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Meningococcal vaccine may protect against gonorrhoea
11 Jul, 2017 | 19:10h | UTCEffectiveness of a group B outer membrane vesicle meningococcal vaccine against gonorrhoea in New Zealand: a retrospective case-control study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: More reason to use Meningococcal B vaccine – it could also cut the Clap – The Conversation (author’s commentary – free) AND Meningococcal Vaccine May Provide Immunity Against Gonorrhea – Medscape (free registration required) AND Meningitis vaccine may also cut risk of ‘untreatable’ gonorrhoea, study says – The Guardian (free)
Suspected Cholera Cases Pass 300,000 In Yemen, Red Cross Says
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:30h | UTCSuspected Cholera Cases Pass 300,000 In Yemen, Red Cross Says – NPR (free)
Health Plans That Nudge Patients to Do the Right Thing
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCHealth Plans That Nudge Patients to Do the Right Thing – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“What if health insurance was more generous in paying for things that actually work?” (RT @NYTHealth see Tweet)
Coffee Drinking and Mortality Studies
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:59h | UTCAssociation of Coffee Consumption With Total and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Nonwhite Populations – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related study: Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European Countries: A Multinational Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: No, These Two Studies Don’t Prove That Coffee Leads To Longer Life – Forbes (free) AND Coffee cuts risk of dying from stroke and heart disease, study suggests – The Guardian (free) AND Drinking coffee reduces risk of death from all causes, study finds – Imperial College of London (free)
Idarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal – Full Cohort Analysis
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:19h | UTCIdarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal – Full Cohort Analysis – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentary: Safety and Efficacy of Dabigatran Reversal Agent Confirmed – Physician’s First Watch (free)
A Practical Approach to Contrast Echocardiography
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:37h | UTC
Beverage Intake During Pregnancy and Childhood Adiposity
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCBeverage Intake During Pregnancy and Childhood Adiposity – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages during pregnancy linked to childhood obesity – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Drinking sugary beverages in pregnancy linked to kids’ later weight gain – Science News (free)
Access to contraceptives for every woman, everywhere
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:23h | UTCKeeping Our Promise to 120 Million Women and Girls – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (free)
“Our goal: access to contraceptives for every woman, everywhere.” (RT @melindagates see Tweet)
Mandatory vaccination to fight against preventable disease
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:13h | UTCFrance is making 11 vaccines mandatory to fight against preventable disease – World Economic Forum (free)
Related: Editorial: The Guardian view on vaccinations: a matter of public health (free)
Related 2: A short history of vaccine objection, vaccine cults and conspiracy theories – The Conversation (free)
See more on mandatory vaccination in other countries in our May 29 issue, see #6
Early Hearing Detection and Vocabulary of Children With Hearing Loss
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:00h | UTCEarly Hearing Detection and Vocabulary of Children With Hearing Loss – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: Early Detection Improved Vocabulary Scores in Kids with Hearing Loss – MedPage Today (free registration required)
RCT: Palliative Care in Heart Failure
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:07h | UTCPalliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Palliative Care Intervention Improves Quality of Life in Advanced Heart Failure Patients – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Palliative Care Improves Heart Failure Quality-of-Life – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Effect of a Baby-Led Approach to Complementary Feeding on Infant Growth and Overweight
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:42h | UTCCommentaries: Baby-led weaning doesn’t reduce chances of obesity – OnMedica (free) AND Self-Fed Weaning Babies Less Fussy: But no effect on weight in randomized trial – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Infant Self-Feeding May Confer Some Benefits but Doesn’t Reduce Obesity Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
“Baby-led approaches to introducing solids neither improve nor reduce growth vs traditional spoon-feeding” (RT @JAMAPeds see Tweet)
Are There Long-Term Risks to Egg Donors?
11 Jul, 2017 | 16:55h | UTCAre There Long-Term Risks to Egg Donors? – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Risk Factors
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:12h | UTCEditorial 1: Healthful Physical Activity and Diet Promotion—For the Many or the Few? (free)
Editorial 2: Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control for All (free)
Editorial 3: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Is Behavioral Counselling Necessary? (free)
The JAMA Network – For The Media: USPSTF Recommendation Regarding Behavioral Counseling for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (free)
Midostaurin plus Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a FLT3 Mutation
11 Jul, 2017 | 16:54h | UTCCommentary: Adding Midostaurin to Chemotherapy in Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia With FLT3 Mutation – ASCO Post (free)
Shared Decision Making: The Importance of Diagnosing Preferences
11 Jul, 2017 | 16:46h | UTCShared Decision Making: The Importance of Diagnosing Preferences – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Related: Editorial: Sharing Medicine – A JAMA Internal Medicine Series (free) AND Sharing as the Future of Medicine – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Post-Surgical Complications
11 Jul, 2017 | 16:45h | UTCPost-Surgical Complications – emDocs (free)
Practical review of this common problem in the emergency department.
Concordance of autoimmune disease in a systemic lupus erythematosus twin cohort
11 Jul, 2017 | 16:57h | UTCConcordance of autoimmune disease in a nationwide danish systemic lupus erythematosus twin cohort – Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: SLE Concordance in Twins Lower than Previously Reported – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Tue, July 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Jul, 2017 | 00:04h | UTC
1 – Salt intake and Cardiovascular Disease – European Heart Journal (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.
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)
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)
Deutetrabenazine for treatment of involuntary movements in patients with tardive dyskinesia
11 Jul, 2017 | 16:44h | UTCDeutetrabenazine for treatment of involuntary movements in patients with tardive dyskinesia (AIM-TD): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Drug Eases Tardive Dyskinesia Linked to Antipsychotic Use – Medscape (free registration required) AND Second Tardive Dyskinesia Drug Works – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Association of delay of urgent or emergency surgery with mortality and use of health care resources
10 Jul, 2017 | 15:09h | UTCCommentary: Patients whose emergency surgery is delayed are at higher risk of death – Canadian Medical Association Journal, via EurekAlert (free)
Source: STAT News Newsletter
“Delayed operating room access for emergency surgery was associated with increased risk of inhospital mortality, longer length of stay and higher costs”.
The relationship between eosinophilic esophagitis and esophageal cancer
11 Jul, 2017 | 16:44h | UTCThe relationship between eosinophilic esophagitis and esophageal cancer – Diseases of The Esophagus (free)
An analysis of a large database of de-identified electronic medical records (EMRs) with over 40.000.000 patients found no association.
Women with High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease
10 Jul, 2017 | 14:59h | UTCWomen 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)
Richard Lehman’s journal review / 10 July 2017
10 Jul, 2017 | 14:59h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review / 10 July 2017 – The BMJ Blogs (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals
Free Online Course – Science of Exercise
10 Jul, 2017 | 22:09h | UTCJust Started! Free Online Course. Science of Exercise – University of Colorado Boulder and Coursera