Archives
Guideline: Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipient
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:12h | UTC
Review: Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Lung
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:07h | UTC
Systematic Review: Internet-Delivered Health Interventions That Work
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:09h | UTC
Guideline: Recommendations on Tracheostomized Children
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:19h | UTC
Guideline: treatment of mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:08h | UTC
Review: The female athlete triad: special considerations for adolescent female athletes
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:16h | UTC
Review: Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa – from policy to practice to progress
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:05h | UTC
Study: Factors Associated With Choice of Infant Sleep Position
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:07h | UTCFactors Associated With Choice of Infant Sleep Position – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Less than half of mothers place sleeping infants supine – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Most moms aren’t putting babies to sleep safely, study says – CNN (free) AND Less Than Half of Mothers Report Always Putting Babies to Sleep in Supine Position – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Parents still failing to put babies to sleep on their backs – Reuters (free)
Placing infants in the supine position for sleep reduces the risk of sudden unexpected infant death and has been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics since 2005. Nevertheless, in this survey only 43,7% of mothers placed their infants exclusively in supine position for sleep.
Review: Sports participation recommendations for patients with bleeding disorders
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:16h | UTCSports participation recommendations for patients with bleeding disorders – Translational Pediatrics (free)
Perspectives on Cognition-Enhancing Drugs
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:05h | UTCMedical News & Perspectives: Chess Study Revives Debate Over Cognition-Enhancing Drugs – JAMA (free)
Related: Growing use of smart drugs by students could be a recipe for disaster – The Conversation (free) AND Brain Hackers Seeking Peak Performance Use Risky Chemical Cocktails: “Smart drugs” are not clinically proven and could be dangerous – Scientific American (free) AND Universities must do more to tackle use of smart drugs, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley – The Washington Post (free) AND Professors take same ‘smart drugs’ as students to keep up with workloads, claims academic – Independent (free)
Review: Evaluation and management of sport-related concussions in adolescent athletes
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:17h | UTC
Guideline: Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:08h | UTCNews release: AAP issues new pediatric hypertension clinical practice guideline – AAP News (free)
Opinion: When surgery is just a stitch-up
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:03h | UTCWhen surgery is just a stitch-up – The Guardian (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
Related article: Use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery: systematic review – The BMJ (free)
“With evidence mounting that many minor operations owe their success to the placebo effect, is it time to call a halt to some routine procedures?”
Study: Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy and the Risk of Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:07h | UTCCommentaries: Study: Hypertension in pregnancy may affect long-term heart health – UPI (free) AND Hypertension during pregnancy may affect women’s long-term cardiovascular health – Wiley, via EurekAlert (free)
Related: Women with High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease – NPR (free) AND Adverse Pregnancy Conditions, Infertility, and Future Cardiovascular Risk: Implications for Mother and Child – Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy (free)
Guideline: Management of Inherited Polyposis Syndromes
22 Aug, 2017 | 12:59h | UTC
Study: Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Among Smokers Hospitalized for Coronary Heart Disease
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:02h | UTCCommentaries: Smokers hospitalized for heart attacks often don’t get cessation drugs – Reuters (free) AND Smokers Hospitalized for CHD Rarely Receive Cessation Pharmacotherapy During Hospitalization – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Re-analysis of the USPSTF 2016 Evidence Report on Colorectal Cancer Screening
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:01h | UTCRe-analysis of All-Cause Mortality in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 2016 Evidence Report on Colorectal Cancer Screening – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Tied to Lower Mortality Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Reduces All-Cause Mortality – Medscape (free registration required)
Free Online Course: Introduction to Health Technology Assessment
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:57h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Introduction to Health Technology Assessment – University of Glasgow and FutureLearn
Study: Delirium and Benzodiazepines Associated With Prolonged ICU Stay in Critically Ill Infants and Young Children
22 Aug, 2017 | 12:58h | UTCEditorial: Benzodiazepines and Delirium in the Young and Old: Truth Be Told or Still Not Sold? (free)
“Benzodiazepine exposure is associated with the development and longer duration of delirium, and lower likelihood of ICU discharge”.
Study: Uric acid and incident dementia
22 Aug, 2017 | 00:55h | UTCUric acid and incident dementia over 12 years of follow-up: a population-based cohort study – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Elevated Uric Acid Linked to Dementia in the Elderly – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Dementia risk may be higher in elderly patients with high serum uric acid levels – ACP Internist (free)
Tue, August 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!
22 Aug, 2017 | 00:09h | UTC
News release: AAP issues new pediatric hypertension clinical practice guideline – AAP News (free)
2 – Factors Associated With Choice of Infant Sleep Position – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Less than half of mothers place sleeping infants supine – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Most moms aren’t putting babies to sleep safely, study says – CNN (free) AND Less Than Half of Mothers Report Always Putting Babies to Sleep in Supine Position – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Parents still failing to put babies to sleep on their backs – Reuters (free)
Placing infants in the supine position for sleep reduces the risk of sudden unexpected infant death and has been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics since 2005. Nevertheless, in this survey only 43,7% of mothers placed their infants exclusively in supine position for sleep.
Commentaries: Study: Hypertension in pregnancy may affect long-term heart health – UPI (free) AND Hypertension during pregnancy may affect women’s long-term cardiovascular health – Wiley, via EurekAlert (free)
Related: Women with High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease – NPR (free) AND Adverse Pregnancy Conditions, Infertility, and Future Cardiovascular Risk: Implications for Mother and Child – Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy (free)
4 – Medical News & Perspectives: Chess Study Revives Debate Over Cognition-Enhancing Drugs – JAMA (free)
Related: Growing use of smart drugs by students could be a recipe for disaster – The Conversation (free) AND Brain Hackers Seeking Peak Performance Use Risky Chemical Cocktails: “Smart drugs” are not clinically proven and could be dangerous – Scientific American (free) AND Universities must do more to tackle use of smart drugs, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley – The Washington Post (free) AND Professors take same ‘smart drugs’ as students to keep up with workloads, claims academic – Independent (free)
5 – When surgery is just a stitch-up – The Guardian (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
Related article: Use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery: systematic review – The BMJ (free)
“With evidence mounting that many minor operations owe their success to the placebo effect, is it time to call a halt to some routine procedures?”
Commentaries: Smokers hospitalized for heart attacks often don’t get cessation drugs – Reuters (free) AND Smokers Hospitalized for CHD Rarely Receive Cessation Pharmacotherapy During Hospitalization – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
7 – Re-analysis of All-Cause Mortality in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 2016 Evidence Report on Colorectal Cancer Screening – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Tied to Lower Mortality Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Reduces All-Cause Mortality – Medscape (free registration required)
Source: Critical Care Review Newsletter
10 – Uric acid and incident dementia over 12 years of follow-up: a population-based cohort study – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Elevated Uric Acid Linked to Dementia in the Elderly – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Dementia risk may be higher in elderly patients with high serum uric acid levels – ACP Internist (free)
Review: Oncological patients in the intensive care unit
22 Aug, 2017 | 00:53h | UTCSource: Critical Care Review Newsletter
Free Online Course: Psychological First Aid
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:55h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Psychological First Aid – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Free Online Course: Science of Exercise
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:56h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Science of Exercise – University of Colorado Boulder and Coursera
Free Online Course: Understanding Cancer Metastasis
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:55h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Understanding Cancer Metastasis – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera