Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for October 2013:Story and science: How providers and parents can utilize storytelling to combat anti-vaccine misinformation. http://buff.ly/16E0w8r
Household air pollution from solid fuel (biomass, coal): leading environmental cause of death/disability in the world http://buff.ly/13zu2Jp
Choking on food common among U.S. kids with top objects including candy, hot dogs, nuts and seeds http://buff.ly/13mVlei
What does it take to be the world's top men's tennis player? Novak Djokovic is a decidedly unusual fellow - WSJ http://buff.ly/19yLRQX
Patient Preferences for Doctor Attire: The White Coat wins by a large margin (PDF) http://bit.ly/1aIIrJr
Study: Prostate cancer therapy has negative impact on sexual relationships that appears to worsen over time http://buff.ly/1dV592g
Elevated Uric Acid Level Predicts Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease http://buff.ly/1dV5imn
The sport with the highest rate of catastrophic injury is cheerleading http://buff.ly/1dV5odQ
Between 2000 and 2009, asthma hospitalization and in-hospital mortality decreased among US children http://buff.ly/18MzI9e
0.47 inches of height should not get in the way of adequately treating a child with moderate persistent asthma http://buff.ly/18MAjHO
What is ABSSSI? FDA replaced the term cSSSI with ABSSSI (acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections) http://buff.ly/19AC21w
What the New Healthcare Law Means For Allergy & Asthma Patients - brief review from Allergy and Asthma Network http://buff.ly/1akb6BX
Not good: "Influenza vaccine protection is markedly lower than most routinely recommended vaccines" http://buff.ly/1664z1V
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