Every-other-day dosing of oral rimegepant is effective for preventive treatment of migraines
1. Rimegepant significantly reduced the mean number of migraine days per month between the last 4 weeks of treatment and ...
Tag: prevention
AAP releases 2017 recommendations for preventive pediatric health care
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a policy statement for the Periodicity Schedule, a document that addresses updated ...
Physical activity associated with lower cancer risk
1. This multinational cohort study showed that leisure time activity was associated with lower cancer risk in 13 adult cancers. ...
Self-guided web-based intervention may help prevent onset of depression
1. Patients at risk for depression showed reduced incidence of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) while using a self-guided web-based therapeutic ...
Aspirin initiated at younger ages and in high-risk patients associated with greatest positive outcomes
1. From a microsimulation decision analysis, aspirin as primary prevention for cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer showed a positive lifetime ...
Statins for primary prevention may reduce morbidity and mortality in elderly
1. A computer simulation shows that the use of statins for primary prevention in those older than 75 years of ...
Certain cancer therapy innovations not associated with decreasing mortality
Image: PD Normal Mammogram 1. New technological developments for five different cancers found not to impact mortality trends favorably 2. ...
Popular Reports
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The Child-Pugh score: Prognosis in chronic liver disease and cirrhosis [Classics Series]
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Ultrasound features associated with shoulder complaints
Automated pupillometry may be helpful in opioid agonist therapy dosing for opioid use disorder
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