Daily Archives: February 15, 2017
Wed, Feb 15 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
15 Feb, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
Given that most patients with acute or subacute low back pain improve over time regardless of treatment, clinicians and patients should select nonpharmacologic treatment as first option. The use of opioids should be avoided if possible.
5 – Lower Back Ache? Be Active and Wait It Out, New Guidelines Say – The New York Times
6 – Multivitamins a waste of money and just create ‘very expensive urine’ – The Guardian (RT @RasoiniR)
In a meta-analysis from 48 cohort studies performed in high-income countries with data from more than 1.7 million individuals, low social rank accounted for 18·9% (men) and 15·3% (women) of all adult deaths, comparable to that of other major risk factors. The authors suggest that socioeconomic adversity should be included as a modifiable risk factor in local and global health strategies
8 – Social rank: a risk factor whose time has come? – The Lancet
9 – Pulmonary hypertension associated with left-sided heart disease – Swiss Medical Weekly
Source: 270th Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
10 – Do vegetarians live longer? This is what the latest research says – World Economic Forum
See also: Vegetarian diet and all-cause mortality: Evidence from a large population-based Australian cohort – the 45 and Up Study (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
This study suggests there is no difference in all-cause mortality between vegetarians and non-vegetarians and that differences observed in other studies may occur because vegetarians have healthier lifestyle behaviors than non-vegetarians