Wed, Oct 12 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

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1 – W.H.O. Urges Tax on Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity – The New York Times

2 – Obesity and overweight – World Health Organization

3 – One reason so many scientific studies may be wrong – The Conversation

4 – The BMJ – Blog Archive – Helen Macdonald: Fixing evidence based medicine

5 – Manifesto – Evidence Live / Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford

6 – Prior bed occupants may raise risk for hospital C diff – CIDRAP

7 – Receipt of Antibiotics by Prior Bed Occupants and Clostridium difficile Risk – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

8 – Rethinking Development and Health: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study – Institute for Health Metrics, University of Washington

9 – Anticoagulation During Pregnancy: Evolving Strategies – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

10 – Sodium Intake and 20-Year Mortality in Trials of Hypertension Prevention – Journal of the American College of Cardiology