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Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: September 2017
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:10h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: September 2017 – eCancer News (free)
Research: Omega-6 fatty acid biomarkers and incident type 2 diabetes
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:28h | UTCOmega-6 fatty acid biomarkers and incident type 2 diabetes: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 39 740 adults from 20 prospective cohort studies – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Omega-6 fats may help prevent type 2 diabetes – George Institute for Global Health (free) AND Eating More Nuts Could Protect Against Type 2 Diabetes – Medscape (free registration required) AND Omega-6 could lower type 2 diabetes risk by 35 percent – Medical News Today (free)
Fri, October 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!
20 Oct, 2017 | 01:31h | UTC
1 – Levels & Trends in Child Mortality – UNICEF (free PDF)
News release: Levels and Trends in Child Mortality (free)
Commentaries: 7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality, new report says – The World Bank (free) AND New child mortality estimates show that 15,000 children died every day in 2016 – The World Bank (free) AND ‘Unconscionable’: 7,000 babies die daily despite record low for child mortality – The Guardian (free)
2 – Report: The Lancet Commission on pollution and health (Report, Executive Summary, Video, Audio and Comments – free registration required)
Commentaries: Report: Pollution Kills 3 Times More than AIDS, TB And Malaria Combined – NPR (free) AND Pollution linked to one in six deaths – BBC (free)
Commentary: New diarrhea guidelines stress implications of molecular tests – CIDRAP (free)
Commentaries: High Blood Pressure Is a Risk Factor For Mitral Regurgitation – Medical Research (free) AND High Blood Pressure May Raise Mitral Regurgitation Risk – TCTMD (free) AND Inevitable or preventable? High blood pressure linked to mitral regurgitation – Cardiovascular Business (free)
“In patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure HFNC was not associated with a difference in mortality compared to Noninvasive ventilation or standard oxygen”
7 – Imaging Studies Offer New Insights Into Inflammation In CV Disease – Cardiobrief (free)
Original article: Colchicine Therapy and Plaque Stabilization in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Preliminary evidence that colchicine may reduce coronary plaque”.
8 – Evidence-based guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: New Ebola guidelines address immediate supportive care – CIDRAP (free)
Commentaries: CDC Offers New Guidance on Diagnosing and Managing Zika in Infants – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Commentaries: H7N9 study finds virus poised to become more lethal, resistant to treatment – CIDRAP (free) AND H7N9 influenza is both lethal and transmissible in animal model for flu – University of Wisconsin–Madison (free) AND Will the World’s Most Worrying Flu Virus Go Pandemic? – The Atlantic (free)
Guidelines for the Treatment of Rectal Prolapse
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:07h | UTCClinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Rectal Prolapse – Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (free)
Research: Iron absorption from oral iron supplements given on consecutive versus alternate days
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:10h | UTCCommentaries: Treatment of iron deficiency is getting trendy – The Lancet Haematology (free) AND Taking Iron Every Other Day Linked to Better Absorption in Iron-Deficient Women – Physician’s First Watch (free)
We Need to Talk About Kids and Smartphones
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:09h | UTCWe Need to Talk About Kids and Smartphones – TIME (free)
Related: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – The Atlantic (free)
“Just how dangerous are smartphones for kids? Here’s why health experts are worried”
Guidelines Synopsis: Management of a Diabetic Foot
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:08h | UTCManagement of a Diabetic Foot – JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis (free) (RT @adamcifu)
Original guideline: The management of diabetic foot: A clinical practice guideline by the Society for Vascular Surgery in collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine (free)
Research: Increasing prevalence of vascular risk factors in patients with stroke
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:06h | UTCIncreasing prevalence of vascular risk factors in patients with stroke – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Health Conditions That Increase Stroke Risk Rise Across All Ages, Races – NPR (free)
“An estimated 80% of all 1st strokes are due to risk factors that can be changed,” says new study (RT @ACCmediacenter see Tweet)
Report: Roadmap for zoonotic tuberculosis
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:05h | UTCRoadmap for zoonotic tuberculosis – Worl Health Organization (free)
WHO News release: TB partners launch first roadmap to jointly stop the transmission of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis (free)
Research: Vaccines to Prevent Ebola in Liberia
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:04h | UTCEditorial: Handle Survivors with Care (free)
Commentaries: Experimental Ebola vaccines elicit year-long immune response – NIH New Releases (free) AND Ebola Vaccines Elicit Immune Responses in Liberian Adults – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Liberia trial finds Ebola vaccines yield year-long immune response – CIDRAP (free)
Review: Management of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:03h | UTCManagement of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free)
Guidelines on perioperative medication in adult cardiac surgery
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:01h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter (free)
Systematic review: Testing blood procalcitonin levels to decide when to start and stop antibiotics in adults with acute respiratory tract infections
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:00h | UTCOriginal Article: Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“the use of procalcitonin to guide initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment results in lower risks of mortality, lower antibiotic consumption, and lower risk for antibiotic-related side effects”.
Older people with acute coronary syndromes may benefit from routine invasive therapy
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:02h | UTCOlder people with acute coronary syndromes may benefit from routine invasive therapy – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Revascularisation compared with initial medical therapy for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in the elderly: a meta-analysis – Heart (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Draft Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:58h | UTCDraft Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Commentary: USPSTF Draft Statement Recommends Sun-Safe Behavioral Counseling for More Fair-Skinned Youth – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Research: Antibiotic susceptibility testing in less than 30 min using direct single-cell imaging
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:02h | UTCCommentary: Rapid Test for Antibiotic Susceptibility – JAMA (free)
Systematic Review: Blood pressure targets in people with cardiovascular disease
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:59h | UTCBlood pressure targets in people with cardiovascular disease – Cochrane Library (free)
The Revised Declaration of Geneva: A Modern-Day Physician’s Pledge
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:53h | UTCThe Revised Declaration of Geneva: A Modern-Day Physician’s Pledge – JAMA (free)
Guideline: Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:55h | UTCGuideline: Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition – World Health Organization (free) (RT @equitylist see Tweet)
News release: WHO releases guidelines to address overweight and obesity in children (free)
Related report: Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults – The Lancet (free) AND Commentaries: Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades: new study by Imperial College London and WHO – World Health Organization (free) Double-duty solutions for the double burden of malnutrition (free)
Long Sleeves on Doctors’ White Coats May Spread Germs
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:57h | UTCLong Sleeves on Doctors’ White Coats May Spread Germs – Scientific American (free)
Related guideline: Healthcare Personnel Attire in Non-Operating-Room Settings – Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (free) AND Commentaries: Goodbye to the Doctor’s White Coat? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New infection control recommendations could make white coats obsolete – ScienceDaily (free) AND Should Doctors Still Be Allowed to Wear White Coats? You Decide – HIV and ID Observations (free)
Report: Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:54h | UTCAlleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report (free registration required)
Commentaries: A milestone for palliative care and pain relief – The Lancet (free registration required) AND Millions die suffering amid global opioid gap, report says – STAT (free) AND More than 25 million people dying in agony without morphine every year – The Guardian (free)
We may soon have our first $1 million drug. Who will pay for it? And how?
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:28h | UTCWe may soon have our first $1 million drug. Who will pay for it? And how? – STAT (free)
Research: Gastric acid suppression promotes alcoholic liver disease by inducing overgrowth of intestinal Enterococcus
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:31h | UTCCommentaries: Proton pump inhibitors linked to liver disease, researchers find – The Pharmaceutical Journal (free) AND Liver disease risk may be heightened by gastric acid drugs – Medical News Today (free) AND Common acid reflux medications promote chronic liver disease – EurekAlert (free)
Guideline: Clinical Use of a Home Sleep Apnea Test
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCClinical Use of a Home Sleep Apnea Test: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement (free)
News release: AASM releases position statement on home sleep apnea testing (free)
Commentaries: AASM: Position Statement on Home Sleep Apnea Testing – MPR (free) AND Sleep Medicine Academy Releases Statements on Home Apnea Testing – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Research: Long-term Outcomes of Multiple Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:29h | UTCCommentaries: Study: Triple-Vessel CABG Strategy Matters in the Long Run – MedPage Today (free registration required)
In patients with multivessel disease who are undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, multiple arterial grafting (MAG) is associated with reduced mortality, repeated revascularization, myocardial infarction, and heart failure when compared with left internal thoracic artery (LITA) supplemented by saphenous vein grafts (LITA+SVG).