Wed August 28 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Effect of High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation on Volumetric Bone Density and Bone Strength: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentary: High-Dose Vitamin D Might Reduce Bone Mineral Density – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

2 – Draft Recommendation Statement: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentary: HCV Screening Now Recommended for All Adults – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

3 – Screening and Management of Bleeding Disorders in Adolescents With Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: ACOG Committee Opinion Summary – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

Commentary: ACOG advises bleeding disorder screening for teens with heavy menstruation – ObGyn News (free)

4 – How to start an antimicrobial stewardship programme in a hospital – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

5 – Increased Risk of All Cardiovascular Disease Subtypes Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: Population-Based Matched Cohort Study – Circulation (free PDF)

Commentaries: Childhood cancer survivors face variety of heart risks – Reuters (free) AND Childhood cancer survivors 10 times more likely to develop heart failure – UPI (free)

Related Research: Burden of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease in childhood cancer survivors (free)

6 – How many older adults receive drugs of questionable clinical benefit near the end of life? A cohort study – Palliative Medicine (free)

Related Studies: Use of Medications of Questionable Benefit at the End of Life (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Preventive Drugs in the Last Year of Life of Older Adults with Cancer: Is There Room for Deprescribing? (link to abstract and commentary)

7 – Diagnosis and treatment of acute alcohol intoxication and alcohol withdrawal syndrome: position paper of the Italian Society on Alcohol – Internal and Emergency Medicine (free PDF)

8 – Small Bowel Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Management—A Narrative Review – Frontiers in Surgery (free)

9 – Telehealth Has An Awareness Problem – Forbes (free)

10 – Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: New evidence that optimists live longer – Boston University School of Medicine (free) AND Glass-half-full attitude may help you live past 85, new study finds  – STAT (free) AND Staying optimistic might boost longevity, study shows – UPI (free) AND Reason to be cheerful? ‘Optimists live longer’ study reports – NHS Choices (free)