Daily Archives: April 18, 2018 | LinksMedicus Free Medical News & Perspectives

Wed, April 18 – 10 Stories of The Day!

18 Apr, 2018 | 01:28h | UTC

1 – Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorials: Preventing Fractures and Falls: A Limited Role for Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements? (free) AND New Prevention Guidelines for Falls and Fractures—Looking Beyond the Letters (free)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Calcium and Vitamin D to Prevent Fractures and Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Adults (free)

Commentaries: Exercise, not vitamins, urged to prevent falls in seniors – MedicalXpress (free) AND Older adults may not need vitamin D to prevent falls and fractures – Reuters (free)

“Many older adults should avoid taking vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent falls and fractures, and focus instead on exercises to improve balance and coordination, U.S. doctors recommend” (from Reuters)

2 – Association Between Use of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors, Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Agonists, and Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitors With All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes – JAMA (free)

Multimedia (2 minute video): Association Between Newer Antidiabetic Drug Classes and Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (free)

Commentary: Diabetes drug may not reduce risk of death – Imperial College London (free)

3 – State of Global Air 2018 (free report and interactive website)

Commentaries: Over 7 Billion People Face Unsafe Air: State of Global Air 2018 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) AND More than 95% of world’s population breathe dangerous air, major study finds – The Guardian (free) AND More than 95% of world’s population breathing unhealthy air, says new report – CNN (free)

4 – Opinion: The Case Against Thrombolytic Therapy in Stroke – By John Mandrola, in Medscape (free registration required)

Related: For Many Strokes, There’s an Effective Treatment. Why Aren’t Some Doctors Offering It? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

5 – Incremental Benefits and Harms of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association High Blood Pressure Guideline – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: New blood pressure guidelines may make millions anxious that they’re at risk of heart disease – The Conversation (free) AND New blood pressure guidelines could put lives at risk – The University of Sydney (free)

6 – Nut consumption and incidence of seven cardiovascular diseases – Heart (free)

Commentary: Nuts May Be Good for the Heart, but Are Hardly a Miracle Food – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

7 – Clinical Guideline Synopsis: Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Related to Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Original Guideline: 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death – Circulation (free PDF)

8 – Exercise interventions and patient beliefs for people with hip, knee or hip and knee osteoarthritis: a mixed methods review – Cochrane Library (free)

9 – Smoking even one cigarette a day raises risk for coronary heart disease – The Washington Post (a few articles per month are free) (via @DrFrieden see Tweet)

See original article: Meta-Analysis: Just One Cigarette a Day Seriously Elevates Cardiovascular Risk (free article and commentaries)

10 – Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Emergency Department Visits Associated With Wildfire Smoke Exposure in California in 2015 – Journal of the American Heart Association (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Air quality linked to cardiac ‘events,’ heart disease patients unaware – Reuters (free) AND Wildfire smoke associated with more ER visits for heart, stroke ailments among seniors – American Heart Association, via ScienceDaily (free)

Research: Wildfire Smoke Associated with Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Emergency Department Visits

18 Apr, 2018 | 01:14h | UTC

Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Emergency Department Visits Associated With Wildfire Smoke Exposure in California in 2015 – Journal of the American Heart Association (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Air quality linked to cardiac ‘events,’ heart disease patients unaware – Reuters (free) AND Wildfire smoke associated with more ER visits for heart, stroke ailments among seniors – American Heart Association, via ScienceDaily (free)

Systematic Review: Exercise Interventions and Patient Beliefs for People with Hip, Knee or Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis

18 Apr, 2018 | 01:09h | UTC

Exercise interventions and patient beliefs for people with hip, knee or hip and knee osteoarthritis: a mixed methods review – Cochrane Library (free)

Guideline Synopsis: Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

18 Apr, 2018 | 01:05h | UTC

Clinical Guideline Synopsis: Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Related to Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Original Guideline: 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death – Circulation (free PDF)

Perspective: Smoking Even One Cigarette a Day Raises Risk for Coronary Heart Disease

18 Apr, 2018 | 01:11h | UTC

Smoking even one cigarette a day raises risk for coronary heart disease – The Washington Post (a few articles per month are free) (via @DrFrieden see Tweet)

See original article: Meta-Analysis: Just One Cigarette a Day Seriously Elevates Cardiovascular Risk (free article and commentaries)

Perspective: Incremental Benefits and Harms of the 2017 ACC/AHA High Blood Pressure Guideline

18 Apr, 2018 | 01:03h | UTC

Incremental Benefits and Harms of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association High Blood Pressure Guideline – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: New blood pressure guidelines may make millions anxious that they’re at risk of heart disease – The Conversation (free) AND New blood pressure guidelines could put lives at risk – The University of Sydney (free)

Cohort Study: Nut Consumption and Incidence of Seven Cardiovascular Diseases

18 Apr, 2018 | 01:04h | UTC

Nut consumption and incidence of seven cardiovascular diseases – Heart (free)

Commentaries: Nuts May Be Good for the Heart, but Are Hardly a Miracle Food – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Opinion: The Case Against Thrombolytic Therapy in Stroke

18 Apr, 2018 | 01:01h | UTC

The Case Against Thrombolytic Therapy in Stroke – By John Mandrola, in Medscape (free registration required)

Report: State of Global Air 2018

18 Apr, 2018 | 00:59h | UTC

State of Global Air 2018 (free report and interactive website)

Commentaries: Over 7 Billion People Face Unsafe Air: State of Global Air 2018 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) AND More than 95% of world’s population breathe dangerous air, major study finds – The Guardian (free) AND More than 95% of world’s population breathing unhealthy air, says new report – CNN (free)

Meta-Analysis: Association Between Newer Antidiabetic Drug Classes and Mortality

18 Apr, 2018 | 00:56h | UTC

Association Between Use of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors, Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Agonists, and Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitors With All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes – JAMA (free)

Multimedia (2 minute video): Association Between Newer Antidiabetic Drug Classes and Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (free)

Commentary: Diabetes drug may not reduce risk of death – Imperial College London (free)

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