Daily Archives: September 13, 2017

Wed, September 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!

13 Sep, 2017 | 00:55h | UTC

 

1 – International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia (free) (RT @CritCareReviews see Tweet)

 

2 – Report: Preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing environmental risk factors – World Health Organization (free)

“We welcome new @WHO report, showing 23% of all deaths can be prevented through healthier environments” (RT @HealthandEnv see Tweet)

 

3 – Draft Recommendation Statement: Cervical Cancer: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentaries: USPSTF Draft Recommendation Eliminates Cervical Cytology-HPV Cotesting for Women Over 30 – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF: Pap Test or HPV Test, Not Both, For Most Cervical Ca Screening – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND USPSTF Has New Draft Guidance for Cervical Cancer Screening – Medscape (free registration required) AND Age matters when it comes to screening for cervical câncer – STAT (free)

 

4 – Research and Development Spending to Bring a Single Cancer Drug to Market and Revenues After Approval – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Author interview: Cost of Developing a Single Cancer Drug (free audio)

Invited commentary: A Much-Needed Corrective on Drug Development Costs (free)

Commentaries: R&D Costs For Cancer Drugs Are Likely Much Less Than Industry Claims, Study Finds – NPR (free) AND A new study undermines Big Pharma’s justification for charging high drug prices – Business Insider (free) AND What Does It Cost to Create a Cancer Drug? Less Than You’d Think – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

5 – Antiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free guideline and infographic)

 

6 – Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trials – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Taking Hormones for Menopause Doesn’t Raise Early Death Risk – The New York Times (free) AND Menopause hormone therapy not linked to premature death – Reuters (free) AND Menopause hormones don’t shorten lives, long follow-up says – STAT (free)

 

7 – Patient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline (free)

News release: New Guideline Aims to Improve Clinician Communication With Patients (free)

 

8 – Laparoscopic and robotic-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localised prostate cancer – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Laparoscopic and robotic-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localised prostate cancer – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“Urinary and sexual quality of life-related outcomes appear similar”.

 

9 – LDL-Cholesterol Lowering for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Among Men with Primary Elevations of LDL-Cholesterol Levels of 190 mg/dL or Above: Analyses from the WOSCOPS 5-year Randomised Trial and 20-year Observational Follow-Up – Circulation (free)

Commentary: Statins cut heart deaths in men by 28% finds study – NHS Choices (free)

 

10 – Role of Total, Red, Processed, and White Meat Consumption in Stroke Incidence and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies – Journal of The American Heart Association (free)

Increased consumption of red and processed meat may be associated with higher risk of stroke.

 

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