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More bleeds and clots in afib patients who took NSAIDs

Patients with atrial fibrillation who were prescribed NSAIDs had more serious bleeding and thromboembolic events than those not on NSAIDs, a new Danish study found.

Communication scores vary significantly within practices, especially low-performing ones

Patients' scoring of physician communication varied much more by physician than by practice, raising concerns about assessment of performance on a practice level, according to a new study.

MKSAP Quiz: mass in the right neck

A 38-year-old man is evaluated for a mass in his right neck that he first noticed 2 weeks ago while shaving. The patient also reports experiencing a pressure sensation when swallowing solid foods for the past year and daily diarrhea for the past 2 months. His personal medical history is unremarkable. His younger brother has nephrolithiasis, and his father died of a hypertensive crisis and cardiac arrest at age 62 years while undergoing anesthesia induction to repair a hip fracture. Following a physical exam, lab studies, and a chest radiograph, what is the most likely diagnosis?

Smartphone app does not appear to help with weight loss, study finds

A free smartphone app for weight loss did not appear to be effective in primary care, according to a new study.

Beta-blockers in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction may lower all-cause mortality

Use of beta-blockers in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) was associated with lower all-cause mortality but not with consistent reductions in the combined outcome of mortality and heart failure hospitalization, an observational cohort study found.

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