Daily Archives: February 23, 2017
Thu, Feb 23 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
23 Feb, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing – World Health Organization
See also: World Health Organization’s Global Hepatitis Programme web site
2 – News Release: WHO issues first viral hepatitis testing guidelines – World Health Organization
3 – Testosterone Therapy: Five New Reports Offer a Mixed Bag – Physician’s First Watch
Good summary of 5 reports just published in JAMA and JAMA Internal Medicine
Source: Popular heartburn drugs linked to gradual yet ‘silent’ kidney damage – Medical Xpress
From related editorial ($) Proton pump inhibitors and chronic kidney disease: is it time to sound the alarm? “Although the study does not prove causality, the robustness of the findings in two cohorts suggests a need for further study and reevaluation of the safety of these agents for widespread, non-prescription use”
6 – Drug misuse prevention: targeted interventions – NICE Guideline
News Release: Local authorities need to work together with nightclubs and gyms to prevent drug misuse
7 – Overdiagnosis Is a Problem in Pediatrics, Too: Abnormal test results pursued endlessly without a clinical benefit – MedPage Today (free registration required)
See also: Overdiagnosis, Overtreatment Too Common in Pediatric Care – Medscape (free registration required)
See also: Use of Low-Value Pediatric Services Among the Commercially Insured – Pediatrics (this open-access article has a list of 20 Low-Value Pediatric Services)
Original article abstract ($ required for full-text): Update on Pediatric Overuse – Pediatrics
A single sigmoidoscopy between 55 and 64 years of age confers reduction in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality with long-term benefits
9 – Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening: is once enough? – The Lancet
10 – New screening test cuts bowel cancer risk by a third, study finds – The Guardian