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• Ann. Intern. Med. · May 2020

  Brief Cognitive Tests for Distinguishing Clinical Alzheimer-Type Dementia From Mild Cognitive Impairment or Normal Cognition in Older Adults With Suspected Cognitive Impairment.

  The accuracy and harms of brief cognitive tests for identifying clinical Alzheimer-type dementia (CATD) are uncertain. ⋯ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (PROSPERO: CRD42018117897).

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• Ann. Intern. Med. · May 2020

  Accuracy of Biomarker Testing for Neuropathologically Defined Alzheimer Disease in Older Adults With Dementia.

  Biomarker accuracy for Alzheimer disease (AD) is uncertain. ⋯ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (PROSPERO: CRD42018117897).

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• Ann. Intern. Med. · May 2020

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  Supplementation with vitamin D plus calcium reduces fracture risk; vitamin D alone does not.

  Yao P, Bennett D, Mafham M, et al. Vitamin D and calcium for the prevention of fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2:e1917789. 31860103.

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• Ann. Intern. Med. · May 2020

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  In adults with AF who regularly drink alcohol, a 6-month abstinence intervention reduced AF recurrence and burden.

  Voskoboinik A, Kalman JM, De Silva A, et al. Alcohol abstinence in drinkers with atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:20-8. 31893513.

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• Ann. Intern. Med. · May 2020

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  In acute HF, intensive and sustained vasodilation did not reduce a composite of death or HF readmission at 180 days.

  Kozhuharov N, Goudev A, Flores D, et al. Effect of a strategy of comprehensive vasodilation vs usual care on mortality and heart failure rehospitalization among patients with acute heart failure: the GALACTIC randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2019;322:2292-302. 31846016.

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