Daily Archives: January 4, 2017

Wed, Jan 4 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

4 Jan, 2017 | 00:12h | UTC

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1 – Guideline: Oral Pharmacologic Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – Annals of Internal Medicine

Metformin remains the first choice when pharmacologic therapy is needed

 

2 – Metformin Use in Populations With CKD, CHF, or CLD – Annals of Internal Medicine (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

 

3 – Metformin Associated with Lower Mortality Risk in Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease – Physician’s First Watch

 

4 – Review: Therapeutic Approach to Adult Fibrotic Lung Diseases – CHEST

 

5 – Guideline: Management of Helicobacter pylori infection – the Maastricht V/Florence Consensus Report

Source: PracticeUpdate – Management of Helicobacter pylori Infection (free registration required)

 

6 – Year in Cardiology 2016 – European Heart Journal

This open access series highlights and summarizes key topics in cardiology from the past 12 months

 

7 – The NICE year in review – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Highlights from 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines

 

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review-3 January 2017 – The BMJ Blog Archive

 

9 – Fish Oil-Derived Fatty Acids in Pregnancy and Wheeze and Asthma in Offspring – New England Journal of Medicine (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

 

10 – Fish Oil Supplementation in Pregnancy Tied to Reduced Asthma Risk in Offspring – Physician’s First Watch

 

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