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France Is First to Ban Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer

10 Apr, 2019 | 06:03h | UTC

France Is First to Ban Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: FDA Report: 660 Cases of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (report and commentaries on the subject)

 

What Are Polygenic Scores and Why Are They Important?

10 Apr, 2019 | 06:04h | UTC

What Are Polygenic Scores and Why Are They Important? – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related: How Scientists are Learning to Predict Your Future with Your Genes (free)

“Before polygenic scores can be translated into clinical practice they will need to be extensively validated in clinical and population-based cohorts for their ability to predict meaningful outcomes that can be modified with intervention.”

 

Cohort Study: Supplements and Vitamins Do Not Lower Mortality Risk

10 Apr, 2019 | 05:58h | UTC

Association Among Dietary Supplement Use, Nutrient Intake, and Mortality Among U.S. Adults: A Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Nutrients from food, not supplements, linked to lower risks of death, cancer – Tufts University (free) AND Taking Vitamins Doesn’t Seem to Lower Mortality Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Elevated cancer risk linked to excessive calcium intake, study says – UPI (free) AND Expert reaction to nutrient intake, dietary supplement use and mortality in the US – Science Media Centre (free)

Related: The Multivitamin Industry Rakes in Billions of Dollars. But Science Says We’re Not Getting Healthier (free commentary)

 

Tue, April 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:30h | UTC

 

1 – Screening for Breast Cancer in Average-Risk Women: A Guidance Statement from the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Summary for Patients: Breast Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Women (free)

News Release: ACP issues guidance statement for breast cancer screening of average-risk women (free)

Commentaries: ACP Guideline Discourages Breast Cancer Screening for Average-Risk Women in Their 40s – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Most women need mammograms every other year starting at 50 – Reuters (free)

Related Guidelines: Breast Cancer: Screening – U.S.Preventive Services Task Force (free) AND New Canadian Recommendations on Screening for Breast Cancer (free) AND American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Screening Guideline (free) AND Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening in Average-Risk Women – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free) AND Recommendations from European Breast Guidelines (free)

 

2 – SMFM Consult Series #47: Sepsis during pregnancy and the puerperium – American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

News Release: Experts issue new recommendations for the diagnosis & treatment of maternal sepsis – Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (free)

 

3 – Endoscopic management of common bile duct stones: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) guideline – Endoscopy (free for a limited period)

Commentary: New Guideline on Management of Common Bile Duct Stones – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)

 

4 – Antibiotic Prescribing During Pediatric Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Visits – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study finds high rate of antibiotic prescribing in kids’ telemedicine visits – CIDRAP (free) AND Pediatric telemedicine visits may increase antibiotic overprescribing – University of Pittsburgh (free)

 

5 – Cost Avoidance Associated with Clinical Pharmacist Presence in a Medical Intensive Care Unit – Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (free PDF) (via @ABsteward)

 

6 – Podcast: #147 Rheumatoid Arthritis for the Internist – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)

 

7 – State of the Art Review: Depression in primary care: part 1—screening and diagnosis – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

Depression in primary care: part 2—management (free)

 

8 – Tailoring the Approach to Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: A Review – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

 

9 – Use of vitamin D drops leading to kidney failure in a 54-year-old man – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

“Vitamin D toxicity is rare, but clinicians must be aware of the risks of vitamin D use to limit complications related to hypercalcemia”.

 

10 – 10 Tips for Intensive Care Management of Transplanted Patients – Intensive Care Medicine (free articles)

– 10 tips for intensive care management of transplanted heart patients

– 10 tips for intensive care management of transplanted liver patients

– 10 tips for the intensive care management of transplanted lung patients

– 10 tips to manage renal transplant recipients

 

Guideline: Sepsis During Pregnancy and the Puerperium

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:24h | UTC

SMFM Consult Series #47: Sepsis during pregnancy and the puerperium – American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

News Release: Experts issue new recommendations for the diagnosis & treatment of maternal sepsis – Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (free)

 

Podcast: Rheumatoid Arthritis for the Internist

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:14h | UTC

#147 Rheumatoid Arthritis for the Internist – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)

 

Guideline: Endoscopic Management of Common Bile Duct Stones

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:22h | UTC

Endoscopic management of common bile duct stones: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) guideline – Endoscopy (free for a limited period)

Commentary: New Guideline on Management of Common Bile Duct Stones – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)

 

ACP Guideline: Screening for Breast Cancer in Average-Risk Women

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:26h | UTC

Screening for Breast Cancer in Average-Risk Women: A Guidance Statement from the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Summary for Patients: Breast Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Women (free)

News Release: ACP issues guidance statement for breast cancer screening of average-risk women (free)

Commentaries: ACP Guideline Discourages Breast Cancer Screening for Average-Risk Women in Their 40s – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Most women need mammograms every other year starting at 50 – Reuters (free)

Related Guidelines: Breast Cancer: Screening – U.S.Preventive Services Task Force (free) AND New Canadian Recommendations on Screening for Breast Cancer (free) AND American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Screening Guideline (free) AND Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening in Average-Risk Women – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free) AND Recommendations from European Breast Guidelines (free)

 

Study: Antibiotic Prescribing During Pediatric Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Visits

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:20h | UTC

Antibiotic Prescribing During Pediatric Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Visits – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study finds high rate of antibiotic prescribing in kids’ telemedicine visits – CIDRAP (free) AND Pediatric telemedicine visits may increase antibiotic overprescribing – University of Pittsburgh (free)

 

BMJ Review: Depression in Primary Care

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:11h | UTC

State of the Art Review: Depression in primary care: part 1—screening and diagnosis – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

Depression in primary care: part 2—management

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Study: Cost Avoidance Associated with Clinical Pharmacist Presence in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:16h | UTC

Cost Avoidance Associated with Clinical Pharmacist Presence in a Medical Intensive Care Unit – Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (free PDF) (via @ABsteward)

 

Review: Tailoring the Approach to Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:09h | UTC

Tailoring the Approach to Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: A Review – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

 

Mon, April 8 – 10 Stories of The Day!

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:24h | UTC

 

1 – World Health Statistics Overview 2019: Monitoring Health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Uneven access to health services drives life expectancy gaps: WHO (free)

 

2 – Effect of Text Messaging on Risk Factor Management in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: The CHAT Randomized Clinical Trial – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)

Editorial: The CHAT Trial:Time for a Heart to Heart Talk (free)

Very important negative study.

 

3 – Prolonged Lung Cancer Screening Reduced 10-year Mortality in the MILD Trial: New Confirmation of Lung Cancer Screening Efficacy – Annals of Oncology (free PDF)

 

4 – Efficacy of mass drug administration with ivermectin for control of scabies and impetigo, with coadministration of azithromycin: a single-arm community intervention trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Commentaries: Control of scabies and secondary impetigo: optimising treatment effectiveness in endemic settings – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free) AND Mass drug administration reduces scabies cases by 90% in Solomon Islands’ communities – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)

 

5 – Patient and caregiver productivity loss and indirect costs associated with cardiovascular events in Europe – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

News Release: Real cost of heart attacks and strokes: double the direct medical expense – European Society of Cardiology (free)

 

6 – Association of the Usability of Electronic Health Records With Cognitive Workload and Performance Levels Among Physicians – JAMA Network Open (free)

 

7 – Cardiogenic Shock – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Related Guideline: AHA Guideline: Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock (free)

Related Review: Reconsidering Vasopressors for Cardiogenic Shock: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler – Chest (free PDF)

 

8 – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence Among Adults Who Have Never Smoked, by Industry and Occupation — United States, 2013–2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: Nonsmokers at Risk for COPD, Too – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND CDC: Prevalence of COPD High Among Some Nonsmokers – HealthDay (free)

 

9 – A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: CDC Guideline: Candida auris (free) AND A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention (free) AND Review: Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally (free) AND Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, Resistance, and Treatment of Infections by Candida Auris (free)

“The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs.”

 

10 – Conventional and genetic evidence on alcohol and vascular disease aetiology: a prospective study of 500 000 men and women in China – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Unite for a Framework Convention for Alcohol Control – The Lancet (free) AND Even one alcoholic drink a day can raise risk of stroke, study says – CNN (free) AND Expert reaction to research on alcohol intake and stroke – Science Media Centre (free) AND Major study debunks myth that moderate drinking can be healthy – Reuters (free)

Related: Alcohol Use and Burden for 195 Countries and Territories (free study and commentaries) AND WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 (free study and commentaries)

 

10 Tips for Intensive Care Management of Transplanted Patients

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:03h | UTC

10 Tips for Intensive Care Management of Transplanted Patients – Intensive Care Medicine (free articles)

– 10 tips for intensive care management of transplanted heart patients

– 10 tips for intensive care management of transplanted liver patients

– 10 tips for the intensive care management of transplanted lung patients

– 10 tips to manage renal transplant recipients

 

WHO World Health Statistics Overview 2019: Monitoring Health for the Sustainable Development Goals

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:20h | UTC

World Health Statistics Overview 2019: Monitoring Health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Uneven access to health services drives life expectancy gaps: WHO (free)

 

Case Report: Use of Vitamin D Drops Leading to Kidney Failure in a 54-year-old Man

9 Apr, 2019 | 02:07h | UTC

Use of vitamin D drops leading to kidney failure in a 54-year-old man – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

“Vitamin D toxicity is rare, but clinicians must be aware of the risks of vitamin D use to limit complications related to hypercalcemia”.

 

Randomized Trial: Effect of Text Messaging on Risk Factor Management in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:16h | UTC

Effect of Text Messaging on Risk Factor Management in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: The CHAT Randomized Clinical Trial – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)

Editorial: The CHAT Trial:Time for a Heart to Heart Talk (free)

Very important negative study.

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Randomized Trial: 10 Year Follow-up of Italian Study Brings New Confirmation of Lung Cancer Screening Efficacy

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:14h | UTC

Prolonged Lung Cancer Screening Reduced 10-year Mortality in the MILD Trial: New Confirmation of Lung Cancer Screening Efficacy – Annals of Oncology (free PDF)

 

Study: Mass Drug Administration Reduces Scabies Cases by 90% in Solomon Islands’ Communities

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:13h | UTC

Efficacy of mass drug administration with ivermectin for control of scabies and impetigo, with coadministration of azithromycin: a single-arm community intervention trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Commentaries: Control of scabies and secondary impetigo: optimising treatment effectiveness in endemic settings – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free) AND Mass drug administration reduces scabies cases by 90% in Solomon Islands’ communities – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Study: Usability Improvements in Electronic Health Records are Associated with Improved Cognitive Workload and Performance

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:08h | UTC

Association of the Usability of Electronic Health Records With Cognitive Workload and Performance Levels Among Physicians – JAMA Network Open (free)

 

Real Cost of Heart Attacks and Strokes: Double the Direct Medical Expense

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:11h | UTC

Patient and caregiver productivity loss and indirect costs associated with cardiovascular events in Europe – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

News Release: Real cost of heart attacks and strokes: double the direct medical expense – European Society of Cardiology (free)

 

Review: Cardiogenic Shock

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:06h | UTC

Cardiogenic Shock – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Related Guideline: AHA Guideline: Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock (free)

Related Review: Reconsidering Vasopressors for Cardiogenic Shock: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler – Chest (free PDF)

 

Study: COPD Prevalence Among Adults Who Have Never Smoked, by Industry and Occupation

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:04h | UTC

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence Among Adults Who Have Never Smoked, by Industry and Occupation — United States, 2013–2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: Nonsmokers at Risk for COPD, Too – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND CDC: Prevalence of COPD High Among Some Nonsmokers – HealthDay (free)

 

Candida Auris – “A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy”

8 Apr, 2019 | 01:03h | UTC

A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: CDC Guideline: Candida auris (free) AND A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention (free) AND Review: Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally (free) AND Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, Resistance, and Treatment of Infections by Candida Auris (free)

“The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs.”

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Fri, April 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!

5 Apr, 2019 | 01:14h | UTC

 

1 – Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion versus multiple daily injection regimens in children and young people at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes: pragmatic randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: What is the most effective way to deliver subcutaneous insulin—pumps or injections? – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Randomized trial questions superiority of insulin pumps over injections in children – MedWire News (free)

Related: Insulin pumps not much better than multiple injections for intensive control of type 1 diabetes (free study and commentary)

 

2 – 5-year versus risk-category-specific screening intervals for cardiovascular disease prevention: a cohort study – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Screening interval: a public health blind spot – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND The screen interval for high cardiovascular disease risk should be individual – University of Helsinki (free)

 

3 – Report: State of Global Air / 2019 – Health Effects Institute (free PDF)

News Release: State of Global Air 2019 Report – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

See also: State of Global Air Website (free resources)

Commentary: Toxic air will shorten children’s lives by 20 months, study reveals – The Guardian (free)

“A Special Report on Global Exposure to Air Pollution and Its Disease Burden”

 

4 – Prevalence of cervical disease at age 20 after immunisation with bivalent HPV vaccine at age 12-13 in Scotland: retrospective population study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: The remarkable impact of bivalent HPV vaccine in Scotland (free)

Commentaries: Tim Palmer: Bivalent HPV vaccine in Scotland is having a considerable and sustained effect – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND HPV Vaccination Program Brings Lower Rates of Cervical Disease in Scotland – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND HPV programme linked to dramatic fall in cervical disease – OnMedica (free)

 

5 – Viewpoint: The Importance of Predefined Rules and Prespecified Statistical Analyses: Do Not Abandon Significance – JAMA (free)

Original Article: Scientists Rise Up Against Statistical Significance (free)

Related: Retire Statistical Significance? Really? – Unboxing Evidence Based Medicine (free)

 

6 – FDA Safety Alert: Some E-cigarette Users Are Having Seizures, Most Reports Involving Youth and Young Adults – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)

Commentary: FDA is investigating reports of seizures after vaping – STAT (free) AND Seizures After E-Cigarette Use Prompt FDA Investigation – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

 

7 – Texting-While-Driving Bans and Motor Vehicle Crash–Related Emergency Department Visits in 16 US States: 2007–2014 – American Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Bans on texting while driving tied to drop in ER visits for crash injuries – Reuters (free) AND Car crash ER visits fell in states that ban texting while driving, study says – CNN (free) AND Fewer car crash victims at ERs after texting while driving bans – UPI (free)

 

8 – Shift work and ischaemic heart disease: meta-analysis and dose–response relationship – Occupational Medicine (free)

Commentary: Shift Work Is Tough on Workers’ Hearts, Study Shows – HealthDay (free)

 

9 – Automated insulin dosing guidance to optimise insulin management in patients with type 2 diabetes: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Promoting Better Glucose Management for Type 2 Diabetes – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period) AND Automated insulin system improves glycemic control – MedicalXpress (free)

 

10 – Use of metformin to treat pregnant women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PregMet2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Well-known drug has less risk for preterm delivery in PCOS – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (free)

 

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