Daily Archives: April 25, 2018
Retrospective Cohort: Recent Opioid Use and Fall-related Injury Among Older Patients With Trauma
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:48h | UTCCommentary: Opioid use linked to increased risk of falls, death in older adults – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)
Perspective: In the Era of Precision Medicine and Big Data, Who Is Normal?
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:44h | UTCIn the Era of Precision Medicine and Big Data, Who Is Normal? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
UNICEF: Twelve Things You Didn’t Know About Immunization
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:42h | UTCWorld Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2018: Twelve things you didn’t know about immunization – UNICEF (free)
source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
ID Blog: Some ID Stuff We’re Talking About on Medical Rounds
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:43h | UTCSome ID Stuff We’re Talking About on Medical Rounds – HIV and ID Observations Blog, by Paul E. Sax (free)
Randomized Trial: Early Endovenous Ablation in Venous Ulceration
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:38h | UTCCommentary: Early treatment for leg ulcers gets patients back on their feet – Imperial College London (free)
ACOG Guideline: Optimizing Postpartum Care
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:37h | UTCCommittee Opinion: Optimizing Postpartum Care – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
Commentary: Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner and More Often – ProPublica (free)
Source: Kaiser Health News Morning Brief
Randomized Trial: Sigmoidoscopy Screening and Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Women and Men
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:36h | UTCLong-Term Effectiveness of Sigmoidoscopy Screening on Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Women and Men: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sigmoidoscopy reduces colon cancer risk for men, but not women – American College of Physicians, via MedicalXpress (free) AND Sigmoidoscopy reduces colon cancer risk for men, but not women – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Research: Soccer Heading Frequency—Not Collisions—Linked to Cognitive Performance
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:35h | UTCCommentary: Soccer Heading—Not Collisions—Cognitively Impairs Players – Albert Einstein College of Medicine (free)
Related Review: Effects of Soccer Heading on Brain Structure and Function – Frontiers in Neurology (free)
Viewpoint: Tube Feeding and Deteriorating Patients
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:54h | UTCDavid Oliver: Tube feeding and deteriorating patients—guidelines can take us only so far – The BMJ (free)
Related Guidelines: American Geriatrics Society Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia Position Statement (free) AND ESPEN guideline on ethical aspects of artificial nutrition and hydration (free)
Related Reviews: Artificial nutrition and hydration in advanced dementia – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND End-of-life issues in advanced dementia: Part 1: goals of care, decision-making process, and family education – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND End-of-life issues in advanced dementia: Part 2: management of poor nutritional intake, dehydration, and pneumonia – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Advanced Dementia – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Perspective: Teaching Computers to “See” the Invisible in Living Cells
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:57h | UTCTeaching Computers to “See” the Invisible in Living Cells – NIH Director’s Blog (free)
Original Study: In Silico Labeling: Predicting Fluorescent Labels in Unlabeled Images (free) AND Commentary: Scientists teach computers how to analyze brain cells – NIH News Release (free)
Cohort Study: Maternal Caffeine Intake During Pregnancy and Childhood Overweight
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:50h | UTCCommentaries: Fetal exposure to moderate/high caffeine levels linked to excess childhood weight gain – BMJ Open Blog (free) AND Caffeine in pregnancy linked to risk of child overweight – OnMedica (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at caffeine in pregnancy and weight gain in children – Science Media Centre (free)
Meta-Analysis: Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk for ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:52h | UTCCommentary: Prolonged acetaminophen use during pregnancy linked to increased ASD and ADHD risk – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, via EurekAlert (free)
Cohort Study: Increased Risk of Psychiatric Disorders in Allergic Diseases
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:49h | UTCCommentaries: Asthma and hay fever linked to increased risk of psychiatric disorders – Frontiers, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Common allergic conditions linked to mental health – Medical News Today (free)
Expert Analysis: Imaging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:46h | UTCImaging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – American College of Cardiology (free)
Randomized Controlled Trial: Adjuvant Pembrolizumab versus Placebo in Resected Stage III Melanoma
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:48h | UTCAdjuvant Pembrolizumab versus Placebo in Resected Stage III Melanoma – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: AACR 2018: Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in High-Risk Stage III Melanoma – The ASCO Post (free)
Expert Analysis: A Review of Malignant Primary Cardiac Tumors
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:45h | UTCA Review of Malignant Primary Cardiac Tumors – American College of Cardiology (free)
Perspective: Thousands of Organs are Lost Before They Can be Donated
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:45h | UTCThousands of organs are lost before they can be donated. Here’s how to save them – VOX (free)
Johns Hopkins Performs First Total Penis and Scrotum Transplant in the World
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:42h | UTCCommentaries: ‘Whole Again’: A Vet Maimed by an I.E.D. Receives a Transplanted Penis – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Veteran Receives Penis Transplant To Repair War Wound – NPR (free)
Wed, April 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!
25 Apr, 2018 | 00:49h | UTC
Commentary: Early treatment for leg ulcers gets patients back on their feet – Imperial College London (free)
2 – Committee Opinion: Optimizing Postpartum Care – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
Commentary: Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner and More Often – ProPublica (free)
Source: Kaiser Health News Morning Brief
3 – Long-Term Effectiveness of Sigmoidoscopy Screening on Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Women and Men: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sigmoidoscopy reduces colon cancer risk for men, but not women – American College of Physicians, via MedicalXpress (free) AND Sigmoidoscopy reduces colon cancer risk for men, but not women – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Commentary: Soccer Heading—Not Collisions—Cognitively Impairs Players – Albert Einstein College of Medicine (free)
Related Review: Effects of Soccer Heading on Brain Structure and Function – Frontiers in Neurology (free)
5 – Teaching Computers to “See” the Invisible in Living Cells – NIH Director’s Blog (free)
Original Study: In Silico Labeling: Predicting Fluorescent Labels in Unlabeled Images (free) AND Commentary: Scientists teach computers how to analyze brain cells – NIH News Release (free)
6 – Pasta Is Good For You, Say Scientists Funded By Big Pasta – BuzzFeed News (free)
7 – Domain Management Approach to Heart Failure in the Geriatric Patient: Present and Future – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free for a limited period) (via @monicaAGrinberg)
8 – Viewpoint: David Oliver: Tube feeding and deteriorating patients—guidelines can take us only so far – The BMJ (free)
Related Guidelines: American Geriatrics Society Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia Position Statement (free) AND ESPEN guideline on ethical aspects of artificial nutrition and hydration (free)
Related Reviews: Artificial nutrition and hydration in advanced dementia – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND End-of-life issues in advanced dementia: Part 1: goals of care, decision-making process, and family education – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND End-of-life issues in advanced dementia: Part 2: management of poor nutritional intake, dehydration, and pneumonia – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Advanced Dementia – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentary: Prolonged acetaminophen use during pregnancy linked to increased ASD and ADHD risk – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, via EurekAlert (free)
Commentaries: Fetal exposure to moderate/high caffeine levels linked to excess childhood weight gain – BMJ Open Blog (free) AND Caffeine in pregnancy linked to risk of child overweight – OnMedica (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at caffeine in pregnancy and weight gain in children – Science Media Centre (free)
Viewpoint: Adding Cost-effectiveness to Define Low-Value Care
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:42h | UTCViewpoint: Adding Cost-effectiveness to Define Low-Value Care – JAMA (free)
“The Choosing Wisely initiative focuses on “no-value” health services. Cost-effectiveness analyses that include the incremental value and incremental costs of providing a health service can help us separate “high-value” from “low-value.”” (via @anupam1623 see Tweet)
Fever Prophylaxis Can Reduce Vaccine Responses
25 Apr, 2018 | 12:41h | UTCFever prophylaxis can reduce vaccine responses: A caution – Paediatrics & Child Health (free)