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Systematic Review: fortification of foods with micronutrient powders containing iron in children
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:21h | UTCPoint-of-use fortification of foods with micronutrient powders containing iron in children of preschool and school-age – Cochrane Library (link to summary – $ for full-text)
“Powdered vitamins and minerals added to foods at the point-of-use reduces anaemia and iron deficiency in preschool- and school-age children”.
Comprehensive assessment when older people are in hospital improves their chances of getting home and living independently
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:19h | UTCComprehensive assessment when older people are in hospital improves their chances of getting home and living independently – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital – Cochrane Library (free summary – $ for full-text) AND News Release: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital (free)
“Comprehensive assessment when older people are in hospital improves their chances of getting home and living independently” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Research: Combination Therapy Is Superior to Sequential Monotherapy for the Initial Treatment of Hypertension
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:15h | UTC“Initial combination therapy can be recommended for patients with BP >150/95 mm Hg”
Meta-Analysis: Coffee consumption and health
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:14h | UTCEditorial: Coffee gets a clean bill of health (free)
Commentaries: Moderate coffee drinking ‘more likely to benefit health than to harm it’ say experts – The BMJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Coffee: No Harm, No Foul If Only 4 Cups Daily – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:17h | UTCChildren, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn – Pediatrics Supplement (free articles)
– Digital Screen Media and Cognitive Development
– Media Multitasking and Cognitive, Psychological, Neural, and Learning Differences
– Benefits and Costs of Social Media in Adolescence
– Digital Life and Youth Well-being, Social Connectedness, Empathy, and Narcissism
– Digital Media, Anxiety, and Depression in Children
– Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents
– Virtual Reality in Pediatric Psychology
– Digital Media and Sleep in Childhood and Adolescence
– Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
– Digital Media and Risks for Adolescent Substance Abuse and Problematic Gambling
– Small Screen Use and Driving Safety
– Children’s Privacy in the Big Data Era: Research Opportunities
– Developing Digital and Media Literacies in Children and Adolescents
– Digital Media, Participatory Politics, and Positive Youth Development
– Digital Inequality and Developmental Trajectories of Low-income, Immigrant, and Minority Children
– Global Perspectives on Children’s Digital Opportunities: An Emerging Research and Policy Agenda
– Screen Violence and Youth Behavior
– The Effect of Advertising on Children and Adolescents
– Social Group Stories in the Media and Child Development
– Sexual Media and Childhood Well-being and Health
How might artificial intelligence improve healthcare?
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:11h | UTCRichard Smith: How might artificial intelligence improve healthcare? – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Sugar Industry Suppressed Evidence of Health Risks of Sucrose
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:59h | UTCCommentaries: What The Industry Knew About Sugar’s Health Effects, But Didn’t Tell Us – NPR (free) AND Sugar Industry Long Downplayed Potential Harms – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Big Sugar Buried These Concerning Health Studies 50 Years Ago – ScienceAlerts (free) AND Sugar Industry Suppressed Evidence of Health Risks of Sucrose – UC San Francisco (free)
Meta-Analysis: Oxygen therapy for acute myocardial infarction
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:13h | UTCOxygen therapy for acute myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis – International Journal of Nursing Studies (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Supplemental Oxygen Is Associated with Excess Risk for Recurrent Myocardial Infarction – Journal Watch ($)
See related article – “Oxygen Therapy in Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction” – and commentaries in our August 29th issue (see #1)
“Supplemental Oxygen Associated w/ Excess Risk for Recurrent Myocardial Infarction. It’s time to stop the free flow of oxygen when not absolutely needed” (RT @JWatch see Tweet)
Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout
25 Nov, 2017 | 23:00h | UTCCounting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free)
Guideline: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:12h | UTC
Guideline: Hepatitis B Vaccination, Screening, and Linkage to Care
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:54h | UTCCommentaries: ACP, CDC issue best practice advice on HBV – ACP Internist (free) AND CDC, ACP Offer Joint Guidance on Hepatitis B Vaccination and Screening – Physician’s First Watch (free)
As Malaria Resists Treatment, Experts Warn of Global Crisis
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:58h | UTCAs Malaria Resists Treatment, Experts Warn of Global Crisis – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Research: Management of Tiny Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:53h | UTCEditorial: Leaving Tiny, Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Untreated: Why Is It So Hard? (free)
Research: Effects of Sodium Reduction and the DASH Diet in Relation to Baseline Blood Pressure
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:55h | UTCEffects of Sodium Reduction and the DASH Diet in Relation to Baseline Blood Pressure – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: DASH Diet, Sodium, and Baseline Blood Pressure – Latest in Cardiology, American College of Cardiology (free) AND Big BP Reductions When DASH Diet Combined With Low Sodium Intake – TCTMD (free)
Research: Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:50h | UTCEditorial: No benefit of arthroscopy in subacromial shoulder pain (free)
Commentaries: Common shoulder surgery may offer little pain relief – OnMedica (free) AND Is a common shoulder surgery useless? – MedicalXpress (free) AND Popular Surgery To Ease Chronic Shoulder Pain Called Into Question – NPR (free)
Research: Association of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:51h | UTCAssociation of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Hormonal Contraception May Increase Risk of Suicide, Study Suggests – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Oral Contraceptives Linked to Suicide – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline for treatment of cancer pain
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:48h | UTC2017 SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of cancer pain – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Research: Cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:47h | UTCCommentaries: Cancer: 42 percent of cases down to risk factors you can change – Medical News Today (free) AND Preventable Cancer Estimate Reaches 40% – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guideline: Deprescribing antihyperglycemic agents in older persons
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:45h | UTCRelated algorithm: Antihyperglycemic deprescribing algorithm (free PDF)
See also other Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free resources)
Choosing Wisely: Six Things Pharmacists and Patients Should Question
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:46h | UTCNew Choosing Wisely Canada list: Six Things Pharmacists and Patients Should Question (RT @CPhAAPhC see Tweet)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Research: Detecting hip fractures with radiologist-level performance using deep neural networks
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:43h | UTCRelated: CheXNet: Radiologist-Level Pneumonia Detection on Chest X-Rays with Deep Learning – Stanford ML Group (free)
Research: Conjoint Associations of Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension With Diabetes, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease in Parents
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:42h | UTCInvited Commentary: Gestational Hypertension and Diabetes—A Major Public Health Concern (free)
Commentaries: Pregnancy-related conditions taken together leave moms — and dads — at risk – McGill University Health Centre, via EurekAlert (free) AND Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension = Huge Risk for Later Disease – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Development and validation of a risk prediction algorithm to estimate future risk of type 2 diabetes
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:40h | UTCDevelopment and validation of QDiabetes-2018 risk prediction algorithm to estimate future risk of type 2 diabetes: cohort study – The BMJ (free) (RT @JuliaHCox see Tweet)
See QDiabetes 2018 risk calculator (free)
Guidelines Synopsis: Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:39h | UTCClinical Guidelines Synopsis: Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults – JAMA (free)
Editorial: The New 2017 ACC/AHA Guidelines “Up the Pressure” on Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension (free)
Related Viewpoint: The 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline for High Blood Pressure (free)
See original AHA/ACC Hypertension Guidelines and related resources in our November 13th issue (see #1)
Research: Direct medical costs of motorcycle crashes
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:36h | UTCDirect medical costs of motorcycle crashes in Ontario – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
Commentaries: Motorcycle crashes cause 5 times as many deaths as car accidents, 6 times the health costs – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Motorcycle crashes are alarmingly common — and incredibly costly – STAT (free)