Clinical Question—In menopausal women who experience regular hot flashes, does treatment
with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake …

Background: Much of primary care involves helping patients manage symptoms. Nighttime
sweating is a symptom linked to menopause, malignancies, autoimmune diseases, and …

Background: Since before Hippocrates, case reports have provided a rich resource for
teaching and research in medicine. Case reports are published by many prominent journals—…

Studies of diagnostic tests for MA were eligible for inclusion if they investigated the testing of
un-timed urine samples (ie first morning, morning and random urine sampling), where the …

The law of diminishing returns, first described by economists to explain why, beyond a
certain point, additional inputs produce smaller and smaller outputs, offers insight into many …

Clinical Question—In adults with acute plantar fasciitis whose symptoms have not been
relieved with the conventional regimen of NSAIDS, stretching and lifestyle modification, do the …

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis
of CHF in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with undifferentiated …

Clinical Question—In pediatric populations, is nasal saline irrigation as effective as intranasal
corticosteroids at relieving allergic rhinitis symptoms? Answer—No. Intranasal steroids are …

Clinical Question—In adults with chronic pain, do yoga and other meditative movement
therapies to improvement in chronic pain symptoms? Answer—Yes. However, in each of the …

Sleep apnea is a medical condition that, untreated, can exacerbate and possibly cause a
multitude of medical conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease, stroke and many others. …