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Tue, July 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!

11 Jul, 2017 | 00:04h | UTC

 

1 – Salt intake and Cardiovascular Disease – European Heart Journal (free)

Full report: The technical report on sodium intake and cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries by the joint working group of the World Heart Federation, the European Society of Hypertension and the European Public Health Association (free)

Commentary: CardioBrief: Int’l Experts Call Sodium Guidelines Far Too Restrictive – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Summary of the technical report on sodium intake and cardiovascular disease with key recommendations for individuals and policymakers.

 

2 – Management of Small Renal Masses: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free)

Summary: National Guideline Clearinghouse (free)

 

3 – Women with High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease – NPR (free)

Related review: Adverse Pregnancy Conditions, Infertility, and Future Cardiovascular Risk: Implications for Mother and Child – Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy (free)

 

4 – Just Started! Free Online Course. Science of Exercise – University of Colorado Boulder and Coursera

 

5 – Just Started! Free Online Course. Health for All Through Primary Health Care – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera

 

6 – Effective Care for High-Need Patients: Opportunities for Improving Outcomes, Value, and Health (free PDF)

See also: News release (free) AND Executive summary (free PDF) AND Key Points (free PDF) AND Characteristics of Successful Care Models for High-Need Patients (free PDF)

Commentary: New NAM publication examines improving outcomes, reducing costs for ‘high-needs patients’ – National – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)

See more resources on high-need, high-cost patients in our July 4th issue (see #2)

Source: STAT News Newsletter

“Nearly half of the nation’s spending on health care is driven by 5 percent of patients, and improving health outcomes and curbing spending in health care will require identifying who these high-needs patients are and providing coordinated services” (from EurekAlert)

 

7 – Richard Lehman’s journal review / 10 July 2017 – The BMJ Blogs (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

 

8 – Rivastigmine reviewed: doubts about dementia drug – Evidently Cochrane (free)

Related review: Rivastigmine for people with Alzheimer’s disease – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“”Sadly, “small” and “of uncertain clinical importance” are the words chosen by the Cochrane reviewers to describe…” (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)

 

9 – Cochrane Review: Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain in adults – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Analgesic Effects of Gabapentin Assessed in Chronic Neuropathic Pain – MPR (free)

“Gabapentin at doses of 1800 mg to 3600 mg daily (1200 mg to 3600 mg gabapentin enacarbil) can provide good levels of pain relief to some people with postherpetic neuralgia and peripheral diabetic neuropathy”.

 

10 – The rise of antibiotic-resistant infections threaten economies – Finantial Times (a few articles per month are free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)

Related report: Drug-Resistant Infections: A Threat to Our Economic Future – World Bank (Free PDF) AND Infographic: Drug Resistant Infections: A Threat to Our Economic Future (free) AND News Release: By 2050, drug-resistant infections could cause global economic damage on par with 2008 financial crisis (free)

 


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