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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)

2 – Contemporary Hormonal Contraception and the Risk of Breast Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Even Low-Dose Contraceptives Slightly Increase Breast Cancer Risk – NPR (free) AND Study confirms higher breast cancer risk with hormone-based contraception – Reuters (free) AND Small risk of breast cancer seen with hormone contraceptives – Associated Press (free) All forms of hormonal contraception carry breast cancer risk, study finds – the Guardian (free) AND Birth Control Pills Still Linked to Breast Cancer, Study Finds – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

3 – Effectiveness of and overdiagnosis from mammography screening in the Netherlands: population based study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Breast cancer screening (free)

Commentaries: Breast cancer screening has ‘little impact’ on cancer deaths – OnMedica AND It’s Time to End Mammograms, Some Experts Say – TIME (free)

See more on the arguments for and against screening for breast cancer with mammography in our November 7^th issue (see #4)

4 – 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)

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

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

7 – 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)

8 – 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)

9 – 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)

10 – 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)

Meta-Analysis: Cheese consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease

5 Dec, 2017 | 18:42h | UTC

Cheese consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis of prospective studies – European Journal of Nutrition (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Eating 40g of cheese a day may reduce heart attack and stroke risk – NHS Choices (free)

Wed, December 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!

6 Dec, 2017 | 00:50h | UTC

1 – 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)

2 – 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)

3 – 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)

4 – 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)

5 – It’s Gonna Get a Lot Easier to Break Science Journal Paywalls – Wired (Free) (via @EricTopol)

6 – Cherry-picking by trialists and meta-analysts can drive conclusions about intervention efficacy – Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (free)

7 – A Failure to Heal – The New York Times Magazine (10 articles per month are free) (RT @camialderighi see Tweet)

8 – Association of Clinician Denial of Patient Requests With Patient Satisfaction – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

9 – Association of US State Implementation of Newborn Screening Policies for Critical Congenital Heart Disease With Early Infant Cardiac Deaths – JAMA (free)

10 – Advance care planning for patients with chronic respiratory diseases: a systematic review of preferences and practices – Thorax (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Doctors rarely discuss end-of-life care for chronic lung conditions – Reuters (free)

Research: Association of Overlapping Surgery With Increased Risk for Complications Following Hip Surgery

5 Dec, 2017 | 18:43h | UTC

Association of Overlapping Surgery With Increased Risk for Complications Following Hip Surgery: A Population-Based, Matched Cohort Study – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Editorial: Overlapping Surgery—Perspectives From the Other Side of the Table (free)

Commentaries: Study: Overlapping surgeries boost complication risks – Becker’s Hospital Review (free) AND Does Overlapping Surgery Increase Complication Risk After Hip Surgery? – The JAMA Network (free)

WHO reviewing data on Sanofi dengue vaccine, urges limited use

5 Dec, 2017 | 18:41h | UTC

WHO reviewing data on Sanofi dengue vaccine, urges limited use – Reuters (free)

Update in Perioperative Medicine

5 Dec, 2017 | 18:41h | UTC

2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)

Pulmonary embolus in the ED – Which patients require systemic thrombolytics?

5 Dec, 2017 | 18:40h | UTC

Pulmonary embolus in the ED – Which patients require systemic thrombolytics? – emDocs (free)

An Unconscious Patient with a DNR Tattoo

5 Dec, 2017 | 18:39h | UTC

An Unconscious Patient with a DNR Tattoo – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentary: His tattoo said “do not resuscitate.” Doctors wanted another opinion – The New York Times (free)

Headline vs. study: The unbearable heaviness of false hope

5 Dec, 2017 | 18:39h | UTC

Headline vs. study: The unbearable heaviness of false hope – HealthNews Review (free)

Ten Criteria for Reviewing a News Article on Health

5 Dec, 2017 | 18:38h | UTC

Our Review Criteria – HealthNewsReview (free)

“Such a great list! Ten Criteria for Reviewing a News Article on Health. Cost, harms, quality of evidence, disease-mongering, conflict of interest, etc.” (RT @CaulfieldTim see Tweet)