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How abusive partners drive addiction; and gout guidelines rethink allopurinol dosing


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In addiction, abusive partners can wreak havoc
By Randy Dotinga

Strategies of abusive partners include sabotaging and discrediting their partners’ attempts at recovery.

 

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Updated gout guidelines: Don’t let kidney function dictate allopurinol dosing
Inadequate allopurinol dosing has been the bête noire of rheumatology for years.

Women have fewer cardiovascular events after non–ST-segment elevation ACS
But they also remain undertreated with guideline-directed therapies.

Contacts with health care professionals increased among adults
Americans aged 18-64 years were more likely to see or talk with a provider in 2017-2018 than they were in 2012-2013.

EVALI outbreak ongoing, but new cases decline
Since the week of Sept. 15, 2019, hospitalized cases of EVALI have steadily declined.

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