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JournalISSN: 0025-7125

Medical Clinics of North America 

Elsevier BV
About: Medical Clinics of North America is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Medicine & Diabetes mellitus. It has an ISSN identifier of 0025-7125. Over the lifetime, 7518 publications have been published receiving 156633 citations.


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TL;DR: A review of the mechanisms involved in the maintenance of normal glucose homeostasis in the basal or postabsorptive state (10−12 h overnight fast) and following ingestion of a typical mixed meal can be found in this article.

1,276 citations

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TL;DR: Ooarthritis is viewed as an attempt to contain a mechanical problem in the joint and as failed repair of damage caused by excessive mechanical stress on the joint, and it is unlikely that a drug that inhibits a specific enzyme or cytokine in the pathways of cartilage breakdown, or further stimulates the already increased synthesis ofcartilage matrix molecules will solve the problem of OA.

667 citations

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TL;DR: Landmarks leading up to the understanding of human sleep, electroencephalographic definitions, and general characteristics of normal human sleep are presented and the mechanisms governing sleep and wakefulness are reviewed.

661 citations

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TL;DR: A review of the evidence in the 1990 Report of the Surgeon General led to major conclusions that establish smoking cessation as a clear priority for health care providers as mentioned in this paper. But, the evidence has now accumulated on the health benefits of smoking cessation.

621 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202392
2022163
202165
202072
201968
201880