Daily Archives: September 24, 2018
Mon, September 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!
24 Sep, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – Global status report on alcohol and health 2018 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: Harmful use of alcohol kills more than 3 million people each year, most of them men (free)
Commentaries: Alcohol abuse kills 3 million a year, most of them men: WHO – Reuters (free) AND 1 in 20 deaths globally is a result of alcohol use – CNN (free) AND Alcohol causes one in 20 deaths worldwide, says WHO – The Guardian (free)
2 – NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 – The Lancet (free registration required)
Commentaries: Most nations falling short of targets to cut early deaths from chronic disease – Imperial College London (free) AND New Data Suggest More Than Half of Countries Not on Track to Meet Global NCD Goals – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Globally, losing the fight against cancer and other chronic diseases – CNN (free)
Commentary: Immediate compression could help prevent complications after deep-vein thrombosis – American Society of Hematology (free)
“Study supports use of this simple, low-cost intervention even for patients without symptoms” (from American Society of Hematology)
4 – Clinical Update: Management of Chronic Wounds—2018 – JAMA (free for a limited period)
5 – Diagnostic Test Interpretation: Diagnostic Testing for Elevated Cortisol in the Setting of an Adrenal Mass – JAMA (free for a limited period)
6 – ‘Latent’ Tuberculosis? It’s Not That Common, Experts Find – The New York Times (1o articles per month are free)
Related Analysis: Revisiting the timetable of tuberculosis – The BMJ (free analysis and commentary)
7 – The cost of persuasive design: digital media use and ADHD – The Mental Elf (free)
Original Study: Association of Digital Media Use with ADHD Among Adolescents (link to abstract and free commentaries)
8 – Amazing ways artificial intelligence is used in healthcare – World Economic Forum (free)
9 – Global epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury – Nature Reviews Nephrology (free for a limited period) (via @Abraham_RMI)
10 – Racial and ethnic estimates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the United States (2015–2060) in adults aged ≥65 years – Alzheimer’s & Dementia (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Alzheimer’s and dementia cases will double by 2060 -HealthExec (free) AND Alzheimer’s Burden Projected to Double by 2060 – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Alzheimer’s Disease Burden to Double by 2060 – MedPage Today (free registration required)