Daily Archives: September 5, 2019
Thu September 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:32h | UTC
1 – Report: Essential Nutrition Actions: mainstreaming nutrition throughout the life course – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: Stronger focus on nutrition within health services could save 3.7 million lives by 2025 – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Healthier Diets Key To Reducing Obesity And NCDs: Says New WHO Report – Health Policy Watch (free) AND 3.7 million lives could be saved by 2025 if health services ramp up nutrition actions: WHO – UN News (free)
3 – N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Respiratory Protection of Health Care Personnel to Prevent Respiratory Viral Transmission (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Outpatient study finds masks, respirators equally protective – CIDRAP (free) AND Surgical masks as good as respirators for flu and respiratory virus protection – UT Southwestern Medical Center (free)
4 – Budesonide-formoterol reliever therapy versus maintenance budesonide plus terbutaline reliever therapy in adults with mild to moderate asthma (PRACTICAL): a 52-week, open-label, multicentre, superiority, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
See also: Full Report (free PDF) AND Evidence Summary (free PDF) AND Journal Citation in Prehospital Emergency Care (free)
6 – Vaping appears to be making hundreds of people sick. No one knows exactly why. – Vox (free)
Related: CDC Flags One Death and Nearly 200 Cases of Lung Illnesses in U.S., Possibly Tied to Vaping (free) AND Another Patient Has Died From Lung Disease After Vaping – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
7 – Artificial intelligence in medicine raises legal and ethical concerns – The Conversation (free)
Related: Artificial Intelligence Is Infiltrating Medicine — But Is It Ethical? – Forbes (free) AND Artificial Intelligence in Health Care – AMA Journal of Ethics (free articles)
8 – Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of delirium in critically ill adults – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Medicines to treat delirium in critically ill adult patients – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Systematic Reviews: Antipsychotics for Treating Delirium in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) AND Antipsychotics for Preventing Delirium in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Related: USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (free)
10 – Association of Genetic Variants Related to Combined Exposure to Lower Low-Density Lipoproteins and Lower Systolic Blood Pressure With Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Sustained drop in cholesterol and blood pressure reduces lifetime risk of heart, circulatory diseases – News Medical (free)
WHO: Stronger Focus on Nutrition Within Health Services Could Save 3.7 million Lives by 2025
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:29h | UTCReport: Essential Nutrition Actions: mainstreaming nutrition throughout the life course – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: Stronger focus on nutrition within health services could save 3.7 million lives by 2025 – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Healthier Diets Key To Reducing Obesity And NCDs: Says New WHO Report – Health Policy Watch (free) AND 3.7 million lives could be saved by 2025 if health services ramp up nutrition actions: WHO – UN News (free)
Population-based Cohort Study: Exposure to Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Associated with Increased Risk for Many Types of Cancers
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:27h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: In Adults with Mild to Moderate Asthma, As-Needed Long-acting Beta-agonist Plus an Inhaled Corticosteroid is as Effective as Maintenance Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy Plus As-needed Short-acting Beta-agonist
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:24h | UTCBudesonide-formoterol reliever therapy versus maintenance budesonide plus terbutaline reliever therapy in adults with mild to moderate asthma (PRACTICAL): a 52-week, open-label, multicentre, superiority, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Randomized Trial: Common Surgical Masks as Effective as More Expensive Tighter-fitting N95 Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:26h | UTCN95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Respiratory Protection of Health Care Personnel to Prevent Respiratory Viral Transmission (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Outpatient study finds masks, respirators equally protective – CIDRAP (free) AND Surgical masks as good as respirators for flu and respiratory virus protection – UT Southwestern Medical Center (free)
Vaping Appears to Be Making Hundreds of People Sick. No One Knows Exactly Why.
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:20h | UTCVaping appears to be making hundreds of people sick. No one knows exactly why. – Vox (free)
Related: CDC Flags One Death and Nearly 200 Cases of Lung Illnesses in U.S., Possibly Tied to Vaping (free) AND Another Patient Has Died From Lung Disease After Vaping – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Systematic Review: Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesics To Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:22h | UTCSee also: Full Report (free PDF) AND Evidence Summary (free PDF) AND Journal Citation in Prehospital Emergency Care (free)
ASCO Guideline: Use of Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:15h | UTCRelated: USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (free)
Perspective: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Raises Legal and Ethical Concerns
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:18h | UTCArtificial intelligence in medicine raises legal and ethical concerns – The Conversation (free)
Related: Artificial Intelligence Is Infiltrating Medicine — But Is It Ethical? – Forbes (free) AND Artificial Intelligence in Health Care – AMA Journal of Ethics (free articles)
Systematic Review: Pharmacological Interventions for the Treatment of Delirium in Critically Ill Adults
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:16h | UTCPharmacological interventions for the treatment of delirium in critically ill adults – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Medicines to treat delirium in critically ill adult patients – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Systematic Reviews: Antipsychotics for Treating Delirium in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) AND Antipsychotics for Preventing Delirium in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Study: Genetic Exposure to Lower Levels of LDL Cholesterol and Systolic Blood Pressure are Associated with Lower Cardiovascular Risk
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:13h | UTCAssociation of Genetic Variants Related to Combined Exposure to Lower Low-Density Lipoproteins and Lower Systolic Blood Pressure With Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Sustained drop in cholesterol and blood pressure reduces lifetime risk of heart, circulatory diseases – News Medical (free)