Fri January 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Statement on the meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – World Health Organization (free) AND WHO Director-General’s statement on the advice of the IHR Emergency Committee on Novel Coronavirus (free)

See also: WHO declines to declare China virus outbreak a global health emergency – STAT (free) AND Coronavirus Is Spreading, but W.H.O. Says It’s Not a Global Emergency – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND The coronavirus outbreak is not yet a global health emergency, WHO says – Vox (free) AND Wuhan lockdown ‘unprecedented’, shows commitment to contain virus: WHO representative in China – Reuters (free)

“Make no mistake. This is an emergency in China, but it has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one.” (from WHO Director-General’s statement)

2 – Coronavirus Infections—More Than Just the Common Cold – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentary: NIH officials discuss novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China – NIH News Releases (free)

3 – Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of common lower extremity muscle injuries in sport – grading the evidence: a statement paper commissioned by the Danish Society of Sports Physical Therapy (DSSF) – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free)

4 – Over-Testing for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in American Emergency Departments: The Continuing Epidemic – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)

Commentary: Overuse of CT Scans for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism Persists – TCTMD (free)

5 – Textbooks Used to Train Physicians Lack of Conflict of Interest Transparency – MedicalResearch.com (free)

Original Study: A Quantitative and Narrative Evaluation of Goodman and Gilman’s Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics – Pharmacy (free)

Related: Authors of premier medical textbook didn’t disclose $11 million in industry payments (free commentary) AND Study: Undisclosed Financial Ties Between Guideline Writers and Pharmaceutical Companies (several resources on the subject)

6 – Industry funding of patient and health consumer organisations: systematic review with meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)

Editorials: Corporate sponsorship of patient groups: It’s time for mandatory disclosure (free for a limited period) AND The prevalence of industry funding of patient groups – BMJ Opinion (free)

7 – Impact of blinding on estimated treatment effects in randomised clinical trials: meta-epidemiological study – The BMJ (free)

8 – Association of Low-Carbohydrate and Low-Fat Diets With Mortality Among US Adults – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Expert reaction to study looking at low-carb and low-fat diets and risk of death in a US cohort – Science Media Centre (free) AND When It Comes To Healthy Dieting, It’s The Quality Of Nutrients That Counts – MedicalResearch.com (free)

9 – Teprotumumab for the Treatment of Active Thyroid Eye Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Teprotumumab bests placebo for active thyroid eye disease – MedicalXpress (free)

10 – Elagolix for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Women with Uterine Fibroids – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Endometriosis drug reduces bleeding in women with fibroids – Reuters (free) AND Oral hormone-blocking drug may help with heavy menstrual bleeding – Thomas Jefferson University (free)