Methadone-maintained patients in primary care have higher rates of chronic disease and multimorbidity, and use health services more intensively than matched controls.

Background: Methadone maintenance treatment in primary care is cost-effective and improves outcomes for opiate-dependent patients. A more developed understanding of the evolving needs of this important cohort will facilitate further improvements in their integrated care within the community.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the burden of chronic disease, multi-morbidity and intensity of health-service use between methadone-maintained patients (MMPs) and matched controls in primary care.

Comprehensive vestibular and balance testing in the dizzy pediatric population.

Objective: To describe the spectrum of balance disease in a large population of children presenting to a tertiary care vestibular and balance laboratory.

Study Design: Case series with chart review.

Setting: Tertiary care pediatric hospital.

A novel approach for patients at risk for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: elective transfer of a single zona-free blastocyst on day 5.

In this preliminary prospective randomized study of 420 patients undergoing ovarian stimulation for IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), 17 patients (4%) developed moderate to severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). Re-evaluation for OHSS on day 4 and 6 after oocyte retrieval identified one patient with continuous risk for severe OHSS, resulting in cancellation of the transfer (1/17, 5.8%).