Archives
Systematic Review: Continuous Local Anesthetic Wound Infusion for Postoperative Pain After Midline Laparotomy for Colorectal Resection in Adults
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:31h | UTCContinuous local anaesthetic wound infusion for postoperative pain after midline laparotomy for colorectal resection in adults – Cochrane Library (free)
Randomized Trial: Increasing Testosterone Enhances Physical Performance in Young Women
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:26h | UTCCommentaries: Rise in testosterone level boosts young women’s running capacity – BMJ (free) AND Study: Testosterone may help women run faster, longer – UPI (free) AND Higher testosterone levels enable women to run for longer – UPI (free) AND Boosting women’s testosterone can increase muscle mass and endurance – Reuters (free)
Infographic. Running Myth: Strength Training Should be High Repetition Low Load to Improve Running Performance
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:25h | UTCCommentary: Heavy-resistance training can help running performance – Reuters (free)
Short Review: Using the 9-Item Patient Health Questionnaire to Screen for and Monitor Depression
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:24h | UTCUsing the 9-Item Patient Health Questionnaire to Screen for and Monitor Depression – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Short Review: Bisphosphonates for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:23h | UTCBisphosphonates for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis – JAMA (free for a limited period)
The Hyperactivity–Impulsivity–Irritability–Disinhibition–Aggression–Agitation Domain in Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Management and Future Directions
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:22h | UTC
Observational Study Suggests Angiotensin Receptor Blockers May Increase the Risk of Suicide
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:21h | UTCCommentaries: Concerns Raised by a Study of Suicide as an Adverse Drug Effect—Replicating Findings From Real-World Data – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at ACE inhibitor blood pressure drugs, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) blood pressure drugs, and risk of suicide – Science Media Centre (free) AND Certain Blood Pressure Meds Tied to Suicide Risk in Study – HealthDay News (free)
Opinion: It’s Time to Eliminate All Flavored Cigarettes, Not Just the Electronic Kind
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:19h | UTCIt’s time to eliminate all flavored cigarettes, not just the electronic kind – STAT (free)
Meta-Analysis: Association Between Triglyceride Lowering and Reduction of Cardiovascular Risk Across Multiple Lipid-Lowering Therapeutic Classes
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:18h | UTCAssociation Between Triglyceride Lowering and Reduction of Cardiovascular Risk Across Multiple Lipid-Lowering Therapeutic Classes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials – Circulation (free for a limited period)
Fri October 18 – 10 Stories of The Day!
18 Oct, 2019 | 10:25h | UTC
1 – Global tuberculosis report 2019 – World Health Organization (free)
New Release: 7 million people receive record levels of lifesaving TB treatment but 3 million still miss out – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: WHO TB 2019 report: Unprecedented political commitment leads to unprecedented progress – Science Speaks: Global ID News (free) AND World Falling Short Of 2020 Targets For ‘End TB’ Strategy – Health Policy Watch (free) AND Fighting TB: Slow Progress Should Ignite Action – Forbes (free)
2 – Clinical practice guideline on undernutrition in chronic kidney disease – BMC Nephrology (free)
Commentaries: The Important but Rarely Studied Cascade of Care – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Incidental Test Findings and the Burden They Create – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related: Umbrella Review: Prevalence and Outcomes of Incidental Imaging Findings (free)
4 – Management of blood pressure in stroke – International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension (free)
Related Guidelines: 2018 AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free) AND AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (free) AND Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke Management (free) AND Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Related: Mobility Programs for the Hospitalized Older Adult: A Scoping Review – Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (free)
7 – Complexity in Assessing the Benefit vs Risk of Vaccines: Experience With Rotavirus and Dengue Virus Vaccines – JAMA (free for a limited period)
“At what threshold does a large reduction in disease burden for society justify the small risk of an adverse reaction to an individual?”
8 – Information Asymmetry: The Untapped Value of the Patient – NEJM Catalyst (free)
9 – Alex Nowbar’s weekly review—17 October 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Commentary: Frequent drinking is greater risk factor for heart rhythm disorder than binge drinking – European Society of Cardiology (free)
Review: Heart Failure in Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
20 Oct, 2019 | 22:20h | UTCHeart Failure in Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease – Anesthesiology Clinics (free)
Clinical Practice Guideline on Undernutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:28h | UTCClinical practice guideline on undernutrition in chronic kidney disease – BMC Nephrology (free)
Study: Cascades of Care After Incidental Findings
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:25h | UTCCascades of Care After Incidental Findings in a US National Survey of Physicians – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentaries: The Important but Rarely Studied Cascade of Care – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Incidental Test Findings and the Burden They Create – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related: Umbrella Review: Prevalence and Outcomes of Incidental Imaging Findings (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
"Incidental findings …caused harm to patients and themselves." Results of a national physician survey https://t.co/V4GN1FykbC ("cascades of care") @JAMANetworkOpen by @IshaniG and colleagues @BrighamWomens H/T @zakkohane (origin of term "incidentaloma") pic.twitter.com/ZEcl3EmZwr
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 17, 2019
WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2019
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:29h | UTCGlobal tuberculosis report 2019 – World Health Organization (free)
New Release: 7 million people receive record levels of lifesaving TB treatment but 3 million still miss out – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: WHO TB 2019 report: Unprecedented political commitment leads to unprecedented progress – Science Speaks: Global ID News (free) AND World Falling Short Of 2020 Targets For ‘End TB’ Strategy – Health Policy Watch (free) AND Fighting TB: Slow Progress Should Ignite Action – Forbes (free)
Review: Management of Blood Pressure in Stroke
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:21h | UTCManagement of blood pressure in stroke – International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension (free)
Related Guidelines: 2018 AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free) AND AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (free) AND Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke Management (free) AND Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Urinary Tract Infections in Children: An Overview of Diagnosis and Management
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:19h | UTCUrinary tract infections in children: an overview of diagnosis and management – BMJ Paediatrics Open (free)
Viewpoint: Complexity in Assessing the Benefit vs Risk of Vaccines
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:15h | UTCComplexity in Assessing the Benefit vs Risk of Vaccines: Experience With Rotavirus and Dengue Virus Vaccines – JAMA (free for a limited period)
“At what threshold does a large reduction in disease burden for society justify the small risk of an adverse reaction to an individual?”
Information Asymmetry: The Untapped Value of the Patient
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:13h | UTCInformation Asymmetry: The Untapped Value of the Patient – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Opinion – ‘Fear Of Falling’: How Hospitals Do Even More Harm By Keeping Patients In Bed
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:17h | UTC‘Fear Of Falling’: How Hospitals Do Even More Harm By Keeping Patients In Bed – Kaiser Health News (free)
Related: Mobility Programs for the Hospitalized Older Adult: A Scoping Review – Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (free)
Alex Nowbar’s weekly review—17 October 2019
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:08h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s weekly review—17 October 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Thu October 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!
17 Oct, 2019 | 10:27h | UTC
See also: Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (free) AND American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable Report on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Prevention and Control – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (free)
Commentaries: Exercise can now be prescribed like medicine for people with and beyond cancer – Penn State College of Medicine (free) AND Expert Panel: Cancer Treatment Plans Should Include Tailored Exercise Prescriptions – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) (free) AND Panel Finds Exercise May Lower Cancer Risk, Improve Outcomes – NIH Director’s Blog (free) AND Exercise Advice for Surviving Cancer, and Maybe Avoiding It – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th Edition – National Consensus Project’s (free)
News Release: Diabetes advances poised to help manage blood sugar after meals – The Endocrine Society (free)
4 – Six-Month Randomized, Multicenter Trial of Closed-Loop Control in Type 1 Diabetes – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Artificial pancreas system better controls blood glucose levels than current technology – NIH News Releases (free)
Related: Artificial pancreas treatment for outpatients with type 1 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)
5 – Randomized Trial of Medical versus Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heartburn – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Surgery for Refractory GERD Works for Small Subset of Patients – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Surgery Beats Meds for True Refractory Heartburn – MedPage Today (free registration required)
6 – 20-Year Follow-up of Statins in Children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: For Kids With Genetic Condition, Statins May Be Lifesavers – U.S. News (free) AND Starting Statin in Childhood Protects FH Hearts – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Making the Case for Early Statins in Familial Hypercholesterolemia – Medscape (free registration required)
7 – Analysis: Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease – The BMJ (free)
Commentaries: For most healthy people, benefits of statins ‘may be marginal at best’ – The BMJ (free) AND Expert reaction to benefits of statins for low risk patients – Science Media Centre (free) AND Statin Guidelines Continue to Perplex – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
8 – Moderation of neural excitation promotes longevity – Nature News (free)
Original Article: Regulation of lifespan by neural excitation and REST – Nature (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
See also: Here’s a brain teaser: Surprising study shows reduced neuronal activity extends life – STAT (free) AND In a first, scientists pinpoint neural activity’s role in human longevity – Harvard Medical School (free)
9 – Review: Sodium-glucose cotransporter inhibitors in type 2 diabetes: thinking beyond glucose lowering – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
Commentary: New evidence that hip and knee steroid injections more dangerous than thought – Boston University School of Medicine (free)
NICE Guideline: End of Life Care for Adults
17 Oct, 2019 | 08:35h | UTCEnd of life care for adults: service delivery – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Related: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th Edition – National Consensus Project’s (free)
Study: Frequent Drinking is a More Important Risk Factor for New-onset Atrial Fibrillation Than Binge Drinking
18 Oct, 2019 | 08:07h | UTCCommentary: Frequent drinking is greater risk factor for heart rhythm disorder than binge drinking – European Society of Cardiology (free)
Exercise is Medicine in Oncology: Engaging Clinicians to Help Patients Move Through Cancer
17 Oct, 2019 | 08:37h | UTCSee also: Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (free) AND American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable Report on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Prevention and Control – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (free)
Commentaries: Exercise can now be prescribed like medicine for people with and beyond cancer – Penn State College of Medicine (free) AND Expert Panel: Cancer Treatment Plans Should Include Tailored Exercise Prescriptions – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) (free) AND Panel Finds Exercise May Lower Cancer Risk, Improve Outcomes – NIH Director’s Blog (free) AND Exercise Advice for Surviving Cancer, and Maybe Avoiding It – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Evaluation of a Closed-loop System that Automates Insulin Delivery in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
17 Oct, 2019 | 08:30h | UTCSix-Month Randomized, Multicenter Trial of Closed-Loop Control in Type 1 Diabetes – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Artificial pancreas system better controls blood glucose levels than current technology – NIH News Releases (free)
Related: Artificial pancreas treatment for outpatients with type 1 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)