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While both improve gastrointestinal symptoms

FODMAP Diet Beats General Dietary Advice for IBS

Although both low FODMAP diet and GDA in patients with IBS-D led to improvement
Patients presenting to emergency radiology frequently have intravenous substance use disorder complications

RSNA: IV-SUD Complications Prevalent in Emergency Radiology

Mortality significantly higher for patients with positive imaging diagnosis of IV-SUD complications
There is no significant difference between standard and high-pulse coverage with picosecond laser treatment for wrinkles and acne scarring

No Difference for Standard, High-Pulse Picosecond Laser Treatment

Improvement does not differ for standard, high-pulse picosecond laser therapy for acne scarring, wrinkles
The combination of environmental enrichment and magnesium-L-threonate is more effective than either treatment alone for improving cognition and spatial memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Magnesium Boosts Environmental Enrichment in Alzheimer’s

Combination of EE, magnesium-L-threonate more effective than either treatment alone in mouse model
Women at both extremes of the weight spectrum have low mean serum allopregnanolone

Mean Serum Allopregnanolone Low Across Weight Extremes

Also tied to increased depression and anxiety severity, independent of body mass index
From 2012 to 2015 there was a relative increase in the number of nursing home specialists

Doctors Increasingly Becoming ‘Nursing Home Specialists’

Number of generalist physicians billing for nursing home care up 15.6 percent from 2012 to 2015
From 2001 to 2014 there was a transition in the site of cataract surgery from hospital outpatient departments to ambulatory surgical centers

Recent Increase in Cataract Sx at Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Shift in the site of cataract surgery from hospital outpatient departments to ASCs from 2001 to 2014
Products marketed as selective androgen receptor modulators and sold via the internet frequently contain unapproved drugs and substances

Unapproved Drugs Identified in Androgen Receptor Modulators

Most of the 44 products sold via the internet contained unapproved drugs and substances
Older adults report feeling confident that they know how to avoid drug interactions despite only 35 percent having spoken to someone about it in the past year

Many Seniors Have Not Discussed Avoiding Drug Interactions

69 percent of patients see multiple doctors, 21 percent use multiple pharmacies, complicating issue
Computed tomography-guided pulsed radiofrequency is beneficial for patients with acute or subacute neuroradicular pain from lumbar disc herniation

RSNA: Pulsed Radiofrequency Alleviates Low Back Pain

Reductions in VAS, ODI, Roland Morris score for patients with acute, subacute neuroradicular pain