Thu May 2 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guidelines: Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the AHA/ASA (free) AND Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke – The BMJ (free) AND Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke Management (free)

2 – Key Points From the 2019 ACC/AHA Guidelines on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)

Original Guideline: 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (free guideline and resources)

3 – FDA requires stronger warnings about rare but serious incidents related to certain prescription insomnia medicines – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (Free)

For Consumers: Taking Z-drugs for Insomnia? Know the Risks – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)

Commentaries: Drug Agency Calls for Strong Warning Labels on Popular Sleep Aids – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND FDA Requires Stronger Warnings for Common Insomnia Medications – Psychiatric News Alert (free)

4 – Chronic Constipation – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)

Related: Indian Consensus on Chronic Constipation in Adults (free guidelines and reviews on the subject)

5 – Positional therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Are interventions to keep people sleeping on their side the best way to treat obstructive sleep apnoea? – Cochrane Library (free)

6 – Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE): consensus working group report – Brain (free)

Commentaries: Guidelines proposed for newly defined Alzheimer’s-like brain disorder – NIH News Releases (free) AND Researchers define Alzheimer’s-like brain disorder: LATE symptoms resembles Alzheimer’s disease but has different cause – Rush University Medical Center (free) AND Form of dementia that ‘mimics’ Alzheimer’s symptoms discovered – The Guardian (free)

7 – As Artificial Intelligence Moves Into Medicine, The Human Touch Could Be A Casualty – NPR (free)

8 – Paediatric cardio-oncology: epidemiology, screening, prevention, and treatment – Cardiovascular Research (free)

Related: AHA Scientific Statement on Cardio-Oncology: Vascular and Metabolic Perspectives (several guidelines on the subject)

9 – Pre-eclampsia and risk of later kidney disease: nationwide cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Preeclampsia Tied to Later Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

10 – Preterm birth and risk of chronic kidney disease from childhood into mid-adulthood: national cohort study – BMJ (free)

Commentary: Preterm Birth Tied to Long-Term Risk for CKD in the Child – NEJM Journal Watch (free)