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The Medscape Medical Minute — 40 episodes

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1

Skin-to-Skin Contact Provides Analgesia to Neonates

2

Esomeprazole Prevents Aspirin-Induced Ulcers

3

Long-Course Antibiotics Work Better Than Short-Course for Strep Throat

4

Homocysteine-Lowering B Vitamins Do Not Lower Mortality or Cardiovascular Events

5

How to Make Screening Mammography Less Uncomfortable

6

Epilepsy Makes Drowning a Lot More Likely

7

Passive Dissemination of Printed Educational Materials in Medicine Has No or Negligible Effect on Patient Outcomes

8

Seven Pharmacotherapies Do Promote Smoking Abstinence at 6 and 12 Months

9

Fecal Occult Blood Screening Does Reduce Death From Colon Cancer

10

Conservative Treatment and Surgery for Sciatica From Lumbar Disk Herniation Are Both Unsatisfactory for Many

11

Postoperative Ketamine Can Reduce Morphine Consumption and Nausea

12

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes and Supplements Outperform a Statin

13

Antioxidant Supplements Found Not to Improve Human Survival

14

Sucking Out a Coronary Thrombus Before Stenting Seems Worthwhile

15

Hypothermia for Children After Severe Brain Injury Does Not Work

16

Prednisolone and Naproxen Both Work for Pain Relief in Acute Gout

17

Is There a Relationship Between Waist Circumference and Mortality?

18

Does Breast-Feeding Improve Child Cognitive Development?

19

Psychological Stress During Pregnancy May Kill the Fetus

20

You Should Treat Patients Over the Age of 80 Who Have Hypertension

21

How to Reduce Laparoscopy-induced Shoulder Pain

22

Metformin Trumps Insulin in the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes

23

Eat as You Wish After Major Upper GI Surgery

24

Reducing Elevated Blood Pressure in Both Young and Old Adults Reduces Major Cardiovascular Events

25

Pharmacists Should Participate in Care of Patients With Heart Failure

26

Sterile Water Is Better Than Acupuncture in Relieving the Pain of Labor

27

Should We Use Saline or Tap Water for Cleansing Wounds?

28

Evidence That Amitriptyline May Be Effective in Treating Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome

29

Daily Tadalafil Prevents Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetic Men

30

Nicotine Replacement Therapy Does Help Smokers to Quit

31

Retirement May Be Hazardous to Your Health

32

Regional Anesthesia, Compression, and Aspirin Is the Safest Form of Prophylaxis for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

33

MRI Is the New Gold Standard for Excluding Cervical Spine Injury in Patients With Blunt Trauma

34

Physical Exercise for Chronic Neck Pain

35

Aspirin Helps Prevent Recurring Colorectal Adenomas -- Folic Acid Does Not

36

Rapid Injections Trump Slow for Minimizing Injection Pain

37

How to Improve Patient Compliance in Dyslipidemia Diagnosis and Treatment

38

Does Calcium Supplementation, with or without Vitamin D, Reduce Bone Loss and Fractures in Older Adults?

39

Fat Reduction by Topical Waist Applications May Actually Work

40

What Is the Best Way to Treat and Rehabilitate a Ruptured Achilles Tendon?