Daily Archives: December 6, 2016

Tue, Dec 6 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

6 Dec, 2016 | 00:13h | UTC

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1 – Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies – BMC Medicine (RT @EricTopol)

Higher nut consumption seems to be associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality

 

2 – Related Commentary: Wise to go nuts? – On Medicine

 

3 – Clinical practice guidelines and principles of care for people with dementia in Australia (summary of the new dementia guidelines – Link to PDF)

 

4 – Practice guideline summary: Treatment of restless legs syndrome in adults

Source: Medscape – AAN Releases First Treatment Guideline on Restless Legs Syndrome (Free registration required)

 

5 – The Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) has just published a new edition of the SEOM’s Clinical Practice Guidelines

 

6 – The BMJ – Blog Archive – Richard Lehman’s journal review-5 December 2016

 

7 – Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer in individuals with previous colorectal neoplasia: systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ

Low dose aspirin has the most favorable risk:benefit profile

 

8 – Thromboprophylaxis after Knee Arthroscopy and Lower-Leg Casting – New England Journal of Medicine

Prophylaxis with low-molecular-weight heparin was not effective in both trials

 

9 – Statins for Primary Prevention in Older Adults: Uncertainty and the Need for More Evidence – JAMA (RT @pascalmeier74)

 

10 – It’s time to overhaul the secretive peer review process – STAT News

 

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