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Cohort study: SSRI exposure during pregnancy and MRI-assessed brain abnormalities in infants
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:20h | UTCAssociations Between Brain Structure and Connectivity in Infants and Exposure to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors During Pregnancy – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
Author interview: Associations Between SSRI Exposure During Pregnancy and MRI-Assessed Brain Structure and Connectivity in Infants (free)
Commentaries: We’re beginning to learn how moms’ antidepressants can affect fetuses – VOX (free) AND MRI study finds prenatal exposure to certain antidepressants may alter brain development – Health Imaging (free) AND SSRI use in pregnancy may affect fetal brain development – OnMedica (free) AND Antidepressants in pregnancy tied to changes in babies’ brains – Reuters (free)
Cohort study: childhood predictors of lung function trajectories and future COPD risk
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:04h | UTCChildhood predictors of lung function trajectories and future COPD risk: a prospective cohort study from the first to the sixth decade of life – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related article: Lung function trajectories from pre-school age to adulthood and their associations with early life factors: a retrospective analysis of three population-based birth cohort studies – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Three-quarters of COPD cases are linked to childhood risk factors that are exacerbated in adulthood – The Lancet, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Early intervention may minimise later lung problems – The Melbourne Newsroom (free) AND COPD Risk Factors Evident Early in Life – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
Cohort study: time for chronic dialysis initiation and mortality
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:11h | UTCDialysis Initiation and Mortality Among Older Veterans With Kidney Failure Treated in Medicare vs the Department of Veterans Affairs – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Invited commentary: Appropriate Time for Chronic Dialysis Initiation: A Cause for Humility (free for a limited period)
Related articles: Treatment decisions for older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease – BMC Nephrology (free) AND Timing of Dialysis Initiation – What Has Changed Since IDEAL? – Seminars in Nephrology (free)
Seminar: Malaria
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:03h | UTCSeminar: Malaria – The Lancet (free registration required)
Perspective: many people taking antidepressants discover they cannot quit
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:01h | UTCMany People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Consolidated principles for screening based on a systematic review and consensus process
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:55h | UTC
Systematic review: alpha-blockers as medical expulsive therapy for ureteral stones
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:56h | UTCAlpha-blockers as medical expulsive therapy for ureteral stones – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Alpha-blockers for ureteral stones in adult patients with symptoms of stone disease – Cochrane Library (free)
Randomized trial: the effects of giving up Facebook on stress and well-being
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:59h | UTCCommentaries: Quitting Facebook can reduce stress – University of Queensland (free) AND Giving up Facebook leads to a drop in the stress-related hormone cortisol, study finds – PsyPost (free) AND Does Quitting Facebook Really Make You Less Happy? Probably Not – Forbes (free) AND Want to de-stress? Delete Facebook, study suggests – Medical News Today (free)
Research: pharmaceutical industry payments and oncologists’ selection of treatments
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCPharmaceutical Industry Payments and Oncologists’ Selection of Targeted Cancer Therapies in Medicare Beneficiaries – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Payments to Doctors Linked to Prescription Practices for Two Cancer Types – University of North Carolina (free) AND Pharma Dollars Appear to Sway Oncologist Rx Habits – MedPage Today (free registration required)
AHA policy statement: projected costs of informal caregiving for cardiovascular disease
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:46h | UTCAHA Policy Statement: Projected Costs of Informal Caregiving for Cardiovascular Disease: 2015 to 2035 – Circulation (free)
Commentary: Skyrocketing Costs of CVD Will Be Amplified by Informal Caregiving: AHA – TCTMD (free)
World Health Day (7 April 2018) – World Health Organization
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCWorld Health Day (7 April 2018) – World Health Organization (free resources)
See also: Campaign Essentials / Key Messages / and WHO’s Universal Health Coverage Website
WHO’s theme for this year world health day is Universal Health Coverage. “Health is a human right. It’s time for Universal Health Coverage for everyone, everywhere”. (via @WHO see Tweet)
Evidence review: preventing type 2 diabetes in people with ‘prediabetes’ with diet and exercise
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:20h | UTC
New series from The Lancet journals: The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCNew Series from The Lancet Journals: The Lancet Taskforce on NCDs and economics (free registration required for all articles and commentaries)
Commentaries: Tax sugar, alcohol and tobacco to help the poor, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Taxes on soft drinks, alcohol and tobacco are of most benefit to the poor – Imperial College London (free)
See also: To Improve Global Health, Tax the Things that are Killing Us (free policies, articles and commentaries)
Randomized controlled trial: physiotherapy education before abdominal surgery reduces lung complications
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:16h | UTCPhysiotherapy education before major abdominal surgery reduces lung complications – NIHR Signal (free)
See original article: Preoperative physiotherapy for the prevention of respiratory complications after upper abdominal surgery: pragmatic, double blinded, multicentre randomised controlled trial – The BMJ (free)
Summary: 2018 ESC guidelines for diagnosis and management of syncope
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:14h | UTCGuideline summaries: 2018 ESC Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Syncope – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Practical Instructions for the 2018 ESC Syncope Guidelines – American College of Cardiology (free)
Original Documents: 2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (free) AND Practical Instructions for the 2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (free)
New guide to help children with ostomies
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:09h | UTC“A Guide to Gutsy Living”: Patient-Driven Development of a Pediatric Ostomy Toolkit – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: New guide helps kids, adolescents living with ostomies – Reuters (free)
EASL guidelines on hepatitis E virus infection
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:06h | UTCEASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on hepatitis E virus infection – Journal of Hepatology (free)
Guideline on management of the acute asthma attack in children
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:05h | UTC
Systematic review: percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:07h | UTCPercutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Featured Review: Vertebroplasty for treating spinal fractures due to osteoporosis – Cochrane Library (free)
“High quality evidence shows that vertebroplasty does not provide more clinically important benefits than placebo but may cause people harm”.
Consensus statement: improving the safety of opioid use for acute noncancer pain in hospitalized adults
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:55h | UTCCommentary: New guidance for safe opioid prescribing for hospitalized patients with acute pain – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, via EurekAlert (free)
Randomized trial: talc administration by indwelling pleural catheter for malignant effusion
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:58h | UTCOutpatient Talc Administration by Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Malignant Effusion – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (see Visual Abstract)
Commentary: Outpatient talc administration improves malignant effusion outcomes – Chest Physician (free)
WHO news release: nearly one billion people in Africa to be protected against yellow fever by 2026
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:51h | UTC
Cohort study: implications of insecticide resistance for malaria vector control with long-lasting insecticidal nets
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:53h | UTCInvited commentary: Measuring the effect of insecticide resistance: are we making progress? (free)
Commentary: Study: Despite resistance, insecticide nets effective against malaria – News Scan for Apr 10, 2018, CIDRAP (free)
Perspective: expanding global access to essential heart medications
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:50h | UTCExpanding Global Access to Essential Heart Medications – Scientific American (free)
Propensity‐matched cohort: is TAVR better than surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with COPD?
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:43h | UTCIs Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Better Than Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Analysis – Journal of the American Heart Association (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Chronic Lung Disease? The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowin’ in the Wind (free for a limited period)
Commentary: TAVR better, cheaper than SAVR for patients with COPD – Cardiovascular Business (free)