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This article defines medical errors and medical responsibility from a Brazilian perspective.

This article calls attention to the risks of medical liability and the unethical use of defensive medicine.

The authors propose some procedures and attitudes to avoid medical errors like the use of technology at the bedside and computer-based protocols.

The authors state that a good and ethical medical practice can avoid medical liability.

Homeopathy employs the principle of therapeutic similitude as a method of treatment.

Primary action of drugs is followed by secondary and opposite reaction of the organism.

This secondary and opposite reaction of the organism is namely the rebound effect of drugs.

Homeopathy employs the rebound effect of drugs in a therapeutic way.

Dry syndrome can increase the risk of spontaneous abortion and preterm delivery.

Dry syndrome can increase the risk of low birth weight and birth defects.

Clinics should provide comprehensive prenatal counseling and testing for the patients.

Human milk is an essential source of immunonutrients for the nursing infant.

Maternal vaccination provides specific IgA and IgG antibodies in breast milk.

Milk from vaccinated mothers contains anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that may protect the infant.

The efficacy of P-CAB-based triple therapy is superior to that of PPI-based triple therapy as a first-line approach to H. pylori eradication, particularly in Japanese patients.

P-CABs were not superior to PPIs as a salvage triple eradication therapy.

The safety and tolerability of P-CAB are comparable to PPI in H. pylori triple eradication therapies.

Further large RCTs conducted in multiple regions and countries are necessary.

Screening and early detection programs are a cornerstone of cervical cancer prevention.

Human papillomavirus DNA-based testing reduced the incidence of CC below per capita GDP.

Cost-effectiveness of HPV testing versus cytology in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Indwelling pleural catheter represents a suitable option for patients with malignant pleural effusion and short life expectancy. It relieves respiratory symptoms without compromising the quality of life, and the complication rate is low, even in an emerging country, with a low socioeconomic and under-educated patient population. The rate of spontaneous pleurodesis was 45%. The analysis of the visual analog scale showed significant control of dyspnea (p = 0.001), but pain and quality of life did not change significantly.

Dextrose injections promote deposition of collagen into injured structures through growth factors and inflammatory cells.

Dextrose-prolotherapy is a useful treatment method, but it is not superior or inferior to its counterparts.

Incidence of Hemodynamic Depression was 54.4% in 237 carotid surgeries.

Asymptomatic carotid stenosis and endovascular surgery were predictors of HD.

Hypotension requiring continuous vasopressor infusion was associated with MACE.

Group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) have a positive influence on women's sexuality.

Group CBT was shown to be an effective tool for treating Hypoactive Sexual desire disorder in women.

Group CBT can be a short-term focal intervention carried out by gynecologists specialized in sexual health.

Group CBT can be used in a high-complexity care setting.

Anterior cruciate ligament injury is disabling in several sports.

nterior cruciate ligament injury causes knee instability and functional deficit.

Usually, surgical treatments produce best functional outcomes.

Analysis of changes in hepatectomies during the last 2 decades.

The surgical treatment of liver tumors needs a multidisciplinary approach.

Adolescents’ knowledge of HPV.

Adolescents’ knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases.

Female adolescents’ knowledge of HPV and sexually transmitted diseases.

Male adolescents’ knowledge of HPV and sexually transmitted diseases.

TRAS is the most common vascular complication after kidney transplantation.

Delayed graft function increases more than 3 times the chance of developing TRAS.

Diabetes mellitus and DGF are independent risk factors for post-anastomotic TRAS.

OUES analysis is useful for assessing functional capacity in refractory angina.

O2 pulse curve is correlated with contractile alterations in exercise echocardiogram.

Cardiopulmonary exercise test is useful toll in patients with refractory angina.

FRAX without BD moderately to strongly correlates to FRAX with BD and tends to superestime 10-year fracture risk prediction.

FRAX without BD is reliable and sensitive as a screening tool even in multimorbid patients.

Ischemic stroke in COVID-19 is multifactorial but predominantly embolic.

Ischemic stroke in COVID-19 predominantly affects males and the anterior circulation.

Frequency of ischemic stroke has not increased since the outbreak of the pandemic.