Daily Archives: August 30, 2019
Meta-Analysis: Menopausal Hormone Therapy Increases Breast Cancer Risk
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:55h | UTCCommentaries: Menopausal hormones: definitive evidence for breast cancer – The Lancet (free) AND Menopausal hormone therapy and 20-year breast cancer mortality – The Lancet (free) AND Hormone therapy during menopause raises breast cancer risk for years, study finds – STAT (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at HRT use and risk of breast cancer – Science Media Centre (free)
Fri August 30 – 10 Stories of The Day!
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:59h | UTC
Commentaries: Menopausal hormones: definitive evidence for breast cancer – The Lancet (free) AND Menopausal hormone therapy and 20-year breast cancer mortality – The Lancet (free) AND Hormone therapy during menopause raises breast cancer risk for years, study finds – STAT (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at HRT use and risk of breast cancer – Science Media Centre (free)
2 – WHO joins coalition for free digital access to health research – World Health Organization (free)
See also: World Health Organization and TDR Join cOAlition S to Support Free and Immediate Access to Health Research – Plan S (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)
3 – Is IJ or Subclavian Safer Under Ultrasound Guidance? – Journal Feed (free)
Original Article: Complications in internal jugular vs subclavian ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization: a comparative randomized trial – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
4 – News Release: FDA recommends health care facilities and manufacturers begin transitioning to duodenoscopes with disposable components to reduce risk of patient infection – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)
Commentaries: FDA: Hospitals Should Start Switching to Duodenoscopes with Disposable Endcaps – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Hospitals Should Replace Infection-Prone Scopes With Safer Models, F.D.A. Says – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND FDA Urges Transition to Disposable Duodenoscopes – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Duodenoscopes: These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize (free commentary, reviews and guidelines)
5 – Medical education needs to stop burning out students — now – STAT (free)
Related: Meta-analysis: The Global Prevalence of Anxiety Among Medical Students (free studies)
6 – RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials – The BMJ (free)
7 – Screening for Social Determinants of Health: The Known and Unknown – JAMA (free)
Commentary: JAMA paper: Doctors encouraged to consider social determinants screening, referrals – Northwell Health (free)
Commentary: Hyperkalemia Drug Again Linked to Adverse GI Events – Renal & Urology News (free)
Related Study: Risk of Hospitalization for Serious Adverse Gastrointestinal Events Associated with Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate (link to abstract and commentary)
Commentaries: SGLT2 inhibitors cut heart failure risk for T2D patients – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Newer diabetes drug drops heart failure risk by 34 percent, study says – UPI (free)
Related observational studies: SGLT2 agents may reduce cardiovascular risk in diabetics (link to abstract and commentaries)
10 – Intake of Dietary Fiber, Fruits, and Vegetables and Risk of Diverticulitis – American Journal of Gastroenterology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: More fruit and cereal fiber tied to less risk of common bowel disease – Reuters (free)
Randomized Trial: Is Internal Jugular or Subclavian Safer Under Ultrasound Guidance?
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:52h | UTCIs IJ or Subclavian Safer Under Ultrasound Guidance? – Journal Feed (free)
Original Article: Complications in internal jugular vs subclavian ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization: a comparative randomized trial – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
WHO Joins Coalition for Free Digital Access to Health Research
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:53h | UTCWHO joins coalition for free digital access to health research – World Health Organization (free)
See also: World Health Organization and TDR Join cOAlition S to Support Free and Immediate Access to Health Research – Plan S (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)
FDA Recommends Transition to Duodenoscopes with Disposable Components to Reduce Risk of Patient Infection
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:50h | UTCNews Release: FDA recommends health care facilities and manufacturers begin transitioning to duodenoscopes with disposable components to reduce risk of patient infection – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)
Commentaries: FDA: Hospitals Should Start Switching to Duodenoscopes with Disposable Endcaps – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Hospitals Should Replace Infection-Prone Scopes With Safer Models, F.D.A. Says – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND FDA Urges Transition to Disposable Duodenoscopes – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Duodenoscopes: These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize (free commentary, reviews and guidelines)
Perspective: Medical Education Needs to Stop Burning out Students — Now
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:46h | UTCMedical education needs to stop burning out students — now – STAT (free)
Related: Meta-analysis: The Global Prevalence of Anxiety Among Medical Students (free studies)
RoB 2: A Revised Tool for Assessing Risk of Bias in Randomized Trials
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:36h | UTCRoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials – The BMJ (free)
Study: Sodium Polystyrene Sulphonate is Associated with Increased Risk of GI Adverse Events in Patients with CKD
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:28h | UTCCommentary: Hyperkalemia Drug Again Linked to Adverse GI Events – Renal & Urology News (free)
Related Study: Risk of Hospitalization for Serious Adverse Gastrointestinal Events Associated with Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate (link to abstract and commentary)
Screening for Social Determinants of Health: The Known and Unknown
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:30h | UTCScreening for Social Determinants of Health: The Known and Unknown – JAMA (free)
Commentary: JAMA paper: Doctors encouraged to consider social determinants screening, referrals – Northwell Health (free)
Cohort Study: SGLT2 Inhibitors Associated with Reduced Risk of Heart Failure
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:24h | UTCCommentaries: SGLT2 inhibitors cut heart failure risk for T2D patients – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Newer diabetes drug drops heart failure risk by 34 percent, study says – UPI (free)
Related observational studies: SGLT2 agents may reduce cardiovascular risk in diabetics (link to abstract and commentaries)
[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Fruit and Cereal Fiber Linked to Lower Risk of Diverticulitis
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:20h | UTCIntake of Dietary Fiber, Fruits, and Vegetables and Risk of Diverticulitis – American Journal of Gastroenterology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: More fruit and cereal fiber tied to less risk of common bowel disease – Reuters (free)