Daily Archives: January 12, 2017

Thu, Jan 12 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

12 Jan, 2017 | 00:15h | UTC

 

1 – Cost effectiveness of a government supported policy strategy to decrease sodium intake: global analysis across 183 nations – The BMJ

“Low cost salt reduction policy would save millions of lives worldwide, finds global analysis across 183 nations” (@bmj_latest)

 

2 – EULAR/EFORT recommendations for management of patients older than 50 years with a fragility fracture and prevention of subsequent fractures – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases

Source: ACP Journal Wise ($ service to find articles of interest in all specialties)

 

3 – Breast Cancer Screening in Denmark: A Cohort Study of Tumor Size and Overdiagnosis – Annals of Internal Medicine (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text) See also: Summary for patients (Free)

Breast cancer screening was not associated with a reduction in the incidence of advanced cancer

 

4 – Overdiagnosis of Noninvasive Tumors Followed Organized Breast Cancer Screening – Physician’s First Watch

 

5 – The Case for Annual Mammograms Is More Complicated Than Ever – TIME Health

 

6 – Third of breast cancer patients treated unnecessarily, study says – CNN

 

7 – Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults: An Official ACCP/ATS Clinical Practice Guideline – Chest

(Source: Critical Care Reviews)

 

8 – Executive Summary: Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults: Executive Summary of an Official ACCP / ATS Clinical Practice Guideline – Chest

(Source: Critical Care Reviews)

 

9 – Deceptive curcumin offers cautionary tale for chemists: Spice extract dupes assays and leads some drug hunters astray – Nature News

“Curcumin has been outed as having no specific therapeutic benefits in the most comprehensive critical review yet” (@NatureNews)

 

10 – Weekend warrior exercise: is it good for you? – The Conversation

 

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