Daily Archives: May 19, 2022
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases.
19 May, 2022 | 11:15h | UTCUK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
See also:
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
Commentary on Twitter
On the rare monkeypox outbreak in Europe!
Health officials have little clue where people caught the virus. And there's concern the virus may be spreading through the community – undetected – and possibly through a new route of transmission #IDTwitter https://t.co/KOQ8rM2nW9— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem?? (@ABsteward) May 18, 2022
Pollution and health: a progress update.
19 May, 2022 | 11:12h | UTCPollution and health: a progress update – The Lancet Planetary Health
Commentaries:
One in six killed by pollution worldwide, study finds – CNN
Pollution responsible for one in six deaths across planet, scientists warn – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter
Pollution resulted in more than 9 million deaths and major losses in economic output in 2019, and there’s been little progress since 2015. Read more in the new update to the Lancet Commission on pollution and health. #SolvePollution #PollutionCommissionhttps://t.co/JQqCiS9s2e pic.twitter.com/hNoePKtRew
— The Lancet Planetary Health (@TheLancetPlanet) May 18, 2022
The pandemic’s true health cost: how much of our lives has COVID stolen?
19 May, 2022 | 11:09h | UTCThe pandemic’s true health cost: how much of our lives has COVID stolen? – Nature
Commentary on Twitter
What's missed by our fixation on hospitalization and death metrics for the pandemic—the disability toll—the impact by disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) https://t.co/dFWNuVah3z@HollyElse @Nature #LongCovid pic.twitter.com/Fql0a4ObLH
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 18, 2022
Discovery reveals blocking inflammation may lead to chronic pain.
19 May, 2022 | 11:06h | UTCNews Release: Discovery reveals blocking inflammation may lead to chronic pain – McGill University
Original Study: Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the development of chronic pain – Science Translational Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Challenging medical dogma:
A very important new report suggests that non-steroidal inflammatory medications for acute pain can lead to chronic painhttps://t.co/Z8yjFFBCkK @ScienceTM https://t.co/YGjkXbvNTa pic.twitter.com/f4xVezAhau— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 18, 2022
Results of two cases of pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation.
19 May, 2022 | 11:11h | UTCResults of Two Cases of Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplantation – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Genetically modified pig kidney xenografts were transplanted into two brain-dead human recipients. The xenografts functioned immediately, showed no evidence of acute rejection over a period of 54 hours. https://t.co/gWlpX1dCTC pic.twitter.com/Zp5XdA4QH5
— NEJM (@NEJM) May 18, 2022
Opinion | Does Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Show us the data!
19 May, 2022 | 11:07h | UTCDoes Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Show us the data! – STAT
Review: Unexplained post-acute infection syndromes.
19 May, 2022 | 10:58h | UTCUnexplained post-acute infection syndromes – Nature Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
A @NatureMedicine tour de force review of the unexplained post-acute infectious syndromes, which includes #LongCovid and many others https://t.co/5RnyY9l0eQ
by @jan_choutka @mhornig @VirusesImmunity pic.twitter.com/dhYeZYnM1U— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 18, 2022
Systematic Review: Worldwide prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus among patients with cirrhosis at country, region, and global levels.
19 May, 2022 | 10:54h | UTC
Perspective: The need for increased pragmatism in cardiovascular clinical trials.
19 May, 2022 | 10:48h | UTCThe need for increased pragmatism in cardiovascular clinical trials – Nature Reviews Cardiology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Related: A roadmap of strategies to support cardiovascular researchers: from policy to practice – Nature Reviews Cardiology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
In our latest Review, @ShahzebKhanMD and colleagues discuss the need for increased pragmatism in #cardiovascular clinical trials: https://t.co/LUlrPKusAk pic.twitter.com/cxAYmD2nyS
— Nature Reviews Cardiology (@NatRevCardiol) May 17, 2022
Opinion | Bill Gates and the fate of WHO.
19 May, 2022 | 10:56h | UTCOffline: Bill Gates and the fate of WHO – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter
Offline: Bill Gates and the fate of WHO https://t.co/KKUkdFteUN An oped by @richardhorton1 in @TheLancet which he criticizes both @BillGates & @WHO on their positions to the future of pandemic responses.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) May 13, 2022
Mammographic breast density, benign breast disease, and subsequent breast cancer risk in 3.9 million Korean women.
19 May, 2022 | 10:51h | UTCNews Release: Density, benign disease raise risk of breast cancer – Radiological Society of North America
Integrating palliative care into the ICU: a lasting and developing legacy.
19 May, 2022 | 10:52h | UTCIntegrating palliative care into the ICU: a lasting and developing legacy – Intensive Care Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Palliative care in #ICU, 3 recommendations
1️⃣ implement consensus & disseminate skills/training
2️⃣ identify & implement strategies to identify pts/families who would benefit most
3️⃣ deliver/integrate primary/specialty palliative care focused on function
? https://t.co/jtnYotNMgJ pic.twitter.com/Ga4J9tpRdx— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) May 17, 2022
Antibiotics given shortly before cesarean birth not linked to asthma and eczema in young children.
19 May, 2022 | 10:46h | UTCNews Release: Antibiotics given shortly before cesarean birth not linked to asthma and eczema in young children – University of Birmingham
Reporting guideline for the early stage clinical evaluation of decision support systems driven by artificial intelligence: DECIDE-AI.
19 May, 2022 | 10:45h | UTC
RCT: An intervention to promote self-management, independence and self-efficacy in people with early-stage dementia did not improve clinical outcomes.
19 May, 2022 | 10:42h | UTC
Prescribing SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease: expanding indications and practical considerations.
19 May, 2022 | 10:43h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Prescribing #SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients with #CKD : Expanding Indications and Practical Considerations
?? This interesting article discusses about practical considerations of #SGLT2i from #nephrology point of view https://t.co/Wq2plAqbhq @Nephro_Sparks @NephJC @kidney_boy pic.twitter.com/eHmpOHso86
— Henry Han, MBBS, MD (@HanCardiomd) May 17, 2022
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Study designs for clinical trials applied to personalized medicine: a scoping review.
19 May, 2022 | 10:36h | UTCStudy designs for clinical trials applied to personalised medicine: a scoping review – BMJ Open
RCT: Addition of elotuzumab to lenalidomide and dexamethasone for patients with newly diagnosed, transplantation ineligible multiple myeloma.
19 May, 2022 | 10:39h | UTCAddition of elotuzumab to lenalidomide and dexamethasone for patients with newly diagnosed, transplantation ineligible multiple myeloma (ELOQUENT-1): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Haematology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Elotuzumab Does Not Improve PFS in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma – Cancer Therapy Adviser
Commentary on Twitter
NEW research— Addition of elotuzumab to lenalidomide and dexamethasone did not improve progression-free survival in patients w/ newly diagnosed, transplantation ineligible multiple myeloma: results of the ph3 ELOQUENT-1 trial #mmsm https://t.co/8O3O6ikCJO pic.twitter.com/qe5V7Om9DN
— The Lancet Haematology (@TheLancetHaem) May 12, 2022
Podcast: IBS, functional dyspepsia, and cyclic vomiting: disorders of gut brain interaction.
19 May, 2022 | 10:35h | UTC
Palliative care: An update for internists.
19 May, 2022 | 10:33h | UTCPalliative care: An update for internists – Cleveland Clinical Journal of Medicine
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure: An empathetic, practical approach.
19 May, 2022 | 10:30h | UTCEditorial: Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure: A neurologist’s perspective
Review | Esophageal adenocarcinoma: A dire need for early detection and treatment.
19 May, 2022 | 10:24h | UTC
Managing stage 1 hypertension: Consider the risks, stop the progression.
19 May, 2022 | 10:27h | UTC
Review: Managing metastatic melanoma in 2022.
19 May, 2022 | 10:23h | UTCManaging Metastatic Melanoma in 2022: A Clinical Review – JCO Oncology Practice
Commentary on Twitter
Managing Metastatic #Melanoma in 2022: Clinical Review
A comprehensive guide to past, present, and future therapeutic approaches for patients with #advancedmelanoma. https://t.co/lh02gmmY27 #melsm #JCOOP @BenSwitzerDO pic.twitter.com/8V4bqcsMGT
— JCO Oncology Practice (@JCOOP_ASCO) February 23, 2022
The current and future incidence and mortality of gastric cancer in 185 countries, 2020–40: A population-based modelling study.
19 May, 2022 | 10:19h | UTC