Wed, Dec 14 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

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1 – Altmetric’s top 100 research articles – 2016

Top 100 most-discussed journal articles of 2016

2 – Malaria control improves for vulnerable in Africa, but global progress off-track – World Health Organization

3 – World Malaria Report 2016 – World Health Organization

4 – Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic & How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst

5 – The Power of Simple Life Changes to Prevent Heart Disease – The New York Times

6 – 4 in 10 babies born after Zika infection may have brain defects – STAT News

7 – Impact of fluoroquinolone treatment on delay of tuberculosis diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (RT @paimadhu)

8 – New Appropriate Use Criteria Issued for Managing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Knee Osteoarthritis – Physician’s First Watch

9 – Mental illness and poverty: you can’t tackle one without the other – The Guardian

10 – The Cochrane Review on portion sizes – from publication to informing policy