Daily Archives: January 31, 2017

Tue, Jan 31 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

31 Jan, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Editorial: Important Questions About Lung Cancer Screening Programs When Incidental Findings Exceed Lung Cancer Nodules by 40 to 1 – JAMA Internal Medicine (RT @EricTopol)

 

2 – Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening in the Veterans Health Administration – JAMA Internal Medicine

 

3 – Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in asymptomatic adults – Journal of Vascular Surgery (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

Source: EvidenceAlerts (free resource to find articles of interest in all specialties – registration required)

This systematic review concluded that population-based screening for AAA with ultrasound in asymptomatic men aged 65 years or older reduced AAA-related mortality (42% reduction / Number needed to screen = 212) and rupture (38% reduction / number needed to screen = 200)

 

4 – Onset of diabetes or rapidly deteriorating condition could be first sign of hidden pancreatic cancer – News-Medical.net

A study with nearly 1 million patients found that 50 per cent of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes the previous year

 

5 – Neglected tropical diseases are finally getting the attention they deserve – STAT News (RT @gatesfoundation)

 

6 – Will war on neglected diseases hit target? Some fear progress on NTDs will stall if priorities shift in new era – Financial Times

 

7 – Point of View: Six myths promoted by the new surviving sepsis guidelines – PulmCrit

 

8 – Meeting Coverage: Zika: What Do We Know a Year Later? – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 

9 – Fall risk and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in the elderly: A delicate balance – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

 

10 – Postexposure management of infectious diseases – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

 

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