Daily Archives: October 17, 2018
Perspective: Australia is responding to the complex challenge of overdiagnosis
17 Oct, 2018 | 19:19h | UTCAustralia is responding to the complex challenge of overdiagnosis – The Medical Journal of Australia (free for 7 days)
Commentaries: Overdiagnosis: a deep cultural problem – MJA InSight (free) AND Overdiagnosis is harming patients and action is required, says chief medical officer – The Sidney Morning Herald (free)
Related: Overdiagnosis: causes and consequences in primary health care – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Overdiagnosis across medical disciplines: a scoping review – The BMJ Open (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems – STAT News (free) AND Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free) AND Screening: How overdiagnosis and other harms can undermine the benefits – Health News Review (free) AND Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken – Wonca (free PDF)
NCCN Guideline: Small Cell Lung Cancer
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:42h | UTC
Report: Forecasting Life Expectancy, Years of Life Lost, and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in 2040
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:20h | UTCCommentaries: Major strides in forecasting future health – The Lancet (free) AND Why Life Expectancy in 2040 Could Be Lower Than It Is Today – LiveScience (free) AND How healthy will we be in 2040? – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
NCCN Survivorship Care Guideline 2018
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:36h | UTCRelated: Cardiovascular Toxicity in Cancer Survivors (free review and guidelines) AND Burden of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease in childhood cancer survivors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Endocrine Late Effects in Survivors of Cancer in Adolescence and Young Adulthood (free study and commentaries) AND Endocrine Disorders in Survivors of Childhood Cancer (free guideline and commentaries)
CDC Investigates Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:03h | UTCAcute Flaccid Myelitis Investigation Page – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentaries: CDC, partners probe 127 polio-like cases in 22 states – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC Investigates Cases Of Rare Neurological ‘Mystery Illness’ In Kids – NPR (free) AND Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases Confirmed in 22 States Physician’s First Watch (free) AND CDC expresses concern over mysterious surge in polio-like paralysis cases – STAT (free)
Wed, October 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!
17 Oct, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Macrovascular Disease Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Severe Obesity – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Video Summary: How Does Bariatric Surgery Compare With Medical Care for Reducing Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes? (free)
Commentary: Obesity surgery may lower heart attack danger in diabetics – Associated Press (free)
2 – Perspective: The New Age of Patient Autonomy: Implications for the Patient-Physician Relationship – JAMA (free for a limited period) (via @EricTopol)
3 – Perspective: What should we stop doing in the ICU? – ICU Management & Practice (free)
4 – Perspective: I hate guidelines (but they can improve and you can help) – First10Em (free) (via @srrezaie)
5 – Review: Treatments targeting inotropy – European Heart Journal (free)
6 – Review: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: An Update on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Strategies – Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
7 – Researcher Requests for Inappropriate Analysis and Reporting: A U.S. Survey of Consulting Biostatisticians – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: When scientists want their data fudged and why you should care – CBC (free)
8 – Heart disease used to be an ailment of the rich. But it’s now striking the world’s poor. – VOX (free)
“In 2016, an estimated 1 million people died of HIV/AIDS, 445,000 people died of malaria, and 1.7 million died of tuberculosis. Nearly 18 million died of heart disease. And more than three-quarters of those deaths occurred in the developing world.”
9 – Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for preventing hypertensive disorders and related problems – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)
Summary: Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for preventing blood pressure disorders and related problems – Cochrane Library (free)
10 – Early clindamycin for bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy (PREMEVA): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Study: Antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis don’t cut preterm birth risk – CIDRAP (free)