Annals of internal medicine
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Hospital-based violence intervention programs typically focus on patients whose firearm injury occurred through interpersonal violence (assault). Knowledge of violence perpetration by victims of unintentional (accidental) firearm injury is limited. ⋯ City of Seattle and the University of Washington Royalty Research Fund.
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Review Meta Analysis
Calcium Intake and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Conflicting evidence exists regarding potential cardiovascular risks associated with high levels of calcium intake. ⋯ National Osteoporosis Foundation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Overall Burden and Transitions Between States of Major Mobility Disability in Older Persons: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial.
The total time a patient is disabled likely has a greater influence on his or her quality of life than the initial occurrence of disability alone. ⋯ National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health.
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Calcium is the dominant mineral present in bone and a shortfall nutrient in the American diet. Supplements have been recommended for persons who do not consume adequate calcium from their diet as a standard strategy for the prevention of osteoporosis and related fractures. Whether calcium with or without vitamin D supplementation is beneficial or detrimental to vascular health is not known. ⋯ The National Osteoporosis Foundation and American Society for Preventive Cardiology adopt the position that there is moderate-quality evidence (B level) that calcium with or without vitamin D intake from food or supplements has no relationship (beneficial or harmful) to the risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, mortality, or all-cause mortality in generally healthy adults at this time. In light of the evidence available to date, calcium intake from food and supplements that does not exceed the tolerable upper level of intake (defined by the National Academy of Medicine as 2000 to 2500 mg/d) should be considered safe from a cardiovascular standpoint.