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Nonopioid Approaches to Pain: The Hunt Is On As the US opioid epidemic continues to grow, the need to find safe, effective, nonaddictive, nonopioid strategies for managing pain is increasingly urgent, say experts.
Medscape Medical News, October 12, 2018
Anticoagulants Linked to Reduced Dementia Risk in AF A new study suggests that dementia risk is increased and accelerated in seniors with atrial fibrillation, but treatment of AF with oral anticoagulants may reduce that risk.
Medscape Medical News, October 12, 2018

Five Major Changes in Canadian Guideline for Primary Care of Heart Disease
Reuters Health Information, October 11, 2018
Cancer Prevention: Don't Smoke, Drink, and Keep Healthy Weight
Medscape Medical News, October 11, 2018
FDA Staff Raises Safety Issues Over Trevena Opioid Injection
Reuters Health Information, October 10, 2018
Smoking Effect on Hernia Repair Outcomes 'Clinically Negligible'
Reuters Health Information, October 10, 2018

Substance Abuse and Addiction Perspective

Are You an Alcoholic? Roughly 1 in 8 Americans who drink have alcohol use disorder. Are you one of them?
Medscape Internal Medicine, October 12, 2018
Deteriorating Cognition 5 Weeks After a Heroin Overdose: A Case A 32-year-old woman with a history of opioid abuse presents with increasing confusion after a recent overdose. Can you diagnose her?
Medscape Neurology, October 10, 2018

Asthma-COPD Overlap: Managing This Critical Disease
CHEST and Medscape, October 8, 2018
Chronic Pain? Substitute Marijuana for Opioids
Medscape Internal Medicine, October 2, 2018
Has Opioid Access Become Too Restrictive?
Medscape Public Health, September 28, 2018
The Only Treatment for Idiopathic Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Medscape Ob/Gyn, September 28, 2018

Journals

Uric Acid Control in Advanced CKD
Southern Medical Journal, October 12, 2018
Type of Underwear and Markers of Testicular Function in Men
Human Reproduction, October 12, 2018
Antiretroviral Therapy and Brain Aging Changes in HIV
AIDS, October 11, 2018
Lack of Communication About Medical Marijuana With Patients
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, October 11, 2018
The All Age Asthma Cohort (ALLIANCE)
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, October 9, 2018

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