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https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.011318 energy drinks prolong the QT just ever so slightly in healthy 22yr olds so if you are thinking of telling grandma to slam 32ounces of energy drink and she is on QT prolonging medication then you probably shouldnt https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1808082 zolendranae is not a magic drug that cures osteopenia they just have magic trial makers the rigged the trial to show benefit https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2734709 in a study that looked at 7 days of step for 70 plus year old women it seemed that over 2000 seem to have a cardiac benefit and the benefit significantly leveled off around 4000 steps https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2734798 if going to the dentist and you have a fake heart or fake heart valve or previous endocarditis then you need antibiotics else you dont https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2717474 give a ppi with anticoag to prevent GI bleed hospitaliazation by about 33% --