Fri December 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!
6 Dec, 2019 | 10:55h | UTC
1 – Menopause: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
News Release: More than 140,000 die from measles as cases surge worldwide – World Health Organization (free)
WHO Fact Sheet: Measles (free)
Commentaries: Global measles deaths rise to 140,000; young kids hit hard – CIDRAP (free) AND With vaccine rates stalled, measles outbreaks deliver deadly, debilitating impacts worldwide – Global ID News (free) AND WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000 – Reuters (free) AND Measles Numbers Were Bad In 2018. This Year, They’re Even Worse – NPR (free)
3 – World malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Summary: World malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: More pregnant women and children protected from malaria, but accelerated efforts and funding needed to reinvigorate global response, WHO report shows (free)
Commentary: ACR and EULAR release new classification criteria for IgG4-related disease – American College of Rheumatology (free)
5 – Effect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage vs Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
7 – Ann Robinson’s research reviews, 5 December 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals
8 – Ten-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Reduces Weight, Blood Pressure, and Atherogenic Lipids in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome – Cell Metabolism (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Limited eating times could be a new way to fight obesity and diabetes – The Conversation (free) AND Clinical study finds eating within 10-hour window may help stave off diabetes, heart disease – Salk Institute (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at time-restricted eating and weight loss in people with metabolic syndrome – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: Early Time-Restricted Feeding Improves Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Pressure, and Oxidative Stress Even without Weight Loss in Men with Prediabetes – Cell Metabolism (free) AND When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Study: Daily Fasting Improves Health and Survival in Male Mice (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Fasting diets are going mainstream — ahead of the science. Here’s why. – Vox (free)
9 – Cannabis Use Disorder and Perioperative Outcomes in Major Elective Surgeries: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis – Anesthesiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Cannabis Abuse Linked to Periprocedural MIs After Elective Surgeries – TCTMD (free) AND Prevalence of cannabis dependence or abuse increases significantly among surgical patients – News Medical (free)
Related: Perioperative care of cannabis users: A comprehensive review of pharmacological and anesthetic considerations – Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (free) AND If You Smoke Pot, Your Anesthesiologist Needs To Know – Kaiser Health News (free)
10 – Growing acceptability of Undetectable = Untransmittable but widespread misunderstanding of transmission risk: Findings from a very large sample of sexual minority men in the United States – JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Gay, bisexual men increasingly agree: HIV “Undetectable Equals Untransmittable” – NIH News Releases (free)
Related: Risk of sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus with antiretroviral therapy, suppressed viral load and condom use: a systematic review – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy (PARTNER): final results of a multicentre, prospective, observational study – The Lancet (free) AND HIV Viral Load and Transmissibility of HIV Infection: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable – JAMA (free PDF) AND UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE: Public Health and HIV Viral Load Suppression – UNAIDS Explainer (free PDF) AND Science Validates Undetectable = Untransmittable HIV Prevention Message – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (free) AND The “Undetectable = Untransmittable” message goes global: I=I, N=N and B=B – Aidsmap (free)