Daily Archives: January 25, 2019

Fri, January 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

25 Jan, 2019 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Management and treatment of glomerular diseases (part 1): conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)

Part 2: Conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)

Related: See All KDIGO Guidelines (all free)

 

2 – AAP Policy Statement: Principles of Pediatric Patient Safety: Reducing Harm Due to Medical Care – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: Make pediatric patient safety a priority: AAP policy highlights common errors (free)

 

3 – Long-Term Effects of Finasteride on Prostate Cancer Mortality – New England Journal of Medicine ($ for full-text)

Commentaries: Final verdict on finasteride: Safe, effective prevention for prostate cancer – eCancer News (free) AND Prostate Drug Finasteride Can Safely Lower Cancer Risk, Study Says – U.S. News (free)

 

4 – Perspective: Climate Change — A Health Emergency – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Related: 250,000 deaths a year from climate change is a ‘conservative estimate,’ research says – CNN (free) AND Climate Change Is a Public Health Emergency: Here are eight reasons why – Scientific American (free)

See also: WHO Report: Health and Climate Change (free report and commentaries) AND The 2018 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change (free report and commentaries) AND Projections of Temperature-Related Excess Mortality Under Climate Change Scenarios (free study and commentaries) AND Quantifying Excess Deaths Related to Heatwaves Under Climate Change Scenarios (free study and commentaries)

 

5 – Clinically‐indicated replacement versus routine replacement of peripheral venous catheters – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Replacing a peripheral venous catheter when clinically indicated versus routine replacement – Cochrane Library (free)

 

6 – Three week versus six week immobilisation for stable Weber B type ankle fractures: randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority clinical trial – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Healing time for ankle fracture could be shorter – OnMedica (free) AND Casting for Ankle Fractures? 3 Weeks May Be Enough – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

 

7 – Head to Head: Should we rename low risk cancers? – The BMJ (free)

 

8 – Perspective: The Death of the Sick Day – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“For many office workers, “working from home” has replaced a day spent recovering under the covers.”

 

9 – Association of fried food consumption with all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: prospective cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Eating Fried Foods Linked To Heart Disease, Earlier Deaths In Women Over 50 – Kaiser Health News (free) AND Fried Foods Tied to Heart Disease in Women – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

10 – Exercise training for patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: What to pursue and how to do it. A Position Paper of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

Commentaries: Physical activity reduces mortality in patients with diabetes: Exercise programs for diabetics are a cost effective treatment and should be reimbursed – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Exercise Must Be a Prescription for Those With Type 2 Diabetes, European Cardiologists Say – AJMC (free) AND Exercise cuts mortality risk for people with type 2 diabetes, report says – UPI (free)

 

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