Fri, Dec 16 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

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1 – Update to the adult preventive health care schedule based on USPSTF recommendations – American Family Physician (9 page PDF)

2 – Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for cholelithiasis 2016 – Journal of Gastroenterology

3 – ‘Kangaroo care’ makes premature babies healthier and wealthier, study claims – The Guardian

4 – A year in review: The most popular medical research of 2016 – Medical News Today

5 – Why are doctors burned out? Our health care system is a complicated web – STAT News

6 – Firearm Deaths in the US and Globally, 1990-2015 – JAMA (infographic)

7 – FDA Issues Warning on Use of Sedation Drugs in Young Children, Pregnant Women – Physician’s First Watch

8 – FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA review results in new warnings about using general anesthetics and sedation drugs in young children and pregnant women

9 – Two studies highlight risk of fetal Zika damage – CIDRAP

10 – Video Summary: Acute Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy – New England Journal of Medicine