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Vitamin D 3 seemed to decrease mortality in elderly people living independently or in institutional care. Vitamin D 2, alfacalcidol and calcitriol had no statistically significant beneficial effects on mortality. Vitamin D 3 combined with calcium increased nephrolithiasis. Both alfacalcidol and calcitriol increased hypercalcaemia. Because of risks …

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We will equip people across the world with the evidence they need to protect themselves against both existing and emerging threats. Infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites are among the worldʼs leading causes of death, disproportionately affecting the socially and economically disadvantaged.

Overall lack of evidence raises questions about the benefits. People with chronic back pain may turn to spinal cord stimulation to ease their pain, but a University of Sydney led Cochrane Review found no sustained benefits to the surgery that outweigh the costs and risks.. Spinal cord stimulation, a medical technology suggested to treat people with chronic back pain, does not provide long-term ...

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Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition that usually occurs in a limb following trauma or surgery. It is characterised by persisting pain that is disproportionate in magnitude or duration to the typical course of pain after similar injury.

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