Tue, January 2 – 10 Stories of The Day!
2 Jan, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – 2017 year in review: key health issues – World Health Organization (free)
Review the biggest health stories from WHO in 2017.
2 – Biggest global health moments of 2017 – Devex (free)
3 – No interventions proven to prevent late-life dementia, systematic reviews find – ACP Internist (free)
Other Commentaries: No Magic Bullet for Preventing Late-Life Dementia – Physician’s Weekly (free) AND No interventions proven to prevent late-life dementia – MedicalXpress (free)
Original Articles:
– Physical Activity Interventions in Preventing Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
– Pharmacologic Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
– Does Cognitive Training Prevent Cognitive Decline?: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
– Over-the-Counter Supplement Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
4 – Best 10 ICU Trials of 2017 – from The Bottom Line (free)
(via @azevedo_lcp and @Gas_Craic see Tweet with infographic summarizing the review)
5 – “Less is More”: The New paradigm in Critical Care – by Paul Marik, in EMCrit (free)
6 – What We Mean When We Say Evidence-Based Medicine – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
7 – Opinion: The evidence keeps piling up: e-cigarettes are definitely safer than smoking – The Guardian Science (free)
Related guidelines and reports: Balancing risks and opportunities – British Medical Association (free PDF) AND Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction – Royal College of Physicians (free summary and PDF) AND RCGP Position Statement on the use of electronic nicotine vapour products (E-Cigarettes) – Royal College of General Practitioners (free PDF)
See related STAT News story addressing the question: “Should we settle for lesser harms?”.
8 – Medical News & Perspectives: Will the FDA’s New Tobacco Strategy Be a Game Changer? – JAMA (free)
Commentaries: New Guidance Issued to Optimize Heart Failure Treatment – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Expert Consensus on Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND HFrEF Tx Guidelines Catch Up with New Therapies – MedPage Today (free registration required)
10 – Meta-Analysis of Culprit-Only Versus Multivessel Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Coronary Disease – American Journal of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: STEMI Patients With Multivessel Disease Best Served by a Single, Complete Procedure: Meta-analysis – TCTMD (free)
Related Systematic Review: Complete versus culprit-only revascularisation in ST elevation myocardial infarction with multi-vessel disease – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary How should we deal with non-culprit lesions during a STEMI? A mid-night conundrum – Evidently Cochrane (free)