Daily Archives: January 26, 2017

Thu, Jan 26 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

26 Jan, 2017 | 00:15h | UTC

 

1 – Antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population (Joint NICE and Public Health England guideline)

This new guidance aims to encourage people to manage some common infections at home

 

2 – News Release: Children and young people should be taught simple hygiene measures to help curb the spread of infections, says NICE

 

3 – Higher medication doses in heart failure? – Canadian Family Physician (RT @medmyths and @RichardLehman1)

“Starting patients on low doses and focusing on tolerability is essential”

 

4 – If You Look at X-Rays or Moles for a Living, AI Is Coming for Your Job – Wired (RT @EricTopol)

Link to original article abstract (Nature) – $ required for full-text

Artificial intelligence algorithm performed as well as 21 board-certified dermatologists

 

5 – Pelvic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery

 

6 – European Respiratory Society guidelines for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia – European Respiratory Journal

Source: EvidenceAlerts (Free resource to find new evidence and articles of interest)

 

7 – Guidelines for screening and management of late and long-term consequences of myeloma and its treatment – British Journal of Haematology

 

8 – Guideline for the investigation and management of eosinophilia – British Journal of Haematology

 

9 – The diagnosis and management of primary autoimmune haemolytic anaemia – British Journal of Haematology

 

10 – Organisms created with synthetic DNA pave way for new entirely new life forms – The Guardian

“Scary: Genetics researchers achieve the central goal of synthetic biology: creation of new life forms & functions” (RT @AllenFrancesMD)

 

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