Daily Archives: February 24, 2017

Fri, Feb 24 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

24 Feb, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Diabetic Retinopathy: A Position Statement by the American Diabetes Association

Source: Medscape – First ADA Guidance on Diabetic Retinopathy in 15 Years (free registration required)

 

2 – When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes: Years after research contradicts common practices, patients continue to demand them and doctors continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatment – ProPublica (RT @HenrikVogt and @MaryanneDemasi)

This very interesting commentary went “viral” in the medical community.

“The essence of medical professionalism is not to say “yes” but to say “no”” (RT @HenrikVogt)

 

3 – Caesarean sections and for-profit status of hospitals: systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ Open

Cesarean sections (CS) are more likely to be performed by for-profit hospitals as compared with non-profit hospitals. The researchers recommend examination of incentive structures of for-profit hospitals including reimbursement policies to decrease unnecessary CS and promote strategies that encourage best clinical judgement and outcome

 

4 – Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality–a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies – International Journal of Epidemiology

 

5 – Eating more fruits and vegetables may prevent millions of premature deaths – Imperial College London

 

6 – Bad Hospital Design Is Making Us Sicker – The New York Times (RT @KentBottles)

 

7 – Cancer Prevention Overview – PDQ Cancer Information Summaries: National Cancer Institute (US)

 

8 – Antiplatelet Agents and the Prevention of Spontaneous Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Obstetrics & Gynecology

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

Antiplatelet agents prevent spontaneous preterm birth in pregnant women at risk for preeclampsia 

 

9 – Implanted Cardiac Devices Pass an MRI Test – Physician’s First Watch

See also: MRI May Be Safe with Many Non-MRI-Conditional Heart Devices – MedPage Today

Original Article Abstract ($ required for full text): Assessing the Risks Associated with MRI in Patients with a Pacemaker or Defibrillator – New England Journal of Medicine

Nonthoracic MRI was safe if used with strict protocol

 

10 – Liraglutide Associated with Less Progression in Prediabetes – Physician’s First Watch

Original Article Abstract ($ required for full text): 3 years of liraglutide versus placebo for type 2 diabetes risk reduction and weight management in individuals with prediabetes: a randomised, double-blind trial – The Lancet

Interesting, but they could have tested Liraglutide against Metformin, the drug usually used for this purpose

 

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