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Incidence of sexually transmitted infections before and after Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV: a cohort study – AIDS (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Tied to Increased STI Rates – Medscape (free registration required)

Gene Editing – And What it Really Means to Rewrite the Code of Life

25 Jan, 2018 | 20:53h | UTC

Gene editing – and what it really means to rewrite the code of life – The Guardian (free)

Research: Socioeconomic Outcomes of Women Who Receive and Women Who Are Denied Wanted Abortions

25 Jan, 2018 | 20:52h | UTC

Socioeconomic Outcomes of Women Who Receive and Women Who Are Denied Wanted Abortions in the United States – American Journal of Public Health (free PDF)

Commentary: Opinion: Restricting access to abortion makes poor women poorer – LA Times (free)

Review: Biology and Therapy of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

25 Jan, 2018 | 20:46h | UTC

Recent advances in the biology and therapy of medullary thyroid carcinoma – F1000 Research (free)

Research: Association of Depression With Mortality in Older Adults Undergoing TAVR and SAVR

25 Jan, 2018 | 20:50h | UTC

Association of Depression With Mortality in Older Adults Undergoing Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement – JAMA Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Depression May Increase Risk of Death Following Heart Procedure, Study Suggests – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND One-Third of TAVR and SAVR Patients Are Depressed, Upping Mortality Risk – TCTMD (free) AND Association of Depression With Mortality After SAVR and TAVR – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

Review: Sleep Apnea and its Role in Transportation Safety

25 Jan, 2018 | 20:45h | UTC

Sleep apnea and its role in transportation safety – F1000 Research (free)

Review: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus Infection in the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient

25 Jan, 2018 | 20:48h | UTC

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection in the hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient: an overview of epidemiology, management, and prevention – F1000 Research (free)

Wed, January 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!

24 Jan, 2018 | 01:18h | UTC

1 – Report: Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free PDF)

Press release: New Report One of the Most Comprehensive Studies on Health Effects of E-Cigarettes; Finds That Using E-Cigarettes May Lead Youth to Start Smoking, Adults to Stop Smoking (free)

Commentaries: E-Cigarettes Likely Encourage Kids To Try Tobacco But May Help Adults Quit – NPR (free) AND 4 big takeaways from the most comprehensive report on e-cigarettes yet – VOX (free) AND Vaping Can Be Addictive and May Lure Teenagers to Smoking, Science Panel Concludes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

2 – Development and validation of outcome prediction models for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: the SAHIT multinational cohort study – The BMJ (free)

See prognostic calculator: Prediction models for 3 month outcome after aSAH

3 – Antithyroid Drugs and Congenital Malformations: A Nationwide Korean Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: First trimester exposure to antithyroid drugs associated with increased risk of birth defects – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Use of Antithyroid Drugs Early in Pregnancy Tied to Birth Defect Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND First trimester exposure to antithyroid drugs linked with birth defects – OnMedica (free)

4 – Advocacy for Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days To Support Childhood Development and Adult Health – Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: AAP Issues Recommendations for Improving Early-Childhood Nutrition – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND These Are the Best Foods for a Baby’s Brain – TIME (free)

5 – Robust research needs many lines of evidence – Nature (free)

6 – Parkinson’s disease in the ED: a potpourri of hyperpyrexia, dyskinesias, psychosis, and autonomic dysfunction – emDocs (free)

7 – Management of severe community acquired pneumonia in the emergency department – Journal of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

8 – Choosing Wisely Campaign: American Society of Breast Surgeons – Benign Breast Disease: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (free)

Commentary: Choosing Wisely: 5 Procedures to Avoid in Benign Breast Disease – Physician’s First Watch (free)

See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)

9 – Reduction of PTSD Symptoms With Pre-Reactivation Propranolol Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Propranolol May Help Patients With PTSD – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Propranolol May Fill ‘Dire’ Treatment Need for PTSD – Medscape (free registration required)

10 – Starting antiretroviral therapy immediately after HIV diagnosis reduces transmission of the virus – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Implications for a policy of initiating antiretroviral therapy in people diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus: the CAPRA research programme – Programme Grants for Applied Research (free)

Review: Predictors of Outcome in Phaeochromocytomas and Paragangliomas

25 Jan, 2018 | 20:42h | UTC

Predictors of outcome in phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas – F1000 Research (free)

Thu, January 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

25 Jan, 2018 | 00:56h | UTC

1 – 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (free PDF)

Commentaries: More stroke patients eligible for crucial treatments under new guidelines – American Heart Association News (free) AND More stroke patients may receive crucial treatments under new guideline – AHA/ASA Newsroom (free)

“A new guideline for treating acute ischemic stroke recommends an increased treatment window for mechanical clot removal from six hours to up to 24 hours in certain patients with clots in large vessels”. (from AHA/ASA Newsroom)

2 – Thrombectomy for Stroke at 6 to 16 Hours with Selection by Perfusion Imaging – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Brain-scan guided emergency stroke treatment can save more lives – NIH News Releases (free) AND Study confirms late clot extraction can save brain cells of stroke victims – Reuters (free) AND New Findings Could Save Lives of More Stroke Patients – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related article: Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

3 – Perspectives: To Care Is Human — Collectively Confronting the Clinician-Burnout Crisis – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Beyond Burnout — Redesigning Care to Restore Meaning and Sanity for Physicians (free)

4 – Association of Time to Treatment With Short-term Outcomes for Pediatric Patients With Refractory Convulsive Status Epilepticus – JAMA Neurology (free for a period)

Editorial: Time May Be of the Essence in the Treatment of Pediatric Patients With Refractory Convulsive Status Epilepticus (free)

Commentary: Delays Raise Death Risk in Kids with Status Epilepticus – MedPage Today (free registration required)

“These findings may change the perception of acute seizure and status epilepticus treatment, tentatively converting it into an extremely time-sensitive emergency that is similar to stroke or other cardiovascular events”.

5 – Deprescribing antipsychotics for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and insomnia: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free)