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This population-based study examines whether the use of dipeptidylpeptidase-4 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 analogues is associated with an increased risk of incident bile duct and gallbladder disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
This secondary analysis of China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial data compares the effects of folic acid and enalapril vs enalapril alone on progression of CKD.
(MedPage Today) -- Letting patients participate in treatment decisions can sometimes go too far
A guest column by the American College of Physicians, exclusive to KevinMD.com.
The recent uproar over the American College of Physicians’ recommendation against routine pelvic examinations made me think about the status of the annual visit (a.k.a. yearly physical, annual exam) on average risk, asymptomatic adults that most internal medicine specialists perform. Some would say that it is at the core of what we do, given its focus on prevention and relationship building between patient and physician. Nonetheless, I think that our day of reckoning is not far off.
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Before losing my health insurance in 2009, it never occurred to me to be concerned about a little thing like a blood test. Since 1986 I’d been having three vials of blood drawn each year during my physical. My doctor would authorize it, the nurse would draw the blood in the office and send it to the lab for processing.
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(MedPage Today) -- There's good news and bad news for two groups that the CDC keeps tabs on regarding obesity.
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