Daily Archives: July 24, 2023
New WHO guidance on the role of HIV viral suppression in improving individual health and reducing transmission
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:17h | UTCNews Release: New WHO guidance on HIV viral suppression and scientific updates released at IAS 2023 – World Health Organization
WHO Guidance: The role of HIV viral suppression in improving individual health and reducing transmission – Word Health Organization
Related WHO Guidelines:
WHO recommends optimizing HIV testing services – World Health Organization
Primary health care and HIV: convergent actions – World Health Organization
Systematic Review | Low-level HIV viremia (below 1000 copies/mL) linked to minimal sexual transmission risk
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:15h | UTCThe risk of sexual transmission of HIV in individuals with low-level HIV viraemia – The Lancet
Editorial: HIV is sexually untransmittable when viral load is undetectable – The Lancet
Related: Study: Growing Acceptability of “Undetectable = Untransmittable” but Widespread Misunderstanding of HIV Transmission Risk Persists (several texts on the subject)
Commentary on Twitter
People on ART with low but detectible levels of HIV viral load have almost zero risk of sexually transmitting the virus to others, in-depth review suggests #IAS2023https://t.co/wU26C8cEMK pic.twitter.com/hQHLDqPxO6
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) July 22, 2023
Perspective | Digital health for aging populations
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:13h | UTCDigital health for aging populations – Nature Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Perspective | Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed?
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:12h | UTCMedicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed? – Nature
Related: Dozens of recent clinical trials may contain wrong or falsified data (free study by John Carlisle)
Commentary on Twitter
.@Nature reports on the investigations that suggest that, in some fields, at least one-quarter of clinical trials might be problematic or even entirely made up. The researchers behind these investigations are calling for stronger scrutiny. https://t.co/uztDC6JwbH
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) July 22, 2023
RCT | Planned delivery from 34 weeks’ gestation effectively reduces pre-eclampsia related morbidity and mortality in LMICs
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:10h | UTCRelated:
RCT | Planned delivery for pre-eclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation
M-A | Planned delivery or expectant management in preeclampsia.
Randomized Trial: Planned Early Delivery vs. Expectant Management for Late Preterm Pre-eclampsia
Consensus Paper | De-escalation or abbreviation of dual antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndromes and PCI
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:08h | UTCDe-escalation or abbreviation of dual antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndromes and percutaneous coronary intervention: a Consensus Statement from an international expert panel on coronary thrombosis – Nature Reviews Cardiology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Consensus Paper | Lung ultrasound in acute and chronic heart failure
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:06h | UTC
Review | Oxytocin: physiology, pharmacology, and clinical application for labor management
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:04h | UTCOxytocin: physiology, pharmacology, and clinical application for labor management – American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (free for a limited period)
Cohort Study | Increased risk of depression and suicide among people with HIV, especially in the first two years post-diagnosis
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:01h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Risk of Depression in People With HIV: A nationwide population-based matched cohort study
✅ Just Accepted
? Freely Availablehttps://t.co/nyrzPqRRqw— Clinical Infectious Diseases (@CIDJournal) July 22, 2023
Review | Radiomics-based fertility-sparing treatment in endometrial carcinoma
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:00h | UTC
Systematic Review | Dual therapy of Rifaximin and lactulose potentially reduces risk in hepatic encephalopathy
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:57h | UTC
Systematic Review | Insufficient evidence for ACEi/ARB’s impact on early non-diabetic CKD
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:56h | UTC
Review | Research on prescribing cascades
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:53h | UTCResearch on prescribing cascades: a scoping review – Frontiers in Pharmacology
Pooled Analysis | High disease prevalence linked to increased sensitivity, decreased specificity
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:51h | UTC
RCT | Long-term Doxycycline for COPD does not reduce exacerbations, except possibly in severe cases or with low eosinophils
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:50h | UTCA Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-controlled Trial of Long-Term Doxycycline Therapy on Exacerbation Rate in Patients with Stable COPD – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
RCT | Combined pre-operative olanzapine regimen lowers postoperative nausea in high-risk cancer patients
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:49h | UTC
Consensus Paper | Pre and post hair transplantation care
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:46h | UTC
Global perspectives on heart disease rehabilitation and secondary prevention
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:45h | UTC
M-A | Exposure to smoke, overcrowding, poor living conditions, and contact with TB cases identified as risk conditions for pediatric TB
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:43h | UTC
RCT | Online emotion regulation therapy yields significant reduction in adolescent self-injury
24 Jul, 2023 | 12:39h | UTCSee also: Visual Abstract
News Release: Internet-based therapy effective against self-harm in adolescents – Karolinska Institutes