Daily Archives: July 6, 2018
WHO Report: Low Quality Healthcare is Increasing the Burden of Illness and Health Costs Globally
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:57h | UTCNews Release: Low quality healthcare is increasing the burden of illness and health costs globally (free)
Commentary: Universal quality healthcare coverage—a commitment to building a healthier and more productive society – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Guideline: Endocrine Disorders in Survivors of Childhood Cancer
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:56h | UTCCommentaries: Up to half of childhood cancer survivors will develop hormone disorders – The Endocrine Society, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Guideline Addresses Endocrine Effects After Childhood Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)
Study: Risk-Stratified Screening for Breast Cancer
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:55h | UTCEditorial: Implementation Challenges for Risk-Stratified Screening in the Era of Precision Medicine (free)
Author Interview: Cost-effectiveness and Benefit-to-Harm Ratio of Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening (free)
Commentaries: New approach to breast cancer screening — tailoring guidelines for each patient — may save lives and money, study says – STAT (free) AND No screening is better for women with low breast cancer risk, finds study – Guardian (free) AND Breast Cancer Screening Only for Women at Higher Risk – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:54h | UTC
Review: Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:52h | UTCAnemia and Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure: Current Concepts and Emerging Therapies – Circulation (free)
Perspective: Hidden Conflicts?
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:51h | UTCHidden conflicts? – Science Magazine (free for a limited period)
““Pay-later conflicts of interest” have gone largely unnoticed & entirely unpoliced”. (via @cpiller see Tweet)
Cohort Study: Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Warfarin
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:49h | UTCCommentary: Analysis Finds Less Bleeding — But Potentially Greater Mortality Risk — with Some Newer Anticoagulants – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
Study: Species-Specific Activity of Antibacterial Drug Combinations
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:48h | UTCSpecies-specific activity of antibacterial drug combinations – Nature (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study: For antibiotics, good things may come in pairs – CIDRAP (free) AND Combining antibiotics alters effectiveness, study says – UPI (free) AND As drug resistance grows, combining antibiotics could turn up new treatments – STAT (free)
Overview of Guidelines for the Management of Non-Specific Low Back Pain in Primary Care
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:50h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Patients with Neurogenic Bladder and Repeated Urinary Tract Infections
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:47h | UTCInvited Commentary: Preventing urinary tract infections in patients with neurogenic bladder (free)
Guideline: Antibiotic Use in Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:46h | UTCRelated Guideline: Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Management of Community- and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Review: Management of Myocardial Infarction with Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:44h | UTC
Evidence-Based Approach: Evaluation and Management of the Febrile Child in the Emergency Department
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:45h | UTC
Study: Long Work Hours Associated with Increased Risk of Diabetes
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:41h | UTCCommentaries: Clocking up 45+ working hours/week linked to heightened risk of diabetes in women – BMJ, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Greater Risk of Diabetes in Women With Longer Work Week – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Study: Effect of Work Stressors on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes (link to abstract and commentary)
Review: Treatment of Angina
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:42h | UTCTreatment of Angina: Where Are We? – Cardiology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Cohort Study: Presentation, Clinical Profile, and Prognosis of Young Patients with Myocardial Infarction with Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:43h | UTCEditorial: Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA): It’s Time to Face Reality! (free)
Randomized, Crossover Trial: Lentils Reduces Postprandial Glycemic Response
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:40h | UTCCarbohydrate Replacement of Rice or Potato with Lentils Reduces the Postprandial Glycemic Response in Healthy Adults in an Acute, Randomized, Crossover Trial – The Journal of Nutrition (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lentils significantly reduce blood glucose levels – University of Guelph, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Replace Carbs With Lentils to Blunt Glucose Spike After Meals – Medscape (free registration required)
Alarming Polio Outbreak Spreads in Congo, Threatening Global Eradication Efforts
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:40h | UTCAlarming polio outbreak spreads in Congo, threatening global eradication efforts – Science (free)
Meta-Analysis: Anticonvulsants in the Treatment of Low Back Pain and Lumbar Radicular Pain
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:37h | UTCCommentaries: Class of drugs used as alternative to opioids for back pain are ineffective, have potentially serious side effects: report – The Globe and Mail (free) AND Anticonvulsant drugs ineffective for low back pain and can cause harm, despite increased prescribing – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain (free research and commentaries)
Randomized Trial: Epinephrine vs Norepinephrine for Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:35h | UTCEpinephrine Versus Norepinephrine for Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Epinephrine vs. Norepinephrine for Cardiogenic Shock – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Norepinephrine Bests Epinephrine in Battle of the Vasopressors in Cardiogenic Shock – TCTMD (free)
The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity: Beyond “Calories In, Calories Out”
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:36h | UTCThe Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity: Beyond “Calories In, Calories Out” – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Cohort Study: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:39h | UTCHypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Development: An Observational Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy associated with increased rates of later CVD – ACP Internist (free) AND High blood pressure in pregnancy tied to heart disease risk afterward – Reuters (free) AND Women who experience hypertensive disorders during pregnancy are at high risk for developing high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol later in life – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Related Studies: All Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Increase the Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease (free PDF and commentaries) AND Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy and the Risk of Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease (link to abstract and free commentaries) AND Gestational Hypertension and Future Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (free research and editorial)
Randomized Trial: Enzalutamide in Men with Nonmetastatic, Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:34h | UTCEnzalutamide in Men with Nonmetastatic, Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Perspective: Metastasis-free Survival — A New End Point in Prostate Cancer Trials – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Enzalutamide: Now Also for Earlier Use in Prostate Cancer? – Medscape (free registration required) AND Enzalutamide Improves Outcomes for Aggressive Prostate Cancer – MPR (free) AND Enzalutamide Postpones Metastasis for a Subset of High-Risk Patients With Prostate Cancer – Cancer Therapy Advisor (free)
Guideline: Fertility Preservation for Patients with Malignant Disease
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:31h | UTCRelated guidelines: Fertility Preservation in Patients With Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND Fertility preservation for patients with gynecologic malignancies: The Korean Society for Fertility Preservation clinical guidelines – Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine (free) AND Fertility preservation for medical reasons in girls and women: British fertility society policy and practice guideline – Human Fertility (free)
Immunotherapy: Hype and Hope
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:32h | UTCEditorial: Immunotherapy: hype and hope – The Lancet Oncology (free) (via @OphiraG)
Related: What Precisely Is Precision Oncology—and Will It Work? – The ASCO Post (free) AND Hope and hype around cancer immunotherapy – CNN (free)