type 2 diabetes:systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomisedcontrolled trials
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Differentiating Facial Weakness Caused by Bell’s Palsy vs. Acute Stroke – JEMS: EMS, Emergency Medical Services – Training, Paramedic, EMT News
A) The innervation to the muscles of the upper face originates on both sides of the brain, whereas the innervation to the muscles of the lower face comes from the…
Summary of Revisions: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023 | Diabetes Care | American Diabetes Association
https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/46/Supplement_1/S5/148048/Summary-of-Revisions-Standards-of-Care-in-Diabetes
Megace in LTC – Does not help weight loss.
Megace does not improve weight gain in LTC. Body-composition changes in patients who gain weight while receiving megestrol acetate – PubMed (nih.gov)
New ICD-10-CM Codes for Neurocognitive Disorders Effective October 1 | Psychiatric News
https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2022.10.10.34
Selective prescribing of statins and the risk of mortality, hospitalizations, and falls in aged care services – PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29574073/ AbstractBackground: Compared to randomized controlled trials, nonexperimental studies often report larger survival benefits but higher rates of adverse events for statin use vs nonuse. Objective: We compared characteristics of…
#48: Hyponatremia Deconstructed – The Curbsiders
https://thecurbsiders.com/medical-education/48-hyponatremia-deconstructed
UA Review from AAFP
Urine spec gravity > 1.010 can indicate dehydration. Increased USG is associated with dehydration, SIADH, glycosuria. Decreased USG is associated with diuretic use, impaired renal function, diabetes insipidus, adrenal insufficiency,…