Daily Archives: January 12, 2018
Checklists are no Substitute for Experience in Spotting Patients who are Deteriorating
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:51h | UTCChecklists are no substitute for experience in spotting patients who are deteriorating – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Early warning systems and rapid response to the deteriorating patient in hospital: A systematic realist review – Journal of Advanced Nursing (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Opinion: What To Expect From Digital Health In 2018?
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:51h | UTCWhat To Expect From Digital Health In 2018? – Medical Futurist (free)
Editorial: Improving the Conduct, Reporting, and Appraisal of Animal Research
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:49h | UTCEditorial: Improving the conduct, reporting, and appraisal of animal research – The BMJ (free)
Research: Hormone Therapy in the Prevention of Depressive Symptoms in the Menopause Transition
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:53h | UTCEditorial: Should Hormone Therapy Be Used to Prevent Depressive Symptoms During the Menopause Transition? (free)
Author interview: Transdermal Estradiol and Micronized Progesterone for the Prevention of Depression in the Menopause Transition (free)
Commentaries: Depression less likely in perimenopausal women taking oestrogen – OnMedica (free) AND Hormone Therapy Appears to Reduce Depression Risk in Perimenopausal Women – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Research: Association of Screening and Treatment With Breast Cancer Mortality by Molecular Subtype
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:50h | UTCAssociation of Screening and Treatment With Breast Cancer Mortality by Molecular Subtype in US Women, 2000-2012 – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Breast cancer deaths down due to screening and new therapies – OnMedica (free)
One Smart Upstream Investment
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:48h | UTCOne smart upstream investment – Politico (free)
“14 public health all-stars offer their top ideas for reshaping America’s long-term health”.
Young Doctors Struggle to Learn Robotic Surgery
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:45h | UTCYoung doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery and often practice in the shadows – STAT (free)
Review: Interventions for the Treatment of Defecatory Disorders
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:47h | UTCSurgical Interventions and the Use of Device-Aided Therapy for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence and Defecatory Disorders – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, via Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Oral Once-Weekly Drug Delivery System for HIV Antiretroviral Therapy
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:43h | UTCCommentary: Swallowing A ‘Mini-Pillbox’ Could Change The Way HIV Drugs Are Delivered – NPR (free) AND HIV could be treated with a once-a-week pill – Medical News Today (free)
Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
Systematic Review: mHealth Interventions for Maternal and Child Health
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:44h | UTC
Biotech Innovations: iPhone–Based Device Helps Treat River Blindness
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:41h | UTCiPhone–Based Device Helps Treat River Blindness – JAMA (free)
Position Statement on Informal Breast Milk Sharing for the Term Healthy Infant
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:40h | UTCNews release: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Issues Guidance on Informal Milk Sharing for Healthy Term infants (free)
Opinion: Why Scientists Need to do More About Research Fraud
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:42h | UTCWhy scientists need to do more about research fraud – The Guardian (free)
Meta-Analysis: What Proportion of People Who Try One Cigarette Become Daily Smokers?
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:39h | UTCWhat Proportion of People Who Try One Cigarette Become Daily Smokers? A Meta-Analysis of Representative Surveys – Nicotine & Tobacco Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: One cigarette ‘may lead to habit for more than two-thirds of people’ – The Guardian (free) AND Most people who try one cigarette become daily smokers, study says – BBC (free) AND At least 3 out of 5 people who try a cigarette become daily smokers – Queen Mary University of London, via ScienceDaily (free)
Fri, January 12 – 10 Stories of The Day!
12 Jan, 2018 | 00:55h | UTC
1 – Bioethics: 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (selected free texts)
‘Frankenstein’ Reflects The Hopes And Fears Of Every Scientific Era – The Atlantic (Free) AND The Horror Story That Haunts Science: Two Hundred Years Later, Frankenstein still Shocks And Inspires – Science (free) AND Infographic: Creating a modern monster – Science (free) AND Taming the Monsters of Tomorrow – Science (free) AND Dr Frankenstein’s Bioethical Experiment – The Lancet (Free Registration Required)
See related opinion and commentaries in Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs
3 – Which stent is best for heart attacks? – Evidently Cochrane (free)
Original article: Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents for acute coronary syndrome – Cochrane Library (free)
“The current review suggests that using DES rather than BMS may reduce the need for future coronary procedures but there is no evidence that it saves lives or reduces major cardiovascular events”.
Commentaries: Premature Infants Particularly Vulnerable to ADHD – Psychiatric Times (free) AND ADHD and Early Experience: Revisiting the Case of Low Birth Weight – Pediatrics (free)
5 – Acid-Suppressive Drug Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Childhood Asthma: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antacids During Pregnancy Tied to Asthma in Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Is antacid use during pregnancy tied to childhood asthma? – Reuters (free)
6 – Prenatal exposure to acetaminophen and children’s language development at 30 months – European Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Is acetaminophen really safe in pregnancy? – Medical News Today (free) AND Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Associated With Elevated Rate of Language Delay in Girls, Mount Sinai Researchers Find – Mount Sinai Health System, via NewsWise (free)
7 – Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Reduces Incident Frailty Risk: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail – Wiley, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Mediterranean Diet May Lessen Frailty Risk in Older Adults – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentaries: Mediterranean Diet Improves Mental Health, Study Finds – Mad in America (free) AND Mediterranean Diet Improves Depression – Mescape (free registration required)
9 – Cardiovascular Risk Factors After Adolescent Bariatric Surgery – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: Bariatric Surgery Helps Teens With Severe Obesity Reduce Heart Disease Risk – NPR (free) AND Teens show decreased risk for heart disease later in life after bariatric surgery – Nationwide Children’s Hospital, via ScienceDaily (free)
10 – Risk of suicide and non-fatal self-harm after bariatric surgery: results from two matched cohort studies – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Bariatric Surgery Associated with Higher Suicide Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Research: Malnutrition Diagnosis during Adult Inpatient Hospitalizations
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:29h | UTCMalnutrition Diagnosis during Adult Inpatient Hospitalizations: Analysis of a Multi-Institutional Collaborative Database of Academic Medical Centers – Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Malnutrition remains underdiagnosed, undertreated for decades among hospitalized patients – News Medical (free)
Research: Incremental Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:27h | UTCIncremental effects of antihypertensive drugs: instrumental variable analysis – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: Addition of new class of antihypertensive drug effective for lowering BP – Clinical Advisor (free)