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Coadministration of antidepressants, certain opioids linked to adverse events in nursing home patients
Older nursing home patients who received both CYP2D6-metabolized opioids and CYP2D6-inhibiting antidepressants were at higher risk for worsening pain, pain-related hospitalization, pain-related ED visits, and opioid use disorder in a recent study.
Ovarian cancer risk differs based on endometriosis subtype
Patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis and/or ovarian endometriomas had a nearly 10-fold increased risk of type I ovarian cancer compared to women without endometriosis, an analysis of data from Utah found.
MKSAP Quiz: Follow-up visit for osteoporosis
A 74-year-old woman is evaluated during a follow-up visit for osteoporosis. She sustained fractures in thoracic vertebra 11 and lumbar vertebra 1 without a fall 2 years earlier. What is the most appropriate management?
Latest COVID-19 research focuses on PASC, prophylaxis, pregnancy
Postacute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) rates dropped with recent variants, one study showed, while an industry trial of postexposure prophylaxis found no effect, and a third study found no risk of congenital anomalies associated with infection or vaccination in the first trimester of pregnancy.
New ACP paper calls for evidence-based approach to cannabis regulation
ACP provides recommendations on incorporating a public health approach to controlling cannabis.
Reminder: ACP's Governance Committee seeks Regent, Treasurer candidates
All candidates for Regent and Treasurer must declare their intent by Aug. 1. Regent and Treasurer nominees must be either an FACP or MACP.
And the winner is …
I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.