Daily Archives: January 17, 2017

Tue, Jan 17 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

17 Jan, 2017 | 00:37h | UTC

 

1 – Best of the Cochrane Library: 2016 in review

 

2 – ASAS-EULAR updated recommendations for the management of axial spondyloarthritis

 

3 – Woman Killed by a Superbug Resistant to Every Available Antibiotic – Scientific American

 

4 – A Nevada woman dies of a superbug resistant to every available antibiotic in the US – STAT News

 

5 – Editorial: Why do surgeons continue to perform unnecessary surgery? – Patient Safety in Surgery

 

6 – Estimation of national, regional, and global prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and fetal alcohol syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Global Health

 

7 – Comment: High global prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and fetal alcohol syndrome indicates need for urgent action – The Lancet Global Health

 

8 – The global toll of fetal alcohol syndrome: Study provides worldwide estimates of this preventable birth defect – Science Daily

 

9 – Just Started. Statistical Reasoning for Public Health 1: Estimation, Inference, & Interpretation – Free Online Course from Coursera and Johns Hopkins University

 

10 – Starts Jan 23. Statistical Reasoning for Public Health 2: Regression Methods – Free Online Course from Coursera and Johns Hopkins University

 

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