Daily Archives: June 11, 2019
Tue June 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Jun, 2019 | 03:42h | UTC
Commentaries: Three public health interventions could prevent 94 million premature deaths – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND 3 simple steps could save 94 million lives – American Heart Association News (free) AND Lowering blood pressure, sodium intake may prevent 94 million early deaths – UPI (free)
2 – Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in White Coat Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: People with Untreated “White Coat Hypertension” Twice as Likely to Die from Heart Disease – Penn Medicine (free) AND Untreated white-coat hypertension associated with increased cardiovascular and mortality risk – ACP Internist (free) AND Patients whose blood pressure only spikes at the doctor’s office are twice as likely to die of a heart attack or other cardiac event – STAT (free)
3 – Top 10 medical myths, busted – ACP Internist (free)
“Ten medical myths persist despite all the evidence.”
4 – Incidence of Herpes Zoster Among Children: 2003–2014 – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: When kids are vaccinated against chickenpox, they’re less likely to get shingles, too – STAT (free) AND Decline in pediatric herpes zoster associated with varicella vaccine – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
5 – Editorial: ICD 11 – The Lancet (free)
Related: WHO: ICD-11 is Here! (free resources)
6 – Perspective: The war to free science – Vox (free)
Related: Plan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality (free resources) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand (free resources)
“How librarians, pirates, and funders are liberating the world’s academic research from paywalls.”
7 – Dulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Dulaglutide Cuts Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
During a median follow-up of 5.4 years, the primary outcome (a composite endpoint of non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, or death from cardiovascular causes) occurred in 12.0% of participants in the dulaglutide group and in 13.4% of participants in the placebo group (incidence rate of 2.4 per 100 person-years vs 2.7 per 100 person-years in the placebo group).
8 – Effect of a Self-management Support Intervention on Asthma Outcomes in Older Adults: The SAMBA Study Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Study reports asthma control in older patients and shows lower ED visits – The Mount Sinai Hospital (free)
9 – Risk of Hospitalization for Serious Adverse Gastrointestinal Events Associated With Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Use in Patients of Advanced Age – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate for Hyperkalemia (free)
Commentary: Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Tied to Increased Risk for Serious GI Events in Seniors – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
10 – Association of Exposure to Artificial Light at Night While Sleeping With Risk of Obesity in Women – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women – NIH News Releases (free) AND Sleeping with lights or TV on tied to obesity – Reuters (free) AND Sleeping with the TV on may make you gain weight – Associated Press (free)
[Abstract Only] Meta-analysis: Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in White Coat Hypertension
11 Jun, 2019 | 03:33h | UTCCardiovascular Events and Mortality in White Coat Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: People with Untreated “White Coat Hypertension” Twice as Likely to Die from Heart Disease – Penn Medicine (free) AND Untreated white-coat hypertension associated with increased cardiovascular and mortality risk – ACP Internist (free) AND Patients whose blood pressure only spikes at the doctor’s office are twice as likely to die of a heart attack or other cardiac event – STAT (free)
[Abstract Only] Study: Varicella Vaccination Associated with Reduced Incidence of Pediatric Herpes Zoster
11 Jun, 2019 | 03:22h | UTCIncidence of Herpes Zoster Among Children: 2003–2014 – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: When kids are vaccinated against chickenpox, they’re less likely to get shingles, too – STAT (free) AND Decline in pediatric herpes zoster associated with varicella vaccine – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Study: Three Public Health Interventions Could Save 94 Million Lives in 25 Years
11 Jun, 2019 | 03:40h | UTCCommentaries: Three public health interventions could prevent 94 million premature deaths – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND 3 simple steps could save 94 million lives – American Heart Association News (free) AND Lowering blood pressure, sodium intake may prevent 94 million early deaths – UPI (free)
Top 10 Medical Myths, Busted
11 Jun, 2019 | 03:31h | UTCTop 10 medical myths, busted – ACP Internist (free)
“Ten medical myths persist despite all the evidence.”
Editorial: ICD 11
11 Jun, 2019 | 03:13h | UTCICD 11 – The Lancet (free)
Related: WHO: ICD-11 is Here! (free resources)
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: GLP-1 Receptor Agonist and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
11 Jun, 2019 | 03:01h | UTCDulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Dulaglutide Cuts Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
During a median follow-up of 5.4 years, the primary outcome (a composite endpoint of non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, or death from cardiovascular causes) occurred in 12.0% of participants in the dulaglutide group and in 13.4% of participants in the placebo group (incidence rate of 2.4 per 100 person-years vs 2.7 per 100 person-years in the placebo group).
Perspective: The War to Free Science
11 Jun, 2019 | 03:11h | UTCThe war to free science – Vox (free)
Related: Plan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand (free)
“How librarians, pirates, and funders are liberating the world’s academic research from paywalls.”
Risk of Hospitalization for Serious Adverse Gastrointestinal Events Associated with Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate
11 Jun, 2019 | 02:36h | UTCRisk of Hospitalization for Serious Adverse Gastrointestinal Events Associated With Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Use in Patients of Advanced Age – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate for Hyperkalemia (free)
Commentary: Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Tied to Increased Risk for Serious GI Events in Seniors – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Randomized Trial: Self-management Support Intervention Improve Outcomes in Older Adults with Asthma
11 Jun, 2019 | 02:43h | UTCEffect of a Self-management Support Intervention on Asthma Outcomes in Older Adults: The SAMBA Study Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Study reports asthma control in older patients and shows lower ED visits – The Mount Sinai Hospital (free)
Cohort Study: Women Exposed to Artificial Light While Sleeping May Be at Increased Risk of Obesity
11 Jun, 2019 | 02:30h | UTCAssociation of Exposure to Artificial Light at Night While Sleeping With Risk of Obesity in Women – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women – NIH News Releases (free) AND Sleeping with lights or TV on tied to obesity – Reuters (free) AND Sleeping with the TV on may make you gain weight – Associated Press (free)