Thu, Mar 23 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
23 Mar, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
Editorial: Rotavirus Vaccines – A New Hope (free)
Quick Take Video Summary: Efficacy of Heat-Stable Oral Rotavirus Vaccine (free)
2 – Trial of Pregabalin for Acute and Chronic Sciatica – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
Pregabalin did not reduce pain and was associated with higher incidence of adverse events.
3 – #WorldWaterDay (22 March 2017): Guidelines for drinking-water quality 2017 – World Health Organization (free)
See also: Drinking Water Fact Sheet – World Health Organization (free) AND Water sanitation hygiene – WHO Programme (free) AND World Water Day 2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (free)
10 open access review articles selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017.
5 – Mechanical ventilation in obese ICU patients: from intubation to extubation – Critical Care (free)
Related Commentary: Understanding the association between the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, adoption of tobacco control policies, and reduction in smoking prevalence (free)
“The authors deserve ample credit for reinforcing, with solid empirical evidence, the core message in the FCTC: tobacco control policy matters”
7 – Genetic assessment of age-associated Alzheimer disease risk: Development and validation of a polygenic hazard score – PLOS Medicine (free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
See also: New Alzheimer’s test can predict age when disease will appear – The Guardian (free)
*Very interesting, but do we want to know?*
8 – PLOS Medicine special issue edited by Carol Brayne & Bruce Miller: Dementia Across the Lifespan and Around the Globe (free) (RT @tshakey)
Comprehensive review with practical algorithm.
Contradicting evidence from previous observational studies, dairy consumption was not associated with lower blood pressure.