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“Third edition of Disease Control Priorities launches today. A vast resource evaluating policy choices affecting the access, uptake & quality of interventions & delivery platforms to improve health in LMICs”. (RT @MRCTEG_LSHTM see Tweet)

Consensus: Recovery after critical illness

7 Dec, 2017 | 22:05h | UTC

Recovery after critical illness: putting the puzzle together—a consensus of 29 – Critical Care (free)

Research: Hemophilia B Gene Therapy with a High-Specific-Activity Factor IX Variant

7 Dec, 2017 | 22:06h | UTC

Hemophilia B Gene Therapy with a High-Specific-Activity Factor IX Variant – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Quick Take Video Summary: Gene Therapy for Factor IX Deficiency (free)

Commentary: One-dose gene therapy produces clotting factor, safely stops bleeding in hemophilia B patients – MedicalXpress (free)

Two nerve drugs are not suitable for treating long-term low back pain

7 Dec, 2017 | 22:04h | UTC

Two nerve drugs are not suitable for treating long-term low back pain – NIHR Signal (free)

Original Article: Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – PLOS One (free)

“Evidence supports NICE guidance not to use two nerve drugs (gabapentin and pregabalin) to treat long-term lower back pain”. (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)

Moral Choices for Today’s Physician

7 Dec, 2017 | 22:04h | UTC

Moral Choices for Today’s Physician – JAMA (free)

Research: Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to walking down a traffic-polluted road compared with walking in a traffic-free area

7 Dec, 2017 | 22:02h | UTC

Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to walking down a traffic-polluted road compared with walking in a traffic-free area in participants aged 60 years and older with chronic lung or heart disease and age-matched healthy controls: a randomised, crossover study – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Walking to a pathway for cardiovascular effects of air pollution – The Lancet (free) AND Traffic fumes in city streets ‘largely wipe out exercise benefits for over-60s’ – The Guardian (free)

Research: Oral Sex and Condom Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

7 Dec, 2017 | 22:03h | UTC

Oral Sex and Condom Use in a U.S. National Sample of Adolescents and Young Adults – Journal of Adolescent Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Kids aren’t protecting themselves against STDs during oral sex – Reuters (free)

Research: Intensive weight loss diet and remission of type 2 diabetes

7 Dec, 2017 | 22:00h | UTC

Primary care-led weight management for remission of type 2 diabetes (DiRECT): an open-label, cluster-randomised trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Intensive weight loss can ‘reverse’ type 2 diabetes – OnMedica (free) AND Weight Management May Reverse T2D – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Radical diet can reverse type 2 diabetes, new study shows – The Guardian (free)

Research: Impact of road traffic air and noise pollution on birth weight

7 Dec, 2017 | 22:01h | UTC

Impact of London’s road traffic air and noise pollution on birth weight: retrospective population based cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Traffic pollution is linked to poor pregnancy outcomes (free)

Commentary: Air pollution from London traffic is affecting the health of unborn babies – Imperial College London (free) AND Traffic pollution linked to low birth weight of unborn babies, study reveals – Medical News (free)

Research: Validation and diagnostic accuracy of predictive curves for age-associated longitudinal cognitive decline in older adults

7 Dec, 2017 | 21:57h | UTC

Validation and diagnostic accuracy of predictive curves for age-associated longitudinal cognitive decline in older adults – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: New easy-to-use tool can help determine Alzheimer’s risk, similar to pediatric growth curves – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Cognitive Decline Charts Could Help Flag Whether Patient Has Dementia – Physician’s First Watch (free)

Research: Readmissions After Revascularization Procedures for Peripheral Arterial Disease

7 Dec, 2017 | 21:56h | UTC

Readmissions After Revascularization Procedures for Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Nationwide Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Burden of Readmission High in PAD Patients Following Revascularization – TCTMD (free) AND 1 in 6 Patients Undergoing Peripheral Arterial Revascularization Readmitted Within 30 Days – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND 1 in 6 Readmitted After Peripheral Revascularization – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Research: Contraceptive use in world’s poorest countries

7 Dec, 2017 | 21:59h | UTC

Modern contraceptive use, unmet need, and demand satisfied among women of reproductive age who are married or in a union in the focus countries of the Family Planning 2020 initiative: a systematic analysis using the Family Planning Estimation Tool – The Lancet (free)

Related Report: FP2020 – The Way Ahead (free)

Commentaries: Contraceptive use gaining momentum in world’s poorest countries – Reuters (free) AND FP2020 reports progress on family planning, but faces an uphill battle – Devex (free)

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