Daily Archives: May 30, 2018
Wed, May 30 – 10 Stories of The Day!
30 May, 2018 | 00:04h | UTC
Commentaries: AI surpasses dermatologists at diagnosing skin cancer – ESMO, via eCancer News (free) AND Computer learns to detect skin cancer more accurately than doctors – The Guardian (free) AND A.I. better at diagnosing skin cancer than humans – OnMedica (free)
2 – It Saves Lives. It Can Save Money. So Why Aren’t We Spending More on Public Health? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Return on investment of public health interventions: a systematic review – Journal of Epidemiology & Public Health (free)
Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
3 – How is the world doing in its fight against vaccine preventable diseases? – Our World in Data (free)
“Vaccines are amazing: the number of child deaths caused by diseases for which vaccines are available fell by over 2/3 in 25 years. 3.6 million(!) fewer kids under the age of 5 died from these diseases in 2015 than in 1990” (via @DinaPomeranz see Tweet)
4 – Viewpoint: Big Data and Predictive Analytics: Recalibrating Expectations – JAMA (free for a limited period)
5 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 29 May 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
6 – Has suicide become an occupational hazard of practicing medicine? – CMAJ News (free)
Related: Preventing physician suicide – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND What I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)
“Our work environments are unhealthy and it’s supported by a culture of giving and made worse in modern times by a culture of efficiencies and bureaucracies”
7 – The Endless Days Of A Young Doctor Battling Ebola – NPR (free)
Other Stories on the Ebola Outbreak: Ebola outbreak response shifts to remote DRC hot spots – CIDRAP (free) AND New Ebola Outbreak in Africa Is a Major Test for the WHO – JAMA Forum (free) AND WHO’s Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over three months – Reuters (free) AND Ebola outbreak 2018: What’s different this time? – CNN (free) AND More regions to be vaccinated, experimental drugs to be tried in Congo Ebola outbreak – CNN (free)
8 – Association of State Alcohol Policies With Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities Among US Adults – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Effective Alcohol Policies—Saving Lives on US Roadways (free)
Commentary: Stricter state alcohol access rules can save 800 DUI deaths a year, study says – CNN (free) AND Stronger alcohol policies help reduce alcohol-related crash deaths in US – Boston University, via EurekAlert (free)
9 – Unfinished Journey: The Global Health Response to Children & Road Traffic – FIA Foundation (free PDF)
News Release: Call for urgent action as ‘fatal disconnect’ in global health policies fails child victims of road traffic (free)
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
Editorial: Prenatal Vitamin D Supplementation to Improve Health in Offspring (free)
Commentary: Vitamin D Supplementation of Moms Linked to Better Outcomes for Newborns – Physician’s First Watch (free)