Daily Archives: July 11, 2017
Using systematic reviews to reduce research waste
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:57h | UTCRelated: Is 85% of health research really “wasted”? – Paul Glasziou and Iain Chalmers, via The BMJ Opinion (free)
Type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis: a guide to optimal management
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:48h | UTCType 2 diabetes and osteoporosis: a guide to optimal management – Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Specific diabetes medications to protect bone health recommended – Endocrine Society, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Advice for Optimal Management of Diabetes and Osteoporosis – Medscape (free registration required)
Effect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Death or Disability at Age 18 Months Among Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:35h | UTCEffect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Death or Disability at Age 18 Months Among Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Interview with the author: Effect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Death or Disability at Age 18 Months Among Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts (free resource to find articles of interest)
Diagnosis and Management of Resistant Hypertension
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:39h | UTCSummary with 10 key points to remember: Diagnosis and Management of Resistant Hypertension – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Original article: Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension – Heart (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Is a chart lying to you? This video has some tips to figure it out
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:16h | UTCIs a chart lying to you? This video has some tips to figure it out. – VOX (free text and video)
“Graphs are supposed to distill complex information. But sometimes they can mislead…” (RT @Students4BE see Tweet)
Four of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we’re overcoming them
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:53h | UTCFour of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we’re overcoming them – The Conversation (free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
Electrocardiograms in Low-Risk Patients Undergoing An Annual Health Examination
11 Jul, 2017 | 19:22h | UTCElectrocardiograms in Low-Risk Patients Undergoing An Annual Health Examination – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: More than 20% of low-risk patients receive an ECG as part of annual health exam – Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (RT @ICESOntario and @ChooseWiselyCA see Tweet) (free) AND ECGs Common in Low-Risk Patients After Annual Health Exam, Leading to More Cardiac Care – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) Routine ECG With Annual Physical Questioned – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Meta-analysis: Dual Versus Triple Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:26h | UTCMeta-analysis: Safety and Efficacy of Dual Versus Triple Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – American Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: EvidenceAlerts (free resource to find articles of interest)
“In patients receiving anticoagulant therapy, a strategy of single antiplatelet therapy confers a benefit of less major bleeding with no difference in all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, major adverse cardiac events, myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, or thromboembolic event rate compared with dual antiplatelet therapy”.
Artificial Intelligence in Precision Cardiovascular Medicine
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:09h | UTCArtificial Intelligence in Precision Cardiovascular Medicine – Journal of The American College of Cardiology, via Medscape (free registration required)
How providing access to surgery drives global prosperity
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:47h | UTCRelated: Essential Surgery – Disease Control Priorities (DCP3) (free landmark book on the topic) AND The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (free resources)
Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
Meningococcal vaccine may protect against gonorrhoea
11 Jul, 2017 | 19:10h | UTCEffectiveness of a group B outer membrane vesicle meningococcal vaccine against gonorrhoea in New Zealand: a retrospective case-control study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: More reason to use Meningococcal B vaccine – it could also cut the Clap – The Conversation (author’s commentary – free) AND Meningococcal Vaccine May Provide Immunity Against Gonorrhea – Medscape (free registration required) AND Meningitis vaccine may also cut risk of ‘untreatable’ gonorrhoea, study says – The Guardian (free)
Suspected Cholera Cases Pass 300,000 In Yemen, Red Cross Says
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:30h | UTCSuspected Cholera Cases Pass 300,000 In Yemen, Red Cross Says – NPR (free)
Health Plans That Nudge Patients to Do the Right Thing
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCHealth Plans That Nudge Patients to Do the Right Thing – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“What if health insurance was more generous in paying for things that actually work?” (RT @NYTHealth see Tweet)
Coffee Drinking and Mortality Studies
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:59h | UTCAssociation of Coffee Consumption With Total and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Nonwhite Populations – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related study: Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European Countries: A Multinational Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: No, These Two Studies Don’t Prove That Coffee Leads To Longer Life – Forbes (free) AND Coffee cuts risk of dying from stroke and heart disease, study suggests – The Guardian (free) AND Drinking coffee reduces risk of death from all causes, study finds – Imperial College of London (free)
Idarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal – Full Cohort Analysis
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:19h | UTCIdarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal – Full Cohort Analysis – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentary: Safety and Efficacy of Dabigatran Reversal Agent Confirmed – Physician’s First Watch (free)
A Practical Approach to Contrast Echocardiography
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:37h | UTC
Beverage Intake During Pregnancy and Childhood Adiposity
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCBeverage Intake During Pregnancy and Childhood Adiposity – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages during pregnancy linked to childhood obesity – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Drinking sugary beverages in pregnancy linked to kids’ later weight gain – Science News (free)
Access to contraceptives for every woman, everywhere
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:23h | UTCKeeping Our Promise to 120 Million Women and Girls – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (free)
“Our goal: access to contraceptives for every woman, everywhere.” (RT @melindagates see Tweet)
Mandatory vaccination to fight against preventable disease
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:13h | UTCFrance is making 11 vaccines mandatory to fight against preventable disease – World Economic Forum (free)
Related: Editorial: The Guardian view on vaccinations: a matter of public health (free)
Related 2: A short history of vaccine objection, vaccine cults and conspiracy theories – The Conversation (free)
See more on mandatory vaccination in other countries in our May 29 issue, see #6
Early Hearing Detection and Vocabulary of Children With Hearing Loss
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:00h | UTCEarly Hearing Detection and Vocabulary of Children With Hearing Loss – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: Early Detection Improved Vocabulary Scores in Kids with Hearing Loss – MedPage Today (free registration required)
RCT: Palliative Care in Heart Failure
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:07h | UTCPalliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Palliative Care Intervention Improves Quality of Life in Advanced Heart Failure Patients – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Palliative Care Improves Heart Failure Quality-of-Life – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Effect of a Baby-Led Approach to Complementary Feeding on Infant Growth and Overweight
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:42h | UTCCommentaries: Baby-led weaning doesn’t reduce chances of obesity – OnMedica (free) AND Self-Fed Weaning Babies Less Fussy: But no effect on weight in randomized trial – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Infant Self-Feeding May Confer Some Benefits but Doesn’t Reduce Obesity Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
“Baby-led approaches to introducing solids neither improve nor reduce growth vs traditional spoon-feeding” (RT @JAMAPeds see Tweet)
Are There Long-Term Risks to Egg Donors?
11 Jul, 2017 | 16:55h | UTCAre There Long-Term Risks to Egg Donors? – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Risk Factors
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:12h | UTCEditorial 1: Healthful Physical Activity and Diet Promotion—For the Many or the Few? (free)
Editorial 2: Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control for All (free)
Editorial 3: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Is Behavioral Counselling Necessary? (free)
The JAMA Network – For The Media: USPSTF Recommendation Regarding Behavioral Counseling for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (free)
Midostaurin plus Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a FLT3 Mutation
11 Jul, 2017 | 16:54h | UTCCommentary: Adding Midostaurin to Chemotherapy in Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia With FLT3 Mutation – ASCO Post (free)