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EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 5

Long-term reduction in body weight and improvement in comorbidities reported for obese adolescents h

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 4

Any physical activity, even if only over 1-2 sessions per week or at lower levels than recommended, is associated with reduced mortality compared to sedentary lifestyle

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 3

Glasgow Blatchford score with cutoff ≤ 1 may help identify patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding who may be treated as outpatients

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 2

Ocrelizumab may reduce disability progression in adults with primary progressive multiple sclerosis

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 1

Optimal intervention for left main coronary disease remains uncertain

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 52

DynaMed EBM Focus: 2016 Year in Review Part II

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 51

EBM Focus Year in Review: Part I

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 50

Prophylactic low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) may not reduce the risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) following knee arthroscopy or lower leg casting in adults without history of VTE

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 49

Monthly dapivirine vaginal ring may help prevent HIV infection, particularly in women > 21 years old

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 48

In adults hospitalized for lower extremity cellulitis, many will eventually receive a different diagnosis of their symptoms

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 47

Neither amitriptyline nor topiramate appears to be more effective than placebo for reducing headache frequency in children and adolescents with migraine

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 46

Long-term oxygen therapy may not reduce mortality in patients with stable COPD and non-severe resting hypoxemia or exercise-induced hypoxemia

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 45

Cranberry capsules not found to reduce asymptomatic bacteriuria in elderly women residing in nursing homes, but insufficient data to assess effect on preventing UTIs

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 44

Pulmonary embolism diagnosed in 17% of patients hospitalized for first episode of syncope

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 43

Oxygen therapy with SpO2 94%-98% may reduce mortality compared to therapy with SpO2 97%-100% in patients admitted to intensive care unit

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 42

Co-testing with HPV DNA and cervical cytology may decrease risk of cervical cancer and CIN3+ lesions compared to cytology alone at 9 and 14 year follow-ups

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 41

Hormonal contraceptive use may increase risk of depression

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 40

Azithromycin may not improve symptoms or lung function in adults with acute asthma exacerbation requiring systemic corticosteroids

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 39

Herpes zoster subunit vaccine may reduce rate of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in adults ≥ 70 years old

EBM Focus - Volume 11, Issue 38

Active monitoring has similar 10-year mortality outcomes as prostatectomy and radiotherapy in men aged 50-69 years with newly diagnosed localized prostate cancer