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“Full financial interventions directed at smokers when compared to no financial interventions increase the proportion of smokers who attempt to quit, use smoking cessation treatments, and succeed in quitting”.

3 – Lung Cancer Mortality Associated With Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among People Living With HIV in the United States – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Editorial: If We Are Smart Enough to Stop HIV From Replicating, Why Can’t We Help People to Stop Smoking? (free)

Commentaries: People with HIV who smoke are more likely to die from lung cancer than from HIV itself – eCancer (free) AND Smoking cuts life expectancy in HIV more than AIDS does – OnMedica (free)

4 – Randomized clinical trial of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated appendicitis – British Journal of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“1st RCT to show uncomplicated appendicitis resolve even without antibiotics (let alone surgery)” (RT @villesallinen see Tweet)

5 – All Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Increase the Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease – Hypertension (link to abstract – free PDF via @unpaywall)

Commentaries: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy increase future risk of heart disease – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND A type of hypertension during pregnancy more dangerous than thought – AHA News (free)

6 – Association of Trial Registration With Reporting of Primary Outcomes in Protocols and Publications – JAMA (free)

Commentaries: Discrepancy between trial goals, results may mask treatment risks – Reuters (free) AND Clinical Trials Often Unregistered, Unpublished – The JAMA Network (free)

7 – The interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meeting: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Lung Foundation Australia (free)

8 – Cancer patients need better care, not just more technology – Nature News (free)

9 – Juvenile Stroke: A Practice-Oriented Overview – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

Commentary: German study dissects etiology behind juvenile stroke – Cardiovascular Business (free)

10 – FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA recommends separating dosing of potassium-lowering drug sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) from all other oral drugs (free)

Commentary: Don’t Give Kayexalate With Other Oral Drugs, FDA Warns – Medscape (free registration required)

“Patients should take orally administered prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines at least 3 hours before or 3 hours after sodium polystyrene sulfonate”

Review: Extraglottic airway devices: technology update

24 Sep, 2017 | 00:12h | UTC

Extraglottic airway devices: technology update – Medical Devices: Evidence and Research (free)

Review: Human Milk and Allergic Diseases

24 Sep, 2017 | 00:13h | UTC

Human Milk and Allergic Diseases: An Unsolved Puzzle – Nutrients (free)

Effect of Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection on Survival in Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis

20 Sep, 2017 | 22:31h | UTC

Effect of Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection on 10-Year Overall Survival Among Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis: The ACOSOG Z0011 (Alliance) Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Author interview: Breast Cancer Surgery: Less Is More (free audio)

Commentary: In Treating Breast Cancer, Less Can Be As Good As More – American Council on Science and Health (free)

Thu, September 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!

21 Sep, 2017 | 00:38h | UTC

1 – The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms – World Health Organization (free)

See WHO Reports: Antibacterial Agents in Clinical Development (free) AND Global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to guide research, discovery, and development of new antibiotics (free)

Commentaries: WHO report paints dire picture of antibiotic development – CIDRAP (free) AND Too few antibiotics in pipeline to tackle global drug-resistance crisis, WHO warns – The Guardian (free) AND The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO says – CNN (free text and video)

2 – Rapid Recommendation: Corticosteroids for sore throat: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free text and infographic)

See also other Rapid Recommendations from The BMJ (all free)

3 – Improving health systems in low-income countries – 3 New Cochrane Library Reviews

Article 1: Implementation strategies for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (free) AND Summary: Implementation strategies for health systems in low-income countries (free)

Article 2: Governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (free) AND Summary: Effects of governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries (free)

Article 3: Delivery arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (free) AND Summary: Effects of delivery arrangements for health systems in low-income countries (free)

4 – Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related: Comprehensive assessment may reduce risk of delirium after hip fracture – NIHR Signal (free)

“Older patients are more likely to be alive and in their own homes at follow-up if they received comprehensive geriatric assessment on admission to hospital”.

5 – Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes: time to change guidelines indicating apparently ‘safe’ levels of alcohol during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analyses – BMJ Open (free)

Commentaries: No change to alcohol guidelines for pregnancy – NHS Choices (free) Health risks of light drinking in pregnancy confirms that abstention is the safest approach – The Conversation (free)

6 – Association of spontaneous abortion with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine containing H1N1pdm09 in 2010–11 and 2011–12 – Vaccine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study signals association between flu vaccine, miscarriage – CIDRAP (free) AND New study finds link between flu vaccine and miscarriage. But is it real? – Science (free) AND Study shows miscarriage risk may have increased after flu shots, puzzling researchers – STAT (free) AND A new finding of a possible flu shot-miscarriage link shows science prioritizes vaccine safety – STAT (free)

“This study does not and cannot establish a causal relationship between repeated influenza vaccination and SAB, but further research is warranted”.

7 – Metabolically Healthy Obese and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events Among 3.5 Million Men and Women – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: New evidence shows that healthy obesity is a myth – The Conversation (free) AND Study shows so-called ‘healthy obesity’ is harmful to cardiovascular health – Medical News Today (free) AND Obesity, even without other risk factors, leads to higher rate of cardiovascular disease – STAT (free) AND Another Study Challenges Notion of ‘Healthy Obese’ – TCTMD (free)

8 – Expert consensus document: A ‘diamond’ approach to personalized treatment of angina – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free)

9 – What Does the Future Hold for Scientific Journals? Visual Abstracts and Other Tools for Communicating Research – Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery (free)

10 – Effect of Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection on 10-Year Overall Survival Among Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis: The ACOSOG Z0011 (Alliance) Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Author interview: Breast Cancer Surgery: Less Is More (free audio)

Commentary: In Treating Breast Cancer, Less Can Be As Good As More – American Council on Science and Health (free)

Systematic Review: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital

20 Sep, 2017 | 22:26h | UTC

Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related: Comprehensive assessment may reduce risk of delirium after hip fracture – NIHR Signal (free)

“Older patients are more likely to be alive and in their own homes at follow-up if they received comprehensive geriatric assessment on admission to hospital”.

WHO Report: The world is running out of antibiotics

20 Sep, 2017 | 22:29h | UTC

The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms – World Health Organization (free)

See WHO Reports: Antibacterial Agents in Clinical Development (free) AND Global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to guide research, discovery, and development of new antibiotics (free)

Guideline: Corticosteroids for sore throat

20 Sep, 2017 | 22:28h | UTC

Rapid Recommendations: Corticosteroids for sore throat: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free text and infographic)

See also other Rapid Recommendations from The BMJ (all free)

What Does the Future Hold for Scientific Journals? Visual Abstracts and Other Tools for Communicating Research

20 Sep, 2017 | 22:30h | UTC

What Does the Future Hold for Scientific Journals? Visual Abstracts and Other Tools for Communicating Research – Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery (free)

Systematic Reviews: Improving health systems in low-income countries

20 Sep, 2017 | 22:27h | UTC

Improving health systems in low-income countries – 3 New Cochrane Library Reviews

Association of spontaneous abortion with influenza vaccine

20 Sep, 2017 | 22:24h | UTC

Association of spontaneous abortion with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine containing H1N1pdm09 in 2010–11 and 2011–12 – Vaccine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“This study does not and cannot establish a causal relationship between repeated influenza vaccination and SAB, but further research is warranted”.

Meta-analysis: Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes

20 Sep, 2017 | 22:25h | UTC

Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes: time to change guidelines indicating apparently ‘safe’ levels of alcohol during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analyses – BMJ Open (free)

Cohort Study: Metabolically Healthy Obese and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events

20 Sep, 2017 | 22:23h | UTC

Metabolically Healthy Obese and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events Among 3.5 Million Men and Women – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: New evidence shows that healthy obesity is a myth – The Conversation (free) AND Study shows so-called ‘healthy obesity’ is harmful to cardiovascular heath – Medical News Today (free) AND Obesity, even without other risk factors, leads to higher rate of cardiovascular disease – STAT (free) AND Another Study Challenges Notion of ‘Healthy Obese’ – TCTMD (free)

Guideline on the systemic treatment of psoriasis vulgaris

20 Sep, 2017 | 21:13h | UTC

European S3-Guideline on the systemic treatment of psoriasis vulgaris – Update Apremilast and Secukinumab – EDF in cooperation with EADV and IPC – European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (free)

Review: Adult ADHD and comorbid disorders

20 Sep, 2017 | 21:11h | UTC

Adult ADHD and comorbid disorders: clinical implications of a dimensional approach – BMC Psychiatry (free)

Effects of Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Control on Kidney and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Persons Without Kidney Disease

20 Sep, 2017 | 21:12h | UTC

Effects of Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Control on Kidney and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Persons Without Kidney Disease: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Cardiovascular benefits of intensive systolic blood pressure control may outweigh risks of chronic kidney disease events – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

Blood pressure measures in the SPRINT trial were done in a different way than most trials. If these results are to be incorporated in clinical practice, blood pressure measurement must be done in the same way. More details in Cardiobrief: Can SPRINT Be Used To Inform Hypertension Treatment? (free)

Review: Synthesis of evidence for the treatment of intersection syndrome

Review: Postoperative deep shoulder infections following rotator cuff repair

Review: Sickle Cell Disease

Review: Endoscopic ultrasonography – emerging applications in hepatology

Review: Myoclonic Disorders

Fri, September 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!