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Meta-Analysis: Subclinical Device-Detected Atrial Fbrillation and Stroke Risk
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:29h | UTCSee related opinion and commentaries in Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs
Meta-Analysis: Premature Infants and Risk of ADHD
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:27h | UTCCommentaries: Premature Infants Particularly Vulnerable to ADHD – Psychiatric Times (free) AND ADHD and Early Experience: Revisiting the Case of Low Birth Weight – Pediatrics (free)
Research: Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Children’s Language Development
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:24h | UTCPrenatal exposure to acetaminophen and children’s language development at 30 months – European Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Is acetaminophen really safe in pregnancy? – Medical News Today (free) AND Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Associated With Elevated Rate of Language Delay in Girls, Mount Sinai Researchers Find – Mount Sinai Health System, via NewsWise (free)
Research: Cardiovascular Risk Factors After Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:19h | UTCCardiovascular Risk Factors After Adolescent Bariatric Surgery – Pediatrics (free for a period)
Commentary: Bariatric Surgery Helps Teens With Severe Obesity Reduce Heart Disease Risk – NPR (free) AND Teens show decreased risk for heart disease later in life after bariatric surgery – Nationwide Children’s Hospital, via ScienceDaily (free)
Meta-Analysis: Acid-Suppressive Drug Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Childhood Asthma
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:25h | UTCAcid-Suppressive Drug Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Childhood Asthma: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antacids During Pregnancy Tied to Asthma in Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Is antacid use during pregnancy tied to childhood asthma? – Reuters (free)
Research: Mediterranean Diet May Improve Mental Health
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:21h | UTCCommentaries: Mediterranean Diet Improves Mental Health, Study Finds – Mad in America (free) AND Mediterranean Diet Improves Depression – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Mediterranean Diet May Reduce Frailty Risk
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:23h | UTCAdherence to Mediterranean Diet Reduces Incident Frailty Risk: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail – Wiley, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Mediterranean Diet May Lessen Frailty Risk in Older Adults – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Risk of Suicide After Bariatric Surgery
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:18h | UTCRisk of suicide and non-fatal self-harm after bariatric surgery: results from two matched cohort studies – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Bariatric Surgery Associated with Higher Suicide Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
How Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:38h | UTCHow Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Too Much Screening has Misled us About Real Cancer Risk Factors, Experts Say
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:09h | UTCToo much screening has misled us about real cancer risk factors, experts say – STAT (free) AND Overscreening for Cancer Yields Misleading Results – MedPage Today (free) AND Could finding more cancer lead us to understand risk factors less? – HealthNewsReview (free)
Original article: Scrutiny-Dependent Cancer and Self-fulfilling Risk Factors – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Pharmacotherapy for Obesity
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:05h | UTCPharmacotherapy for obesity: What you need to know – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Research: Maternal Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins and Risk of Autism in Offspring
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:34h | UTCCommentaries: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Folic Acid, Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Cut ASD Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Are Vitamin Supplements Used Before or During Pregnancy Associated with Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder? – The JAMA Network (free)
Opinion: The Less-Is-More Crusade — Are We Overmedicalizing or Oversimplifying?
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:06h | UTCOpinion: The Less-Is-More Crusade — Are We Overmedicalizing or Oversimplifying? (free)
Commentaries rebutting the opinion: In Defense of Less-Is-More – Medscape (free registration required) AND Has “Less is More” gone too far? The New England Journal says it has – Lown Institute (free) AND Ms. Inappropriate Defends The Status Quo – Cardiobrief (free) AND Nuance And The Healthcare Apocalypse – Cardiobrief (free)
Perspective: Evidence-Based Health Policy
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:37h | UTCEvidence-Based Health Policy – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Research: Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:32h | UTCAssociation of Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy With the Risk of Autistic Traits in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lack of Folic Acid Supplements During Pregnancy Linked With Increased Autism Risk in Children Exposed to Seizure Drugs In Utero – Medical Research (free) AND Folic Acid in Pregnant Women on Antiepileptic Drugs Linked to Lower Autism Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Folic Acid May Limit Autism Traits in Children of Epileptic Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Folic acid lessens autism risk for fetal anti-epileptic exposure – MedicalXpress (free)
Review: Nutrition in Pregnancy Following Bariatric Surgery
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:23h | UTCNutrition in Pregnancy Following Bariatric Surgery – Nutrients (free)
Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:36h | UTCSugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian (free)
Related: Beverage consumption taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies
Research: Predictors of Moral Distress in a US Sample of Critical Care Nurses
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:18h | UTCCommentary: Improving the Work Environment Could Reduce Moral Distress Among ICU Nurses – American Association of Critical Care Nurses, via NewsWise (free)
Review: Aging, Hematopoiesis, and the Myelodysplastic Syndromes
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:22h | UTCAging, hematopoiesis, and the myelodysplastic syndromes – Blood Advances (free)
Review: Global Action on the Social Determinants of Health
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:16h | UTCGlobal action on the social determinants of health – BMJ Global Health (free)
Review: Neurological Implications of Zika Virus Infection in Adults
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:11h | UTCNeurological Implications of Zika Virus Infection in Adults – The Journal of Infectious Diseases (free)
Deep Learning Sharpens Views of Cells and Genes
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:15h | UTCDeep learning sharpens views of cells and genes – Nature (free)
Neural networks are making biological images easier to process.
Harnessing the Power of Technology in Medical Education
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:15h | UTCHarnessing the power of technology in medical education – OUPblog (free)
Representing a “Revolution”: How the Popular Press has Portrayed Personalized Medicine
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:14h | UTC
Satellites Predict a Cholera Outbreak Weeks in Advance
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:10h | UTCSatellites Predict a Cholera Outbreak Weeks in Advance – Scientific American (free)
“A test in Yemen showed satellite data could foresee an outbreak four weeks before it exploded”.