NICE has published an updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation.

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There is a risk that inpatients will be lost to follow-up if appointments are not made at the time of discharge, according to the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch.

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This review reveals that HbA1c cutoffs vary in different African descent groups, overestimating glycemic status in African Americans and underestimating it in Afro-Caribbean and African people.

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What role might dietary sodium and potassium intake have in the risk for developing lung cancer?

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This case underscores the need to consider the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 infection in any pregnant woman who develops cardiomyopathy and pulmonary edema.

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Experts and patients testified in front of Congress about the need for action to treat the chronic effects of COVID, with the number of new cases now estimated to be in the millions.

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FDA advisers voted 7-2 for keeping in place an approval for atezolizumab for a kind of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer while urging drugmaker Genentech to continue research on this indication.

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Changes in cognition are among the most common fears for patients as they age. Do you know key clinical aspects related to memory loss and cognitive impairment? Test yourself with this short quiz.

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Compared to those who desire surgeries but have not had them, transgender adult patients who undergo desired surgeries show significant improvements in psychological outcomes.

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Pregnancy increases the risk for first-time symptomatic kidney stone disease, which peaks close to the time of delivery but can persist even a year later.

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