The Journal of family practice
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The goal of this activity is to update primary care practitioners (PCPs) on risk factors and trends in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development, as well as guideline recommendations and best practices for collaborating with specialists in HCC surveillance.
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Offer pregnant women behavioral counseling to promote healthy weight gain. Screen for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in adults ages 35 to 70 years who are overweight or obese.
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Early subthreshold aerobic exercise safely improved recovery time over a stretching regimen among adolescents in this clinical trial.
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YES. Long-term sodium bicarbonate therapy slightly slows the loss of renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and may moderately reduce progression to end-stage renal disease (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, meta-analyses of lower-quality randomized controlled trails [RCTs]). Therapy duration of 1 year or less may not be beneficial (SOR: C, secondary analyses in meta-analyses).
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It seemed clear that the growth was linked to a recent trip to a tropical location. But the true cause wasn't the one that was originally suspected.