Daily Archives: March 19, 2021
WHO Report: Kicking off a global conversation about ageism
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:12h | UTCGlobal report on ageism – World Health Organization
News release: Kicking off a global conversation about ageism: launch of the first UN Global report on ageism – World Health Organization
RCT: A brief home-based parenting intervention to reduce behavior problems in young children
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:02h | UTC
Diagnosing and treating brain tumors: reflections on the latest Cochrane evidence
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:06h | UTC
Assessment of concordance and discordance among clinical studies posted as preprints and subsequently published in high-impact journals
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:08h | UTC
Cohort study: Fish consumption linked to reduced risk of major cardiovascular complications among patients with prior cardiovascular disease, but not in the general population
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:03h | UTCAssociations of Fish Consumption With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Among Individuals With or Without Vascular Disease From 58 Countries – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Study finds two servings of fish per week can help prevent recurrent heart disease – McMaster University
Author interview: Fish Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease or Mortality With or Without Vascular Disease
Fish intake of up to 175 grams (about 2 servings) weekly is associated with a lower risk of major cardiovascular events and overall mortality in high-risk individuals or patients with existing vascular disease, but not in the general population https://t.co/Jz9RTYtgSa
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) March 8, 2021
Cover Story | Interventional Management in Acute Type B and Type A Aortic Dissection
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:04h | UTC
Podcast | Acute Otitis Media: Q-tips and Tricks
19 Mar, 2021 | 07:57h | UTCAcute Otitis Media: Q-tips and Tricks – The Cribsiders Pediatric Medicine
Podcast | Addiction Medicine Triple Distilled
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:00h | UTC#259 Addiction Medicine Triple Distilled – The Curbsiders
M-A: Cholinesterase inhibitors for vascular dementia and other vascular cognitive impairments
19 Mar, 2021 | 07:52h | UTC
Systematic Review: Umbilical vein injection for management of retained placenta
19 Mar, 2021 | 07:53h | UTCUmbilical vein injection for management of retained placenta – Cochrane Library
Summary: Umbilical vein injection after childbirth for management of retained placenta – Cochrane Library
RCT: Intermediate-dose enoxaparin (1 mg/kg/d) not better than standard-dose prophylactic anticoagulation in patients with Covid-19 admitted to the intensive care unit
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:42h | UTCEditorial: Finding the Optimal Thromboprophylaxis Dose in Patients With COVID-19 – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter
Intermediate-dose prophylactic enoxaparin (1 mg/kg/d) had no effect on a primary composite outcome of adjudicated venous or arterial thrombosis, ECMO, or 30-d mortality vs standard dose enoxaparin among ICU patients w #COVID19 https://t.co/L6UdB31J7V
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) March 18, 2021
European Medicines Agency finds AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and benefits outweigh the risks
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:37h | UTCCommentaries: Restoring confidence after the covid-19 Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine pause will be an uphill battle – The BMJ Opinion AND European Medicines Agency: AstraZeneca Vaccine Safe – Benefits Outweigh Risks – Despite Possible Rare Events – Health Policy Watch AND Expert reaction to announcement from EMA on Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots – Science Media Centre AND European regulators say AstraZeneca vaccine safe, but can’t rule out rare events – CIDRAP AND AstraZeneca vaccine safe, but rare risk of blood clots not ruled out, EU regulator says – LiveScience AND European Medicines Agency Finds AstraZeneca Vaccine Safe And Effective – NPR
Current evidence for COVID-19 therapies: a systematic literature review
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:36h | UTC
SARS-CoV-2 transmission without symptoms
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:30h | UTCSARS-CoV-2 transmission without symptoms – Science (a few articles per month are free)
How do you treat coronavirus? Here are physicians’ best strategies
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:33h | UTCHow do you treat coronavirus? Here are physicians’ best strategies – Science (a few articles per month are free)
CDC: SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:28h | UTCSARS-CoV-2 Variants – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Commentaries: Coronavirus strains first detected in California are officially ‘variants of concern,’ CDC says – CNN AND CDC IDs new COVID-19 variants of concern as hot spots reemerge – CIDRAP
Leprosy drug holds promise as at-home treatment for COVID-19
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:22h | UTCOriginal article: Clofazimine broadly inhibits coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2 – Nature
Pandemic burnout is rampant in academia
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:17h | UTCPandemic burnout is rampant in academia – Nature
Video: Coronavirus Update with Carlos del Rio and Preeti Malani
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:24h | UTCCoronavirus Update With Carlos del Rio and Preeti Malani – JAMA
Perspective | Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible
19 Mar, 2021 | 08:19h | UTCFive reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible – Nature