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Clinician’s Guide for Trending Cardiovascular Nutrition Controversies
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:21h | UTCRelated – Part I: Trending Cardiovascular Nutrition Controversies – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)
Commentary: Chew on This: Review Tackles Controversies in Nutrition for CV Health – TCTMD (free) AND Separating health from hype for a diet that’s kind on your heart – ABC News (free)
Outbreak Report: Persistence of Ebola Virus After the End of Widespread Transmission in Liberia
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:19h | UTCPersistence of Ebola virus after the end of widespread transmission in Liberia: an outbreak report – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Flare-up of Ebola in Liberian family highlights virus persistence – CIDRAP (free) AND For the First Time, a Female Ebola Survivor Infects Others – The New York Times (10 article per month are free)
Review: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:18h | UTCAntidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome – Therapeutics Initiative (free)
Related Perspective: Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Antidepressants should be added to the list of drugs associated with tolerance, dependence and a withdrawal syndrome.”
“Withdrawal symptoms occur in at least one-third of patients who stop.”
Study: Development and Validation of a Cardiovascular Disease Risk-Prediction Model
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:17h | UTCSee also: Heart Attack & Stroke Calculator (free tool)
Commentaries: New health calculator can help predict heart disease risk, estimate heart age – CMAJ, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Calculator can predict heart age, risk for heart disease – UPI (free) AND Algorithm Allows Patients To Calculate Their Risk of Stroke and Heart Disease – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Calculators: ACC/AHA CV Risk Calculator (free) AND QRISK3-2017 Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculator (free)
Randomized Trial: Intermittent Compared with Continuous Energy Restricted Diet in Type 2 Diabetes
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:16h | UTCCommentaries: Study: 5:2 diet as effective at controlling diabetes as monitoring daily caloric intake – UPI (free) AND HbA1c improves just as much on dieting only two days a week – OnMedica (free) AND Two-Day Fast Per Week vs Daily Calorie Restriction in Diabetes – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Perspective: When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:17h | UTCWhen We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Original Article: Early Time-Restricted Feeding Improves Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Pressure, and Oxidative Stress Even without Weight Loss in Men with Prediabetes – Cell Metabolism (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guideline: Acute Stroke Management
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:09h | UTC
Guideline: Acute Stroke Management During Pregnancy
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:08h | UTC
Tropical Diseases in the ICU: A Syndromic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:08h | UTC
Policy statement: Food Additives and Child Health
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:06h | UTCFood Additives and Child Health – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
Technical Report: Food Additives and Child Health (free)
Commentaries: Chemicals in Food May Harm Children, Pediatricians’ Group Says – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Pediatrics Group Issues Statement on Food Additives and Child Health – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Report: Common food additives may pose danger to kids – University of Washington Medicine (free)
Reviews: Tropical Diseases in the ICU
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:07h | UTCReports from the task force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine:
Intensive care in severe malaria
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews – 23 July 2018
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:04h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal reviews, 23 July 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Perspective: Honey for Cough in Children
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:05h | UTCHoney for cough in children: can it help? – Evidently Cochrane (free)
Original Cochrane Review: Honey for acute cough in children – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Honey for acute cough in children (free)
NICE Guideline: Early and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
26 Jul, 2018 | 17:57h | UTCGuideline: Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Consensus Recommendations: The 10 Fundamental Principles of Lay Resuscitation
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:03h | UTC
Guideline: Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:04h | UTC
Cohort Study: Maternal Healthy Habits and risk of Obesity in Offspring
26 Jul, 2018 | 18:02h | UTCCommentaries: Mums with healthy habits ‘less likely’ to have obese children – NHS Choices (free) AND Mother’s lifestyle influences child’s obesity risk – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND 5 habits for moms that help prevent childhood obesity – Harvard Medical School (free)
ESMO Guideline: Advanced Breast Cancer
26 Jul, 2018 | 17:56h | UTC
Opinion: Epinephrine Harms/Helps in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
26 Jul, 2018 | 17:55h | UTCParamedic 2: Epinephrine harms/helps in out of hospital cardiac arrest – First10EM (free)
See Also: Original Article (free study and editorial) AND Expert Reaction (free commentaries)
“Paramedic 2 quick summary:
If 1000 people treated with epinephrine:
– 246 extra ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation)
– 158 extra admissions
– 8 extra survivors (5 with bad neuro outcomes, 3 with good neuro outcomes)
– What those numbers mean is a value question, not a science question.” (via @First10EM see Tweet)
Systematic Review: Blood Pressure Targets in People with Cardiovascular Disease
26 Jul, 2018 | 17:56h | UTCSummary: Blood pressure targets in people with cardiovascular disease – Cochrane Library (free)
“Insufficient evidence to justify lower than standard blood pressure targets in ppl w hypertension + CVD” (via @CochraneHTN see Tweet)
UNAIDS Report: Miles to Go — Closing Gaps, Breaking Barriers, Righting Injustices
26 Jul, 2018 | 17:53h | UTCReport: Miles to go—closing gaps, breaking barriers, righting injustices – UNAIDS (free PDF)
Press Release: UNAIDS warns that progress is slowing and time is running out to reach the 2020 HIV targets (free)
Commentary: U.N. says global fight against AIDS is at ‘precarious point’ – Reuters (free)
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
Guideline: HIV Drug Resistance
26 Jul, 2018 | 17:54h | UTCHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Drug Resistance: 2018 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society–USA Panel – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free) (via @CarlosdelRio7)
Lancet Commission: Advancing Global Health and Strengthening the HIV Response in the Era of the SDGs
26 Jul, 2018 | 17:52h | UTCAdvancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society—Lancet Commission (free articles and commentaries – registration required)
Commentaries: Report Warns Of ‘Dangerous Complacency’ In The Fight Against HIV – NPR (free) AND ‘Dangerous complacency’ to global HIV epidemic risks resurgence – BBC (free) AND Experts warn approach to HIV/AIDS is complacent – OnMedica (free)
Review: Definitions and Pathophysiology of Vasoplegic Shock
26 Jul, 2018 | 17:51h | UTCDefinitions and pathophysiology of vasoplegic shock – Critical Care (free)
Burden of disease in Brazil, 1990–2016 – Global Burden of Disease Study
26 Jul, 2018 | 17:51h | UTCRelated Study: The burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Brazil, 1990-2016: A subnational analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free)