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Cohort Study: Periconception Glycemic Control in Women with Type 1 Diabetes and Risk of Major birth defects
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:41h | UTCCommentary: Higher risk of heart defects in babies of mothers with type 1 diabetes – Karolinska Institutet, via EurekAlert (free)
Review: Public Health Implications of Overscreening for Carotid Artery Stenosis, Prediabetes, and Thyroid Cancer
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:40h | UTC
Consensus Report: Returning Individual Research Results to Participants
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:38h | UTCCommentaries: National Academies panel urges researchers to routinely share test results with study participants – STAT (free) AND If you give your DNA and tissues to science, should you get a peek at what they might contain? – Science (free) AND New report says individual research results should be shared with participants more often – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)
Related Viewpoint: Return of Research Results to Study Participants: Uncharted and Untested – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Summary of the International Guidelines for the Management of Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-acquired Pneumonia
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:38h | UTCEditorial: Treating nosocomial pneumonia: what’s new (free)
Related Guidelines: International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia – European Respiratory Journal (free) AND Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guideline: Recommendations on Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Pregnancy
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:37h | UTCSee also: Summary of recommendations for clinicians and policy-makers / other resources from CTFPHC (all free)
NICE Draft Guidance: Antibiotics Should be Restricted for COPD
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:36h | UTCAntibiotics should be restricted for COPD – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Commentaries: Antibiotics should be restricted for COPD, says NICE – OnMedica (free) AND UK officials recommend limits on antibiotics for COPD – CIDRAP (free)
“The draft antimicrobial guidance recommends that antibiotics should be offered to people who have a severe flare up of symptoms, also known as a severe acute exacerbation”
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 9 July 2018
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:34h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 9 July 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals
Authors’ Reply: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina in ORBITA
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:33h | UTCPercutaneous coronary intervention for stable angina in ORBITA – Authors’ reply – The Lancet (free)
Original study: Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA) (link to abstract and commentaries)
Related commentaries: Viewpoint: Placebo Effect of the Heart (free) AND Sham Surgeries: A Tale of Medical Reversals & the Role of the Media (free)
Related research: Research: Physiology-Stratified Analysis of ORBITA (free research and commentaries)
Oposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution by U.S. Stuns World Health Officials
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:35h | UTCOposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution by U.S. Stuns World Health Officials – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Randomized Trial: Cabozantinib in Patients with Advanced and Progressing Hepatocellular Carcinoma
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:33h | UTCCabozantinib in Patients with Advanced and Progressing Hepatocellular Carcinoma – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Cabozantinib in Hepatocellular Carcinoma – NEJM Resident 360 (free)
Median overall survival was 10.2 months with cabozantinib and 8.0 months with placebo, but the rate of high-grade adverse events in the cabozantinib group was approximately twice that observed in the placebo group.
Guideline: Management Of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:29h | UTCGuidelines On The Management Of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Intensive Care Society (free PDF) (via @CritCareReviews)
Related Guidelines: The clinical practice guideline for the management of ARDS in Japan – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free)
Perspective: Reducing Global Road Traffic Crashes and Injuries
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:32h | UTCRichard Smith: Reducing global road traffic crashes and injuries – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Related reports: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free PDF) AND Save LIVES: a road safety technical package (free) AND Unfinished Journey: The Global Health Response to Children & Road Traffic – FIA Foundation (free PDF) AND Securing safe roads: the politics of change – World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities (free news release and PDF)
Study: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCPhysician Burnout, Well-being, and Work Unit Safety Grades in Relationship to Reported Medical Errors – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Medical errors may stem more from physician burnout than unsafe health care settings – Stanford Medicine, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Physician burnout, depression can lead to major medical errors: Study – ABC News (free) AND Burnout Tied to Twofold Higher Risk for Medical Errors – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Perspective: The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine (free commentaries on the subject)
WHO Manual: Preventing Disease Through a Healthier and Safer Workplace
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:28h | UTCPreventing disease through a healthier and safer workplace – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
Systematic Review: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Open Traumatic Wounds
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCNegative pressure wound therapy for open traumatic wounds – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Negative pressure wound therapy for open traumatic wounds – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Research: Randomized Trial: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy No Better Than Regular Dressing in Severe Open Fracture of the Lower Limb (link to abstract and commentaries)
Meta-Analysis: Health Benefits of the Great Outdoors
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:20h | UTCThe health benefits of the great outdoors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of greenspace exposure and health outcomes – Environmental Research (free) (via @Mental_Elf and @AllenFrancesMD)
Commentary: It’s official — spending time outside is good for you – University of East Anglia, via ScienceDaily (free)
Clinical Update: Long-acting Reversible Contraception
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:27h | UTCLong-acting Reversible Contraception—Highly Efficacious, Safe, and Underutilized – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Clinical Review Audio: Return of the IUD: Long-acting Reversible Contraception Is Safe and Effective (free)
Perspective: Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:26h | UTCSeriously, Juice Is Not Healthy – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Would you take a multivitamin if it contained 10 teaspoons of sugar? No. Then why are you drinking juice?” (via @NYTHealth see Tweet)
Randomized Trial: Cervical Cancer Screening with Cervical HPV Testing vs Cytology Testing
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:26h | UTCEffect of Screening With Primary Cervical HPV Testing vs Cytology Testing on High-grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia at 48 Months: The HPV FOCAL Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: For Women Over 30, There May Be A Better Choice Than The Pap Smear – NPR (free) AND Study Suggests HPV Test More Accurate Than Pap Smear for Cervical Cancer Screening – AJMC (free) AND HPV testing could be more accurate than smear tests for initial screening of cervical cancer – NHS Choices (free)
Systematic Review: Effects of Hyperoxia in Acutely Ill Patients
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:19h | UTCRelated Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
WHO News: Ebola Virus Outbreak Likely Over in Congo
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:19h | UTCDisease Outbreak News: Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)
Related: Ebola virus outbreak likely over in Congo, WHO says – NBC News (free) AND Good news: the Ebola outbreak in DRC is contained – VOX (free)
Perspective: Use of ‘Smart Drugs’ on the Rise
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:18h | UTCUse of ‘smart drugs’ on the rise – Nature (free)
Related: A ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs – ACP Internist (free) AND Growing use of smart drugs by students could be a recipe for disaster – The Conversation (free) AND Brain Hackers Seeking Peak Performance Use Risky Chemical Cocktails: “Smart drugs” are not clinically proven and could be dangerous – Scientific American (free) AND Universities must do more to tackle use of smart drugs, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley – The Washington Post (free) AND Professors take same ‘smart drugs’ as students to keep up with workloads, claims academic – Independent (free)
Retrospective Cohort: Gestational Exposure to Folic Acid and Cortical Development
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:17h | UTCCommentaries: Folic acid linked to healthy brain development through childhood – Reuters (free) AND Folic Acid Fortification May Have Role in Sustaining Mental Health – AJMC (free) AND Prenatal Exposure to Folic Acid Appears to Promote Healthy Brain Development – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Perinatal Folic Acid May Protect Against Serious Mental Illness in Young People – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Cohort Study: Dietary Insulin Load and Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:46h | UTCDietary Insulin Load and Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer: Findings From CALGB 89803 (Alliance) – JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Dietary Insulin Load and Risk of Disease Recurrence in Stage III Colon Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)
Sharing Science at Today’s Pace: An Experience with Preprints
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:47h | UTCSharing science at today’s pace: an experience with preprints – The BMJ Opinion (free)