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Thu, Nov 17 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

17 Nov, 2016 | 00:10h | UTC

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1 – Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants – The Lancet

 

2 – Related commentary: Bending the blood pressure curve down: are we succeeding? – The Lancet

 

3 – More than 1 billion people have high blood pressure – CNN

 

4 – True value-based care is a trillion-dollar unicorn for the health care industry – STAT News

 

5 – CRISPR gene-editing tested in a person for the first time – Nature News

 

6 – A History of Transgender Healthcare – Scientific American

 

7 – #WorldCOPDday – Fact Sheet: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – World Health Organization

 

8 – #WorldCOPDday Special collection – World COPD Day – The Cochrane Library

 

9 – Calcium Intake From Diet and Supplements and the Risk of Coronary Artery Calcification and its Progression Among Older Adults: 10‐Year Follow‐up of the Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) – Journal of The American Heart Association

 

10 – Another Dietary Supplement To Avoid: Calcium – Forbes

 

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Tue, Nov 15 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

15 Nov, 2016 | 00:05h | UTC

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1 – 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease – Circulation

 

2 – 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary – Circulation

 

3 – New PAD Guideline Emphasizes Medical Therapy, Exercise – American College of Cardiology commentary

 

4 – #WorldDiabetesDay – Global report on diabetes – World Health Organization

 

5 – #WorldDiabetesDay – Diabetes Fact Sheet – World Health Organization

 

6 – Genetic Risk, Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle, and Coronary Disease – New England Journal of Medicine

 

7 – Genetic Heart Disease Risk Eased by Healthy Habits, Study Finds – The New York Times

 

8 – Drug makers are improving access to medicine in poor nations – STAT News

 

9 – Be part of the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week – World Health Organization (reports, infographics and other related materials)

 

10 – USPSTF Issues Guidance on Statin Use For Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults – American College of Cardiology commentary

 

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Mon, Nov 21 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

21 Nov, 2016 | 00:05h | UTC

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1 – Zika Is No Longer Global Emergency, W.H.O. Says – The New York Times

 

2 – Is the peer review system sustainable? – STAT News

 

3 – The US government is finally telling people that homeopathy is a sham – VOX

 

4 – An obesity epidemic: 40 years of expanding waistlines, captured in one map – World Economic Forum

 

5 – Epidemiology of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children and Young Adults – New England Journal of Medicine

 

6 – #WorldToiletDay (19 November) – Celebrate World Toilet Day with WHO – a day to think and take action! – World Health Organization

 

7 – #WorldToiletDay – Preventing diarrhoea through better water, sanitation and hygiene: exposures and impacts in low- and middle-income countries – World Health Organization

 

8 – #WorldToiletDay – Everyone Needs Somewhere to Go: World Toilet Day 2016 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

 

9 – #WorldToiletDay – UN World Toilet Day 2016 – PLOS Medicine

 

10 – #WorldToiletDay – Helping children survive and thrive: How toilets play a part – World Bank

 

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Thu, Nov 10 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

10 Nov, 2016 | 00:05h | UTC

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1 – BTS/SIGN British guideline on the management of asthma – British Thoracic Society

 

2 – Intensity of Statin Therapy and Mortality – JAMA Cardiology

 

3 – Keeping girls at school may reduce teenage pregnancy and STIs – but sex education doesn’t – The Conversation

 

4 – School-based interventions for preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in adolescents – The Cochrane Library

 

5 – 11 health innovations to drastically cut maternal and child mortality rates – The Guardian

 

6 – Effective and safe proton pump inhibitor therapy in acid-related diseases – A position paper addressing benefits and potential harms of acid suppression – BMC Medicine

 

7 – Commentary: Inhibiting the proton pump: mechanisms, benefits, harms, and questions – BMC Medicine

 

8 – Routine Anticoagulation Unnecessary for Low-Risk Patients with Calf DVT – Physician’s First Watch

 

9 – Eye Injuries in Youth Sports Are Surprisingly Common – New York Times

 

10 – Quick review – Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: Absolute risk reduction, relative risk reduction, and number needed to treat – Perspectives in Clinical Research

 

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Tue, Nov 22 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

22 Nov, 2016 | 00:01h | UTC

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1 – Hip and Pelvic Fracture Risk Associated With Antihypertensive Medications – JAMA Internal Medicine

Thiazides reduced fracture risk compared with other antihypertensives

 

2 – Cancer clinical trials often exaggerate real-world benefits of drugs – STAT News

 

3 – A Strep in the right direction… – Evidently Cochrane

 

4 – The Microbes Have Won Again: Zika has been downgraded from emergency status by WHO—and despite how it might sound, that’s not good news – Scientific American

 

5 – Zika virus ‘no longer an emergency’ – WHO – BBC News

 

6 – Richard Lehman’s journal review-21 November 2016 – The BMJ Blog Archive

 

7 – CDC exhibit displays the stuff of nightmares – made beautiful – STAT News

 

8 – Scientific language is becoming more informal – Nature Editorial

 

9 – PPIs Not Linked to Risk for Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Physician’s First Watch

 

10 – Community acquired pneumonia incidence before and after proton pump inhibitor prescription: population based study – The BMJ

 

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Mon, Nov 14 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

14 Nov, 2016 | 00:14h | UTC

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1 – Statin Use for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults – US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

 

2 – Quick video summary: Statin Use for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults

 

3 – Author interview: Statin Use for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults

 

4 – Editorial: Statins for Primary Prevention

 

5 – Editorial: Interpretation and Use of Another Statin Guideline

 

6 – Editorial: Evolving Approaches for Statins in Primary Prevention

 

7 – Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000-15: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals – The Lancet

 

8 – Editorial: Child mortality is (estimated to be) falling – The Lancet

 

9 – New AI-Based Search Engines are a ‘Game Changer’ for Science Research -Scientific American

 

10 – Fully Implanted Brain-Computer Interface in a Locked-In Patient with ALS – New England Journal of Medicine

 

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Fri, Nov 18 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

18 Nov, 2016 | 00:10h | UTC

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1 – Diabetes and Cause-Specific Mortality in Mexico City – New England Journal of Medicine

 

2 – Diabetes is no longer a rich-world disease – The Economist

 

3 – What’s new in the European Society of Cardiology 2016 Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure? – European Heart Journal

 

4 – Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Therapy for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – PLOS One

 

5 – Cranberries can’t cure UTIs, and other good reasons to publish negative research results – The Conversation (RT @Onisillos)

 

6 – Adding Value by Talking More – New England Journal of Medicine

 

7 – CRISPR Gene-Editing Tested In a Person for the First Time – Scientific American

 

8 – #WorldPrematurityDay – Fact Sheet on Preterm birth – World Health Organization

 

9 – Clinicians Recommendations – New Choosing Wisely UK Website

 

10 – Health A-Z – New Choosing Wisely UK Website (for patients)

 

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Mon, Nov 7 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

7 Nov, 2016 | 00:10h | UTC

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1 – Review: Assessment and classification of patients with myocardial injury and infarction in clinical practice – Heart

 

2 – Current Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies for Specific Dilated Cardiomyopathies: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

 

3 – Why painkillers sometimes make the pain worse – Science

 

4 – Exclusive breastfeeding or extra food and fluids: evidence and practice – Cochrane Library

 

5 – WHO Offers New Guidelines on Reducing Risk for Surgical Site Infections and Antibiotic Resistance – Physician’s First Watch

 

6 – Long- vs. Short-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Diabetes: Little Benefit, Increased Bleeding – Physician’s First Watch

 

7 – Short term versus long term dual antiplatelet therapy after implantation of drug eluting stent in patients with or without diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised trials – The British Medical Journal

 

8 – Should We Be Scared of Butter? – The New York Times

 

9 – Tracker flags up failures to report clinical trials – Nature News

 

10 – What clinical trial results? Now you can see who isn’t sharing their findings – STAT News

 

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Thu, Nov 3 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

3 Nov, 2016 | 00:20h | UTC

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1 – Quick Take Video: Antiretroviral Therapy for Perinatal HIV Prevention – New England Journal of Medicine

 

2 – Benefits and Risks of Antiretroviral Therapy for Perinatal HIV Prevention – New England Journal of Medicine

 

3 – Aspirin for Primary Prevention in Diabetic Patients – American College of Cardiology commentary

 

4 – Common Statistical Pitfalls in Basic Science Research – Journal of The American Heart Association

 

5 – For Melinda Gates, Birth Control Is Women’s Way Out of Poverty – The New York Times

(Source @glassmanamanda and @Monica_Kerrigan)

 

6 – Compression stockings for preventing deep vein thrombosis in airline passengers – The Cochrane Library

Source: this article was first identified in EvidenceUpdates from BMJ (Free resource to find new evidence and articles of interest)

 

7 – Correspondence: HIV-Positive-to-HIV-Positive Liver Transplantation – New England Journal of Medicine

 

8 – Review Article: The Changing Faces of Clinical Trials Series – Lessons in Uncertainty and Humility – Clinical Trials Involving Hypertension – New England Journal of Medicine

 

9 – PulmCrit- Top 10 reasons pulse oximetry beats ABG for assessing oxygenation

 

10 – You’ve been sold a myth about sports drinks – and it could be slowing you down – The Conversation

 

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Fri, Nov 11 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

11 Nov, 2016 | 00:10h | UTC

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1 – Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management – NICE Guideline

 

2 – Meaning and the Nature of Physicians’ Work – New England Journal of Medicine

 

3 – 5 Common Mental Errors That Sway You From Making Good Decisions – The Mission (RT @RichardLehman1)

 

4 – Cancer drugs, survival, and ethics – The British Medical Journal

 

5 – Clinical Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases: Challenges and Solutions – Article collections published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS Medicine)

 

6 – Fatal Zika Virus Infection with Secondary Nonsexual Transmission – New England Journal of Medicine

 

7 – Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes – New England Journal of Medicine

 

8 – What should I take paracetamol for? – The Guardian

 

9 – Open peer review finds more takers – Nature News

 

10 – Editorial: Transparent peer review one year on – Nature Communications (RT @hildabast)

 

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Wed, Nov 16 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

16 Nov, 2016 | 00:05h | UTC

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1 – Effectiveness of paracetamol as a treatment for acute or chronic pain conditions – Cochrane Library

 

2 – EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular disease risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of inflammatory joint disorders: 2015/2016 update – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases

Source: this article was first identified in EvidenceUpdates from BMJ (Free resource to find new evidence and articles of interest)

 

3 – WSES classification and guidelines for liver trauma – World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Source: Medscape New Guidelines and Recommendations, November edition (free registration required)

 

4 – Secondary Prevention of Cervical Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Clinical Practice Guideline – Journal of Global Oncology

Source: Medscape New Guidelines and Recommendations, November edition (free registration required)

 

5 – AAES Guidelines for Primary Hyperparathyroidism Management – JAMA Surgery

Source: Medscape New Guidelines and Recommendations, November edition (free registration required)

 

6 – 2016 Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation – Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Source: Medscape New Guidelines and Recommendations, November edition (free registration required)

 

7 – Richard Lehman’s journal review-14 November 2016 – The British Medical Journal Blog Archive

 

8 – Studies Show Little Benefit in Supplements – The New York Times

 

9 – Which Big Drug Companies Are Helping the Poor? Here’s the List – The New York Times

 

10 – Mental health: Caught in a trap – Nature

 

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Wed, Nov 9 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

9 Nov, 2016 | 00:05h | UTC

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1 – Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management – NICE Guideline

 

2 – Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care – American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update

 

3 – ‘Massive inequities’ exist among countries for essential medicines – STAT News

 

4 – Essential medicines for universal health coverage – The Lancet report (Free registration required for full-text)

 

5 – Mosquitoes Will Save Us All … from Mosquitoes – Scientific American

 

6 – Projected Impact of Mexico’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Policy on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Modeling Study – PLOS Medicine

Source: Medscape commentary – Mexican Sugar Tax Could Reap Huge Health and Cost Benefits (Free registration required)

 

7 – Just started! Free online course – Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials – Coursera and The Johns Hopkins University

 

8 – Just started! Free online course – Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics from Coursera and The University of Cape Town

 

9 – While Pregnant, Women Should Get Health Care 8 Times, W.H.O. Says – The New York Times

 

10 – WHO Doubles Minimum Number of Recommended Prenatal Care Visits – Physician’s First Watch

 

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Wed, Nov 2 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

2 Nov, 2016 | 00:31h | UTC

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1 – ACP Guideline on Diagnosis of Acute Gout – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

2 – ACP Guideline on Management of Acute and Recurrent Gout – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

3 – Clinical Practice Guideline of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine; Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Consensus Group

 

4 – A narrative review of alcohol consumption as a risk factor for global burden of disease – Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

 

5 – The Five Keys to Safer Food Programme – World Health Organization

 

6 – Use of Screen-Based Media Devices and Sleep Outcomes – JAMA Internal Medicine

 

7 – Even Thinking About Nearby Smartphones or Tablets May Disrupt Kids’ Sleep – Scientific American

 

8 – Blue LEDs Light Up Your Brain – Scientific American

 

9 – Studies Linked to Soda Industry Mask Health Risks – The New York Times

 

10 – Cardiac CT: present and future applications – Heart

 

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Tue, Nov 8 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

8 Nov, 2016 | 00:05h | UTC

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1 – WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience – World Health Organization

 

2 – News release: Pregnant women must be able to access the right care at the right time, says WHO – World Health Organization

 

3 – Western Australian Trial of Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms – JAMA Internal Medicine (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

 

4 – ‘Worrisome’ 3-Year Data From ABSORB II Raise Concerns About First-Generation Bioresorbable Stent – TCTMD News

 

5 – New guidelines simplify ICU nutrition – PulmCrit

 

6 – Obesity – Australian Medical Association Position Statement

 

7 – Physician burnout: What can be done – HealthcareDIVE

 

8 – The BMJ – Blog Archive – Richard Lehman’s journal review-7 November 2016

 

9 – Putting Sugary Soda Out of Reach – The New York Times

 

10 – Ocular Flutter in the Serotonin Syndrome (video) – New England Journal of Medicine

 

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Fri, Nov 4 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

4 Nov, 2016 | 00:09h | UTC

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1 – WHO recommends 29 ways to stop surgical infections and avoid superbugs – World Health Organization

 

2 – Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization

 

3 – WHO guidance says no routine post-surgery antibiotics – CIDRAP

 

4 – Global Consensus Recommendations on Prevention and Management of Nutritional Rickets

 

5 – Physical health of people in prison – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

 

6 – News Release: People in prison should receive the same level of care as those outside, says NICE

 

7 – Financial toxicity: a potentially devastating side effect of treating cancer – STAT News

 

8 – Tolerating Uncertainty – The Next Medical Revolution? – New England Journal of Medicine

 

9 – 10 things to know about malaria – World Economic Forum

 

10 – Lifesaving Cancer Drugs May in Rare Cases Threaten the Heart – The New York Times

 

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Tue, Nov 1 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

1 Nov, 2016 | 00:20h | UTC

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1 – Recommended Dietary Pattern to Achieve Adherence to the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) Guidelines – A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

 

2 – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Aspirin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Recommendation Statement – American Family Physician

 

3 – Pollution: 300 million children breathing toxic air – UNICEF report

 

4 – Raising ‘good’ cholesterol doesn’t reduce heart attack risk – STAT News

 

5 – What’s the point of paracetamol? – The Conversation

 

6 – Richard Lehman’s journal review-31 October 2016 – The BMJ Blog Archive

 

7 – Could a Diabetes Drug Help Beat Alzheimer’s Disease? – Scientific American

 

8 – Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease – New England Journal of Medicine

 

9 – Related Editorial by Eugene Braunwald: Treatment of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease – New England Journal of Medicine

 

10 – Controlling Indoor Allergens as Effective as Medication for Managing Asthma – Physician’s First Watch

 

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Fri, Oct 28 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

28 Oct, 2016 | 00:18h | UTC

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1 – Fewer numbers, better science – Nature Comment

 

2 – Resting Heart Rate and Violent Criminality – JAMA

 

3 – Resting Heart Rate May Predict Future Mental Ills – The New York Times

 

4 – Cranberry Capsules’ Effect on Bacteriuria and Pyuria – JAMA

No better then placebo

 

5 – Editorial: Cranberry for Urinary Tract Infection? – JAMA

 

6 – Some medical treatments are pointless. But will patients want to know? | Fay Schopen – The Guardian

 

7 – Quick Take Video: The Long-Term Oxygen Treatment Trial – New England Journal of Medicine

 

8 – Images in Clinical Medicine: Emphysematous Pyelonephritis – New England Journal of Medicine

 

9 – Tuberculosis: Nature Reviews Disease Primers (Free, but maybe not for long)

 

10 – How Relevant Is Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus? – PLOS Medicine

 

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Thu, Oct 27 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

27 Oct, 2016 | 00:41h | UTC

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1 – A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation – New England Journal of Medicine

In patients with stable COPD and moderate desaturation, long-term supplemental oxygen did not improve outcomes

 

2 – New estimate suggests a quarter of the world’s population has latent tuberculosis – The Conversation

 

3 – Parent-mediated social communication therapy for young children with autism (PACT): long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial – The Lancet

 

4 – Super-parenting’ improves children’s autism – BBC News

 

5 – Evaluation of computed tomography in patients with atypical angina or chest pain clinically referred for invasive coronary angiography: randomised controlled trial – The British Medical Journal

CT increased diagnostic yield of coronary angiography (75% v 15%) with no increase in long term events

 

6 – #OAweek2016 – Between Science’s Secretive, Elitist Past and Open, Accessible Future – Absolutely Maybe (by Hilda Bastian)

 

7 – #OAweek2016 – Open Access Week 2016: A Drumbeat for ‘Open In Action’ – Creative Commons

 

8 – #OAweek2016 – The State of Open Data: Report Provides New Insights into the Global State of Open Data – BioMed Central blog

 

9 – #OAweek2016 – Best practices in licensing and attribution: What you need to know – Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association

 

10 – #OAweek2016 – Open Access Explained! (YouTube video) – Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD Comics)

 

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Mon, Oct 31 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

31 Oct, 2016 | 00:47h | UTC

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1 – 8 TED Talks on what you need to know about medicine

 

2 – mhGAP Intervention Guide for Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders in Non-Specialized Health Settings: Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) – World Health Organization

 

3 – 10 Things Hospitalists Need to Know about Palliative Care – The Hospitalist (RT @rbloise24)

 

4 – Food consumption and the actual statistics of cardiovascular diseases: an epidemiological comparison of 42 European countries – Food & Nutrition Research (RT @davidludwigmd)

 

5 – Lowering the Bar on the Low-Fat Diet – JAMA

 

6 – Mosquito-transmitted viruses: the great Brazilian challenge – Brazilian Journal of Microbiology (RT @greg_folkers)

 

7 – A Visual Guide to Modified Mosquitoes – Scientific American (RT @ciencianamidia and @taziovanni)

 

8 – Rio fights Zika with biggest release yet of bacteria-infected mosquitoes – Nature News

 

9 – Experiment plans to release bacteria-bearing mosquitoes at large scale – STAT News

 

10 – Amitriptyline and Topiramate Are No More Effective than Placebo for Pediatric Migraine – Physician’s First Watch

 

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Wed, Oct 19 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

19 Oct, 2016 | 01:15h | UTC

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1 – 2016 Guidelines for the management of thyroid storm from The Japan Thyroid Association and Japan Endocrine Society (First edition)

 

2 – Health as the pulse of the new urban agenda – World Health Organization

 

3 – ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline on Management of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Adult Cancers – The ASCO Post

 

4 – Management of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline

 

5 – Dr House goes digital as IBM’s Watson diagnoses rare diseases – New Scientist

 

6 – Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Best Buy in Global Health – The Huffington Post

 

7 – Cervical Cancer Screening Can Start Later, Be Less Frequent in HPV-Vaccinated Women – Physician’s First Watch

 

8 – Clinicians Susceptible to Ordering Imaging for Low Back Pain – Physician’s First Watch

 

9 – Experts probe Zika links to microcephaly in 2 more nations – CIDRAP

 

10 – Zika virus is set to spread through Asia, WHO says – The BMJ

 

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Fri, Oct 21 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

21 Oct, 2016 | 01:00h | UTC

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1 – Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism among Patients Hospitalized for Syncope – New England Journal of Medicine

 

2 – Pulmonary Embolus and Syncope – New England Journal of Medicine Quick Take Video Summary

 

3 – Pulmonary Embolism Surprisingly Common in Patients with Syncope – Physician’s First Watch

 

4 – Aortic stenosis: diagnosis and management – British Medical Journal (Free registration required)

 

5 – Comparative Effectiveness of 12 Treatment Strategies for Preventing Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (Link to abstract – $$$ required for full text)

Source: this article was first identified in EvidenceUpdates from BMJ (Free resource to find new evidence and articles of interest)

 

6 – Reports of ‘three-parent babies’ multiply – Nature News

 

7 – Signal – Flushing your nose with salt water may be moderately useful for symptoms of sinusitis – NHS NIHR Signal

 

8 – Casting and Surgery of Similar Functional Benefit in Older Adults with Ankle Fracture – Physician’s First Watch

 

9 – Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Common Complications and Emergency Medicine Pearls – EmDocs

 

10 – Intensive Blood Pressure Control Doesn’t Benefit Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage (ATACH-2) – R.E.B.E.L. EM – Emergency Medicine Blog

 

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Thu, Oct 20 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

20 Oct, 2016 | 05:11h | UTC

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1 – WHO Treatment Guidelines for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, 2016 Update – World Health Organization

 

2 – ‘Ten Commandments’ of 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation – American College of Cardiology commentary (RT @emma_marshman)

 

3 – Health Professionals with Disabilities – AMA Journal of Ethics (collection of articles on health professional students with disabilities) (RT @PA_Maday)

 

4 – Healthcare’s dirty little secret: results from many clinical trials are unreliable – The Conversation (RT @Onisillos)

 

5 – Quality of Outpatient Care Delivered to US Adults, 2002-2013 – JAMA

 

6 – The Quest to Improve Quality: Measurement Is Necessary but Not Sufficient – JAMA

 

7 – Growing use of technology in health care – Deloitte University Press

 

8 – NICE calls for increased use of magnesium sulfate in preterm labour – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) News and features

 

9 – Brief Tachyarrhythmias Not Associated with Stroke Risk in ICD, Pacemaker Patients – Physician’s First Watch

 

10 – Oxygen-ICU trial: 100% isn’t an A+ – PulmCrit

 

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Wed, Oct 26 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

26 Oct, 2016 | 20:45h | UTC

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1 – Just Released! New advice from Choosing Wisely UK features a list of > 40 treatments that bring little or no benefit to patients

 

2 – USPSTF Recommendation: Interventions to Support Breastfeeding – JAMA

 

3 – Lack of Evidence Linking Calcium With or Without Vitamin D Supplementation to Cardiovascular Disease in Generally Healthy Adults: A Clinical Guideline From the National Osteoporosis Foundation and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology

 

4 – CMV Is a Greater Threat to Infants Than Zika, but Far Less Often Discussed – The New York Times

 

5 – Your Patient Is Now Reading Your Note: Opportunities, Problems, and Prospects – The American Journal of Medicine (@EricTopol)

 

6 – How hospital sinks became a health problem – STAT News

 

7 – Prevention of Cardiomyopathy in Patients With Cancer – American College of Cardiology

 

8 – Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease: recommendations of the Asociación Mexicana de Gastroenterología

 

9 – Five-Year Outcomes after Off-Pump or On-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting – New England Journal of Medicine

(The outcomes were similar among patients who underwent off-pump CABG and those who underwent on-pump CABG)

 

10 – Antipsychotic use and risk of hospitalisation or death due to pneumonia in persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease – CHEST (link to abstract – $$$ required for full-text)

 

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Tue, Oct 18 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

18 Oct, 2016 | 00:35h | UTC

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1 – Global Report On Urban Health – World Health Organization

 

2 – New Lancet Series – The Health of People Who Live in Slums (Free registration required) (RT @Onisillos)

 

3 – Chewing gum for enhancing early recovery of bowel function after caesarean section – The Cochrane Library

 

4 – Therapeutic Hypothermia and Survival After Cardiac Arrest – American College of Cardiology commentary

 

5 – Caffeine and Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients With Heart Failure – JAMA Internal Medicine (RT @EricTopol)

 

6 – Breast self-examination: should you really ‘pledge to check’? – The Conversation

 

7 – The BMJ – Blog Archive – Richard Lehman’s journal review-17 October 2016

 

8 – The Misleading Promise of I.V.F. for Women Over 40 – The New York Times

 

9 – Trying to become pregnant? Avoid diet drinks – The Daily Mail

 

10 – Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis

 

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Tue, Oct 25 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

25 Oct, 2016 | 00:23h | UTC

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1 – Effect of Short-Term vs. Long-Term Blood Storage on Mortality after Transfusion – New England Journal of Medicine

(no difference in mortality among those who underwent transfusion with the freshest available blood and those who underwent transfusion according to the standard practice of transfusing the oldest available blood)

 

2 – Related Editorial: Red Cells – Aging Gracefully in the Blood Bank – New England Journal of Medicine

 

3 – Just started! Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health – Free Online Course from Coursera and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

4 – Richard Lehman’s journal review-24 October 2016 – The BMJ Blog Archive

 

5 – Chronic Cough (key points of the review article on Chronic Cough) – Now@NEJM (Blog for Physicians About the NEJM)

 

6 – Doctors name treatments that bring little or no benefit – BBC News

 

7 – Pediatrics Group Updates Recommendations for Creating a Safe Sleeping Environment for Infants – Physician’s First Watch

 

8 – SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment – American Academy of Pediatrics

 

9 – There Are No Current Indications to Use a Bare-Metal Stent: CON – American College of Cardiology commentary

 

10 – There Are No Current Indications to Use a Bare-Metal Stent: PRO – American College of Cardiology commentary

 

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