Thu, Jan 19 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

1 – Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report

See also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough: Cough in the athlete / Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults / Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough

2 – Review: Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Evaluation and medical management in primary care – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

3 – Guidelines on red cell transfusion in sickle cell disease. Part I: principles and laboratory aspects – British Committee for Standards in Haematology

4 – Guidelines on red cell transfusion in sickle cell disease. Part II: indications for transfusion – British Committee for Standards in Haematology

5 – Is this really the final word on whether calorie-restricted diets make you live longer? – The Conversation

6 – Caloric restriction improves health and survival of rhesus monkeys – Nature Communications

7 – Reevaluation of Diagnosis in Adults With Physician-Diagnosed Asthma – JAMA (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

8 – Asthma ruled out in 33% of diagnosed adults – Internal Medicine News

9 – Antipsychotics May Boost Respiratory Failure Risk in COPD: Risk was dose-dependent; no safe dose found – MedPage Today (free registration required)

10 – Association Between Antipsychotic Agents and Risk of Acute Respiratory Failure in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)