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Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management

5 Jun, 2017 | 14:43h | UTC

Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management – NICE Updated Guideline (free)

Television in the bedroom and body fatness

4 Jun, 2017 | 19:17h | UTC

Longitudinal associations between television in the bedroom and body fatness in a UK cohort study – International Journal of Obesity (free)

Commentaries: TVs in the bedroom linked to childhood obesity, study finds – The Guardian (free) AND TVs in children’s bedrooms ‘increase risk of obesity’ – BBC News (free)

Mon, June 5 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!

5 Jun, 2017 | 01:26h | UTC

1 – #ASCO2017 – Overall Survival Results of a Trial Assessing Patient-Reported Outcomes for Symptom Monitoring During Routine Cancer Treatment – JAMA (free)

Commentaries: Quickly reporting cancer complications may boost survival – STAT News (free) AND If This Were a Drug, the Price Would Be $100,000 – Medscape (free registration required) AND How a simple tech tool can help cancer patients live longer – The Washington Post (free)

“For surveillance of cancer, digital tracking of patient-generated data improves survival”. “The cost of digital tracking is very low and > 5 months median survival improvement is more than cancer drugs that cost > $100,000” (RT @EricTopol see Tweets and Answers)

2 – #ASCO2017 – Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer

Abiraterone plus Prednisone in Metastatic, Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

ASCO News Releases: Abiraterone Delays Metastatic Prostate Cancer Growth by 18 Months, Extends Survival (free) Abiraterone Slows Advanced Prostate Cancer, Helps Patients Live Longer (free)

3 – Perspectives: Changing the narratives for patient safety – World Health Organization (free)

“No simple solutions to patient safety: why we have to change the narratives” (RT @MaryDixonWoods See Tweet)

4 – Engaging Patients in Patient Safety – a Canadian Guide (free) (RT @pash22)

News release: How to Effectively Engage Patients in Patient Safety: New Guide available (free)

5 – ACP Decries Withdrawal from Climate Agreement – American College of Physicians (free)

See more on Climate Change and Health in our April 21 issue, see #6, #7, #8 and #9.

6 – Introducing a One-Page Adult Preventive Health Care Schedule: USPSTF Recommendations at a Glance – American Family Physician (free PDF)

“The popular one-page preventive health care schedule is now available with the latest USPSTF recs from 2017” (RT @AFPJournal see Tweet)

7 – Estimates of global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoeal diseases: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Invited commentary: Diarrhoeal disease trends in the GBD 2015 study: optimism tempered by skepticism (free)

Other commentaries: Despite substantial global reduction in diarrhea deaths, half a million children still die from diseases each year – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (free) AND Global diarrhoea deaths down by a third – BBC News (free)

“Deaths due to diarrhoea in children under 5 down 34% 2005-15, but still 4th leading cause of death” (RT @TheLancetInfDis see Tweet)

“Global diarrhoea deaths in children down by a third, but still fourth biggest killer in under fives, >500,000 a year” (RT @anetrid see Tweet)

8 – Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management – NICE Updated Guideline (free)

9 – Italy has introduced mandatory vaccinations – other countries should follow its lead – The Conversation (free)

See more on mandatory vaccination in our May 29 issue, see #6

10 – Carotid Artery Stenting Versus Endarterectomy for Stroke Prevention: A Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: CAS vs. CEA for Stroke Prevention – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

“CAS and CEA were associated with similar rates of a composite of periprocedural death, stroke, MI, or nonperiprocedural ipsilateral stroke. The risk of long-term overall stroke was significantly higher with CAS, and was mostly attributed to periprocedural minor stroke”.

Association of a Bundled-Payment Program With Cost and Outcomes in Full-Cycle Breast Cancer Care

4 Jun, 2017 | 19:16h | UTC

Association of a Bundled-Payment Program With Cost and Outcomes in Full-Cycle Breast Cancer Care – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: ‘Bundled’ Payments Beat Fee-for-Service: Cost, quality of care, and survival rates all better – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Chocolate intake and risk of clinically apparent atrial fibrillation

4 Jun, 2017 | 19:16h | UTC

Chocolate intake and risk of clinically apparent atrial fibrillation: the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study – Heart (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Weekly dose of chocolate lowers AFib risk? Oh how we wish it were true – HealthNewsReview (free) AND Chocolate Intake and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine

4 Jun, 2017 | 19:18h | UTC

Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine – Journal of Addiction Medicine (free)

Source: New consensus document for appropriate use of drug testing in clinical addiction medicine – MedicalXpress (free)

The ‘good’ death that could have been much better

4 Jun, 2017 | 19:12h | UTC

The ‘good’ death that could have been much better – STAT News (free)

Visual recognition memory is impaired in rhesus monkeys repeatedly exposed to sevoflurane in infancy

4 Jun, 2017 | 19:15h | UTC

Visual recognition memory is impaired in rhesus monkeys repeatedly exposed to sevoflurane in infancy – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Source: Visual recognition memory impaired after multiple exposures to anesthesia during infancy – Mount Sinai School of Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Why Africa’s health systems need a reboot to fight NCDs

4 Jun, 2017 | 19:04h | UTC

Why Africa’s health systems need a reboot to fight NCDs – World Economic Forum (free)

Hepatotoxic risk of alcohol consumption in patients with rheumatoid arthritis taking methotrexate

4 Jun, 2017 | 19:05h | UTC

Quantifying the hepatotoxic risk of alcohol consumption in patients with rheumatoid arthritis taking methotrexate – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Commentaries: RA, Methotrexate and Alcohol May Mix Well, to a Degree – Rheumatology Network (free) AND Moderate Alcohol Use Could Be Safe With Methotrexate for RA – Medscape (free registration required)