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Digital Health Just Had a Record Year. But is a Day of Reckoning Ahead?
23 Mar, 2019 | 14:44h | UTCDigital health just had a record year. But is a day of reckoning ahead? – STAT (free)
IDSA Guideline for the Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:36h | UTCCommentaries: Bacteria in urine doesn’t always indicate infection – Infectious Diseases Society of America (free) AND Most Urinary Bacteria Do Not Require Antibiotics – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Fri, March 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:42h | UTC
Commentaries: Bacteria in urine doesn’t always indicate infection – Infectious Diseases Society of America (free) AND Most Urinary Bacteria Do Not Require Antibiotics – MedicalResearch.com (free)
“Home blood pressure should be measured for 3 days, increased to 7 only when mean blood pressure is close to a diagnostic or treatment threshold.”
3 – Building a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on tuberculosis (free articles – registration required)
Commentaries: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation – The Lancet (free) AND A human-rights approach is essential to end the global TB epidemic – The Conversation (free) AND A Roadmap for Ending the Moral Catastrophe of TB – Global Health NOW (free)
“A collaborative approach using a quality improvement methodology and a care bundle appeared to be effective in reducing mortality and length of stay in emergency laparotomy”.
5 – OBesity Treatment, Beyond the Guidelines: Practical Suggestions for Clinical Practice – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: European Practical and Patient-Centred Guidelines for Adult Obesity Management in Primary Care – Obesity Facts (free)
7 – Opting Out of Vaccines Should Opt You Out of American Society – Scientific American (free)
“Although you have a right to your own body, your choice to willfully be sick ends where another’s right to be healthy begins.”
Commentaries: Expert reaction to research on hot tea and oesophageal cancer – Science Media Centre (free) AND Drinking hot tea linked with elevated risk of esophageal cancer – Wiley (free) AND Drinking very hot tea almost doubles risk of cancer, new study says – CNN (free) AND Hot tea linked to increased risk of esophageal cancer – UPI (free)
10 – Performance of Screening Ultrasonography as an Adjunct to Screening Mammography in Women Across the Spectrum of Breast Cancer Risk – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Breast Screening: Adding Ultrasonography Doesn’t Seem Worth Associated Harms – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Does supplemental whole-breast ultrasound provide significant value? – Radiology Business (free)
Systematic Review: Schedules for Self-monitoring Blood Pressure
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:34h | UTCSchedules for Self-monitoring Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review – American Journal of Hypertension (free)
“Home blood pressure should be measured for 3 days, increased to 7 only when mean blood pressure is close to a diagnostic or treatment threshold.”
Building a Tuberculosis-free World: The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:31h | UTCBuilding a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on tuberculosis (free articles – registration required)
Commentaries: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation – The Lancet (free) AND A human-rights approach is essential to end the global TB epidemic – The Conversation (free) AND A Roadmap for Ending the Moral Catastrophe of TB – Global Health NOW (free)
Evaluation of the Collaborative Use of an Evidence-Based Care Bundle in Emergency Laparotomy
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:14h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
A collaborative approach using a quality improvement methodology and a care bundle appeared to be effective in reducing mortality and length of stay in emergency laparotomy. https://t.co/tr0esQxdWC
— JAMA Surgery (@JAMASurgery) March 22, 2019
Position Statement: Blood-borne Pathogens in the Context of Sports Participation
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:07h | UTC
Obesity Treatment, Beyond the Guidelines: Practical Suggestions for Clinical Practice
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:09h | UTCObesity Treatment, Beyond the Guidelines: Practical Suggestions for Clinical Practice – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: European Practical and Patient-Centred Guidelines for Adult Obesity Management in Primary Care – Obesity Facts (free)
Opinion – “Opting Out of Vaccines Should Opt You Out of American Society”
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:03h | UTCOpting Out of Vaccines Should Opt You Out of American Society – Scientific American (free)
“Although you have a right to your own body, your choice to willfully be sick ends where another’s right to be healthy begins.”
Randomized Trial: Ultrasound Guidance in Difficult Radial Artery Puncture for Blood Gas Analysis
22 Mar, 2019 | 06:57h | UTC
Observational Study Suggests the Benefits of Ultrasonography as an Adjunct to Screening Mammography May Not Outweigh Associated Harms
22 Mar, 2019 | 06:55h | UTCPerformance of Screening Ultrasonography as an Adjunct to Screening Mammography in Women Across the Spectrum of Breast Cancer Risk – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Breast Screening: Adding Ultrasonography Doesn’t Seem Worth Associated Harms – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Does supplemental whole-breast ultrasound provide significant value? – Radiology Business (free)
Study: Tea Drinking Temperature and Risk of Esophageal Cancer
22 Mar, 2019 | 06:59h | UTCCommentaries: Expert reaction to research on hot tea and oesophageal cancer – Science Media Centre (free) AND Drinking hot tea linked with elevated risk of esophageal cancer – Wiley (free) AND Drinking very hot tea almost doubles risk of cancer, new study says – CNN (free) AND Hot tea linked to increased risk of esophageal cancer – UPI (free)
Thu, March 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!
21 Mar, 2019 | 07:25h | UTC
1 – WHO consolidated guidelines on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: New WHO recommendations to accelerate progress on TB – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: World Health Organization advisers call for registry of studies on human genome editing – STAT (free) AND W.H.O. Panel Demands a Registry for Human Gene Editing – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND World Health Organization panel weighs in on CRISPR-babies debate – Nature (free)
3 – Vitamin K for reversal of excessive vitamin K antagonist anticoagulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Blood Advances (free)
“Our findings indicate that patients on VKA therapy who have an INR between 4.5 and 10.0 without bleeding are not likely to benefit from vitamin K administration in addition to temporary VKA cessation.”
4 – Podcast: Update on Atrial Fibrillation: Review of the New AHA/ACC/HRS Treatment Guidelines (free)
5 – Perspective: Mesh Implants for Women: Scandal or Standard of Care? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
“Urogyne mesh implants have been called the “biggest medical scandal” since thalidomide and the “gold standard” treatment for stress urinary incontinence. These divergent views illustrate the complexity of the ongoing debate over their safety and efficacy.” (via @JAMA_current see Tweet)
6 – Clinical practice guidelines and the overuse of health care services: need for reform – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free for a limited period)
“Specialty bias and fee-for-service conflicts of interest threaten the validity of clinical practice guidelines and may lead to overdiagnosis, overtreatment and increasing health care costs.”
7 – Scientists rise up against statistical significance – Nature (free)
Editorial: It’s time to talk about ditching statistical significance – Nature (free)
Related: What a nerdy debate about p-values shows about science — and how to fix it – VOX (free) AND Big names in statistics want to shake up much-maligned P value – Nature News (free) AND ‘One-size-fits-all’ threshold for P values under fire – Nature News (free) AND Statisticians issue warning over misuse of P values – Nature News (free) AND Understanding common misconceptions about p-values – The 20% Statistician (free) AND PulmCrit- .050 shades of grey in p-value cutoffs (free) AND Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations – European Journal of Epidemiology(free)
“We are not calling for a ban on P values. . . Rather, and in line with many others over the decades, we are calling for a stop to the use of P values in the conventional, dichotomous way.” (via @ericmjohnson)
Commentaries: Cannabis and psychosis: triangulating the evidence – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Expert reaction to daily cannabis use, potency and psychosis – Science Media Centre (free) AND Daily or high-potency cannabis increases risk of psychotic disorder, study finds – CNN (free) AND Daily cannabis and skunk users run higher psychosis risk – Reuters (free)
9 – Psychosis with Methylphenidate or Amphetamine in Patients with ADHD – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Some ADHD medicines may increase psychosis more than others, ‘real-world’ data show – STAT (free) AND With ADHD, amphetamine has double the psychosis risk of methylphenidate – Reuters (free) AND Big data study identifies drugs that increase risk of psychosis in youth with ADHD – McLean Hospital (free)
Commentaries: ‘Just one sugary drink a day’ linked to health problems – NHS Choices (free) AND Sugary drinks linked to higher risk of premature death, especially for women, study says – CNN (free) AND Sugary drinks could raise risk of early deaths finds study – News Medical (free)
WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Treatment
21 Mar, 2019 | 07:21h | UTCWHO consolidated guidelines on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: New WHO recommendations to accelerate progress on TB – World Health Organization (free)
WHO Expert Panel Paves Way for Strong International Governance on Human Genome Editing
21 Mar, 2019 | 07:18h | UTCCommentaries: World Health Organization advisers call for registry of studies on human genome editing – STAT (free) AND W.H.O. Panel Demands a Registry for Human Gene Editing – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND World Health Organization panel weighs in on CRISPR-babies debate – Nature (free)
Meta-Analysis: Vitamin K for Reversal of Excessive Vitamin K Antagonist Anticoagulation
21 Mar, 2019 | 07:09h | UTCVitamin K for reversal of excessive vitamin K antagonist anticoagulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Blood Advances (free)
“Our findings indicate that patients on VKA therapy who have an INR between 4.5 and 10.0 without bleeding are not likely to benefit from vitamin K administration in addition to temporary VKA cessation.”
Update on Atrial Fibrillation: Review of the New AHA/ACC/HRS Treatment Guidelines
21 Mar, 2019 | 07:06h | UTCPodcast: Update on Atrial Fibrillation: Review of the New AHA/ACC/HRS Treatment Guidelines – JAMA (free)
Mesh Implants for Women: Scandal or Standard of Care?
21 Mar, 2019 | 07:01h | UTCPerspective: Mesh Implants for Women: Scandal or Standard of Care? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Urogyne mesh implants have been called the “biggest medical scandal” since thalidomide and the “gold standard” treatment for stress urinary incontinence. These divergent views illustrate the complexity of the ongoing debate over their safety and efficacy. https://t.co/Yg0MiWjmp8
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) March 20, 2019
Scientists Rise Up Against Statistical Significance
21 Mar, 2019 | 06:52h | UTCScientists rise up against statistical significance – Nature (free)
Editorial: It’s time to talk about ditching statistical significance – Nature (free)
Related: What a nerdy debate about p-values shows about science — and how to fix it – VOX (free) AND Big names in statistics want to shake up much-maligned P value – Nature News (free) AND ‘One-size-fits-all’ threshold for P values under fire – Nature News (free) AND Statisticians issue warning over misuse of P values – Nature News (free) AND Understanding common misconceptions about p-values – The 20% Statistician (free) AND PulmCrit- .050 shades of grey in p-value cutoffs (free) AND Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations – European Journal of Epidemiology(free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ericmjohnson/status/1108493045446524928
Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Overuse of Health Care Services: Need for Reform
21 Mar, 2019 | 06:57h | UTCClinical practice guidelines and the overuse of health care services: need for reform – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Clinical guidelines from specialty societies often biased, Drs. Ismail Jatoi and Sunita Sah argue in a new CMAJ commentary: https://t.co/0mUirV9VDu
@Sunita_Sah #clinicalguidelines #conflictofinterest #patientsafety pic.twitter.com/lUeCOeE60t
— CMAJ (@CMAJ) March 18, 2019
Study: Daily or High-Potency Cannabis Use Associated with Increased Incidence of Psychotic Disorder
21 Mar, 2019 | 06:36h | UTCCommentaries: Cannabis and psychosis: triangulating the evidence – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Expert reaction to daily cannabis use, potency and psychosis – Science Media Centre (free) AND Daily or high-potency cannabis increases risk of psychotic disorder, study finds – CNN (free) AND Daily cannabis and skunk users run higher psychosis risk – Reuters (free)
Cohort Study: Long-Term Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Mortality
21 Mar, 2019 | 06:30h | UTCCommentaries: ‘Just one sugary drink a day’ linked to health problems – NHS Choices (free) AND Sugary drinks linked to higher risk of premature death, especially for women, study says – CNN (free) AND Sugary drinks could raise risk of early deaths finds study – News Medical (free)
Large Observational Study Suggests Some Drugs for ADHD may Increase the Risk of Psychosis More than Others
21 Mar, 2019 | 06:32h | UTCPsychosis with Methylphenidate or Amphetamine in Patients with ADHD – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Some ADHD medicines may increase psychosis more than others, ‘real-world’ data show – STAT (free) AND With ADHD, amphetamine has double the psychosis risk of methylphenidate – Reuters (free) AND Big data study identifies drugs that increase risk of psychosis in youth with ADHD – McLean Hospital (free)
Meta-Analysis: Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Different Hemostatic Methods in Total Hip Arthroplasty
20 Mar, 2019 | 12:34h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: An Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program in Orthopedic Surgery
20 Mar, 2019 | 12:33h | UTC