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Commentaries: History of Childhood Kidney Disease Linked to Risk of ESRD – Physician’s Weekly (free) AND Childhood Kidney Disease Predicts Adult ESRD – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Review: Hospitalisation in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

4 Feb, 2018 | 16:48h | UTC

Hospitalisation in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction – Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology (free)

Thu, February 1 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 Feb, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

1 – Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation with Heart Failure – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Catheter ablation better than pharmacological atrial fibrillation therapies – University of Utah Health, via EurekAlert (free)

“In patients w/heart failure & atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation lowers rate of death and hospitalization for worsening HF vs. medical therapy”. (via @NEJM see Tweet)

2 – Guideline: Diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal complications in adult cancer patients – German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (free)

3 – Associations of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplement Use With Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Meta-analysis of 10 Trials Involving 77 917 Individuals – JAMA Cardiology (free)

Commentary: Omega-3 Supplements Don’t Protect Against Heart Disease – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Omega-3 fatty acids did not prevent fatal or nonfatal coronary heart disease or any major vascular events.

4 – New Series on malaria in pregnancy – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (via @Onisillos)

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Comment: Putting malaria in pregnancy back in the spotlight (free registration required)

Article 1: Burden, pathology, and costs of malaria in pregnancy: new developments for an old problem (free registration required)

Article 2: Prevention of malaria in pregnancy (free registration required)

Article 3: Treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria during pregnancy (free registration required)

5 – Traumatic brain injury and the risk of dementia diagnosis: A nationwide cohort study – PLOS One (free)

Commentaries: TBI is associated with increased dementia risk for decades after injury – PLOS, via ScienceDaily (free) AND More evidence traumatic brain injuries raise later dementia risk – Reuters (free)

“Using longitudinal, case-control, and sibling-matched analyses of nationwide data from Sweden, Peter Nordström & Anna Nordström describe the association between TBI and dementia, its time course, and the influence of familial factors”. (via @PLOSMedicine see Tweet)

6 – Pro/Con Debate – two doctors with opposite views on physician-assisted death:

Pro: I’m a doctor with end-stage cancer. I support medical aid in dying – STAT (free)

Con: Physician-assisted suicide won’t atone for medicine’s ‘original sin’ – STAT (free)

7 – Clinical Cancer Advances 2018: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (free)

Commentary: CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy Named Advance of the Year in ASCO’s Clinical Cancer Advances 2018 – The ASCO Post (free)

8 – CAR T-Cell Therapy – What do you need to know for the ED? – emDocs (free)

9 – Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Commentaries: ASCO Guideline Offers Recommendations for Management of Mesothelioma – Cancer Network (free) AND ASCO Releases First Mesothelioma Guideline – MedPage Today (free registration required)

10 – CDC Offers Refresher on Safe-sleep Practices for Infants – American Academy of Family Physicians (free)

Report: Vital Signs: Trends and Disparities in Infant Safe Sleep Practices, United States, 2009–2015 – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC (free)

Review: The Incidental Thyroid Nodule

30 Jan, 2018 | 20:00h | UTC

Review: The incidental thyroid nodule – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)

Wed, January 31 – 10 Stories of The Day!

31 Jan, 2018 | 00:33h | UTC

1 – Screening for Lung Cancer: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free PDF)

Summary and commentary: New guideline released on lung cancer screening – ACP Internist (free)

2 – HbA_1c, diabetes and cognitive decline: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing – Diabetologia (free)

Commentaries: The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer’s – The Atlantic (free) And Study Shows Long-Term Effects Of Diabetes And Prediabetes On The Brain – Forbes (free) AND New research shows diabetes and worse blood sugar control are associated with long-term cognitive decline – MedicalXpress (free) AND HbA_1c Levels in Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Decline – Medscape (free registration required)

3 – Viewpoint: Does Medicine Overemphasize IQ? – JAMA (free)

4 – Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: What’s the 5-Year-Survival Rate For Cancer Patients Around The World? – NPR (free) AND Global improvement in cancer survival but international differences are still very wide – eCancer News (free)

5 – Periodontal Disease Assessed Using Clinical Dental Measurements and Cancer Risk in the ARIC Study – JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (free)

Commentaries: More evidence of link between severe gum disease and cancer risk – eCancer News (free) AND Evidence mounts of link between severe gum disease and various cancers – eCancer News (free) AND Severe Gum Disease Increases Both Cancer Risk and Mortality – Medscape (free registration required)

6 – Mid- and Long-Term Health Risks in Living Kidney Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Analysis looks at long-term risks of living kidney donation – American College of Physicians, via EurekAlert (free) AND What Are The Health Risks To Living Kidney Donors? – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Living kidney donors have low but elevated risk of renal failure – Reuters (free)

7 – Opinion: Pay for performance: a dangerous health policy fad that won’t die – STAT (free)

See related articles and commentaries on recent studies with disappointing results of P4P Programs

8 – Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Hypertension – Singapore Medical Journal (free PDF)

9 – Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Thoracentesis: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)

10 – Safety of hydroxyanthracene derivatives for use in food – EFSA Journal (free)

Press release: EFSA confirms health concerns for hydroxyanthracene derivatives in food – European Food Safety Agency (free)

Commentary: Europe’s safety watchdog says laxatives may increase cancer risk – Reuters (free)

“This group of substances naturally occurs in plants such as aloe or senna species. Extracts containing them are used in food supplements for their laxative effect”. (from Press Release)