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In patients with a previous CVA, do antioxidants protect against subsequent stroke?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2002)
Most recent randomized controlled clinical trials have not found a benefit in antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E, and/or beta-carotene) for preventing cardiovascular disease, including stroke. These recent clinical studies have not confirmed earlier...
What is the role of combination therapy (insulin plus oral medication) in type 2 diabetes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
on systematic review of randomized controlled trials [RCTs] with some heterogeneity). Combination therapy using insulin and pioglitazone (Actos) reduces glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) more than either insulin alone or adding pioglitazone to a sulfonylurea...
What is the best medical therapy for new-onset type 2 diabetes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
Sulfonylureas, metformin, thiazolidinediones, and non-sulfonylurea secretagogues differ little in their ability to decrease glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels when used as initial monotherapy for diabetes mellitus type 2 (strength...
Which patients with metabolic syndrome benefit from metformin?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2016)
[SOR]: C, post-hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial [RCT]). Intensive lifestyle modification reduces absolute risk in all patients proportionate to risk quartile (from 5% reduction for the lowest quartile to 28% for the highest). Over a 10-year...
What are the best therapies for acute migraine in pregnancy?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
therapy) were effective for pain relief (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, poor-quality cohort and case-control studies). Practice guidelines and most review articles recommend acetaminophen as the first-line therapy (SOR: C, expert opinion). Treatment...
Do steroid injections help with osteoarthritis of the knee?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2004)
Intra-articular steroid injections appear to provide 2 to 6 weeks of pain relief for patients with knee osteoarthritis (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A). Higher-dose steroids with or without joint lavage can provide pain relief up to 24 weeks...
Does acyclovir help herpes simplex virus cold sores if treatment is delayed?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2004)
When herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 lesions are in the papule or vesicle stage, there is no benefit to starting oral acyclovir (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, based on expert opinion). However, topical acyclovir 5% cream applied 5 times a...
What is the best initial treatment of Parkinson's disease?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2003)
No studies clearly demonstrate the best initial treatment for Parkinson's disease. Levodopa improves motor function in Parkinson's disease; however, long-term use is associated with irreversible dyskinesias and motor ...
Mizzou weekly, volume 24, number 02 (September 5, 2002)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2002)
What's best when a patient doesn't respond to the maximum dose of an antidepressant?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
(strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, expert opinion)....
Narrative ephemera : documents in storytelling worlds
(2020)
and personal influences, 2) the search and the narrative experience, and 3) expectation and confirmation events surround a user's experiences with documents in storytelling worlds. These influences and experiences determine the user's relationship...
Muse, number 36-38 (2002-2004)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
Unveiling the influence of family of origin environment and relationship education programming on single adults' relational attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Guided by the Development of Early Adult Romantic Relationships (DEARR) model (Bryant & Conger, 2002), the current study examined how single adults' relational attitudes are shaped by both family of origin environment and relationship education...
Exploring individual, family, and community factors predicting business success in Hispanic and Latino experiences
(Cambio Center, 2012)
This research examines what selected individual, family, and community factors best predict Hispanic/Latino male and female entrepreneurs? engagement in entrepreneurial activities and business success. In this study, individual factors...
Mizzou weekly, volume 24, number 01 (August 29, 2002)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2002)
The effects of practice and working-practice homework on the math achievement of elementary school students showing varying levels of math performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
the effects of math calculation homework on the math performance of elementary school students demonstrating varying levels of achievement in math. The study also explored the effects of practice homework and a different type of homework, working-practice...
Nutrients, chlorophyll and bacterial fecal indicators in coves and open water areas of Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Urban development and use of septic tanks in porous soils of Lake of the Ozarks poses a threat to public health via leaching into drinking wells and coves used for swimming. During 2 summers, phosphorus (TP), nitrogen (TN), chlorophyll (Chl), fecal...
Professional practice models in long-term care
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
presence, and absence, of principles of the Everyday Excellence for Professional Nursing Practice in Long-Term Care Framework. Secondary data from a larger NINR-funded study were analyzed. That larger study was designed to test an intervention focused...
Are liver function tests required for patients taking isoniazid for latent TB?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2004)
and benefits of routinely monitoring liver function tests for all patients taking isoniazid for latent TB infection. Data from 2 case series suggest that routine liver function test monitoring leads to withdrawal of isoniazid prophylaxis from about 6...
Arsenic-72, 77 as a matched pair radiopharmaceutical for imaging and radiotherapy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. ... The production and separation of no carrier added (nca) 72,77As will be discussed in Chapter 2. No carrier added 77As separation was improved based on the reported method by decreasing the operation time and increasing capacity based on reported method.[1...