Thu July 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Preventing dementia by preventing stroke: The Berlin Manifesto – Alzheimer’s & Dementia (free)

Commentaries: Group calls on international community to prevent dementia by preventing stroke – University of Western Ontario (free) AND Stroke Prevention Best Path to Dementia Reduction, Experts Say – Medscape (free registration required)

2 – Association Between Stress Testing–Induced Myocardial Ischemia and Clinical Events in Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Baseline Ischemia Not Linked to 10-Year Events in Stable CAD: MASS II Analysis – TCTMD (free) AND Stress Testing–Induced Myocardial Ischemia and Clinical Events in Multivessel CAD – Latest in Cardiology (free)

3 – How a data detective exposed suspicious medical trials – Nature (free)

Related: Dozens of recent clinical trials may contain wrong or falsified data (free study by John Carlisle)

“Anaesthetist John Carlisle has spotted problems in hundreds of research papers — and spurred a leading medical journal to change its practice.”

4 – Allergan Recalls Textured Breast Implant Tied to Rare Cancer – Associated Press (free)

See also: FDA Requests Manufacturer Recall of Some Textured Breast Implants – The ASCO Post (free) AND FDA asks Allergan to recall textured breast implants worldwide – Reuters (free) AND Worldwide recall issued for textured breast implants tied to rare cancer – CNN (free)

Related: FDA Report: 660 Cases of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (link to statement and other studies)

5 – Is one dose of human papillomavirus vaccine as effective as three?: A national cohort analysis – Papillomavirus Research (free)

Commentary: One dose of HPV vaccine may be enough, Australian research finds – University of Melbourne (free)

6 – Renal Replacement Therapy in the Critical Care Setting – Critical Care Research and Practice (free)

Related Meta-Analysis: Early Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients (free)

Related Randomized Trial: Early vs. Delayed Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury (link to abstract and commentaries)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

7 – Pleural Effusion in Adults—Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

Related Guideline: Investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline (free)

Related Reviews: Evaluation of the patient with pleural effusion – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Recommendations of Diagnosis and Treatment of Pleural Effusion. Update – Achivos de Broncopneumologia (free) AND State-of-the-art: Radiological investigation of pleural disease – Respiratory Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

8 – Association of a Multifaceted Intervention With Ordering of Unnecessary Laboratory Tests Among Caregivers in Internal Medicine Departments – JAMA Network Open (free)

9 – Association of Normal-Weight Central Obesity With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Postmenopausal Women – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentaries: What’s New in Understanding the Risk Associated With Body Size and Shape? Pears, Apples, and Olives on Toothpicks – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Bellyfat in some postmenopausal women linked to higher death risk – UPI (free) AND Expert reaction to central obesity and mortality risk in postmenopausal women of normal weight – Science Media Centre (free)

Related Study: Distribution of Regional Body Fat and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Postmenopausal Women with Normal BMI (free study and commentaries)

10 – Quantifying the impact of the Public Health Responsibility Deal on salt intake, cardiovascular disease and gastric cancer burdens: interrupted time series and microsimulation study – Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (free)

Commentaries: Stricter Regulations Needed to Maximize Cuts in Sodium Intake, UK Study Suggests – TCTMD (free) AND Relaxed UK salt policy tied to more heart disease, cancers – Reuters (free)