Daily Archives: September 14, 2021
Report: Fully vaccinated people account for 1.2% of England’s Covid-19 deaths.
14 Sep, 2021 | 10:07h | UTCFully vaccinated people account for 1.2% of England’s Covid-19 deaths – The Guardian
Original Report: Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 2 January and 2 July 2021 – Office for National Statistics
COVID-19 vaccine efficacy does not support boosters for general population, review concludes.
14 Sep, 2021 | 10:08h | UTCNews release: COVID-19 vaccine efficacy does not support boosters for general population, review concludes – The Lancet
Original article: Considerations in boosting COVID-19 vaccine immune responses – The Lancet
Commentaries:
FDA experts among group opposing US booster shot plan – Associated Press
FDA vaccine regulators argue against Covid-19 vaccine boosters in new international review – STAT
Global experts pan wider use of COVID vaccine booster dose – CIDRAP
Boosters Are ‘Not Appropriate’ – Reach Unvaccinated First – Health Policy Watch
Data Doesn’t Support Need for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: Experts – HealthDay
Covid: Single jab recommended for 12 to 15-year-olds by UK’s top doctors.
14 Sep, 2021 | 10:05h | UTCCovid: Single jab recommended for 12 to 15-year-olds by UK’s top doctors – BBC
See also: Covid-19: Children aged 12-15 should be offered vaccine, say UK’s chief medical officers – The BMJ
Massive numbers of new COVID–19 infections, not vaccines, are the main driver of new coronavirus variants.
14 Sep, 2021 | 09:56h | UTC
Review | The next phase of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance: real-time molecular epidemiology.
14 Sep, 2021 | 09:58h | UTCThe next phase of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance: real-time molecular epidemiology – Nature Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Important paper. Monitoring virus evolution and assessing variants is critical to guide the response.
Science, collaboration, analyses, sharing, discussion, action, repeat
Proud @WHO provided technical and financial support for it. #COVID19 https://t.co/M7v8dmIy6q https://t.co/j1VOgBhw6Y
— Maria Van Kerkhove (@mvankerkhove) September 10, 2021
Blood Glucose Monitoring in Adults and Children with Diabetes: Update 2021.
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:57h | UTC
Vaccines Will Not Produce Worse Variants.
14 Sep, 2021 | 09:53h | UTCVaccines Will Not Produce Worse Variants – Science
The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic.
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:53h | UTCNews release: Scientists claim that overeating is not the primary cause of obesity – American Society for nutrition
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
To paraphrase Mark Twain:
Reports of the death of the Carbohydrate-Insulin Model have been exaggerated.
?17-author review @AJCNutrition
?Deep dive on obesity mechanisms
?Numerous hypotheses to guide constructive debateFree text? https://t.co/MxPAgI7dtY
Thread (0/12)? pic.twitter.com/VxEpAvWyZn
— Dr. David Ludwig (@davidludwigmd) September 13, 2021
M-A: Study shows significant risk of major bleeding during extended oral anticoagulant therapy for first unprovoked venous thromboembolism.
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:55h | UTCLong-Term Risk for Major Bleeding During Extended Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for First Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries:
Long-term Anticoagulation After Unprovoked VTE: New Insights – TCTMD
Extended Anticoagulation Tied to Major Bleeding Risk – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
? Delighted to share the MAJESTIC Study providing best available estimates for major bleeding risk during extended #anticoagulation of up to 5 years in patients with unprovoked #VTE (& clinically important subgroups), now published in @AnnalsofIM!https://t.co/Ri2EvZvffq pic.twitter.com/3jvN8mTKSi
— Faizan Khan (@FaizanK91) September 13, 2021
Opinion | Don’t make early career researchers ‘ghost authors.’ Give us the credit we deserve.
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:50h | UTCDon’t make early career researchers ‘ghost authors.’ Give us the credit we deserve – Science
Viewpoint | The management of multi-morbidity in elderly patients: Ready yet for precision medicine in intensive care?
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:47h | UTC
One hundred years of insulin therapy.
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:52h | UTCOne hundred years of insulin therapy – Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Commentary on Twitter
To mark the centenary of the discovery of #insulin, Chantal Mathieu, Pieter-Jan Martens & Roman Vangoitsenhoven look back on the past one hundred years of insulin therapy and discuss future directions https://t.co/kYxVIpzXda #diabetes pic.twitter.com/z9uendON7w
— Nature Reviews Endocrinology (@NatureRevEndo) September 11, 2021
Antifungal Susceptibility Testing: A Primer for Clinicians.
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:46h | UTCAntifungal Susceptibility Testing: A Primer for Clinicians – Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Commentary on Twitter
New in OFID: An overview for clinicians on antifungal susceptibility testing, including testing methods and their limitations, and how results may or may not be clinically useful.
?:https://t.co/ZhPL5oQ57F #OpenForumInfectDis #IDSAJournals @PaulSaxMD @DrJLi pic.twitter.com/wrIkBc5MPV
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) September 11, 2021
Cohort study: Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with microvascular angina.
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:49h | UTCNews release: Disease of the smallest heart blood vessels is important global health problem – European Heart Journal
Editorial: Microvascular angina: quo tendimus? – European Heart Journal
Long-term report of study evaluating radiation following surgical excision for good-risk ductal carcinoma in situ.
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:44h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
At 15 years, NRG-RTOG 9804 "good risk" breast #DCIS trial shows advantage of radiation therapy over observation to reduce #breastcancer risk https://t.co/l5OWVOb5Dg
#JCO #BCSM #radonc @NRGOnc; @MSK_RadOnc pic.twitter.com/TPAZRheoHT— ASCO Publications (@ASCO_pubs) September 10, 2021
ESMO Guideline: Early and locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:42h | UTC
‘Do not resuscitate’ decision recorded for only 1 in 5 very sick hospitalized older patients, study finds
14 Sep, 2021 | 08:40h | UTCOriginal study: Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions for older medical inpatients: a cohort study – BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care