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Wearable technology to screen for atrial fibrillation: does it raise more questions than it answers?
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:08h | UTCRelated: Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs – Cardiobrief (free) AND: Thoughts on the Apple Watch and Mobile ECG, by Dr John Mandrola (free) AND Overdiagnosis Only a Matter of Time With ECG Watches – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Midlife cardiovascular fitness and dementia
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:07h | UTCCommentaries: High Cardiovascular Fitness in Midlife Tied to Lower Dementia Risk Later – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Physically fit women nearly 90 percent less likely to develop dementia – American Academy of Neurology, via ScienceDaily (free)
Elder Abuse: Sometimes It’s Self-Inflicted
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:06h | UTCElder Abuse: Sometimes It’s Self-Inflicted – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“The house is filthy. The elderly resident is struggling. But who has the right to intervene?” (via @NYTHealth see Tweet)
Research: Time to Epinephrine Administration and Survival from Non-Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:04h | UTCTime to Epinephrine Administration and Survival from Non-Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Among Children and Adults – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Every Minute Counts with Epinephrine in Nonshockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Hemorrhagic Shock: Pearls and Pitfalls for the Resuscitation Room
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:02h | UTCHemorrhagic Shock: Pearls and Pitfalls for the Resuscitation Room – emDocs (free)
Review: Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:05h | UTCReview: Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome: The Hundred Years’ Enigma – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)
Research: Socioeconomic disparities in first stroke incidence, quality of care, and survival
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:02h | UTCInvited commentary: Preventing stroke on the street where you live, work, and play (free)
Patients from the lowest socioeconomic groups had first stroke a median of 7 years earlier than those from the highest and a 26% higher adjusted risk of 1-year mortality.
Management of eosinophilic esophagitis in daily clinical practice
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:03h | UTCManagement of eosinophilic esophagitis in daily clinical practice – Diseases of the Esophagus (free)
Related guidelines: Guidelines on eosinophilic esophagitis: evidence-based statements and recommendations for diagnosis and management in children and adults – United European Gastroenterology (free) Management Guidelines of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Childhood – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (free) AND ACG Clinical Guideline: Evidenced Based Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Esophageal Eosinophilia and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) (free)
Research: Efficacy of a single-dose regimen of inactivated whole-cell oral cholera vaccine
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:01h | UTCInvited commentary: Cholera control: one dose at a time (free)
“Our results indicate that when such emergencies occur in populations with endemic cholera, the challenges of successfully completing a two-dose regimen should not deter deployment of OCV, because older children and adults will be protected for at least 2 years by a single dose”. (via @Onisillos see Tweet)
Review: Nutrition in the Very Old
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCNutrition in the Very Old – Nutrients (free)
Viewpoint: Preventing the Malignant Transformation of Bipolar Disorder
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCPreventing the Malignant Transformation of Bipolar Disorder – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Research: Low-Calorie Vegetarian vs Mediterranean Diets
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:43h | UTCLow-Calorie Vegetarian Versus Mediterranean Diets for Reducing Body Weight and Improving Cardiovascular Risk Profile: CARDIVEG Study (Cardiovascular Prevention With Vegetarian Diet) – Circulation (free PDF for a limited period)
Commentaries: Low-Calorie Vegetarian vs. Mediterranean Diets – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Vegetarian and Mediterranean diet may be equally effective in preventing heart disease – American Heart Association, via ScienceDaily (free)
NIHR research on support for people with severe mental illness
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCForward Thinking – NIHR research on support for people with severe mental illness – NIHR Dissemination Centre (free)
Review: Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infections
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCAdvances in the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infections – Emerging Microbes and Infections (free)
WHO Guideline – Tobacco product regulation: building laboratory testing capacity
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:40h | UTCGuideline: Tobacco product regulation: building laboratory testing capacity – World Health Organization (free)
News release: WHO issues new guidance on tobacco product regulation towards maximum protection of public health (free)
AI researchers embrace Bitcoin technology to share medical data
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:39h | UTCAI researchers embrace Bitcoin technology to share medical data – Nature News (free)
NCCN Guideline: Hodgkin Lymphoma
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:35h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Hodgkin Lymphoma, Version 1.2018 (free)
Perspective: The importance and challenges of shared decision making in older people with multimorbidity
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:37h | UTCPerspective: The importance and challenges of shared decision making in older people with multimorbidity – PLOS Medicine (free)
Meta-Analysis: Relative efficacy and safety of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for osteoarthritis
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:32h | UTC
NCCN Guideline: Breast Cancer
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:35h | UTCBreast Cancer, Version 4.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
Preoperative fasting in children: review of existing guidelines and recent developments
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:33h | UTC
Research: Effectiveness of Early Psychosis Intervention
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:31h | UTCEffectiveness of Early Psychosis Intervention: Comparison of Service Users and Nonusers in Population-Based Health Administrative Data – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Early Psychosis Intervention Program Found to Increase Patient Contact With Psychiatrists, Reduce Mortality – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Early Psychosis Interventions May Reduce Patient Mortality – PsychCentral (free)
Guideline: Radiation Therapy for the Whole Breast
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:24h | UTCCommentary: ASTRO issues clinical guideline for whole breast radiation therapy – eCancer News (free)
Opinion: At-home genetic testing may be convenient, but it isn’t complete
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:27h | UTCAt-home genetic testing may be convenient, but it isn’t complete – STAT (free)
FDA Advances Plan To Slash Nicotine In Cigarettes
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:27h | UTCFDA Advances Plan To Slash Nicotine In Cigarettes – NPR (free) AND FDA begins anti-smoking push to cut nicotine in cigarettes – STAT (free)