Daily Archives: March 10, 2017
Fri, Mar 10 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
10 Mar, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – The Emerging Crisis: Noncommunicable Diseases – Council on Foreign Relations (free) (RT @ghn_news)
Great resource on NCDs.
Research summary: Low gluten diets may be associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes – American Heart Association Meeting Report Presentation (free)
3 – People on treatment with suppressed HIV levels can’t transmit virus: HIV/AIDS group – Reuters Health News (free) (RT @CMichaelGibson)
See also: AIDS United News Release (free) AND Statement (free PDF)
4 – A Public-Health Crisis That We Can Fix – The New York Times (free access to 10 articles per month)
“U.S. vehicle deaths have surged an alarming 14% in the last 2 years, likely due to cell phone use” (RT @ghn_news)
5 – Surgery or Drugs? Doctors’ Pay May Influence Choice – The New York Times (free access to 10 articles per month)
Original article abstract ($ required for full-text): Provider-Induced Demand in the Treatment of Carotid Artery StenosisVariation in Treatment Decisions Between Private Sector Fee-for-Service vs Salary-Based Military Physicians – JAMA Surgery
6 – Yellow Fever – Once Again on the Radar Screen in the Americas – New England Journal of Medicine (free) (RT @Onisillos)
Original article abstract ($ required for full-text): Long-Term Outcomes of Imatinib Treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia – New England Journal of Medicine
8 – ‘Imatinib Changed Everything’: Legacy confirmed by long-term data from pivotal trial – MedPage Today (free registration required)
9 – Cognitive Impairment – Part 1: Symptoms to Diagnosis & Part 2: Diagnosis to Management – Toward Optimized Practice Clinical Practice Guidelines (free PDF)