Daily Archives: January 10, 2018
Opinion: We’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:24h | UTCWe’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic – The New York Times (free)
Recommendation Statement: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:23h | UTCEditorials: Evolving Recommendations for Scoliosis Screening: A Compelling Need for Further Research (free) AND Early Detection of Scoliosis—What the USPSTF “I” Means for Us (free)
Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (free)
Commentaries: Not Enough Evidence on Benefits, Harms of Routine Scoliosis Screening for Children and Adolescents – The JAMA Network (free) AND U.S. doctors not certain all kids need scoliosis screening – Reuters (free)
Guideline: Treatment of Non-neurogenic Male LUTS
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:24h | UTCTreatment of Non-neurogenic Male LUTS – European Urology Association (free, but not accessible via mobile devices) (via @KariTikkinen)
Report: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:20h | UTCReport: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free PDF) (via @equitylist)
Press release: Road Deaths and Injuries Hold Back Economic Growth in Developing Countries (free)
Key Findings: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free)
Review: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:17h | UTC
Guideline: Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:18h | UTCNews release: APA Releases New Practice Guideline on Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder – American Psychiatry Association (free)
Commentary: New Alcohol Use Disorder Guideline Emphasizes Medication – Medscape (free registration required)
Open Access 2017: A Year of Stand-Offs, Showdowns, & Funders’ Own Journals
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:16h | UTC
Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:20h | UTCSugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian (free)
Related: Beverage consumption taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies
Research: Effect of Physical Activity on Frailty
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:16h | UTCEffect of Physical Activity on Frailty: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Structured exercise may offer mobility benefits to all older patients, regardless of frailty – ACP Internist (free) AND Exercise may reduce disability even in frail elders – Reuters (free) AND Effect of Physical Activity on Frailty – Summary for Patients, Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Meta-Analysis: Patent Forame Ovale Closure Tied to Lower Risk for Recurrent Stroke
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:15h | UTCPercutaneous PFO Closure Tied to Lower Risk for Recurrent Stroke – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Meta-Analyses Support Stroke Prevention With PFO Closure – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Original article 1: Device Closure Versus Medical Therapy Alone for Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Original article 2: Percutaneous Closure Versus Medical Treatment in Stroke Patients With Patent Foramen Ovale: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Richard Smith: A Big Brother future for science publishing?
10 Jan, 2018 | 12:51h | UTCRichard Smith: A Big Brother future for science publishing? – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Research: Ambient Carbon Monoxide and Cardiovascular Mortality
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:13h | UTCSee 2 other recent studies showing the association of air pollution and mortality: Association of Short-term Exposure to Air Pollution With Mortality in Older Adults AND Air Pollution and Mortality in the Medicare Population
Related: The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO – World Health Organization (free) AND Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 – The Lancet (free) AND Death in the Air: Air Pollution Costs Money and Lives – World Bank (free infographic and report)
Research: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism in Offspring
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:34h | UTCCommentaries: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Folic Acid, Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Cut ASD Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Are Vitamin Supplements Used Before or During Pregnancy Associated with Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder? – The JAMA Network (free)
Research: Silent Myocardial Infarction and Long-Term Risk of Heart Failure
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:12h | UTCSilent Myocardial Infarction and Long-Term Risk of Heart Failure: The ARIC Study – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Silent MI and the Risk of Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Silent MI associated with downstream heart failure risk – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Heart Failure Risk Following ‘Silent’ MI Warrants Scrutiny: ARIC Analysis – TCTMD (free) AND Silent MI Predicts Heart Failure, Deserves More Respect as CHD Risk Factor – Medscape (free registration required)
Prescribing Cascade in a Cardiology Practice
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:31h | UTCPrescribing Cascade in a Cardiology Practice – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“Before starting a medication to treat a new medical condition, consider whether this condition could be a drug-related adverse event. Specifically, consider whether this could represent a prescribing cascade”.
Research: Night Shift Work Increases the Risks of Multiple Primary Cancers in Women
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:27h | UTCNight Shift Work Increases the Risks of Multiple Primary Cancers in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 61 Articles – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Online (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Night shifts raise women’s cancer risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Night Shifts Increase Breast Cancer Risk, Especially for Nurses – Medscape (free registration required) AND Female Night Shift Workers May Have Increased Risk of Common Cancers – American Association for Cancer Research (free)
Research: Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs in Utero
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:32h | UTCAssociation of Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy With the Risk of Autistic Traits in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lack of Folic Acid Supplements During Pregnancy Linked With Increased Autism Risk in Children Exposed to Seizure Drugs In Utero – Medical Research (free) AND Folic Acid in Pregnant Women on Antiepileptic Drugs Linked to Lower Autism Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Folic Acid May Limit Autism Traits in Children of Epileptic Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Folic acid lessens autism risk for fetal anti-epileptic exposure – MedicalXpress (free)
Review: Understanding and Misunderstanding Randomized Controlled Trials
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:23h | UTCUnderstanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials – Social Science & Medicine (free) (via @trishgreenhalgh see Tweet)
Meta-Analysis: Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Breast Cancer
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:30h | UTCRed and processed meat consumption and breast cancer: UK Biobank cohort study and meta-analysis – European Journal of Cancer (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Processed meat ‘cancer risk’ in older women – OnMedica (free) AND Consumption of processed meat may increase the risk of breast cancer, according to a new study – MedicalXpress (free)
Review: Role of the Gut Microbiome in Systemic Inflammatory Disease
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:25h | UTCState of the Art Review: The role of the gut microbiome in systemic inflammatory disease – The BMJ (free for a period)
Evidence Based Medicine is Easy
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:24h | UTCEvidence Based Medicine is Easy – First10EM (free)
A simplified guide to approaching the medical literature.
Guideline: Obesity in the Workplace
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:26h | UTCCommentary: Managing Obesity in the Workplace: New Guidance from ACOEM – Wolters Kluwer Health, via NewsWise (free)
Guideline: Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:20h | UTCThe 2017 Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology – Thyroid (free)
Commentary: Thyroid Nodules: Bethesda System Update Changes Clinical Practice – Medscape (free registration required)
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews – 8 January 2018
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:23h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal reviews, 8 January 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Giving Oxygen Routinely After a Stroke Does Not Improve Outcomes
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:22h | UTCGiving oxygen routinely after a stroke does not improve outcomes – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effect of Routine Low-Dose Oxygen Supplementation on Death and Disability in Adults With Acute Stroke: The Stroke Oxygen Study Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related guideline: BTS Guideline for oxygen use in healthcare and emergency settings – British Thoracic Society (free)