Daily Archives: January 26, 2017
Thu, Jan 26 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
26 Jan, 2017 | 00:15h | UTC
This new guidance aims to encourage people to manage some common infections at home
3 – Higher medication doses in heart failure? – Canadian Family Physician (RT @medmyths and @RichardLehman1)
“Starting patients on low doses and focusing on tolerability is essential”
4 – If You Look at X-Rays or Moles for a Living, AI Is Coming for Your Job – Wired (RT @EricTopol)
Link to original article abstract (Nature) – $ required for full-text
Artificial intelligence algorithm performed as well as 21 board-certified dermatologists
5 – Pelvic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Source: EvidenceAlerts (Free resource to find new evidence and articles of interest)
8 – Guideline for the investigation and management of eosinophilia – British Journal of Haematology
10 – Organisms created with synthetic DNA pave way for new entirely new life forms – The Guardian
“Scary: Genetics researchers achieve the central goal of synthetic biology: creation of new life forms & functions” (RT @AllenFrancesMD)