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Perspective: E-cigarettes Are a Win or Loss for Public Health?
21 May, 2018 | 13:10h | UTCE-cigarettes: A win or loss for public health? – Knowable Magazine (free)
Related Perspective: The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul – The New Yorker (free)
See also: related guidelines, reports and commentaries on e-cigarettes (all free)
“Arguments over whether e-cigarettes are harmful or helpful seem gridlocked as emerging research underscores both the toxicity of vaping and its possible benefits”. (via @ghn_news see Tweet)
Meta-Analysis: Dose Increase vs. Unchanged Continuation of Antidepressants After Initial Treatment Failure
21 May, 2018 | 13:11h | UTCDose Increase Versus Unchanged Continuation of Antidepressants After Initial Antidepressant Treatment Failure in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Double-Blind Trials – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Depression: boosting SSRIs doesn’t work – Univadis (free registration required)
“Meta-analysis: there is evidence from RCTs against increasing the dose of SSRIs (with the possible exception of citalopram) in adult patients with major depression and antidepressant treatment failure” (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)
Perspective: Trying to Put a Value on the Doctor-Patient Relationship
21 May, 2018 | 13:09h | UTCTrying to Put a Value on the Doctor-Patient Relationship – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“In its push for profits, the U.S. health care system has made it difficult for patients to get personal attention from doctors. But what if hands-on medicine actually saves money — and lives?”
CDC Report: Outbreaks Associated with Treated Recreational Water
21 May, 2018 | 13:10h | UTCOutbreaks Associated with Treated Recreational Water — United States, 2000–2014 – MMWR, CDC (free)
Commentaries: Hotel pools a factor in water-related illness outbreaks – CIDRAP (free) AND Crypto, Pseudomonas and Legionella responsible for most outbreaks in swimming venues – Outbreak News Today (free) AND Sparkling Pool Water May Hold Disease-Causing Parasites – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND CDC: How To Avoid Getting Sick From A Hotel Swimming Pool – Forbes (free)
Perspective: How Tech Can Turn Doctors into Clerical Workers
21 May, 2018 | 13:08h | UTCHow Tech Can Turn Doctors into Clerical Workers – The New York Times Magazine (10 articles per month are free)
“The threat that electronic health records and machine learning pose to physicians’ clinical judgment — and their well-being”.
Guideline: Clinical Management of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C
21 May, 2018 | 13:06h | UTCSource: New Clinical Practice Guidelines, May 2018 Edition – Medscape (free registration required)
Perspective: Health Care is an Essential Human Right – And So Is a Proper Diagnosis
21 May, 2018 | 13:07h | UTCHealth care is an essential human right – and so is a proper diagnosis – The Conversation (free)
See Original WHO Report: List of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics First edition (2018) – World Health Organization (free report and news release)
Opinion: Implications of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing for BRCA Mutation
21 May, 2018 | 13:05h | UTCDirect-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: The Implications of the US FDA’s First Marketing Authorization for BRCA Mutation Testing – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Review: Pitfalls on the Replacement Therapy for Hypothyroidism
21 May, 2018 | 13:03h | UTC
Practice Guideline: Management of Ovarian Cancer
21 May, 2018 | 13:01h | UTC
Study: How Pragmatic are Randomized Controlled Trials Labeled as Pragmatic?
21 May, 2018 | 13:01h | UTC
Systematic Review: Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
21 May, 2018 | 13:00h | UTCSummary: Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Mon, May 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!
21 May, 2018 | 00:05h | UTC
1 – Outbreaks Associated with Treated Recreational Water — United States, 2000–2014 – MMWR, CDC (free)
Commentaries: Hotel pools a factor in water-related illness outbreaks – CIDRAP (free) AND Crypto, Pseudomonas and Legionella responsible for most outbreaks in swimming venues – Outbreak News Today (free) AND Sparkling Pool Water May Hold Disease-Causing Parasites – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND CDC: How To Avoid Getting Sick From A Hotel Swimming Pool – Forbes (free)
Commentary: One in Three Have Hypertension – AJP (free)
“What do we learn from checking blood pressure in >1.2 million people of 80 countries who have not had their BP measured in a year? 34% HTN, 46% not controlled, Saturday spikes and a lot more” (via @EricTopol see Tweet)
3 – Perspective: Trying to Put a Value on the Doctor-Patient Relationship – The New York Times Magazine (10 articles per month are free)
“In its push for profits, the U.S. health care system has made it difficult for patients to get personal attention from doctors. But what if hands-on medicine actually saves money — and lives?”
4 – E-cigarettes: A win or loss for public health? – Knowable Magazine (free)
Related Perspective: The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul – The New Yorker (free)
See also: related guidelines, reports and commentaries on e-cigarettes (all free)
“Arguments over whether e-cigarettes are harmful or helpful seem gridlocked as emerging research underscores both the toxicity of vaping and its possible benefits”. (via @ghn_news see Tweet)
5 – Dose Increase Versus Unchanged Continuation of Antidepressants After Initial Antidepressant Treatment Failure in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Double-Blind Trials – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Depression: boosting SSRIs doesn’t work – Univadis (free registration required)
“Meta-analysis: there is evidence from RCTs against increasing the dose of SSRIs (with the possible exception of citalopram) in adult patients with major depression and antidepressant treatment failure” (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)
Commentaries: WHO: Ebola in DRC not global emergency; ring vaccination starts in 2 days – CIDRAP (free) AND Ebola outbreak is concerning, but falls short of global emergency, WHO panel says – STAT (free)
7 – Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube and Stylet on First-Attempt Intubation Success Among Patients With Difficult Airways Undergoing Emergency Intubation: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: JC: Don’t blame it on the Bougie – St Emlyn’s (free) AND EM Nerd-The Peculiar Case of the Parallel Pathways – EmNerd (free) AND The humble bougie markedly boosts first-pass intubation success – Univadis (free registration required)
Commentaries: Emergency hospital admissions for alcohol a red flag for suicide risk – new study – Public Health Wales (free) AND Alcohol-Related Emergency Admissions: A Marker for Suicide Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)
9 – Report: World Health Statistics 2018: Monitoring health for the SDGs – World Health Organization (free)
Commentary: World Health Statistics: Over Half Of World’s Population Lack Essential Healthcare – WHO – Vigil 360 (free)
News Release: Keep saying yes to fish twice a week for heart health (free)
AHA News: Eating fish twice a week reduces heart, stroke risk (free)
Commentary: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease: A Very Fishy Story (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Seafood Long-Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease (free PDF)
Randomized Trial: Effectiveness of Text Message Based, Diabetes Self-Management Support Program
21 May, 2018 | 12:58h | UTCCommentary: The potential of mobile health—reaching those in need – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Viewpoint: Ethics of Randomized Trials in a Public Health Emergency
21 May, 2018 | 12:59h | UTCEthics of randomized trials in a public health emergency – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free) (via @greg_folkers)
WHO Report: A Strategic Response to Noncommunicable Diseases
18 May, 2018 | 02:44h | UTCNews Release: Investing in noncommunicable disease control generates major financial and health gains – World Health Organization (free)
“For every US$1 invested in each policy area, the following returns have been documented:
US$12.82 from promoting healthy diets
US$9.13 from reducing the harmful use of alcohol
US$7.43 from lower tobacco use
US$3.29 from providing drug therapy for cardiovascular disease
US$2.80 from increasing physical activity
US$2.74 from managing cancer”
Randomized Trial: Shortening Adjuvant Trastuzumab to 6 Months in Selected Patients with Breast Cancer
18 May, 2018 | 02:44h | UTCASCO 2018: Shortening Adjuvant Trastuzumab to 6 Months in Patients With HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer Is Effective and Reduces Cardiac Toxicities – The ASCO Post (free)
Commentaries: Test of Herceptin Finds Briefer Treatment Can Work, With Fewer Side Effects – NPR (free) AND Shorter drug treatment OK for many breast cancer patients – Associated Press (free) AND For Women With Early Breast Cancer, Herceptin Treatment Can Be Much Shorter – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
““For women with early-stage breast cancer who needed the drug Herceptin, 6 months of treatment were as good as 12, a major study found. Less risk of side effects, less cost, less time “being a patient.”” (via @NYTHealth see Tweet)
Randomized Trial: Ibuprofen Alone For Uncomplicated UTI
18 May, 2018 | 02:41h | UTCCommentary: Ibuprofen alone not an option for simple UTIs, study finds – CIDRAP (free) AND Randomized trial finds ibuprofen not a safe alternative to antibiotics for UTIs – PLOS, via ScienceDaily (free)
Related Research: Symptomatic treatment of uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections in the ambulatory setting: randomised, double blind trial- The BMJ (free)
Report: Global Burden of Multiple Myeloma
18 May, 2018 | 02:42h | UTC“Global incident cases of multiple myeloma more than doubled from 1990-2016 w/incident cases increasing by 126%. The largest increase was in middle-SDI countries, particularly E. Asia with a 262% increase in incidence cases”. (via @IHME_UW see Tweet)
WHO Manual: Key Facts About Major Deadly Diseases
18 May, 2018 | 02:42h | UTCManaging epidemics: Key facts about major deadly diseases – World Health Organization (free)
“Managing epidemics. This @WHO manual provides concise, up-to-date knowledge on 15 infectious diseases that have the potential to become international threats, and tips on how to respond to each of them”. (via @Onisillos and @claireekt see Tweet)
Cohort Study: Five-Year Risk of Stroke after TIA or Minor Ischemic Stroke
18 May, 2018 | 02:39h | UTCFive-Year Risk of Stroke after TIA or Minor Ischemic Stroke – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentary: Elevated Stroke Risk Continues for 5 Years After TIA – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Five Years after TIA or Minor Stroke, Second-Event Risk Persists – MedPage Today (free)
Guideline: Management of Mantle Cell Lymphoma
18 May, 2018 | 02:40h | UTCGuideline for the management of mantle cell lymphoma – British Journal of Haematology (free)
Randomized Controlled Trial: Tranexamic Acid for Hyperacute Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage
18 May, 2018 | 02:36h | UTCEditorial: Haemostatic treatment for intracerebral haemorrhage (free)
Commentaries: Study: Drug to treat bleeding may reduce stroke deaths – UPI (free) AND Drug to treat bleeding may benefit some stroke patients, study finds – University of Nottingham, via EurekAlert (free)
Randomized Trial: MRI-Guided Thrombolysis for Stroke with Unknown Time of Onset
18 May, 2018 | 02:37h | UTCMRI-Guided Thrombolysis for Stroke with Unknown Time of Onset – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Editorial: MRI-Guided Intravenous Alteplase for Stroke — Still Stuck in Time (free)
Commentary: New treatment option for ‘wake-up’ stroke patients – University of Glasgow, via MedicalXpress (free)
Randomized Trial: Rivaroxaban Not Effective for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source
18 May, 2018 | 02:38h | UTCCommentaries: NAVIGATE ESUS: Rivaroxaban Fails to Prevent More Recurrent Cryptogenic Strokes Than Aspirin – TCTMD (free) AND Rivaroxaban Not Superior to Aspirin for Patients with Embolic Stroke of Unknown Source – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)