Mon, April 8 – 10 Stories of The Day!
8 Apr, 2019 | 01:24h | UTC
News Release: Uneven access to health services drives life expectancy gaps: WHO (free)
Editorial: The CHAT Trial:Time for a Heart to Heart Talk (free)
Very important negative study.
Commentaries: Control of scabies and secondary impetigo: optimising treatment effectiveness in endemic settings – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free) AND Mass drug administration reduces scabies cases by 90% in Solomon Islands’ communities – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
News Release: Real cost of heart attacks and strokes: double the direct medical expense – European Society of Cardiology (free)
7 – Cardiogenic Shock – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)
Related Guideline: AHA Guideline: Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock (free)
Related Review: Reconsidering Vasopressors for Cardiogenic Shock: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler – Chest (free PDF)
Commentaries: Nonsmokers at Risk for COPD, Too – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND CDC: Prevalence of COPD High Among Some Nonsmokers – HealthDay (free)
9 – A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: CDC Guideline: Candida auris (free) AND A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention (free) AND Review: Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally (free) AND Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, Resistance, and Treatment of Infections by Candida Auris (free)
“The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs.”
Commentaries: Unite for a Framework Convention for Alcohol Control – The Lancet (free) AND Even one alcoholic drink a day can raise risk of stroke, study says – CNN (free) AND Expert reaction to research on alcohol intake and stroke – Science Media Centre (free) AND Major study debunks myth that moderate drinking can be healthy – Reuters (free)
Related: Alcohol Use and Burden for 195 Countries and Territories (free study and commentaries) AND WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 (free study and commentaries)