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Research: Restless Legs Syndrome and Total and Cardiovascular Mortality Among Women
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:09h | UTCCommentaries: Restless legs syndrome may raise cardiovascular death risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Restless Legs Syndrome Linked to Higher CV Death in Women – Medscape (free registration required)
What We Mean When We Say Evidence-Based Medicine
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:10h | UTCWhat We Mean When We Say Evidence-Based Medicine – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
How Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:05h | UTCHow Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Research: Association of Short-term Exposure to Air Pollution With Mortality in Older Adults
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:06h | UTCAssociation of Short-term Exposure to Air Pollution With Mortality in Older Adults – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Short-term exposure to low levels of air pollution linked with premature death among US seniors – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, via EurekAlert (free) AND Even ‘Safe’ Levels of Air Pollution Tied to Higher Mortality – Medscape (free registration required) AND Low-Level Pollution Exposures Increase Death Risk Among Elderly – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Hearing Aids Make Communication Easier for People With Mild Hearing Loss
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:02h | UTCHearing aids make communication easier for people with mild hearing loss – NIHR Signal (free)
See original article: Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Summary: Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults (free) AND Commentary: Hearing aids: evidence, equity and rationing – Evidently Cochrane (free)
Review: Alternative Therapeutics for Self-Limiting Infections
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:00h | UTCCommentary: Paper suggests antibiotic alternatives should focus on mild infections – CIDRAP (free)
Related review: Alternatives to antibiotics—a pipeline portfolio review – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)
Review: Re-Emerging and Newly Recognized Sexually Transmitted Infections
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:04h | UTCRe-emerging and newly recognized sexually transmitted infections: Can prior experiences shed light on future identification and control? – PLOS Medicine (free) (via @greg_folkers)
Research: Internet-Accessed STI testing
29 Dec, 2017 | 16:57h | UTCCommentary: Introducing internet-based testing for sexually transmitted infections doubles testing uptake in South London boroughs – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
Research: Varenicline Use Tied to Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Hospitalizations
29 Dec, 2017 | 16:59h | UTCVarenicline Use Tied to Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Hospitalizations – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text).
Commentaries: Smoking Cessation Drug May Increase Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Event – American Thoracic Society, via NewsWise (free) AND Varenicline Use Tied to Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Hospitalizations – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Varenicline May Increase Cardiovascular Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“Observational study found 34% higher rates of CV events after starting stop-smoking drug” (from MedPage Today)
Advancing the Role of Nurses and Midwives
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:01h | UTCNews release: Learning from Ireland: expanding the role of nurses and midwives to improve health outcomes (free)
Research: Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as an Add-on Treatment for Bipolar Depression
29 Dec, 2017 | 16:58h | UTCEfficacy and Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as an Add-on Treatment for Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Electrical Stimulation Works as Add-On in Bipolar Depression – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“Small RCT in BD I and II (n=59): active tDCS showed superior improvement versus sham in change in HDRS-17 scores at week 6 (βint = −1.68; NNT = 5.8; 3.3-25.8) and response rates (67.6% vs 30.4%; NNT = 2.69; 1.84-4.99)” (RT @psychopharmacol see Tweet)
Meta-Analysis of the Procedural Risks of Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Artery Stenting Over Time
29 Dec, 2017 | 16:56h | UTC
The Struggle to Do No Harm in Clinical Trials
29 Dec, 2017 | 16:54h | UTCThe struggle to do no harm in clinical trials – Nature (free)
“The struggle to do no harm: the unexplained deaths in #cancer immunotherapy trials” (via @EricTopol see Tweet)
Research: Prevalence of Narrative and Systematic Reviews in five Major Medical Journals
29 Dec, 2017 | 16:53h | UTC“Only 27% of the reviews in the “top 5” medical journals are systematic: another 27% are “non-systematic” & 46% are narrative but reporting a search method”. (RT @hildabast see Tweet with infographic)
Measles Deaths Fall to a Record Low Worldwide
29 Dec, 2017 | 16:54h | UTCMeasles Deaths Fall to a Record Low Worldwide – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
6 Tips for Deciphering Outcomes in Health Studies
29 Dec, 2017 | 16:51h | UTC6 Tips for Deciphering Outcomes in Health Studies – Absolutely Maybe, in PLOS Blogs (free)
Guideline: Treating Axial Spondyloarthritis and Peripheral Spondyloarthritis
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:32h | UTC
Lying on One’s Side in Labour With an Epidural is Safe and Leads to More Spontaneous Births
28 Dec, 2017 | 18:51h | UTCLying on one’s side in labour with an epidural is safe and leads to more spontaneous births – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Upright versus lying down position in second stage of labour in nulliparous women with low dose epidural: BUMPES randomised controlled trial – The BMJ (free)
Research: Rifampicin of No Benefit for Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteraemia
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:38h | UTCCommentaries: Rifampicin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: give it ARREST – The Lancet (free) AND Study: No benefit from adding rifampicin to S aureus bacteremia treatment – CIDRAP (free)
Research: Healthy Diet, Happy Child?
28 Dec, 2017 | 18:12h | UTCCommentaries: Healthy diet, happy child – BMC Series Blog (free) AND Healthy eating linked to kids’ happiness – MedicalXpress (free)
Guideline: Interventions to Address Sexual Problems in People With Cancer
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:31h | UTC
Projections of Temperature-Related Excess Mortality Under Climate Change Scenarios
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:29h | UTCCommentaries: Climate change adaptation: no one size fits all – The Lancet Planetary Health (free) AND Study of impact of climate change on temperatures suggests more deaths unless action taken – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, via ScienceDaily (free)
Cardiorespiratory Health Effects of Particulate Ambient Air Pollution Exposure in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:28h | UTCCommentaries: A call for epidemiology where the air pollution is – The Lancet Planetary Health (free)
Tackling the High Cost of Cancer Care
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:24h | UTCTackling the High Cost of Cancer Care – The ASCO Post (free)
“A formidable group of oncologists has come together with the joint aim of improving access, affordability, and sustainability (value) of cancer therapies”.
Original abstract: A prospective international randomized phase II study evaluating the food effect on the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of abiraterone acetate (AA) in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) (free) AND Commentary: A group of cancer doctors discovered a way to slash the cost of expensive pills by up to 75%, but they’ve hit a wall – Business Insider (free)
Related Website (news section): Value in Cancer Care Consortium (free resources)
See also other articles and commentaries on financial toxicity of cancer treatments
Research: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis with Doxycycline to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men Who Have Sex With Men
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:26h | UTCPost-exposure prophylaxis with doxycycline to prevent sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men: an open-label randomised substudy of the ANRS IPERGAY trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Post Exposure Doxycycline in PReP Users May Reduce Risk of Syphilis and Chlamydiae – MedicalResearch (free) AND Doxycycline After Condomless Sex Lowers STI Risk in High-Risk Men – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Antibiotics could dramatically reduce STIs, study says, raising tough new questions – STAT (free) AND Antibiotics could ‘dramatically reduce’ STIs, STAT says, though findings apply to small group of men – HealthNewsReview (free) AND