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Systematic Review: there are no benefits of testosterone supplementation for men

23 Sep, 2016 | 11:08h | UTC

Treatment of Men for “Low Testosterone”: A Systematic Review – PLOS ONE (Free full-text)

Researchers say there are no benefits of testosterone treatments for men – The Guardian commentary (Free)

(Sources: RT @EricTopol and @PaulGlasziou)

“Strong evidence that much of information on adverse events remains unpublished” (RT @hmkyale)

24 Sep, 2016 | 20:01h | UTC

Reporting of Adverse Events in Published and Unpublished Studies of Health Care Interventions: A Systematic Review – PLOS Medicine (Free full-text)

Adverse Effects Underreported in Clinical Trials – Medscape commentary (Free registration required)

New WHO Campaign: Global Hearts Initiative

23 Sep, 2016 | 11:34h | UTC

Global Hearts Initiative: Working Together to Beat Cardiovascular Diseases #beatNCDs – World Health Organization (Free resources)

HEARTS Technical Package (strategic and practical approach to reducing the number of premature deaths from cardiovascular disease) – World Health Organization (Free Report)

Point of view: study questions the benefits of tight glycemic control and current diabetes guidelines

22 Sep, 2016 | 11:28h | UTC

Glycemic Control for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Our Evolving Faith in the Face of Evidence – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (Free full-text)

Review lists Top 10 articles on overuse of medical care

20 Sep, 2016 | 14:29h | UTC

2016 Update on Medical Overuse: A Systematic Review – JAMA (Free full-text)

The Visual History of Global Health – Our World in Data

24 Sep, 2016 | 19:33h | UTC

New Resource from “Our World in Data” – The Visual History of Global Health (Series of very didactic free infographics explaining the topic)

Summary of the new ESC Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemias

18 Sep, 2016 | 15:50h | UTC

Latest in Cardiology Summary: ESC Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias – American College of Cardiology (Free full text)

2016 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias – European Society of Cardiology (Free full-text)

NICE has just released recommendations for them management of patients with two or more long-term health conditions

22 Sep, 2016 | 13:50h | UTC

Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Free guideline and other resources)

News Release: Tailored care needed for people with more than one complex health condition (Free)

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Perspective: Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients — An Urgent Priority – New England Journal of Medicine (Free full-text)

Latest in Cardiology: Multimorbidity in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease – American College of Cardiology (Free full text)

Selection of news and education resources on #AntibioticResistance

21 Sep, 2016 | 14:51h | UTC

Editorial: Time for global political action on antimicrobial resistance – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (Free full-text)

Antimicrobial Resistance – JAMA (Free full-text)

By 2050, drug-resistant infections could cause global economic damage on par with 2008 financial crisis – The World Bank (Free full-text)

Antibiotic resistance is the next great global challenge – we must act now – World Economic Forum (Free full-text)

Superbug Explosion Triggers U.N. General Assembly Meeting: Antibiotic resistance has grown so dire that it will be the subject of a dedicated global summit later this month – Scientific American (Free full-text)

Global pledge to stamp out drug-resistant infections – BBC Health (Free full-text)

In First, UN Will Consider Antibiotic Resistance: An unusual high-level meeting will determine whether the world will act together against antibiotic resistance—or ignore its importance. – National Geographic commentary (Free full text)

UN agrees to fight ‘the biggest threat to modern medicine’: antibiotic resistance: All 193 UN member states are set to sign a declaration to fight drug-resistant superbugs that are estimated to kill more than 700,000 people each year – The Guardian (Free full-text)

TED Talk: What do we do when antibiotics don’t work anymore? (Free video)

Antimicrobial Resistance – World Health Organization (Free resources)

Fact Sheet: Antimicrobial Resistance – World Health Organization (Free full text)

Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance – World Health Organization (Free full text)

Antibiotic / Antimicrobial Resistance – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Free resources)

Children exposed to barnyard dust have lower risk for asthma development

22 Sep, 2016 | 10:59h | UTC

Innate Immunity and Asthma Risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm Children – New England Journal of Medicine (Free full-text)

Farm Living Study Confirms the Hygiene Hypothesis – Medscape commentary (Free registration required)

Study suggests that wearable activity trackers are not helpful for long-term weight loss

22 Sep, 2016 | 11:19h | UTC

Effect of Wearable Technology Combined With a Lifestyle Intervention on Long-term Weight Loss: The IDEA Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (Free full-text)

JAMA Report Video: Monitoring and Feedback for Long-term Weight Loss (Free video)

Author Video Interview: Monitoring and Feedback for Long-term Weight Loss (Free video)

Wearable Fitness Trackers Might Not Aid in Weight Loss – Physician’s First Watch commentary (Free)

Activity Trackers May Undermine Weight Loss Efforts – New York Times commentary (Free)

5.5 million lives were lost in 2013 to diseases associated with Air Pollution – World Bank Report and Infographic

15 Sep, 2016 | 13:45h | UTC

Press Release: Air Pollution Deaths Cost Global Economy US$225 Billion

The Cost of Air Pollution : Strengthening the Economic Case for Action – The World Bank (Free Report)

Death in the Air: Air Pollution Costs Money and Lives – The World Bank (Free Infographic)

How to manage insulin injection or infusion therapies in patients with diabetes

19 Sep, 2016 | 16:24h | UTC

New Insulin Delivery Recommendations – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Free full-text)

New Insulin Delivery Recommendations – PracticeUpdate commentary (Free registration required)

2 new studies on E-Cigarretes and smoking – Cochrane meta-analysis and observational study suggest increased success in quitting

14 Sep, 2016 | 21:42h | UTC

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library (link to summary – $$$ required for full text)

Association between electronic cigarette use and changes in quit attempts, success of quit attempts, use of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy, and use of stop smoking services in England: time series analysis of population trends – British Medical Journal (Free full-text)

New Guideline on the management of diabetic foot

19 Sep, 2016 | 16:09h | UTC

The management of diabetic foot: A clinical practice guideline by the Society for Vascular Surgery in collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine – Journal of Vascular Surgery (Free full-text)

Source: RT @PA_Maday (Kristopher Maday, MD)

Review on Global Health: Neglected Tropical Diseases

15 Sep, 2016 | 13:30h | UTC

Neglected tropical diseases: progress towards addressing the chronic pandemic – The Lancet (Free registration required for full-text)

Meta-analysis: Tamsulosin improves stone passage in patients with larger stones (5 to 10 mm) but makes no difference in smaller stones

18 Sep, 2016 | 14:40h | UTC

Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Passage for Ureteral Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Emergency Medicine (Free full-text)

Source: this article was first identified in NEJM Journal Watch ($$$ – but very good – resource to find new evidence and articles of interest)

Global Health – New Lancet Series on Maternal Health

16 Sep, 2016 | 13:42h | UTC

Maternal Health 2016 – The Lancet (Free registration required for full-text articles)

Palliative Care Free Online Course from the Stanford University – Starts September 21, 2016

16 Sep, 2016 | 14:26h | UTC

PALLIATIVE CARE ALWAYS (FALL 16′) – Wednesday, September 21, 2016 to Wednesday, January 4, 2017 – Stanford Online

(Source: Daniel Vitório, MD, Brazil)

CDC Releases Guidelines on the Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis

13 Sep, 2016 | 12:52h | UTC

Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis (Free full-text)

Highlights from the 2016 Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Guidelines – CDC (Free full-text)

Other Tuberculosis Guidelines from CDC

Free reviews from the NEJM – The Changing Face of Clinical Trials

14 Sep, 2016 | 11:37h | UTC

The Primary Outcome Is Positive — Is That Good Enough? – New England Journal of Medicine (Free full-text)

The Primary Outcome Fails — What Next? – New England Journal of Medicine (Free full-text)

Cochrane Reviews – Vitamin D can reduce asthma attacks

14 Sep, 2016 | 11:45h | UTC

Vitamin D for the management of asthma – Cochrane Library (Link to summary – $$$ required for full-text)

Cochrane news release: high quality evidence suggests Vitamin D can reduce asthma attacks – Cochrane Library (Free full-text)

New guidance on the diagnosis of Clostridium Difficile infection

13 Sep, 2016 | 12:42h | UTC

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: update of the diagnostic guidance document forClostridium difficile infection (Free full-text)

Updated Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease Guideline

13 Sep, 2016 | 12:47h | UTC

Asia-Pacific consensus on the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: an update focusing on refractory reflux disease and Barrett’s oesophagus – Gut (Free full-text)

Meta-analysis suggests twins should be delivered at 37 weeks to minimize deaths

10 Sep, 2016 | 16:53h | UTC

Prospective risk of stillbirth and neonatal complications in twin pregnancies: systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ (Free full-text)

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