Tue, Apr 18 – Top 10 Medical News Stories!

1 – WHO Approves World’s First-Ever Dengue Vaccine – TIME (free) (RT @Onisillos and @JoanneLiu_MSF)

“For general background take a look at The Lancet Infectious Diseases Dengue series” (all articles are free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet) 1 – Disease and economic burdens of dengue; 2 – Prevention and control of dengue – the light at the end of the tunnel; and 3 – Dengue: knowledge gaps, unmet needs, and research priorities

“World Health Organization Approves Dengue Vaccine: still lots of challenges ahead: it needs three injections & price” (RT @JoanneLiu_MSF see Tweet)

2 – Changes in the Employment Status and Risk of Stroke and Stroke Types – Stroke (Free PDF)

News release: Japanese study: Unemployment may increase stroke risk – American Heart Association News

Source: STAT Newsletter

3 – Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer – NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)

4 – New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management – Critical Care (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

5 – The Cost of Not Taking Your Medicine – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

According to the commentary, the lack of adherence to prescribed medications is estimated to cause approximately 125.000 deaths, at least 10 percent of hospitalizations and cost the American health care system between $100 billion and $289 billion a year.

6 – Too Clean for Our Children’s Good? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

According to the “hygiene hypothesis”, some exposure to germs and microorganisms might be good for us because it helps develop the immune system. 

7 – The Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatric Office Practice – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Source: AAP: Pediatricians Should Support Breastfeeding Moms – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Recent recommendation from another organization: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Summary of USPSTF recommendations: Primary Care Interventions to Support Breastfeeding: Recommendation Statement – American Family Physician (free)

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have issued recommendations for promoting and supporting breastfeeding.

8 – Association Between Hospitals’ Engagement in Value-Based Reforms and Readmission Reduction in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Sources: Value-Based Reforms Linked to Readmission Reductions – Medscape (free registration required) AND Richard Lehman’s weekly review (free – see below)

A program of incentives (Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program in the US) was effective in reducing 30 day readmissions following infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia.

9 – Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals, 17 April 2017 – The BMJ Blogs (free)

10 – Relative effectiveness of insulin pump treatment over multiple daily injections and structured education during flexible intensive insulin treatment for type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised trial (REPOSE) – The BMJ (free)

See also: Insulin pump didn’t improve glycemic control compared to training on injections – ACP Diabetes Monthly (free)