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Healthcare Access and Quality Index in 195 countries and territories
19 May, 2017 | 18:03h | UTCCommentaries: First-ever global study finds massive health care inequity – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluatio (IHME) (free) AND Account for primary health care when indexing access and quality – The Lancet (free)
Healthier, fairer, safer: the global health journey 2007–2017
19 May, 2017 | 18:05h | UTCReport: Healthier, fairer, safer: the global health journey 2007–2017 (free)
“New report on WHO’s role in Global Health by Sir Liam Donaldson” (RT @WHO see Tweet)
Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults
19 May, 2017 | 17:52h | UTCAerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Exercise and Dieting in Obese Older Adults (free)
Commentary: Aerobic Plus Resistance Exercise Best for Obese Older Adults – MedPage Today (free)
Position Paper – Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
19 May, 2017 | 17:56h | UTCNews release: ACP issues recommendations to prevent and treat substance use disorders (free)
Commentary: Treat Addiction Like a Chronic Disease, ACP Recommends – AJMC (free)
Fri, May 19 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!
19 May, 2017 | 00:02h | UTC
1 – Joint statement on public disclosure of results from clinical trials – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Major research funders and international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results (free)
Commentary: Industry leaders agree to implement UN agency’s standards on clinical trial reporting – United Nations News Centre (free)
“Funders of medical research & international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results”. “Today, on average 50% of Clinical Trials go unreported, according to several studies, often because the results are negative”. “Unreported trial results leave an incomplete & potentially misleading picture of the risks & benefits of vaccines, drugs and medical devices” (see Tweets)
News release: ACP issues recommendations to prevent and treat substance use disorders (free)
Commentary: Treat Addiction Like a Chronic Disease, ACP Recommends – AJMC (free)
3 – Viewpoint: Primary Care of Patients with Chronic Pain – JAMA (free)
“Opioids should be a therapy of last resort rather than the first choice as is often the case currently”.
4 – Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
Commentary: New Guideline Recommends Opioids Only as a Last Resort – Medscape (free registration required)
5 – The Best Intervention: Gavi CEO Seth Berkley’s Q&A, Part I – Global Health NOW (free)
“Perhaps just 10% of the world’s children receive all 11 vaccines recommended by the @WHO, says @GaviSeth, @Gavi CEO” (RT @ghn_news see Tweet)
6 – Tackling Ebola outbreak in remote Congo presents huge challenge: WHO – Reuters Health (free)
Related: As DRC Ebola cases grow, expert sees parallels to Guinea – CIDRAP (free) As Ebola outbreak grows, question of using vaccine becomes more urgent – Science (free) (RT @greg_folkers) AND Suspected Cases of Ebola Rise to 18 in Democratic Republic of Congo – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
7 – New Advice to Move More After a Concussion – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND So, Tom Brady had a concussion. What does that mean? Your guide to the latest science – STAT News (free)
8 – Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment. Is ‘best practice’ evidence-based? – Cochrane Blogs: Evidence for Everyday Nursing (free) (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Evidence for the treatment of pressure ulcers reviewed.
9 – Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Exercise and Dieting in Obese Older Adults (free)
Commentary: Aerobic Plus Resistance Exercise Best for Obese Older Adults – MedPage Today (free)
10 – Long-term oxygen therapy shows no benefit for moderate lung disease – NIHR Signal: Dissemination Centre Discover Portal (free)
Original article: A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Patients with stable COPD and moderate resting desaturation (Spo2, 89 to 93%) or moderate exercise-induced desaturation (during the 6-minute walk test, Spo2 ≥80% for ≥5 minutes and <90% for ≥10 seconds) don’t seem to benefit from supplemental oxygen therapy.
Joint statement on public disclosure of results from clinical trials – World Health Organization
19 May, 2017 | 17:58h | UTCJoint statement on public disclosure of results from clinical trials – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Major research funders and international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results (free)
Commentary: Industry leaders agree to implement UN agency’s standards on clinical trial reporting – United Nations News Centre (free)
“Funders of medical research & international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results”. “Today, on average 50% of Clinical Trials go unreported, according to several studies, often because the results are negative”. “Unreported trial results leave an incomplete & potentially misleading picture of the risks & benefits of vaccines, drugs and medical devices” (see Tweets)
Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment
19 May, 2017 | 17:53h | UTCPressure ulcer prevention and treatment. Is ‘best practice’ evidence-based? – Cochrane Blogs: Evidence for Everyday Nursing (free) (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Evidence for the treatment of pressure ulcers reviewed.
Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth
18 May, 2017 | 17:47h | UTCSystematic Review: Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth – Cochrane Library(link to summary)
Source: A dose of corticosteroids benefit most women anticipating a preterm delivery – NIHR Dissemination Centre Discover Portal (free)
Long-term oxygen therapy shows no benefit for moderate lung disease
18 May, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCLong-term oxygen therapy shows no benefit for moderate lung disease – NIHR Signal: Dissemination Centre Discover Portal (free)
Original article: A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Patients with stable COPD and moderate resting desaturation (Spo2, 89 to 93%) or moderate exercise-induced desaturation (during the 6-minute walk test, Spo2 ≥80% for ≥5 minutes and <90% for ≥10 seconds) don’t seem to benefit from supplemental oxygen therapy.
New Advice to Move More After a Concussion
19 May, 2017 | 17:55h | UTCNew Advice to Move More After a Concussion – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND So, Tom Brady had a concussion. What does that mean? Your guide to the latest science – STAT News (free)
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases
18 May, 2017 | 17:49h | UTCCommentaries: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (free) AND CVD Causes One-Third of Deaths Worldwide: Study Examines Global Burden of CVD From 1990 to 2015 – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“New Study: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide” (RT @IHME_UW see Tweet)
The science behind One Health
18 May, 2017 | 17:46h | UTCThe science behind One Health: at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Related: One Health – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Resources (free) AND Advancing One Health Policy and Implementation Through the Concept of One Medicine One Science – Global Advances in Health and Medicine (free) AND One Medicine One Science: a framework for exploring challenges at the intersection of animals, humans, and the environment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (free)
Thu, May 18 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!
18 May, 2017 | 00:20h | UTC
1 – Report: World Health Statistics 2017: Monitoring health for the SDGs – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Almost half of all deaths now have a recorded cause, WHO data show (free)
See also: World Health Statistics data visualizations dashboard – Monitoring health for the SDGs (free)
Commentaries: More Than Half of World’s Deaths Still Have No Recorded Cause – Scientific American (free) Reporting of Global Vital Death Statistics Improving: WHO – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentaries: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (free) AND CVD Causes One-Third of Deaths Worldwide: Study Examines Global Burden of CVD From 1990 to 2015 – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“New Study: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide” (RT @IHME_UW see Tweet)
3 – Systematic Review: Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth – Cochrane Library (link to summary)
Source: A dose of corticosteroids benefit most women anticipating a preterm delivery – NIHR Dissemination Centre Discover Portal (free)
Editorial: Physician age and patient outcomes (free)
Commentaries: Patients fare worse with older doctors, study finds – STAT News (free) AND Mortality Higher Among Inpatients Treated by Older Physicians – Medscape (free registration required) AND Study links physician age to patient mortality risk – EurekAlert (free)
5 – FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA confirms increased risk of leg and foot amputations with the diabetes medicine canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet, Invokamet XR) (free)
Commentaries: FDA warns of foot, leg amputations with J&J diabetes drug – Reuters Health News (free) (RT @davidludwigmd) AND FDA Adds Boxed Warning to Canagliflozin for Increased Amputation Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
See also our May 11th issue with commentaries on a recent study showing that nearly 1 In 3 recent FDA drug approvals are followed by major safety concerns in the following years, see #10.
“Chile’s advertising policies stop high sugar, salt, fat products marketing to kids using cartoon characters” (RT @OPCAustralia see Tweet)
7 – The science behind One Health: at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Related: One Health – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Resources (free) AND Advancing One Health Policy and Implementation Through the Concept of One Medicine One Science – Global Advances in Health and Medicine (free) AND One Medicine One Science: a framework for exploring challenges at the intersection of animals, humans, and the environment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (free)
8 – Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals – The BMJ Blogs (free)
9 – Caffeine overdose is extremely rare — but here’s how it can happen – VOX (free) (RT @juliaoftoronto see Tweet)
10 – Review: Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients – Burns & Trauma (free)
Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients
18 May, 2017 | 17:45h | UTCReview: Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients – Burns & Trauma (free)
World Health Statistics 2017
18 May, 2017 | 17:49h | UTCReport: World Health Statistics 2017: Monitoring health for the SDGs – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Almost half of all deaths now have a recorded cause, WHO data show (free)
See also: World Health Statistics data visualizations dashboard – Monitoring health for the SDGs (free)
Commentaries: More Than Half of World’s Deaths Still Have No Recorded Cause – Scientific American (free) Reporting of Global Vital Death Statistics Improving: WHO – Medscape (free registration required)
How to rein in the widening disease definitions that label more healthy people as sick
17 May, 2017 | 20:19h | UTCViewpoint: How to rein in the widening disease definitions that label more healthy people as sick – The Conversation (free)
Cough in Children – Chest Guidelines
17 May, 2017 | 20:21h | UTCCough in Children – Chest Guidelines
Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)
See also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in Adults: Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND / Cough in the athlete (free) AND / Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND / Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free)
Therapeutic Approach to Adult Fibrotic Lung Diseases
17 May, 2017 | 20:15h | UTCTherapeutic Approach to Adult Fibrotic Lung Diseases – Chest (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Portal vein thrombosis in patients with cirrhosis
17 May, 2017 | 20:12h | UTCReview: Portal vein thrombosis in patients with cirrhosis – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Global accelerated action for the health of adolescents
17 May, 2017 | 20:22h | UTCNews release: More than 1.2 million adolescents die every year, nearly all preventable – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: How Many Teenagers Die Each Day … And Why – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND 1.2 million adolescents’ deaths mostly preventable, report says – CNN (free) AND Pregnancy problems are leading global killer of females aged 15 to 19 – The Guardian (free) AND Road accidents biggest global killer of teenagers – BBC News (free)
See also recently released Lancet Series making a case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents, see #2.
Menopausal Hormone Therapy for Prevention of Chronic Conditions
17 May, 2017 | 20:18h | UTCDraft Recommendation Statement: Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Source: USPSTF Recommendation Against HRT for Chronic Conditions Stands – Medscape (free registration required)
“The USPSTF recommends against the use of combined estrogen and progestin for the prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women”.
BTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings
16 May, 2017 | 20:05h | UTCBTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings – British Thoracic Society (free PDF via Critical Care Reviews)
Renal dysfunction in cirrhosis
17 May, 2017 | 20:13h | UTCReview: Renal dysfunction in cirrhosis: acute kidney injury and the hepatorenal syndrome – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Intra-articular triamcinolone not effective for knee osteoarthritis
17 May, 2017 | 20:16h | UTCAuthor interview video: Comparison of Intra-articular Triamcinolone vs Saline for Knee Osteoarthritis (free)
JAMA report video: Comparison of Intra-articular Triamcinolone vs Saline for Knee Osteoarthritis (free)
Source: Study: Intra-articular triamcinolone not effective for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis – Healio Rheumatology (free)
Cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality associated with sulphonylureas compared with other antihyperglycaemic drugs
16 May, 2017 | 20:07h | UTCSource: Review: Sulfonylureas are associated with overall mortality and CV events vs other antihyperglycemics – ACP Diabetes Monthly (free)