Daily Archives: January 29, 2020
Wed January 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:32h | UTC
1 – Eliminating Medication Overload: A National Action Plan – Lown Institute (free PDF)
Press Release: Millions of Older Americans Harmed by Too Many Medications – Lown Institute (free)
Commentary: ‘Small’ tactics to counter Big Pharma’s influence on medication overload – STAT (free)
Related: Reducing Inappropriate Medication Use & Polypharmacy (several articles and commentaries on the subject)
4 – Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 28 JANUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
See also: WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak – World Health Organization (free) The Deceptively Simple Number Sparking Coronavirus Fears – The Atlantic (free) AND What Will It Take to Stop Coronavirus? – Harvard Business Review (free) AND The 2 key questions that will determine if the coronavirus outbreak becomes a pandemic – Vox (free) AND WHO seeks to answer nCoV unknowns as more local spread noted outside of China – CIDRAP (free) The coronavirus questions that scientists are racing to answer – STAT (free)
See Other Documents: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) technical guidance – World Health Organization (free)
6 – HIV infection and coronary heart disease: mechanisms and management – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free PDF)
7 – Association of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension as Defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA Blood Pressure Guideline With Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Isolated Diastolic Hypertension Using Tighter BP Cutoff Not Tied to Later CV Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
8 – First-Trimester Pregnancy Exposure to Modafinil and Risk of Congenital Malformations – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Modafinil in First Trimester Associated with Birth Defects – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
9 – Prevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys – The BMJ (free)
See also: Full BMJ Collection on Health, wealth, and profits (free articles)
10 – Leaving no woman, no child, and no adolescent behind – The BMJ (free articles)
News Release: Can we achieve health for all women, children, and adolescents by 2030? – Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (free)
ACG Guideline: Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:25h | UTC
Eliminating Medication Overload: A National Action Plan
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:28h | UTCEliminating Medication Overload: A National Action Plan – Lown Institute (free PDF)
Press Release: Millions of Older Americans Harmed by Too Many Medications – Lown Institute (free)
Commentary: ‘Small’ tactics to counter Big Pharma’s influence on medication overload – STAT (free)
Related: Reducing Inappropriate Medication Use & Polypharmacy (several articles and commentaries on the subject)
Related Commentary on Twitter
After a year of collaboration and hard work, our comprehensive action plan to eliminate medication overload is published! Find out how you can help reduce harm from multiple #medication use here: https://t.co/pHjKbpVsIY
— Lown Institute (@lowninstitute) January 28, 2020
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 28 JANUARY 2020
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:24h | UTCNovel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 28 JANUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
See also: WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak – World Health Organization (free) The Deceptively Simple Number Sparking Coronavirus Fears – The Atlantic (free) AND What Will It Take to Stop Coronavirus? – Harvard Business Review (free) AND The 2 key questions that will determine if the coronavirus outbreak becomes a pandemic – Vox (free) AND WHO seeks to answer nCoV unknowns as more local spread noted outside of China – CIDRAP (free) The coronavirus questions that scientists are racing to answer – STAT (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Patients with new #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection are presenting with a wide range of symptoms. Most seem to have mild disease. About 20% appear to progress to severe disease. Some have died.
WHO Situation Report 28 January 2020 https://t.co/uXR2BXEW2A pic.twitter.com/L9CKuFoDEN
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 28, 2020
ASH Guidelines for Sickle Cell Disease: Transfusion Support
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:27h | UTC
WHO Technical Guidance: Clinical Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection When Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Infection is Suspected
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:21h | UTCSee Other Documents: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) technical guidance – World Health Organization (free)
Prevention of Non-communicable Disease: Best Buys, Wasted Buys, and Contestable Buys
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:14h | UTCPrevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys – The BMJ (free)
See also: Full BMJ Collection on Health, wealth, and profits (free articles)
HIV Infection and Coronary Heart Disease: Mechanisms and Management
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:19h | UTCHIV infection and coronary heart disease: mechanisms and management – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free PDF)
Study: Association of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension as Defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA Blood Pressure Guideline with Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:17h | UTCAssociation of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension as Defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA Blood Pressure Guideline With Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Isolated Diastolic Hypertension Using Tighter BP Cutoff Not Tied to Later CV Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
BMJ Series: ‘Leaving no Woman, no Child, and no Adolescent Behind’
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:12h | UTCLeaving no woman, no child, and no adolescent behind – The BMJ (free articles)
News Release: Can we achieve health for all women, children, and adolescents by 2030? – Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
10 years out from the sustainable development goals (#SDGs) deadline, @DrTedros contributes to a new collection of articles published by @bmj_latest and @GlobalHealthBMJ on whether the ??? is on track to meet the 2030 health targets https://t.co/ZiXcSBNttt pic.twitter.com/dMo6sDiKDm
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 28, 2020
Andromeda and ‘Appalling Science’: A Response to Hardwicke and Ioannidis
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:07h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
‘Appalling science’ and dichotomania: my response to Hardwicke and Ioannidis https://t.co/JRkDVdfnlw
— David Spiegelhalter (@d_spiegel) January 27, 2020
Study: First-Trimester Pregnancy Exposure to Modafinil and Risk of Congenital Malformations
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:16h | UTCFirst-Trimester Pregnancy Exposure to Modafinil and Risk of Congenital Malformations – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Modafinil in First Trimester Associated with Birth Defects – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Physical Therapist Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Individuals with Heart Failure
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:09h | UTC
Viewpoint: Manipulating the Human Microbiome to Manage Disease
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:03h | UTCManipulating the Human Microbiome to Manage Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: The Potential of Manipulating the Human Microbiome to Manage Disease – JAMA (free)
ASCO Guideline: Germline and Somatic Tumor Testing in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:10h | UTC
Adapting Lean Methods to Facilitate Stakeholder Engagement and Co-design in Healthcare
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:06h | UTCAdapting Lean methods to facilitate stakeholder engagement and co-design in healthcare – The BMJ (free)
See also: Full BMJ Collection on Quality Improvement (free articles)
Related Commentary on Twitter
What is #Lean?@DrIainMSmith and colleagues argue that this #QualityImprovement approach drawn from industry can go beyond traditional concepts of value and deliver improvements in health care services.
Read our new #QI series article in @bmj_latest: https://t.co/xsKBHTUksP pic.twitter.com/MvOEXQp304
— Health Foundation (@HealthFdn) January 28, 2020
Perspective: Expert Opinion is Not Always Right
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:04h | UTCExpert opinion is not always right – Evidently Cochrane (free)