Daily Archives: May 10, 2019
Fri May 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!
10 May, 2019 | 05:12h | UTC
1 – Prostate cancer: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
See also: NICE Quality Standard: Prostate Cancer (free)
Commentaries: The Apgar score and association with neonatal mortality and morbidity – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Lower ‘normal’ Apgar scores linked to poorer outcomes – OnMedica (free)
“Vasopressin therapy in septic shock had no effect on 28-day mortality”
4 – A Deep Learning Mammography-based Model for Improved Breast Cancer Risk Prediction – Radiology (free)
Commentaries: Using AI to predict breast cancer and personalize care – MIT News (free) AND Novel artificial intelligence method predicts future risk of breast cancer – Radiological Society of North America (free)
Commentary: Patients with late-onset type 1 diabetes commonly treated as having type 2 diabetes – ACP Diabetes (free)
6 – Management of perinatal depression with non-drug interventions – The BMJ (free)
Commentaries: Rural Areas Drive Increases in Global Obesity – Scientific American (free) AND Obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities – Imperial College London (free)
8 – Global alcohol exposure between 1990 and 2017 and forecasts until 2030: a modelling study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Targets to reduce harmful alcohol use are likely to be missed as global alcohol intake increases – The Lancet (free) AND Increases in Drinking Worldwide (1990-2017) – Psychology Today (free) AND Alcohol use soaring worldwide: The average adult now consumes about 1.7 gallons of pure alcohol per year – USA Today (free)
Related: Alcohol Use and Burden for 195 Countries and Territories (free) AND The Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Alcohol and Drug Use (free)
9 – Snakebite: WHO targets 50% reduction in deaths and disabilities – World Health Organization (free)
Executive Summary: A strategy for prevention and control – World Health Organization (free PDF)
WHO Fact Sheet: Snakebite envenoming (free)
See also: New WHO Strategy Aims to Halve the Global Impact of Snakebite (report and resources) AND Study: Global Mapping of Vulnerability to Snakebite Envenoming (free) AND Snakebites Make The List Of ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’ – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
10 – Access Barriers to Antibiotics – Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (free PDF)
News Release: Lack of Access to Antibiotics is a Major Global Health Challenge (free PDF)
Commentary: Report highlights lack of access to antibiotics – CIDRAP (free)
Meta-analysis: Vasopressin in Septic Shock
10 May, 2019 | 05:07h | UTC“Vasopressin therapy in septic shock had no effect on 28-day mortality”
NICE Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer
10 May, 2019 | 05:10h | UTCProstate cancer: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
See also: NICE Quality Standard: Prostate Cancer (free)
Population Based Cohort Study: Association Between Apgar Scores of 7 to 9 and Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity
10 May, 2019 | 05:08h | UTCCommentaries: The Apgar score and association with neonatal mortality and morbidity – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Lower ‘normal’ Apgar scores linked to poorer outcomes – OnMedica (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Still relevant more than 60 years after its development by Virginia Apgar. No fancy statistical methods, just clinical acumen. She's an absolute hero!
Association between Apgar scores of 7 to 9 and neonatal mortality and morbidity. https://t.co/elH5q166B6— Ann Van den Bruel (@annvdbruel) May 9, 2019
Study: Late-onset Type 1 Diabetes Commonly Treated as Type 2 Diabetes
10 May, 2019 | 05:03h | UTCCommentary: Patients with late-onset type 1 diabetes commonly treated as having type 2 diabetes – ACP Diabetes (free)
State of the Art Review: Management of Perinatal Depression with Non-drug Interventions
10 May, 2019 | 05:01h | UTCManagement of perinatal depression with non-drug interventions – The BMJ (free)
A Deep Learning Mammography-based Model for Improved Breast Cancer Risk Prediction
10 May, 2019 | 05:05h | UTCA Deep Learning Mammography-based Model for Improved Breast Cancer Risk Prediction – Radiology (free)
Commentaries: Using AI to predict breast cancer and personalize care – MIT News (free) AND Novel artificial intelligence method predicts future risk of breast cancer – Radiological Society of North America (free)
Weight Gain in Rural Areas is the Main Driver of the Global Obesity Epidemic
10 May, 2019 | 04:58h | UTCRising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults – Nature (free)
Commentaries: Rural Areas Drive Increases in Global Obesity – Scientific American (free) AND Obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities – Imperial College London (free)
Snakebite: WHO Targets 50% Reduction in Deaths and Disabilities
10 May, 2019 | 04:54h | UTCSnakebite: WHO targets 50% reduction in deaths and disabilities – World Health Organization (free)
Executive Summary: A strategy for prevention and control – World Health Organization (free PDF)
WHO Fact Sheet: Snakebite envenoming (free)
See also: New WHO Strategy Aims to Halve the Global Impact of Snakebite (report and resources) AND Study: Global Mapping of Vulnerability to Snakebite Envenoming (free) AND Snakebites Make The List Of ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’ – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Study: Global Alcohol Exposure Between 1990 and 2017 and Forecasts Until 2030
10 May, 2019 | 04:56h | UTCGlobal alcohol exposure between 1990 and 2017 and forecasts until 2030: a modelling study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Targets to reduce harmful alcohol use are likely to be missed as global alcohol intake increases – The Lancet (free) AND Increases in Drinking Worldwide (1990-2017) – Psychology Today (free) AND Alcohol use soaring worldwide: The average adult now consumes about 1.7 gallons of pure alcohol per year – USA Today (free)
Related: Alcohol Use and Burden for 195 Countries and Territories (free) AND The Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Alcohol and Drug Use (free)
Report: Access Barriers to Antibiotics
10 May, 2019 | 04:51h | UTCAccess Barriers to Antibiotics – Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (free PDF)
News Release: Lack of Access to Antibiotics is a Major Global Health Challenge (free PDF)
Commentary: Report highlights lack of access to antibiotics – CIDRAP (free)