Daily Archives: January 27, 2017

Fri, Jan 27 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

27 Jan, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Approaches to Limit Intervention During Labor and Birth – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

 

2 – ACOG Encourages Low-Intervention Approach for Low-Risk Women in Labor – Physician’s First Watch

 

3 – ACOG: Hands-Off Approach for Low-Risk Pregnancies: College calls for limited labor interventions; promotes one-on-one support – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 

4 – What Precisely Is Precision Oncology – and Will It Work? – The ASCO Post (@RasoiniR)

 

5 – Study finds reduced antibiotic use could cut Clostridium difficile infections – CIDRAP (@GlobalBioD)

 

6 – Driving and dementia: Efficient approach to driving safety concerns in family practice – Canadian Family Physician

 

7 – Atrial Fibrillation, Type 2 Diabetes, and Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants: A Review – JAMA Cardiology (RT @DrYasserAlwali)

Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants likely the best option for anticoagulation in diabetic patients with atrial fibrillation

 

8 – Psychological distress in relation to site specific cancer mortality: pooling of unpublished data from 16 prospective cohort studies – The BMJ

Depression and anxiety are associated with increased mortality in cancer patients

 

9 – Red meat: Good or bad for health? – Medical News Today

 

10 – At-home sleep apnea testing puts squeeze on for-profit laboratories – STAT News

 

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