Treatment

Single-Dose Psilocybin Effective in Major Depression

A randomized clinical trial found that a single 25 mg dose of psilocybin produced rapid antidepressant effects in patients with…

7 days ago

Primary Care Approaches to Anxiety: CBT and SSRIs/SNRIs Lead Effective Treatment

Anxiety disorders are common yet often underrecognized in primary care, but a review shows that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), selective serotonin…

4 weeks ago

Triple Low-Dose BP-Lowering Pill Reduces Recurrent Stroke After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

In patients with prior intracerebral hemorrhage, adding a single pill combining three low-dose antihypertensive agents to standard care significantly reduced…

1 month ago

Corticosteroids Reduce Short-Term Deaths in Severe Pneumonia and ARDS

Adjunct low-dose, short-course corticosteroids probably reduce short-term mortality in adults with severe pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), according…

6 months ago

Periodontitis Treatment Effective for Atherosclerosis

A UK randomized, single-blind, controlled trial of 135 otherwise healthy participants with periodontitis showed that intensive periodontal treatment (IPT) improved…

10 months ago

Two Strategies to Improve Stroke Outcome

Two recent trials from China evaluated strategies to improve outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated within 4.5 hours…

10 months ago

Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin/Spironolactone Combination in Heart Failure

A recent randomized crossover trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of combining dapagliflozin with spironolactone versus using dapagliflozin alone in…

10 months ago

Early Intensive BP-Lowering Beneficial in Intracerebral Hemorrhage

An individual patient-data pooled analysis of the four Intensive Blood Pressure (BP) Reduction in Acute Cerebral Haemorrhage Trials (INTERACT) supports…

11 months ago

Bedtime Antihypertensive Comparable to Morning Use

A Canadian study of adults with high blood pressure (BP) found no difference in health outcomes between taking BP medications…

1 year ago

Efficacy of Non-Surgical and Non-Interventional Treatments in Low Back Pain

A systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized trials showed that there is moderate certainty evidence that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs…

1 year ago

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