Daily Archives: December 7, 2016
Wed, Dec 7 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
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1 – Association of Long-term, Low-Intensity Smoking With Mortality – JAMA Internal Medicine
2 – Smoking even one cigarette a day on average can kill you – NBC News
3 – 27% of Medical Students Are Depressed – TIME
4 – Prevalence of Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among Medical Students – JAMA (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
5 – Efficacy of Oral Risperidone, Haloperidol, or Placebo for Symptoms of Delirium Among Patients in Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
Antipsychotics worsen delirium symptoms and may hasten death in palliative care (RT @IrfanDhalla)
6 – Reducing preterm birth by a state-wide multifaceted program: an implementation study
Preterm birth was reduced by 7.6% after a comprehensive and multifaceted prevention program
7 – Resuscitation update for general practitioners – Australian Family Physician