Thu, Nov 10 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

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1 – BTS/SIGN British guideline on the management of asthma – British Thoracic Society

2 – Intensity of Statin Therapy and Mortality – JAMA Cardiology

3 – Keeping girls at school may reduce teenage pregnancy and STIs – but sex education doesn’t – The Conversation

4 – School-based interventions for preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in adolescents – The Cochrane Library

5 – 11 health innovations to drastically cut maternal and child mortality rates – The Guardian

6 – Effective and safe proton pump inhibitor therapy in acid-related diseases – A position paper addressing benefits and potential harms of acid suppression – BMC Medicine

7 – Commentary: Inhibiting the proton pump: mechanisms, benefits, harms, and questions – BMC Medicine

8 – Routine Anticoagulation Unnecessary for Low-Risk Patients with Calf DVT – Physician’s First Watch

9 – Eye Injuries in Youth Sports Are Surprisingly Common – New York Times

10 – Quick review – Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: Absolute risk reduction, relative risk reduction, and number needed to treat – Perspectives in Clinical Research