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Tue, Jan 3 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
3 Jan, 2017 | 00:18h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
1 – American Diabetes Association Releases 2017 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes – News Release
2 – 2017 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes – American Diabetes Association
3 – Chocolate intake and incidence of heart failure: Findings from the Cohort of Swedish Men – Am Heart J [2017] (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
Source: AMEDEO Multidisciplinary Journal Club
Moderate consumption was associated with a lower rate of HF hospitalization or death, but the protective association was not observed with intake of ≥1 serving per day
Source: Medscape – Updated Guidance on Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping Released (free registration required)
Given the benefits to most newborns, ACOG now recommends a delay in umbilical cord clamping in vigorous term and preterm infants for at least 30–60 seconds after birth
Hemicraniectomy decreases mortality, but most of those who would otherwise have died are left with severe or very severe disability
8 – Assessment of Overall Survival, Quality of Life, and Safety Benefits Associated with New Cancer Medicines – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
Source: (RT Eric Topol, MD and Michael Gibson, MD)
Compared with drugs used in 2003, new cancer medicines extended survival by 3,43 months on average at a cost of over 100.000 US$
9 – Shortened Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children – New England Journal of Medicine (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
Among children 6 to 23 months of age with acute otitis media, treatment for 10 days was superior to treatment for only 5 days without increased risk for adverse effects
10 – Treatment of Otitis Media: How Long Is Long Enough? – Physician’s First Watch
Wed, Jan 4 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
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Metformin remains the first choice when pharmacologic therapy is needed
2 – Metformin Use in Populations With CKD, CHF, or CLD – Annals of Internal Medicine (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
4 – Review: Therapeutic Approach to Adult Fibrotic Lung Diseases – CHEST
Source: PracticeUpdate – Management of Helicobacter pylori Infection (free registration required)
6 – Year in Cardiology 2016 – European Heart Journal
This open access series highlights and summarizes key topics in cardiology from the past 12 months
7 – The NICE year in review – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Highlights from 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines
8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review-3 January 2017 – The BMJ Blog Archive
9 – Fish Oil-Derived Fatty Acids in Pregnancy and Wheeze and Asthma in Offspring – New England Journal of Medicine (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
Thu, Jan 5 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
5 Jan, 2017 | 00:28h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
Vaccine efficacy was 100%
2 – Editorial: First Ebola virus vaccine to protect human beings? – The Lancet
3 – Ebola vaccine is highly effective, final test results show – STAT News
4 – New Ebola Vaccine Gives 100 Percent Protection – The New York Times
7 – Must Know Antimicrobial Regimens – Adults – EMDocs
8 – Five little-known diseases to watch out for in 2017 – The Conversation (RT @Onisillos)
9 – 7 ways CRISPR, the powerful gene-editing tool, could change the world – VOX
10 – Readers’ Top 10 Physician’s First Watch Stories of 2016 – Physician’s First Watch
Mon, Jan 9 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
9 Jan, 2017 | 00:49h | UTC
1 – Review: Strategies for Intravenous Fluid Resuscitation in Trauma Patients – World J Surg
3 – All French Citizens Are Automatic Organ Donors Now – Tech Times (RT @CMichaelGibson)
For More Information: The Guardian – France introduces opt-out policy on organ donation
4 – Review: Acute-on-chronic liver failure: an update – Gut
5 – 9 Top Healthcare Predictions For 2017 – Forbes
6 – 10 Tech Advances That Can Change Medicine – Medscape
8 – Review: The management of vasovagal syncope – QJM
9 – Mediterranean diet may protect your brain in old age, new finding suggests – The Conversation
Tue, Dec 20 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
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1 – 2016 year in review: key health issues – World Health Organization
2 – Duration of Analgesic Use and Risk of Hearing Loss in Women – American Journal of Epidemiology
3 – Long-Term Acetaminophen and NSAID Use Tied to Hearing Loss – Physician’s First Watch
5 – Related Editorial: Women in Medicine and Patient Outcomes – JAMA Internal Medicine
6 – Influenza – The BMJ (Review Article)
7 – Women’s health 2016: An update for internists – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
8 – The BMJ – Blog Archive – Richard Lehman’s journal review-19 December 2016
9 – Let’s speed up science by embracing open access publishing – STAT News
10 – What you need to know about health risk calculators – STAT News
Tue, Dec 13 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
13 Dec, 2016 | 01:17h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
1 – You Want Guidelines? We Got Guidelines! – HIV and ID Observations
Commentary and links to the latest guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (1 – Candidiasis; 2 – Antibiotic Stewardship; 3 – Aspergillosis; 4 – Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia; 5 – Coccidioidomycosis; 6 – Treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis; 7 – Diagnosis of tuberculosis; 8 – Leishmaniasis) (RT @PaulSaxMD)
Source: Medscape – Online ‘Playbook’ for High-Need Patients Released (Free registration required)
3 – Perioperative management of the bleeding patient – British Journal of Anaesthesia
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
5 – Withholding versus Continuing Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers before Noncardiac Surgery: An Analysis of the Vascular events In noncardiac Surgery patIents cOhort evaluatioN Prospective Cohort – F1000Prime (Commentary) (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
6 – Expanding universal health coverage from the ground up – The Lancet Global Health
7 – Universal Health Coverage Data Portal – World Health Organization
8 – Antipsychotics Found Not Helpful in Palliative Delirium – MedPage Today
10 – Low-Dose Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: 10-year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial – Circulation (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
Source: ACP Internist – Low-dose aspirin may not reduce cardiovascular events in diabetic patients
Thu, Dec 15 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
15 Dec, 2016 | 00:57h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
Light and moderate consumption is associated with a lower risk of ischemic stroke, whereas heavy drinking increases the risk of all stroke types, with a stronger association for hemorrhagic strokes
Increased use by high-risk older individuals could generate substantial population health benefits at a low price
7 – Medicine’s secret: Some drugs won’t help most of those who take them – Journal Sentinel
Fri, Dec 16 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
16 Dec, 2016 | 00:21h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
1 – Update to the adult preventive health care schedule based on USPSTF recommendations – American Family Physician (9 page PDF)
3 – ‘Kangaroo care’ makes premature babies healthier and wealthier, study claims – The Guardian
4 – A year in review: The most popular medical research of 2016 – Medical News Today
5 – Why are doctors burned out? Our health care system is a complicated web – STAT News
6 – Firearm Deaths in the US and Globally, 1990-2015 – JAMA (infographic)
9 – Two studies highlight risk of fetal Zika damage – CIDRAP
10 – Video Summary: Acute Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy – New England Journal of Medicine
Fri, Jan 6 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
6 Jan, 2017 | 00:16h | UTC
1 – Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy in the United States – Summary for Clinicians (PDF) NIH News Release
Contrary to past recommendations this guideline advises that children at highest risk should be exposed to peanuts as early as 4 to 6 months of age
2 – Infants should be fed peanuts to stave off allergies, say new NIH guidelines – STAT News Se also Tips for giving babies peanut-based foods to prevent allergy – STAT News
3 – Guidelines for the use of platelet transfusions – British Committee for Standards in Haematology
4 – Dementia rates ‘higher near busy roads’ – BBC News (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
This population-based cohort study suggests a link
5 – How the world got fat: a visualisation of global obesity over 40 years – The Guardian
7 – Updated Guideline to Help Docs Treat Earwax – MedPage Today
8 – How Healthcare Will Keep Pace With The Big Data Revolution – Digitalist Magazine (RT @Heart_BMJ)
10 – Preventing Type 2 Diabetes with ‘Screen & Treat’ Seen as Inadequate – Physician’s First Watch
Mon, Dec 12 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
12 Dec, 2016 | 00:24h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
Source: Medscape- Tuberculosis Guidelines Emphasize Newer Diagnostic Tests (Free registration required)
2 – Is caviar a risk factor for being a millionaire? – The BMJ
3 – Obesity and Hunger Are Twin Crises – Takepart
4 – 18 Diseases The World Has Turned Its Back On – The Huffington Post
5 – Universal Health Coverage Day – Universal Health Coverage Coalition
6 – Universal health coverage (UHC) – World Health Organization
7 – Abuse of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids Among Men With Body Image Disorder – JAMA
9 – How epidemics take lives and bring global health into focus – AMA Wire (RT @paimadhu)
10 – Can Big Data Fulfill Its Promise? – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (Free PDF)
Mon, Dec 19 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
19 Dec, 2016 | 00:46h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
3 – You’re ‘Prediabetic’? Join the Club – The New York Times (RT @drjohnm)
This interesting commentary questions the labeling of people as “prediabetic” and brings up the issue of “medicalization” of individuals
4 – Hypothermia: prevention and management in adults having surgery – NICE Guideline
6 – Henry Heimlich, creator of life-saving maneuver, dies at 96 – STAT News
9 – Sugary drinks tax ‘will benefit children most’ – BBC News
10 – Time to take a sick day: working when ill is bad for you – and your company
Tue, Dec 6 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
6 Dec, 2016 | 00:13h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
1 – Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies – BMC Medicine (RT @EricTopol)
Higher nut consumption seems to be associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality
2 – Related Commentary: Wise to go nuts? – On Medicine
3 – Clinical practice guidelines and principles of care for people with dementia in Australia (summary of the new dementia guidelines – Link to PDF)
4 – Practice guideline summary: Treatment of restless legs syndrome in adults
Source: Medscape – AAN Releases First Treatment Guideline on Restless Legs Syndrome (Free registration required)
6 – The BMJ – Blog Archive – Richard Lehman’s journal review-5 December 2016
Low dose aspirin has the most favorable risk:benefit profile
Prophylaxis with low-molecular-weight heparin was not effective in both trials
9 – Statins for Primary Prevention in Older Adults: Uncertainty and the Need for More Evidence – JAMA (RT @pascalmeier74)
10 – It’s time to overhaul the secretive peer review process – STAT News
Fri, Dec 9 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
9 Dec, 2016 | 00:30h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
Eggs are not associated with increased cardiovascular risk and may be protective against stroke
Source: Medscape – Eggs Linked to Decreased Stroke, No Increase in CHD Risk (Free registration required)
5 – Association of End-of-Rotation Resident Transitions and Patient Mortality – JAMA (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
6 – Prolonged Zika Virus Viremia during Pregnancy – New England Journal of Medicine
7 – More data show Zika viremia in mothers, fetal infection link – CIDRAP
8 – Are we facing a noncommunicable disease pandemic? – Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
9 – Controversial impact factor gets a heavyweight rival – Nature
10 – Reproducibility Crisis Timeline: Milestones in Tackling Research Reliability – Absolutely Maybe
Wed, Dec 14 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
14 Dec, 2016 | 00:10h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
1 – Altmetric’s top 100 research articles – 2016
Top 100 most-discussed journal articles of 2016
3 – World Malaria Report 2016 – World Health Organization
4 – Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic & How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst
5 – The Power of Simple Life Changes to Prevent Heart Disease – The New York Times
6 – 4 in 10 babies born after Zika infection may have brain defects – STAT News
7 – Impact of fluoroquinolone treatment on delay of tuberculosis diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (RT @paimadhu)
9 – Mental illness and poverty: you can’t tackle one without the other – The Guardian
10 – The Cochrane Review on portion sizes – from publication to informing policy
Mon, Dec 5 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter
5 Dec, 2016 | 00:59h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
1 – WHO celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities – World Health Organization
2 – Disability and health – World Health Organization
3 – The win-win of disability inclusion – International Labour Organization
4 – Global Burden of Cancer 2015 – JAMA Oncology
6 – Alpha blockers for treatment of ureteric stones: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ
7 – Bringing Up Baby, Helping the Economy – Scientific American
8 – A Third of People Given Antibiotics Don’t Need Them – National Geographic
9 – Antibiotics leave children ‘more likely to contract drug-resistant infections’ – The Guardian
Delaying epinephrine seems to be associated with reduced survival
Wed, Dec 7 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
7 Dec, 2016 | 00:44h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
1 – Association of Long-term, Low-Intensity Smoking With Mortality – JAMA Internal Medicine
2 – Smoking even one cigarette a day on average can kill you – NBC News
3 – 27% of Medical Students Are Depressed – TIME
4 – Prevalence of Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among Medical Students – JAMA (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
5 – Efficacy of Oral Risperidone, Haloperidol, or Placebo for Symptoms of Delirium Among Patients in Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
Antipsychotics worsen delirium symptoms and may hasten death in palliative care (RT @IrfanDhalla)
6 – Reducing preterm birth by a state-wide multifaceted program: an implementation study
Preterm birth was reduced by 7.6% after a comprehensive and multifaceted prevention program
7 – Resuscitation update for general practitioners – Australian Family Physician
Thu, Dec 8 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
8 Dec, 2016 | 00:09h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
2 – Four steps to precision public health – Nature (RT @IHME_UW)
4 – Frailty Screening Initiative and Postoperative Survival – JAMA Surgery (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
6 – New CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines now available – Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
7 – Public Health Interventions for Aedes Control in the Time of Zikavirus- A Meta-Review on Effectiveness of Vector Control Strategies – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (RT: @greg_folkers)
8 – Even Light Smoking Tied to Increased Mortality Risk – Physician’s First Watch
9 – Children’s Headphones May Carry Risk of Hearing Loss – The New York Times (RT @CMichaelGibson)
10 – A Handful of Nuts Is Good for Your Health – The New York Times
Mon, Nov 28 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter
28 Nov, 2016 | 00:01h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
2 – Post-Truth Antidote: Our Roles in Virtuous Spirals of Trust in Science – Absolutely Maybe
3 – Flossing and the Art of Scientific Investigation – The New York Times
5 – End Violence against Women – UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
6 – Violence against women – World Health Organization
7 – Canceling the Zika public health emergency was the wrong thing to do – STAT News
8 – Prediction of fluid responsiveness: an update – Annals of Intensive Care
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
9 – Health literacy can be a matter of life or death – The Conversation
10 – Why frequent dieting makes you put on weight – and what to do about it
Wed, Nov 30 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter
30 Nov, 2016 | 00:01h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
1 – WHO issues new guidance on HIV self-testing ahead of World AIDS Day – World Health Organization
2 – Guidelines on HIV self-testing and partner notification – World Health Organization
3 – Big Data Coming In Faster Than Biomedical Researchers Can Process It – NPR
4 – Translating Artificial Intelligence Into Clinical Care – JAMA
5 – Artificial Intelligence: Radiologists and Pathologists as Information Specialists – JAMA
6 – Accuracy of a Deep Learning Algorithm for Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy – JAMA
Wed, Nov 23 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter
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6 – Palliative care linked to better, if not longer, life – Reuters Health
7 – Homeopathy officially doesn’t work according to the US government – The Independent
9 – Non-medical prescribing versus medical prescribing for acute and chronic disease management in primary and secondary care – The Cochrane Library
Fri, Dec 2 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter
2 Dec, 2016 | 00:01h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
2 – Quick Take Video Summary: The Ring Study and the ASPIRE Study – New England Journal of Medicine
6 – Editorial: Overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer – The BMJ
8 – VTE Risk Elevated in First Months of Testosterone Therapy – Physician’s First Watch
10 – Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for Heart Failure Readmissions – Circulation
Thu, Dec 1 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter
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7 – Swimming, Racquet Sports, and Aerobics Tied to Better Survival – Physician’s First Watch
9 – When will we learn that smoking is bad? – Heart
10 – Young Smokers Have Eight Times the MI Risk as Nonsmokers – Physician’s First Watch
Thu, Nov 24 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter
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1 – WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Genital Herpes Simplex Virus – World Health Organization
2 – Strategizing national health in the 21st century: a handbook – World Health Organization
3 – Nurses’ Health Study Turns 40 – JAMA
5 – Zika brain damage can evolve after birth, study finds – CIDRAP
7 – Bedside lung ultrasound may help in diagnosing pneumonia – ACP Hospitalist
8 – Richard Lehman: Pre-diabetes: can prevention come too soon? – The BMJ Blog Archive
10 – The power of big data must be harnessed for medical progress – Nature News (RT @EricTopol)
Tue, Nov 29 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter
29 Nov, 2016 | 00:34h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
1 – Opening remarks at the Emergency medical teams global meeting – World Health Organization
2 – Emergency Medical Teams and World Health Organization – EMT Initiative booklet
3 – Timing of Invasive Strategy in NSTE-ACS and Outcomes – American College of Cardiology commentary
5 – No solid evidence’ for IVF add-on success – BBC News
6 – Meta-Analysis Supports Lower Prediabetes Cutoff – Physician’s First Watch
8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review-28 November 2016 – The BMJ Blog Archive
9 – Does psychiatry need to join the personalized medicine party? – STAT News
10 – For a Sprained Ankle, Physical Therapy No Better Than Self Care – The New York Times
Fri, Nov 25 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter
25 Nov, 2016 | 00:01h | UTCFeel free to subscribe if you like it (free service)
2 – Editorial: Saturated fat and heart disease – The BMJ
3 – Should adults take vitamin D supplements to prevent disease? – The BMJ
5 – Child Mortality – Our World in Data
6 – Deprescribing guidelines for the elderly – OPEN: Ontario Pharmacy Research Collaboration
7 – Interventions for promoting the initiation of breastfeeding – The Cochrane Library
8 – Junk food could disrupt children’s brain development – World Economic Forum
9 – This new study may explain why peer review in science often fails – VOX
10 – Images in Clinical Medicine: Large Hiatal Hernia – New England Journal of Medicine