Mon, March 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – The impact of confounding on the associations of different adiposity measures with the incidence of cardiovascular disease: a cohort study of 296 535 adults of white European descent – European Heart Journal (free)

Commentaries: New study casts further doubt on the idea that you can be ‘fat and fit’ – NHS Choices (free) AND A ‘Sweet Spot’ for Heart Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND A ‘sweet spot’ BMI to reduce heart disease risk? What you need to know – HealthNewsReview (free)

2 – Clinical Guideline Synopsis: Evaluation and Treatment of Male Hypogonadism – JAMA (free)

Original Guideline: Testosterone Therapy in Men With Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (free PDF)

Commentary: New Testosterone Treatment Guidelines ‘Useful but Not Gospel’ – Medscape (free registration required)

3 – Free Online Course (small fee if applying for certificate). Starts March 26, 2018. The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future – University of Copenhagen and Coursera

4 – New Series from The Lancet Journals: Pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries (free registration required for all articles and commentaries)

5 – Preventing physician suicide – ACP Hospitalist (free)

Related: What I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free) AND Why are doctors killing themselves? – MJA InSight (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)

6 – The DiPEP (Diagnosis of PE in Pregnancy) biomarker study: An observational cohort study augmented with additional cases to determine the diagnostic utility of biomarkers for suspected venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and puerperium – British Journal of Haematology (free)

Commentary: Imaging is the only way to diagnose blood clots in pregnancy – NIHR Signal (free)

“No blood test can accurately tell if a pregnant or recently pregnant woman has a blood clot. All pregnant women with a suspected clot should continue to have imaging investigations” (via @NIHR_DC  see Tweet)

7 – Tracheotomy in the intensive care unit: guidelines from a French expert panel – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

8 – Older Abuse: Sometimes It’s Self-Inflicted – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“The house is filthy. The elderly resident is struggling. But who has the right to intervene?” (via @NYTHealth see Tweet)

9 – Diastolic Blood Pressure and Adverse Outcomes in the TOPCAT (Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure With an Aldosterone Antagonist) Trial – Journal of the American Heart Association (free for a limited period)

“DBP values ≥90 and <60 mm Hg are associated with a significant risk of adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction who are treated for hypertension”.

10 – Oral vitamin B12 compared with intramuscular vitamin B12 for vitamin B12 deficiency – Cochrane Library (free)

Commentary: Oral vs. Intramuscular Vitamin B₁₂: Efficacy, Safety Compared – MPR (free)