Daily Archives: December 6, 2019
WHO/CDC Report: Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide
6 Dec, 2019 | 10:44h | UTCNews Release: More than 140,000 die from measles as cases surge worldwide – World Health Organization (free)
WHO Fact Sheet: Measles (free)
Commentaries: Global measles deaths rise to 140,000; young kids hit hard – CIDRAP (free) AND With vaccine rates stalled, measles outbreaks deliver deadly, debilitating impacts worldwide – Global ID News (free) AND WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000 – Reuters (free) Measles Numbers Were Bad In 2018. This Year, They’re Even Worse – NPR (free)
NICE Guideline: Menopause
6 Dec, 2019 | 10:50h | UTCMenopause: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Fri December 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!
6 Dec, 2019 | 10:55h | UTC
1 – Menopause: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
News Release: More than 140,000 die from measles as cases surge worldwide – World Health Organization (free)
WHO Fact Sheet: Measles (free)
Commentaries: Global measles deaths rise to 140,000; young kids hit hard – CIDRAP (free) AND With vaccine rates stalled, measles outbreaks deliver deadly, debilitating impacts worldwide – Global ID News (free) AND WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000 – Reuters (free) AND Measles Numbers Were Bad In 2018. This Year, They’re Even Worse – NPR (free)
3 – World malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Summary: World malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: More pregnant women and children protected from malaria, but accelerated efforts and funding needed to reinvigorate global response, WHO report shows (free)
Commentary: ACR and EULAR release new classification criteria for IgG4-related disease – American College of Rheumatology (free)
5 – Effect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage vs Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
7 – Ann Robinson’s research reviews, 5 December 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals
8 – Ten-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Reduces Weight, Blood Pressure, and Atherogenic Lipids in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome – Cell Metabolism (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Limited eating times could be a new way to fight obesity and diabetes – The Conversation (free) AND Clinical study finds eating within 10-hour window may help stave off diabetes, heart disease – Salk Institute (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at time-restricted eating and weight loss in people with metabolic syndrome – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: Early Time-Restricted Feeding Improves Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Pressure, and Oxidative Stress Even without Weight Loss in Men with Prediabetes – Cell Metabolism (free) AND When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Study: Daily Fasting Improves Health and Survival in Male Mice (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Fasting diets are going mainstream — ahead of the science. Here’s why. – Vox (free)
9 – Cannabis Use Disorder and Perioperative Outcomes in Major Elective Surgeries: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis – Anesthesiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Cannabis Abuse Linked to Periprocedural MIs After Elective Surgeries – TCTMD (free) AND Prevalence of cannabis dependence or abuse increases significantly among surgical patients – News Medical (free)
Related: Perioperative care of cannabis users: A comprehensive review of pharmacological and anesthetic considerations – Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (free) AND If You Smoke Pot, Your Anesthesiologist Needs To Know – Kaiser Health News (free)
10 – Growing acceptability of Undetectable = Untransmittable but widespread misunderstanding of transmission risk: Findings from a very large sample of sexual minority men in the United States – JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Gay, bisexual men increasingly agree: HIV “Undetectable Equals Untransmittable” – NIH News Releases (free)
Related: Risk of sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus with antiretroviral therapy, suppressed viral load and condom use: a systematic review – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy (PARTNER): final results of a multicentre, prospective, observational study – The Lancet (free) AND HIV Viral Load and Transmissibility of HIV Infection: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable – JAMA (free PDF) AND UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE: Public Health and HIV Viral Load Suppression – UNAIDS Explainer (free PDF) AND Science Validates Undetectable = Untransmittable HIV Prevention Message – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (free) AND The “Undetectable = Untransmittable” message goes global: I=I, N=N and B=B – Aidsmap (free)
New ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for IgG4‐Related Disease
6 Dec, 2019 | 10:26h | UTCCommentary: ACR and EULAR release new classification criteria for IgG4-related disease – American College of Rheumatology (free)
WHO World malaria report 2019
6 Dec, 2019 | 10:34h | UTCWorld malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Summary: World malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: More pregnant women and children protected from malaria, but accelerated efforts and funding needed to reinvigorate global response, WHO report shows (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
WHO releases the new World Malaria Report 2019: https://t.co/rBObT5YmVc.
The report shows that global malaria cases have increased while deaths have decreased.
2018: 228 million people afflicted & around 405 000 killed
2017: 231 million people afflicted & around 416 000 killed pic.twitter.com/fzOdNGJWih— World Health Organization Philippines (@WHOPhilippines) December 4, 2019
Randomized Trial: Effect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage vs. Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions
6 Dec, 2019 | 10:21h | UTCEffect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage vs Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Among patients with malignant pleural effusion, there was no significant difference in the rate of pleurodesis failure between the use of talc poudrage and talc slurry https://t.co/AxWOdzvEnA
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) December 6, 2019
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—5 December 2019
6 Dec, 2019 | 08:38h | UTCAnn Robinson’s research reviews, 5 December 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals
Educational Review – Chest Imaging Using Signs, Symbols, and Naturalistic Images: A Practical Guide for Radiologists and Non-radiologists
6 Dec, 2019 | 08:42h | UTC
Pilot Study Finds 10-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Reduces Weight, Blood Pressure, and Atherogenic Lipids in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome
6 Dec, 2019 | 08:31h | UTCTen-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Reduces Weight, Blood Pressure, and Atherogenic Lipids in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome – Cell Metabolism (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Limited eating times could be a new way to fight obesity and diabetes – The Conversation (free) AND Clinical study finds eating within 10-hour window may help stave off diabetes, heart disease – Salk Institute (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at time-restricted eating and weight loss in people with metabolic syndrome – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: Early Time-Restricted Feeding Improves Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Pressure, and Oxidative Stress Even without Weight Loss in Men with Prediabetes – Cell Metabolism (free) AND When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Study: Daily Fasting Improves Health and Survival in Male Mice (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Fasting diets are going mainstream — ahead of the science. Here’s why. – Vox (free)
[Abstract Only] Study: Cannabis Use Disorder May Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Major Elective Surgeries
6 Dec, 2019 | 07:53h | UTCCannabis Use Disorder and Perioperative Outcomes in Major Elective Surgeries: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis – Anesthesiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Cannabis Abuse Linked to Periprocedural MIs After Elective Surgeries – TCTMD (free) AND Prevalence of cannabis dependence or abuse increases significantly among surgical patients – News Medical (free)
Related: Perioperative care of cannabis users: A comprehensive review of pharmacological and anesthetic considerations – Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (free) AND If You Smoke Pot, Your Anesthesiologist Needs To Know – Kaiser Health News (free)
[Abstract Only] Study: Growing Acceptability of “Undetectable = Untransmittable” but Widespread Misunderstanding of HIV Transmission Risk Persists
6 Dec, 2019 | 07:38h | UTCGrowing acceptability of Undetectable = Untransmittable but widespread misunderstanding of transmission risk: Findings from a very large sample of sexual minority men in the United States – JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Gay, bisexual men increasingly agree: HIV “Undetectable Equals Untransmittable” – NIH News Releases (free)
Related: Risk of sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus with antiretroviral therapy, suppressed viral load and condom use: a systematic review – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy (PARTNER): final results of a multicentre, prospective, observational study – The Lancet (free) AND HIV Viral Load and Transmissibility of HIV Infection: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable – JAMA (free PDF) AND UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE: Public Health and HIV Viral Load Suppression – UNAIDS Explainer (free PDF) AND Science Validates Undetectable = Untransmittable HIV Prevention Message – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (free) AND The “Undetectable = Untransmittable” message goes global: I=I, N=N and B=B – Aidsmap (free)