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Picks of the Week: Zika and microcephaly causal link confirmed

Posted on April 16, 2016 by

The last week, a great breadth of noteworthy scientific news was shared on Among Doctors. Let’s have a look at the most important ones:

  • The CDC confirms that the Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly
    In a special report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms that on the basis of the available evidence, the Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and possibly other serious brain anomalies.
  • Microbes and Alzheimer’s Disease
    Thirty-three researchers and clinicians point out the potential link of infection to Alzheimer’s disease in a recently published editorial.
  • WHO: Global report on diabetes
    The first WHO Global report on diabetes demonstrates that the number of adults living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults.
  • Antibiotic multiresistance in E.coli and K.pneumoniae in urinary tract infections: A 12-year analysis
    Data of a large sample size of urinary strains isolated over a 12 year period and demonstrates that multi-drug resistance is an increasing phenomenon of particular importance in the main urinary-tract-infections-causing species.
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