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ASCO 2018: Blood Test Shows Potential as a Detection Tool for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

7 Jun, 2018 | 02:15h | UTC

Blood Test Shows Potential as a Detection Tool for Early-Stage Lung Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)

Commentary: Biotech Firm Grail Takes The First Steps In Its Quest For A Blood Test For Cancer – Forbes (free) AND Questions about a ‘simple blood test’ to screen for cancer prompt revealing answer: It’s complicated – Health News Review (free)

Thu, June 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!

7 Jun, 2018 | 01:33h | UTC

1 – Mental Health ATLAS 2017 – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Mental health: massive scale-up of resources needed if global targets are to be met (free)

See also: WHO Campaign on Mental Health (free resources)

“Every US$ 1 invested in scaling up treatment for common mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety leads to a return of US$ 4 in better health and ability to work” (via @WHO see Tweet)

2 – Interventions for preventing upper gastrointestinal bleeding in people admitted to intensive care units – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Summary: Interventions for preventing upper gastrointestinal bleeding in people on intensive care units – Cochrane Library (free)

Related Observational Study: H2 blockers prevented clinically important GI bleeding better than PPIs in ICU patients – ACP Hospitalist (free)

3 – Nicotine replacement therapy versus control for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Can nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) help people quit smoking? – Cochrane Library (free)

4 – Perspective: Richard Smith: The case for medical nihilism and “gentle medicine” – The BMJ Opinion (free)

5 – Review: Aspiration Pneumonia and Related Syndromes – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)

6 – Ebola virus disease: Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)

7 – Stimulants for ADHD in children: Revisited – Therapeutics Initiative (via @AllenFrancesMD see Tweet)

“There is convincing evidence that a proportion of boys and girls treated with stimulants in BC and around the world are simply the youngest in their class”

8 – Review: Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Reviews Examine How Digital, Mobile Advances Will Define Future of Cardiology – American College of Cardiology (free)

9 – Continuous low-dose antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent urinary tract infection in adults who perform clean intermittent self-catheterisation: the AnTIC RCT – Health Technology Assessment (free)

“The results of this large randomised trial, conducted in accordance with best practice, demonstrate clear benefit for antibiotic prophylaxis in terms of reducing the frequency of UTI for people carrying out CISC”.

10 – Association of Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion With Subsequent Stroke and Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Heart surgery: To have or not to have…your left atrial appendage closed – Mayo Clinic, via ScienceDaily (free) AND LAA Closure Tied to Better Heart Surgery Outcomes – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Perspective: Tracing Spread of Zika Virus in the Americas

6 Jun, 2018 | 22:00h | UTC

Tracing Spread of Zika Virus in the Americas – NIH Director’s Blog (free)

Original Article: Genomic Epidemiology Reconstructs the Introduction and Spread of Zika Virus in Central America and Mexico – Cell Host & Microbe (free)

Performing CPR? Humming the Macarena Could Help

6 Jun, 2018 | 21:58h | UTC

Performing CPR? Humming the Macarena could help – The Guardian (free)

“Using the song “La Macarena” to keep time improves the quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary rescuscitation” (via @kamleshkhunti see Tweet)