Daily Archives: February 7, 2017
Tue, Feb 7 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
7 Feb, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – Comparative Effectiveness of Vancomycin and Metronidazole for the Prevention of Recurrence and Death in Patients With Clostridium difficile Infection – JAMA Internal Medicine (RT @PreetiNMalani)
Among patients with severe infections, those treated with vancomycin had a lower risk of death than patients treated with metronidazole
2 – Top Preventive Services Recommendations Ranked by Relative Efficacy – Annals of Family Medicine Research (RT @aafp and @juliekwoodmd)
3 – Updated Priorities Among Effective Clinical Preventive Services – Annals of Family Medicine
Priorities for Improving Utilization of Clinical Preventive Services. Top 5 are: 1) Childhood immunization; 2) Brief prevention counseling for tobacco use in youth; 3) Tobacco use screening and brief counseling for adults; 4) Alcohol misuse screening and brief intervention; and 5) Aspirin chemoprevention for those at higher risk of CVD.
4 – Richard Lehman’s journal review-6 February 2017 – The BMJ Blog Archive
5 – International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation – UN Women
See also WHO guidelines on the management of health complications from female genital mutilation – World Health Organization And New WHO guidelines to improve care for millions living with female genital mutilation – World Health Organization
8 – Preventative medicine: the argument for and against – The Conversation
9 – Editorial: Health in slums: understanding the unseen – The Lancet
See also from previous weeks: The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums – The Lancet (free registration required) And Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums – The Lancet (free registration required)
10 – Exercise management in type 1 diabetes: a consensus statement – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (free registration required)
Source: PracticeUpdate – Exercise Management in Type 1 Diabetes: A Consensus Statement (free resource to find articles of interest in all specialties – registration required)