Daily Archives: September 16, 2017
Guideline: Prevention of Early-onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCNews release: Group B Streptococcal Disease, Early-onset (free)
Commentaries: Antibiotics for women in early labour to combat Group B Strep – OnMedica (free) AND More pregnant women to get Group B Strep treatment – BBC News (free)
Expert consensus document: A personalized treatment of angina
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:40h | UTC
Report: Measuring progress of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:38h | UTCCommentary: IHME releases second annual report on the Sustainable Development Goal indicators – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
See also: Health-related Sustainable Development Goals visualization tool, which allows users to compare and contrast between countries and among indicators, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Website.
Review: Randomized, Controlled Trials in Health Insurance Systems
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:37h | UTCReview article: Randomized, Controlled Trials in Health Insurance Systems – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
See also other articles in The Changing Face of Clinical Trials Series (all free)
Studies: Benefit of Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Seen in Selected Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:36h | UTCOriginal articles from the New England Journal of Medicine: Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Antiplatelet Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Anticoagulation vs. Antiplatelets after Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Long-Term Outcomes of Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Medical Therapy after Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:34h | UTCEuropean Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis (free)
Guidelines for the Treatment of Colon Cancer
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:35h | UTC
Guideline: Prevention of COPD exacerbations
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:35h | UTCPrevention of COPD exacerbations: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society guideline (free)
Guideline: Cervical Cancer Screening
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCDraft 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)
Study: Recurrence of Gastroesophageal Reflux After Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:32h | UTCAssociation Between Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery and Recurrence of Gastroesophageal Reflux – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery Associated With High Rate of Recurrence of GERD – The JAMA Network (free) AND GERD Recurrence Fairly Common Following Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND High recurrence of gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients treated with laparoscopic antireflux surgery – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Systematic Review: Risk of relapse after antidepressant discontinuation in anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCCommentary: Researchers: Antidepressants for Anxiety Should Be Continued for at Least a Year After Treatment Response – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Report: Preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing environmental risk factors
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:26h | UTC“We welcome new @WHO report, showing 23% of all deaths can be prevented through healthier environments” (RT @HealthandEnv see Tweet)
Guideline: Patient-Clinician Communication in Oncology
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCPatient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline (free)
News release: New Guideline Aims to Improve Clinician Communication With Patients (free)
Study: Spending to Bring a Single Cancer Drug to Market and Revenues After Approval
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:25h | UTCAuthor 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)
Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCInternational ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia (free) (RT @CritCareReviews see Tweet)
Guideline: Antiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:24h | UTCAntiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free guideline and infographic)
Study: Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:23h | UTCMenopausal 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)
Guideline for the Management of Chronic Pain in Patients Living With HIV
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:18h | UTC
Study: LDL-Cholesterol Lowering for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Among Men
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:20h | UTCCommentary: Statins cut heart deaths in men by 28% finds study – NHS Choices (free)
Systematic Review: Laparoscopic and robotic-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localised prostate cancer
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:21h | UTCOriginal 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”.
Review: Surgical Meshes
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:17h | UTCPast, Present and Future of Surgical Meshes: A Review – Membranes (free)
Review: Current Advances in Thyroid Cancer Management
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:16h | UTC
Metformin: a review of its potential indications
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:05h | UTCMetformin: a review of its potential indications – Drug Design, Development and Therapy (free)
Review: Retinopathy of prematurity
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:17h | UTC
Review: Recent developments in age-related macular degeneration
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:04h | UTCRecent developments in age-related macular degeneration: a review – Clinical Interventions in Aging (free)