Daily Archives: January 16, 2017

Mon, Jan 16 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

16 Jan, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use – World Health Organization

 

2 – WHO Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience – World Health Organization

 

3 – EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases

Source: Medscape – EULAR Guidelines Updated for Early Arthritis (free registration required)

 

4 – Management of Descending Thoracic Aorta Diseases: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)

 

5 – Brain Activity May Explain How Stress Leads to CVD: Study is first to suggest mechanism driving the link – MedPage Today (free registration required) Link abstract ($ for full-text)

 

6 – Editorial: Integrated care of patients with atrial fibrillation: the 2016 ESC atrial fibrillation guidelines – Heart

 

7 – Sugar, explained – Vox

 

8 – BTS/SIGN British guideline on the management of asthma – British Thoracic Society (News release) Free full-text (PDF) Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

 

9 – Gates Foundation research can’t be published in top journals: Publications such as Nature and Science have policies that clash with the global health charity’s open-access mandate – Nature News (RT @cpgYALE and @RichardLehman1)

Another victory for open science

 

10 – Though complex, new peanut allergy guidelines are based on science – ScienceNews

 

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