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“CPAP is effective in improving health-related quality of life in OSA, and Mandibular Advancement Devices may be just as effective, but further RCTs comparing the two treatments are required”.

6 – Strategies to prevent death by suicide: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – British Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Brief Intervention and Contact (BIC) to prevent suicide – Dave Cesarini, via Medium (free)

Source: Psychiatry Research Review

“The WHO BIC is a promising suicide prevention strategy. No other intervention showed a statistically significant effect in reducing suicide”.

7 – Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population: The ED-SAFE Study – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – Free Full Text PDF via @unpaywall)

Commentaries: Intervention Phone Calls May Save The Lives Of Suicidal Patients, Reduce New Attempts, Trial Finds – Medical Daily (free) AND National study shows interventions like telephone calls can reduce suicides – EurekAlert (free) AND Intervention Curbs New Suicide Attempts in At-Risk ED Patients – Medscape (free registration required)

Source: Psychiatry Research Review

“Patients who received a multifaceted intervention that included follow-up telephone calls resulted in a 30 percent reduction in future suicide attempts” (from Medical Daily)

8 – The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Public Health (free) (RT @equitylist see Tweet)

Invited commentary: Inequality and intergenerational transmission of complex adversity (free)

Editorial: Our greatest untapped resource (free)

9 – Diet and Risk of Cholecystectomy: A Prospective Study Based on the French E3N Cohort – American Journal of Gastroenterology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Fewer gallbladder surgeries with Mediterranean diets – Reuters (free)

10 – Neuroprotective Diets Are Associated with Better Cognitive Function: The Health and Retirement Study – Journal of The American Geriatrics Society (free)

Commentaries: Cognitive decline could be reduced with a Mediterranean-style diet – Medical News Today (free) AND Mediterranean-style diets linked to better brain function in older adults – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary (free)

Ethics Guide Recommendations for Organ-Donation–Focused Physicians

11 Aug, 2017 | 12:39h | UTC

Ethics Guide Recommendations for Organ-Donation–Focused Physicians: Endorsed by the Canadian Medical Association – Transplantation (free)

Interventions for emergency contraception

10 Aug, 2017 | 22:29h | UTC

Interventions for emergency contraception – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Summary: Methods of emergency contraception (free)

Seasonal influenza: managing cases in critical care units

11 Aug, 2017 | 12:35h | UTC

Guideline: Seasonal influenza: managing cases in critical care units – Public Health England (free PDF)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

On-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV

10 Aug, 2017 | 22:31h | UTC

Efficacy, safety, and effect on sexual behaviour of on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in men who have sex with men: an observational cohort study – The Lancet HIV (free registration required)

Commentaries: PrEP on demand or every day? – The Lancet HIV (free registration required) AND HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis can be taken as needed – Reuters (free)

“four doses of PrEP around the time of sexual activity cut the risk of HIV by 97 percent” (from Reuters Health)

Nephrolithiasis more common in patients with gout

10 Aug, 2017 | 22:32h | UTC

Incidence of and risk factors for nephrolithiasis in patients with gout and the general population, a cohort study – Arthritis Research & Therapy (free)

Commentaries: Gout Patients Run Higher Risk of Kidney Stones – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Gout associated with elevated risk for kidney stones – MedWire News (free)

“60% increased risk of first-time nephrolithiasis versus general population, with little protection from allopurinol” (from MedPage Today)

Depression and risk of death following coronary artery disease diagnosis

10 Aug, 2017 | 22:33h | UTC

The association of depression at any time to the risk of death following coronary artery disease diagnosis – European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Having depression and heart disease could double death risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Death risk doubles for heart patients with depression – Cardiovascular Business (free)

Strategies to prevent death by suicide

10 Aug, 2017 | 22:28h | UTC

Strategies to prevent death by suicide: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – British Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Brief Intervention and Contact (BIC) to prevent suicide – Dave Cesarini, via Medium (free)

Source: Psychiatry Research Review

“The WHO BIC is a promising suicide prevention strategy. No other intervention showed a statistically significant effect in reducing suicide”.

Effects of CPAP and Mandibular Advancement Devices on Quality of Life in Sleep Apnea

10 Aug, 2017 | 22:29h | UTC

Effects of CPAP and Mandibular Advancement Devices on Health-Related Quality of Life in OSA – Chest (free)

“CPAP is effective in improving health-related quality of life in OSA, and Mandibular Advancement Devices may be just as effective, but further RCTs comparing the two treatments are required”.

Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population

10 Aug, 2017 | 22:27h | UTC

Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population: The ED-SAFE Study – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – Free Full Text PDF via @unpaywall)

Commentaries: Intervention Phone Calls May Save The Lives Of Suicidal Patients, Reduce New Attempts, Trial Finds – Medical Daily (free) AND National study shows interventions like telephone calls can reduce suicides – EurekAlert (free) AND Intervention Curbs New Suicide Attempts in At-Risk ED Patients – Medscape (free registration required)

Source: Psychiatry Research Review

“Patients who received a multifaceted intervention that included follow-up telephone calls resulted in a 30 percent reduction in future suicide attempts” (from Medical Daily)