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Monty Python fans may benefit from more than just a healthy laugh. These authors rigorously studied the impact on VO2 and energy expenditure of 3 different walking styles: normal gait, “Putey” walk, and teabag walk. Their findings might change how you think about your daily stroll.

Especially after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), infections are a major factor in morbidity and mortality. Neutropenic diets have long been advised to prevent these infections despite the scant evidence. The results of a recent research evaluating this notion show no discernible difference between a nonrestrictive diet and infection rates, feeding outcomes, and the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease.

The authors in this paper wanted to determine if, on the basis of basic clinical criteria, the stiff limb syndrome can be distinguished from the stiff man syndrome and progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity, and whether this distinction has any bearing on the condition’s origin, course of treatment, or prognosis.

The combined analysis showed that therapist-led CBT, lisdexamfetamine, SGAs, and topiramate reduced binge eating and related obsessions and compulsions. Lisdexamfetamine and topiramate reduced weight. SGAs reduced symptoms of depression.

The most difficult aspect of epiretinal membrane (ERM) peeling may be the timing — early removal allows the membrane to reappear, whereas later surgery may impair restored visual acuity. An analysis published in BMC Ophthalmology evaluates clinical outcomes for patients with diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses (MIOLs) and compares how changing levels of ERM affect recovery.

Most people would agree that a doctor’s behavior is unprofessional, arguably unethical, and certainly unacceptable when he or she uses the wrong treatment, whether willfully or through ignorance, or when they use the right treatment incorrectly. What, then, should we think about researchers who use the wrong techniques, use the right techniques wrongly, misinterpret their results, report their results selectively, cite the literature selectively, and draw unjustified conclusions?