EE+ POEM Archive
- Mixed-quality studies suggest traditional Chinese exercises improve cognitive function in older adults
- Electroacupuncture is more effective than sham in short-term improvement of pain from postherpetic neuralgia (NNT=5)
- Fewer transfusions, no effect on venous thromboembolism with tranexamic acid for major noncardiac surgery
- Rapid point-of-care testing for viruses and atypical bacteria does not affect antibiotic prescribing rates
- Adults with T2DM lose weight and lower their HbA1C by adding cagrilintide–semaglutide to basal insulin
- AI-based smartphone app performs poorly for skin cancer detection, including melanoma
- Probiotic supplementation during pregnancy is associated with decreased recurrent spontaneous preterm birth
- Over-the-counter nasal sprays and web-based self-care reduce the burden of respiratory tract infections
- Extensive self-management education slightly reduces rate of progression from acute to chronic low back pain (PACBACK)
- Enlicitide, an oral PCSK9 inhibitor, lowers cholesterol but there's no data on clinical outcomes (CORALreef)
- Hepatologist-led palliative care is comparable with care delivered by palliative care specialists for end-stage liver disease
- Prone positioning of hospitalized infants with acute viral bronchiolitis may or may not reduce escalation of respiratory support
- Decreased thromboembolism with oral contraceptives containing body-identical estrogens
- Low-dose atropine ophthalmic drops may slow myopia progression in children (CHAMP-UK)
- Offering HPV self-sampling increases cervical cancer screening uptake
- For patients younger than 75 with multivessel stents and no hemorrhage with DAPT for a year, another year of DAPT reduces nonfatal MI risk (NNT = 143)
- YEARS algorithm safely reduces unnecessary CTPAs in adults with cancer and suspected pulmonary embolism
- No sustained benefit from intermittent theta-burst stimulation at 4 weeks for adults with major depressive disorder
- Two trials, one paper: Oral semaglutide and placebo have comparable effects on cognition in adults with early amyloid-associated Alzheimer disease
- Inhaled treprostinil is moderately effective as add-on therapy for IPF