Fri February 28 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Effect of dose and duration of reduction in dietary sodium on blood pressure levels: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Further evidence adds weight to call for urgent action on salt targets – George Institute for Global Health (free) AND Cutting salt likely to prevent future heart disease, even if you’re not at risk now – CNN (free)

2 – Model List of Essential Medicines – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: WHO launches a digital version of its Model list of Essential Medicines (EML) – World Health Organization (free)

Related: WHO Updates Global Guidance on Medicines and Diagnostic Tests (free resources)

3 – The Inevitable Reimagining of Medical Education – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: The Inevitable Reimagining of Medical Education (free audio)

3 – When Can Intermediate Outcomes Be Used as Surrogate Outcomes? – JAMA (free for a limited period)

5 – SPIRIT extension and elaboration for n-of-1 trials: SPENT 2019 checklist – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

6 – Will COVID-19 go away on its own in warmer weather? – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free)

Related Opinion: Will Spring Temperatures Stop Coronavirus? – Forbes (free)

7 – Effects of updated demography, disability weights, and cervical cancer burden on estimates of human papillomavirus vaccination impact at the global, regional, and national levels: a PRIME modelling study – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Commentary: HPV vaccination found to prevent more cases and deaths than previous estimates – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)

Related: Modeling Analysis: Mortality Impact of Achieving WHO Cervical Cancer Elimination Targets (free study and commentaries)

8 – A single-dose HPV vaccine would have a big impact on cancer prevention – STAT (free)

Related: Another Observational Study Suggests One Dose of HPV Vaccine may be Enough (free studies) AND Another Study Suggesting One Dose of HPV Vaccine may be Effective for Prevention of Cervical Cancer (link to abstract and commentaries)

9 – Microbiota as Predictor of Mortality in Allogeneic Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Higher Microbiota Diversity in Hematologic Cancer Treatment Could Lower Mortality Risk, Study Finds – AJMC (free) AND Gut Diversity Before HCT Predicts Survival in Blood Cancers – MedPage Today (free registration required)

10 – Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives / 28 February 2020 Edition

28 February 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)