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Researchers determine if level 1 trauma centers have improved inpatient mortality for common but high-acuity nonsurgical diagnoses compared with non–level 1 trauma centers.

The author reviews the literature on sphenobasilar synchondrosis strain patterns in impaired health states compared with healthy controls.

Researchers suggest that by educating patients on firearm storage, safe practices, and other factors, physicians can help increase patients’ safety while respecting their firearm rights.

The role of osteopathic medicine in a pandemic is put into the historical context of the 1918 influenza pandemic, with recognition of lost colleagues during that time.

Using a medical record review of 38 patients, researchers evaluated the effect of a California opioid prescribing policy to gain insight into the patient experience of undergoing opioid tapering.

This article provides practical strategies to aid health care professionals in avoiding and mitigating opioid involved drug interactions in order to obtain a favorable balance in the risk benefit ratio associated with opioid use. These strategies include using osteopathic principles for chronic pain management, separating the times of administration of the opioid(s) from the nonopioid(s) involved in the interaction, changing the opioid(s) adversely affected by the interaction, changing the nonopioid(s) causing the interaction, and partnering with pharmacists in clinical practice.

Several years after interstitial brachytherapy, a patient’s prostate specific antigen level was abnormally high. This case illustrates the importance of patient physician communication to avert unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

As esports grows in global popularity, physicians need to stay informed of the unique physical strains the sport places on these athletes. The authors discuss the injury risks and a whole patient approach to treat esports athletes.

A team of researchers performed a comprehensive literature review analyzing the association between different foods and prostate cancer risk.