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Nucleated RBCs may be a predictor of post-discharge mortality and unplanned hospital readmission
21 Jun, 2017 | 18:27h | UTC“Presence of nucleated RBCs is a robust predictor of post-discharge mortality and unplanned hospital readmission” (RT @Crit_Care see Tweet)
Risks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:16h | UTCRisks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
The JAMA Network – For the media: Study Estimates Age-Specific Overall Risk of Breast, Ovarian Cancer among Women with BRCA1/2 Genetic Mutations (free)
Commentary: Risk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Refining Our Estimates – Physician’s First Watch (free)
The Challenge of Polypharmacy
21 Jun, 2017 | 15:10h | UTCA medicine review is about stopping medicine as much as it is about prescribing – Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (free) (RT @MaryanneDemasi see Tweet)
Original report: The Challenge of Polypharmacy: From Rhetoric to Reality – Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Royal College of General Practitioners Partnership (free PDF)
Related: Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Practice (free)
Yoga, Physical Therapy, or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:13h | UTCYoga, Physical Therapy, or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Yoga Vs. Physical Therapy For Chronic Low Back Pain: Which Is More Effective? – Forbes (free) AND Yoga Noninferior to Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Yoga as Good for Low Back Pain as Physical Therapy – Medscape (free registration required)
Corticosteroids not helpful for acute urticaria
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:12h | UTCCommentaries: No Benefit From Corticosteroids for Acute, Simple Urticaria – Medscape (free registration required) AND Got hives? Hold the steroids – American College of Emergency Physicians, via EurekAlert (free)
The pressure of Big Pharma
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:06h | UTCThe pressure of Big Pharma – The Globe and Mail (a few articles per month are free) (RT @CADTH_ACMTS see Tweet)
“Financial conflicts of interest are commonplace in clinical practice guidelines”
Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:19h | UTCEditorial 1: Putting the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation for Childhood Obesity Screening in Context (free)
Editorial 2: Practical Considerations for the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations on Obesity in Children and Adolescents (free)
Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents (free audio)
The JAMA Network – for the media: Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents Recommended (free)
Commentary: USPSTF Recommends Screening For Obesity in Children and Adolescents – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen for obesity in children and adolescents 6 years and older and offer or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements in weight status”
Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:15h | UTCTaxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health – The Conversation (free)
Original article: The impact on productivity of a hypothetical tax on sugar-sweetened beverages – Health Policy (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
See more on the potential benefits of sugar taxes in our June 8th issue (see #4) and in our April 20th issue (see #1)
Can Zika infection attack the brains of newborns?
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:10h | UTCCan Zika infection attack the brains of newborns? Scientists head to field for answers – STAT News (free)
Related: Is Zika Dangerous For Kids? It Probably Depends On The Age – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Your vitamin D tests and supplements are probably a waste of money
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:08h | UTCYour vitamin D tests and supplements are probably a waste of money – VOX (free)
Related: Why Are So Many People Popping Vitamin D? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Screening for vitamin D has exploded — with no good evidence that it helps people.”
Top News From ASCO 2017: Slideshow
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:09h | UTCTop News From ASCO 2017: Slideshow – Medscape (free registration required)
My decade leading the WHO – by By Margaret Chan
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:05h | UTC
The human genome was never completely sequenced
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:03h | UTCPsst, the human genome was never completely sequenced. Some scientists say it should be – STAT News (free)
Lean: Targeted Therapy for Care Delivery
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:09h | UTCLean: Targeted Therapy for Care Delivery – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)
The possible benefits of applying the “Lean” approach to oncology care delivery.
Wed, June 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!
21 Jun, 2017 | 01:44h | UTC
Commentaries: Task Force presents new ranking of colorectal cancer screening tests – American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, via EurekAlert (free) AND Latest Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines – Latest Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines – GI and Hepatology News (free)
Related: Colorectal Cancer Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Editorial 1: Putting the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation for Childhood Obesity Screening in Context (free)
Editorial 2: Practical Considerations for the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations on Obesity in Children and Adolescents (free)
Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents (free audio)
The JAMA Network – for the media: Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents Recommended (free)
Commentary: USPSTF Recommends Screening For Obesity in Children and Adolescents – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen for obesity in children and adolescents 6 years and older and offer or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements in weight status”
4 – Review: Differentiating lower motor neuron syndromes – Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry – Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry (free)
6 – Risks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
The JAMA Network – For the media: Study Estimates Age-Specific Overall Risk of Breast, Ovarian Cancer among Women with BRCA1/2 Genetic Mutations (free)
Commentary: Risk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Refining Our Estimates – Physician’s First Watch (free)
7 – Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health – The Conversation (free)
Original article: The impact on productivity of a hypothetical tax on sugar-sweetened beverages – Health Policy (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
See more on the potential benefits of sugar taxes in our June 8th issue (see #4) and in our April 20th issue (see #1)
8 – Yoga, Physical Therapy, or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Yoga Vs. Physical Therapy For Chronic Low Back Pain: Which Is More Effective? – Forbes (free) AND Yoga Noninferior to Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Yoga as Good for Low Back Pain as Physical Therapy – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentaries: No Benefit From Corticosteroids for Acute, Simple Urticaria – Medscape (free registration required) AND Got hives? Hold the steroids – American College of Emergency Physicians, via EurekAlert (free)
Related: Is Zika Dangerous For Kids? It Probably Depends On The Age – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Michael Bloomberg uses burden of disease data to focus attention on NCDs
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:03h | UTC“We must go where the data leads us – and it leads directly to non-communicable diseases and injuries” (RT @IHME_UW see Tweet)
Review: Differentiating lower motor neuron syndromes
20 Jun, 2017 | 19:09h | UTC
Overuse of Chest CT in Patients With Stage I and II Breast Cancer
20 Jun, 2017 | 19:23h | UTCNews release: NCCN Guidelines Compliance for Chest CT Reduces False Positives and Decreases Health Care Spending in Breast Cancer, Study Finds (free)
In this cohort 11% of patients with stage I and 36% of patients with stage II breast cancer underwent chest CT, despite NCCN Guidelines against the exam. “Nearly one-third of these patients were found to have pulmonary nodules, but only 1.3% were ever diagnosed with pulmonary metastases”
Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Stents Undergoing Elective Noncardiac Surgery
20 Jun, 2017 | 18:23h | UTCInvest in midwives to improve global health
20 Jun, 2017 | 19:27h | UTCOpinion: Invest in midwives to improve global health – Devex (free)
Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
Simplifying Prenatal Care for Low-Risk Patients
20 Jun, 2017 | 18:12h | UTCHow Mayo Clinic Is Simplifying Prenatal Care for Low-Risk Patients – Harvard Business Review (a few articles per month are free)
“Prenatal care model makes mothers-to-be active participants while reducing costs & time commitment” (RT @MayoClinic see Tweet)
Glucose targets for preventing diabetic kidney disease and its progression
20 Jun, 2017 | 12:49h | UTCGlucose targets for preventing diabetic kidney disease and its progression – Cochrane Library (link to summary – $ for full review)
Sources: EvidenceAlerts and @anupam1623
Intensive glycemic control had no effect on risks of kidney failure, death and major cardiovascular events. “The clinical impact of targeting an HbA1c < 7% or blood glucose < 6.6 mmol/L (120 mg/dL) is unclear and the potential harms of this treatment approach are largely unmeasured.
Patients with opioid disorders frequently have other comorbidities
20 Jun, 2017 | 12:30h | UTCTreating patients with opioid disorders is not just about treating addiction. Here’s why – STAT News (free)
Original analysis: What data from 205 million private health insurance claims reveals about America’s opioid crisis – Amino (free)
New colorectal cancer screening guidelines
20 Jun, 2017 | 19:51h | UTCCommentaries: Task Force presents new ranking of colorectal cancer screening tests – American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, via EurekAlert (free) AND Latest Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines – Latest Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines – GI and Hepatology News (free)
Related: Colorectal Cancer Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
What will healthcare look like in 2030?
20 Jun, 2017 | 18:40h | UTCWhat will healthcare look like in 2030? – World Economic Forum (free)