WONCA: Journal Watchs

Journal Watch

• Mortality risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
• Self reported stroke symptoms as a risk factor for stroke
• Secondhand smoke affects quality of life for patients with CHF
• Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans
• CIN2 often regresses spontaneously in women < 25
• Intermittent use of budesonide in preschool children with asthma

Clinical Reviews

• Assessing adiposity

Alerta de Journal en Espanol

• Examen orofaríngeo para predecir la gravedad de la apnea del sueño
• Osteoporosis en los hombres

Pearls

• Little evidence of weight gain with progestin-only contraceptives
• Insufficient evidence for biofeedback for pain management during labour

HelpDesk Answers

• What is the etiology and significance of otherwise asymptomatic temporomandibular (TMJ) joint popping and clicking?
• What is the best use of serum markers in the evaluation of threatened miscarriage?

Journal Alarme auf Deutsch

• Eine Metaanalyse über die Wirksamkeit und Sicherheit von Statinen bei kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen
• Alkoholkonsum und Krebserkrankungen

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