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Top 8 Healthcare Predictions for 2019
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:19h | UTCTop 8 Healthcare Predictions for 2019 – Forbes (free)
Randomized Trial: Effect of a Pharmacist-Led Educational Intervention on Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions in Older Adults
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:24h | UTCEffect of a Pharmacist-Led Educational Intervention on Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions in Older Adults: The D-PRESCRIBE Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Video Summary: Effect of a Pharmacist-Led Intervention on Inappropriate Prescriptions in Older Adults (free)
Review: Advances in Optimizing the Prescription of Antibiotics in Outpatient Settings
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:17h | UTCAdvances in optimizing the prescription of antibiotics in outpatient settings – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Randomized Trial: Effect of Exercise Intervention on Functional Decline in Very Elderly Patients During Acute Hospitalization
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:21h | UTCEffect of Exercise Intervention on Functional Decline in Very Elderly Patients During Acute Hospitalization: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: A Novel Exercise Intervention and Functional Status in Very Elderly Patients During Acute Hospitalization – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period) AND Exercise intervention benefits elderly in hospital – OnMedica (free)
Author Interview: Effect of Exercise Intervention on Functional Decline in Very Elderly Patients (free audio)
Videos: Morning Exercise Session (free) AND Evening Exercise Session (free) AND Balance and Gait Retraining Exercises (free)
Review: Treatment and Prevention of Recurrent Lower Urinary Tract Infections in Women
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:17h | UTC
Supraventricular Arrhythmias: Clinical Framework and Common Scenarios for the Internist
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:18h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Clinical Report: Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:16h | UTCSport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Concussion management embraces earlier light exercise, earlier return to school – AAP News Release (free) AND Pediatrics Group Updates Guidance on Sports-Related Concussion – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:43h | UTCThe Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans – JAMA (free)
Editorial: New Physical Activity Guidelines: A Call to Activity for Clinicians and Patients (free)
Video Summary: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd Edition (free)
Commentaries: New Physical Activity Guidelines Urge Americans: Move More, Sit Less – NPR (free) AND HHS Releases Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
Randomized Trial: Withdrawal of Pharmacological Treatment for Heart Failure in Patients with Recovered Dilated Cardiomyopathy
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCCommentaries: Stopping medication for heart failure with improved ejection fraction – The Lancet (free) AND Remission, Not Cure: No Weaning Off Meds for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients, Says TRED-HF – TCTMD (free) AND Drug Withdrawal Inadvisable in ‘Recovered’ Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Medscape (free registration required)
Study: Public Health Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance in Europe
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:14h | UTCCommentaries: Public health burden of antimicrobial resistance in Europe – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free) AND 33,000 people die every year due to infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (free) AND European study: 33,000 deaths a year from resistant infections – CIDRAP (free)
Alex Nowbar’s Research Reviews – 12 November 2018
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:39h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s research reviews, 12 November 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Randomized Trial: Endoscopic or Open Vein-Graft Harvesting for Coronary-Artery Bypass
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCCommentaries: Endoscopic Vein-Graft Harvest for CABG Associated With Similar MACE, Less Pain vs Open Procedure: REGROUP – TCTMD (free) AND AHA: Endoscopic Vein-Graft Harvesting Redeems Itself in CABG – MedPage Today (free)
Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali – October 2018
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:38h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali – The Health Care Blog (free)
Perspective: Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:40h | UTCGetting Rid of Stupid Stuff – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
WHO Report on Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:37h | UTCCommentary: WHO uncovers big national variations in antibiotics consumption – Reuters (free)
Review: The Misunderstood Coagulopathy of Liver Disease
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:38h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: SGLT2 Inhibitors for Prevention of Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:35h | UTCSGLT2 inhibitors for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular and renal outcomes in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cardiovascular outcome trials – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: SGLT2 Inhibitors and CV and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes – American College of Cardiology (free)
Study: Less Surveillance Needed for Simple Ovarian Cysts
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:34h | UTCRisk of Malignant Ovarian Cancer Based on Ultrasonography Findings in a Large Unselected Population – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Most simple ovarian cysts require no treatment, surveillance – UPI (free) AND Less surveillance needed for simple ovarian cysts – University of California, San Francisco (free)
“New study finds that simple cysts should be considered normal and ignored” (from The University of California)
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:33h | UTCGlobal Burden of Disease Study 2017 – The Lancet (8 free articles)
See also: Infographics with GBD 2017 Study Highlights – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (all free) AND Updated GBD Compare Visualization Tool – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free resource)
“All eight Global Burden of Disease 2017 papers providing 38 billion estimates of 359 diseases & injuries & 84 risk factors in 195 countries & territories” (via @TheLancet see Tweet)
Guideline: Use of Risk Assessment Tools to Guide Decision-Making in the Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:08h | UTCSummary: Use of Risk Assessment Tools to Guide Decision-Making in ASCVD Prevention – American College of Cardiology (free)
New AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:09h | UTCSummary: 2018 ACC/AHA Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol – American College of Cardiology (free)
See also: Cholesterol Guideline Hub (free resources)
Randomized Trial: Vitamin D Supplements and Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:08h | UTCEditorial: VITAL Signs for Dietary Supplementation to Prevent Cancer and Heart Disease (free)
Commentaries: Vitamin D And Fish Oil Supplements Mostly Disappoint In Long-Awaited Research Results – NPR (free) AND Fish Oil And Vitamin D Pills No Guard Against Cancer Or Serious Heart Trouble – Kaiser Health News (free)
Randomized Trial: Marine n−3 Fatty Acids and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:07h | UTCCommentaries: Vitamin D, omega-3 supplements do not prevent cancer or heart disease, study says – CNN (free) AND Vitamin D and Fish Oils Are Ineffective for Preventing Cancer and Heart Disease – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related Systematic Review: Omega-3 fatty Acids for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (free review and commentaries)
Guideline: Management of Atrial Fibrillation
16 Nov, 2018 | 00:59h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Cardiovascular Risk Reduction with Icosapent Ethyl for Hypertriglyceridemia
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:05h | UTCAmarin’s Fish-Oil-Derived Drug Shows Great Promise — With Big Caveats – Forbes (free) (via @cardiobrief)
Original Article: Cardiovascular Risk Reduction with Icosapent Ethyl for Hypertriglyceridemia – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
“what seriously bothered five of the six cardiologists I spoke to was that the mineral oil had not behaved as a placebo at all.”