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Review: Epidemiologic and clinical parameters of West Nile virus infections in humans
18 Sep, 2017 | 15:13h | UTCEpidemiologic and clinical parameters of West Nile virus infections in humans: a scoping review – BMC Infectious Diseases (free) (RT @MarkPNelder and @Onisillos)
Guideline: Depression in children and young people
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:12h | UTC
Study: Antidepressant Use and Depressive Symptoms in Intensive Care Unit Survivors
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:41h | UTCCommentary: Many ICU survivors depressed: IU study finds young and African-Americans at highest risk – Indiana University, via EurekAlert (free)
Life, death, and disability in 2016: latest estimates from The Global Burden of Disease Study
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:11h | UTCLife, death, and disability in 2016: latest estimates from The Global Burden of Disease Study – The Lancet
Editorial: Life, death, and disability in 2016 (free)
– Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: (free)
Commentaries: New global study finds countries saving more lives, despite a ‘triad of troubles’ in obesity, violence, and mental illness – Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) AND Smoking And Poor Diet Still Leading Killers Worldwide – Pursuit (free)
See also: GBD Compare Interactive Tool – Explore which causes & risk factors are causing the most death & disability in your country over time (free tool)
Cohort Study: Meat, Dietary Heme Iron, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:09h | UTCMeat, Dietary Heme Iron, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Singapore Chinese Health Study – American Journal of Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Eating meat linked to higher risk of diabetes – DukeNUS Medical School, via EurekAlert (free)
Related articles: Meat Consumption as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes – Nutrients (free) AND Meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies – Diabetologia (free) AND Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (free)
“The Singapore Chinese Health Study reveals increased risk of diabetes with higher intake of red meat and poultry, partially attributed to the dietary iron content in these meats” (from EurekAlert)
Meta-Analysis: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention vs Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:10h | UTCCommentary: CABG, PCI show similar long-term outcomes – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: Surgery in the elderly
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:05h | UTC
How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:08h | UTCHow Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food – The New York times (10 articles per month are free) (RT @glassmanamanda Tweet)
“As growth slows in wealthy countries, Western food companies are aggressively expanding in developing nations, contributing to obesity and health problems”.
Evaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:07h | UTCEvaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Detecting Tuberculosis Resistance (free)
Commentary: New rapid molecular test for MDR-TB shows promise – CIDRAP (free)
Meta-analysis: Low-FODMAP Diet Improves Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:57h | UTCLow-FODMAP Diet Improves Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis – Nutrients (free)
Review: Diagnostic Approach to Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Neonates
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:01h | UTCDiagnostic Approach to Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Neonates – Children (free)
Study: pioglitazone versus sulfonylureas in patients with type 2 diabetes
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:04h | UTCEffects on the incidence of cardiovascular events of the addition of pioglitazone versus sulfonylureas in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with metformin (TOSCA.IT): a randomised, multicentre trial – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Sulfonylureas, Pioglitazone Similarly Safe for Add-On Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Study: Effects of acarbose on cardiovascular and diabetes outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease and impaired glucose tolerance
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:56h | UTCEffects of acarbose on cardiovascular and diabetes outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease and impaired glucose tolerance (ACE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Acarbose Offers No CVD Protection in ACE, but May Cut Diabetes Risk – Medscape (free registration required)
Systematic Review: Molecular testing for Lynch syndrome in people with colorectal cancer
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:54h | UTC
Review: Viral bronchiolitis in young infants
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:57h | UTC
Review: Diagnostic testing for Legionnaires’ disease
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:56h | UTCDiagnostic testing for Legionnaires’ disease – Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (free)
Review: Treatment of the Enlarged Clitoris
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:55h | UTCTreatment of the Enlarged Clitoris – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)
Review: Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:53h | UTCCurrent Diagnosis and Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy – Global Spine Journal (free)
Reproductive planning for women after solid-organ transplant
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:51h | UTCReproductive planning for women after solid-organ transplant – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Review: A minimally invasive treatment for early GI cancers
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:52h | UTCA minimally invasive treatment for early GI cancers – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Antibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:50h | UTCAntibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Review: Poems Syndrome
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:49h | UTCPoems Syndrome: an Update – Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases (free)
Renal denervation: What happened, and why?
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:52h | UTCRenal denervation: What happened, and why? – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Mon, September 18 – 10 Stories of The Day!
18 Sep, 2017 | 00:15h | UTC
1 – Life, death, and disability in 2016: latest estimates from The Global Burden of Disease Study – The Lancet
Editorial: Life, death, and disability in 2016 (free)
– Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016 (free)
Commentaries: New global study finds countries saving more lives, despite a ‘triad of troubles’ in obesity, violence, and mental illness – Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) AND Smoking And Poor Diet Still Leading Killers Worldwide – Pursuit (free)
See also: GBD Compare Interactive Tool – Explore which causes & risk factors are causing the most death & disability in your country over time (free tool)
2 – Guideline: Type 2 diabetes: prevention in people at high risk – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
3 – Guideline: Depression in children and young people: identification and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
Commentary: CABG, PCI show similar long-term outcomes – Cardiovascular Business (free)
5 – Meat, Dietary Heme Iron, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Singapore Chinese Health Study – American Journal of Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Eating meat linked to higher risk of diabetes – DukeNUS Medical School, via EurekAlert (free)
Related articles: Meat Consumption as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes – Nutrients (free) AND Meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies – Diabetologia (free) AND Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (free)
“The Singapore Chinese Health Study reveals increased risk of diabetes with higher intake of red meat and poultry, partially attributed to the dietary iron content in these meats” (from EurekAlert)
6 – How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food – The New York times (10 articles per month are free) (RT @glassmanamanda see Tweet)
“As growth slows in wealthy countries, Western food companies are aggressively expanding in developing nations, contributing to obesity and health problems”.
7 – Evaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Detecting Tuberculosis Resistance (free)
Commentary: New rapid molecular test for MDR-TB shows promise – CIDRAP (free)
9 – Effects on the incidence of cardiovascular events of the addition of pioglitazone versus sulfonylureas in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with metformin (TOSCA.IT): a randomised, multicentre trial – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Sulfonylureas, Pioglitazone Similarly Safe for Add-On Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes – Physician’s First Watch (free)
10 – Review: Drug-induced liver injury: recent advances in diagnosis and risk assessment – Gut (free)
Guideline: Prevention of Early-onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCNews release: Group B Streptococcal Disease, Early-onset (free)
Commentaries: Antibiotics for women in early labour to combat Group B Strep – OnMedica (free) AND More pregnant women to get Group B Strep treatment – BBC News (free)