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J Int Soc Sports Nutr
December 2025
The Center for Applied Health Sciences, Canfield, OH, USA.
Creatine monohydrate supplementation (CrM) is a safe and effective intervention for improving certain aspects of sport, exercise performance, and health across the lifespan. Despite its evidence-based pedigree, several questions and misconceptions about CrM remain. To initially address some of these concerns, our group published a narrative review in 2021 discussing the scientific evidence as to whether CrM leads to water retention and fat accumulation, is a steroid, causes hair loss, dehydration or muscle cramping, adversely affects renal and liver function, and if CrM is safe and/or effective for children, adolescents, biological females, and older adults.
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December 2024
Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Purpose: Noradrenergics and antimuscarinics have been proposed as future pharmacotherapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, the available randomized controlled trials (RCTs) showed heterogeneous results regarding the safety and efficacy of the combined regimen in OSA. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis from the published RCTs to clarify this conflicting evidence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Early radical cystectomy (eRC) can be performed for high or very high risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Whether immediate eRC is beneficial is still unclear. The objective of this study was to compare outcomes between immediate eRC, delayed eRC and radical cystectomy (RC) at diagnosis of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurophysiol Clin
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, The Cranial Nerve Disease Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 1665 Kongjiang Road, Shanghai 200092, China. Electronic address:
Objective: The aims of this study were to investigate the electrophysiological features of hemifacial spasm (HFS) and post-facial paralysis synkinesis (PFPS) that contribute to differential diagnosis.
Methods: This study was designed as a retrospective analysis, focusing on 132 patients diagnosed with HFS and 78 patients with PFPS between May and October 2023. Patient data were collected from existing medical records.
Health Soc Care Deliv Res
December 2024
Centre for Advancement in Realist Evaluation and Synthesis, Vancouver, Canada.
Background: First-contact physiotherapists assess and diagnose patients with musculoskeletal disorders, determining the best course of management without prior general practitioner consultation.
Objectives: The primary aim was to determine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of first-contact physiotherapists compared with general practitioner-led models of care.
Design: Mixed-method realist evaluation of effectiveness and costs, comprising three main phases: A United Kingdom-wide survey of first contact physiotherapists.
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