Mon, Dec 19 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

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1 – WHO issues new selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use – World Health Organization

2 – Guidelines on HIV Self-Testing and Partner Notification: Supplement to Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services – World Health Organization

3 – You’re ‘Prediabetic’? Join the Club – The New York Times (RT @drjohnm)

This interesting commentary questions the labeling of people as “prediabetic” and brings up the issue of “medicalization” of individuals

4 – Hypothermia: prevention and management in adults having surgery – NICE Guideline

5 – Traditional under the tongue temperature-taking helps patients avoid hypothermia during surgery, says NICE – NICE News and Features

6 – Henry Heimlich, creator of life-saving maneuver, dies at 96 – STAT News

7 – The Week in Zika News: U.S. Birth Defect Rate, Early Exposure in Pregnancy, Viral Replication, Texas Spread – Physician’s First Watch

8 – Health impact assessment of the UK soft drinks industry levy: a comparative risk assessment modelling study – The Lancet Public Health

9 – Sugary drinks tax ‘will benefit children most’ – BBC News

10 – Time to take a sick day: working when ill is bad for you – and your company