Physical exercise associated with reduced risk of chronic pain in University students
1. Higher frequency, intensity, and duration of physical exercise linked to lower risk of chronic pain in Norwegian University students
Evidence Rating: 3 (Average)
Chronic pain...
Healthy lifestyle for prevention of premature death among users and nonusers of common preventive...
1. Healthy lifestyle practices prevent premature death comparably between users and non-users of preventive medications
Evidence Rating: 2 (Good)
In the USA, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and...
Steroids and opioids often inappropriately prescribed in the emergency department for pediatric pneumonia and...
1. In a study of children with pneumonia or sinusitis, opioids and corticosteroids were inappropriately prescribed more frequently in the emergency department (ED) for...
Apgar scores provide prognostic information for survival of preterm infants
1. Apgar scores at five and ten minutes after birth provided prognostic information for preterm infants regarding neonatal survival.
2. Lower Apgar scores for older...
Three-day amoxicillin course effective for chest-indrawing pneumonia in Malawi children
1. Three-day amoxicillin treatment for chest-indrawing pneumonia was not significantly different from five-day amoxicillin treatment in HIV-uninfected children from Malawi.
2. Relapse for pneumonia was...
Temporal estimates of case-fatality rate for COVID-19 outbreaks in Canada and the United States
1. Covid-19 case fatality estimated to be 1.6% in Canada and 1.8% in the USA
Evidence Rating: 2 (Good)
Covid-19 has disproportionately affected different areas of...
SARS-CoV-2 may be more transmissible than SARS-CoV and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus
1. SARS-CoV-2 is more transmissible in households compared to SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV.
2. Individuals aged over 60 years were the most susceptible to household transmission...
Prognostic value of functional capacity in different exercise protocols for heart disease
1. Prognosis of heart disease patients is associated not only with their exercise capacity, but also the type of exercise protocol used
Evidence Rating: 2...
Intraoperative dexamethasone not effective at reducing major complications or mortality in infants undergoing cardiac...
1. The use of intraoperative dexamethasone in infants undergoing elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass did not significantly reduce major complications or mortality compared...
Implementation of recreational cannabis laws correlated with an increase in traffic fatalities in Colorado,...
1. Compared to a simulated synthetic model of Colorado, in which recreational cannabis laws (RCLs) had not been implemented, the state of Colorado experienced...
