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Monkeypox outbreaks: 4 key questions researchers have.
30 May, 2022 | 11:36h | UTCMonkeypox outbreaks: 4 key questions researchers have – Nature
Related:
Study reports first use of antivirals in monkeypox patients – Lancet
Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox – World Health Organization
Laboratory testing for the monkeypox virus: Interim guidance – World Health Organization
A Novel International Monkeypox Outbreak – Annals of Internal Medicine
EU health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic in Europe if outbreak continues – STAT
Monkeypox cases increase across Europe, North America – CIDRAP
Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries – World Health Organization
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert – Nature
Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America? – The BMJ
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – STAT
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? – BBC
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
M-A: Effects of intermittent fasting compared to a non-intervention diet and caloric restriction.
30 May, 2022 | 11:45h | UTCRelated:
Time-Restricted Eating: Integrating The What With The When – Advances in Nutrition
Calorie Restriction with or without Time-Restricted Eating in Weight Loss- New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Investigating acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children.
30 May, 2022 | 11:39h | UTCInvestigating Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Origin in Children – American Society for Microbiology
Related:
What’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both? – Science
Puzzling pediatric hepatitis cases echo an earlier mysterious illness – STAT
Why COVID is a key suspect in severe hepatitis cases in kids worldwide – CBC
Hepatitis outbreak in children: What do we know so far? – Imperial College London
Explaining the unexplained hepatitis in children – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Unexplained hepatitis cases in kids rise to 348 in 20 nations – CIDRAP
Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children – World Health Organization
WHO says 12 countries have reported unusual cases of hepatitis in kids – STAT
Could Mysterious Hepatitis Cases be Triggered by COVID-19? – Health Policy Watch
U.S., U.K. investigating unusual cases of hepatitis in young children – STAT
Mysterious liver illness seen in kids in US, Europe – Associated Press
Commentary on Twitter
Unexplained, severe acute hepatitis has been increasingly reported in children. Adenovirus has been detected in some (but not all) cases & is being investigated as 1 of many potential causes. @andreaprinzi discusses the ongoing epidemiologic investigation: https://t.co/P6EPdT8sOA
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) May 27, 2022
UK standards for non-invasive cardiac imaging.
30 May, 2022 | 11:27h | UTC
Recommendations during shortage of artificial breast milk substitutes.
30 May, 2022 | 11:31h | UTC
A clinical severity index for eosinophilic esophagitis: development, consensus, and future directions.
30 May, 2022 | 11:29h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
New in @AGA_Gastro: 1️⃣st ever severity index for eosinophilic esophagitis (#EoE)! We can now combine all elements of a patient’s disease activity into a single score to understand disease severity. Check it out ➡️ https://t.co/WgRiH47S6W @KhouryMD @LabMuir @DrGaryFalk #DDW2022 pic.twitter.com/Tyo6hltJ5r
— American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) (@AmerGastroAssn) May 20, 2022
RCT: Risankizumab as maintenance therapy for moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease.
30 May, 2022 | 11:14h | UTCRisankizumab as maintenance therapy for moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease: results from the multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, withdrawal phase 3 FORTIFY maintenance trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Brief Review: Catheter dressings.
30 May, 2022 | 11:26h | UTCCatheter dressings – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
🧫 Dressing short-term intravascular catheters in #ICU one of most important risk factors for intravascular catheter infections, impacting on extraluminal route (colonization & subsequent infection of from dermal surface). How to manage?#FOAMcc #FOANed
📎 https://t.co/dwdDMPM3Q1 pic.twitter.com/YqQPbgqA8g— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) May 28, 2022
RCTs: Upadacitinib as induction and maintenance therapy for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.
30 May, 2022 | 11:12h | UTCUpadacitinib as induction and maintenance therapy for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis: results from three phase 3, multicentre, double-blind, randomised trials – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Combined bacterial meningitis and infective endocarditis: when should we search for the other when either one is diagnosed?
30 May, 2022 | 11:22h | UTC
Retrospective Cohort Study | Ovarian cancer detection in average-risk women: classic- versus nonclassic-appearing adnexal lesions.
30 May, 2022 | 10:58h | UTCNews Release: Researchers use ultrasound to predict ovarian cancer – Radiological Society of North America
Commentary: Appearance of Ovarian Lesions on Ultrasound May Predict Malignancy – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
Classifying adnexal lesion appearance as classic or nonclassic has high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing malignancy in women at average risk for ovarian cancer. @BaranLab @drantil7 @kpatellippmann @katematuren @ayakamaya @hanna_zrad @LizSadowski https://t.co/6NphOIycMe pic.twitter.com/99DyWIHXwU
— Radiology (@radiology_rsna) March 28, 2022
Cohort Study: Seven healthy habits linked to lower risk of dementia in those with genetic risk.
30 May, 2022 | 10:54h | UTCNews Release: Seven healthy habits linked to lower risk of dementia in those with genetic risk – American Academy of Neurology
Original Study: Genetic Risk, Midlife Life’s Simple 7, and Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Healthy Lifestyle May Lower Dementia Risk Despite Genetics – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
Seven healthy habits-Life’s Simple 7: being active, eating better, losing weight, not smoking, maintaining a healthy blood pressure, controlling cholesterol, and reducing blood sugar are associated with a lower risk of dementiahttps://t.co/NAGB2AkKc0
— K Pavithran (@drkpavithran) May 26, 2022
10-yr follow-up of a phase 3 RCT: chemoradiotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
30 May, 2022 | 10:52h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Chemoradiotherapy in MIBC: 10-yr Follow-up of the Phase 3 Randomised Controlled BC2001 Trialhttps://t.co/x8EFIoiqla@Prof_Nick_James @ProfSyedHussain @robert_huddart @NPortaStat
"Long-term findings confirm the benefit of adding 5-FU and MMC to RT for MIBC" pic.twitter.com/bKWSWhwemB
— European Urology (@EUplatinum) May 19, 2022
Review: Autopsy in the era of advanced cardiovascular imaging.
30 May, 2022 | 10:49h | UTCAutopsy in the era of advanced cardiovascular imaging – European Heart Journal
Commentary on Twitter
Autopsy in the era of advanced cardiovascular imaging https://t.co/2sFRlhQ9Fh @escardio #EHJ #ESCYoung #cardiotwitter @ehj_ed @rladeiraslopes pic.twitter.com/gJthaYph4M
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) May 24, 2022
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Randomized crossover trial: Thrice daily consumption of a premeal shot containing a low dose of whey protein increases time in euglycemia during 7 days of free-living in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
30 May, 2022 | 10:57h | UTCNews Release: Protein supplement helps control Type 2 diabetes – Newcastle University
Review: Trachoma.
30 May, 2022 | 10:47h | UTCTrachoma – Nature Reviews Disease Primer (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Infographic: Trachoma – Nature Reviews Disease Primer (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentaries on Twitter
Get Primed on Trachoma with our NEW PrimeView! FREE to download this week! https://t.co/ZfHgLWXfHI pic.twitter.com/aUzsJRSi4J
— Nature Reviews Disease Primers (@DiseasePrimers) May 26, 2022
Our NEW Primer on Trachoma is live today! By @anthonywsolomon @matthewburton70 @EmilyGower6 @ehardingesch @CatieOldenburg @profhughrt and Traoré – @proctorfndn @LSHTM @ICEH_LSHTM @UNCpublichealth. Check it out here: https://t.co/fpIczbGILH
— Nature Reviews Disease Primers (@DiseasePrimers) May 26, 2022
M-A: Timing of cardiac surgery during pregnancy.
30 May, 2022 | 10:43h | UTCTiming of cardiac surgery during pregnancy: a patient-level meta-analysis – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Timing of Cardiac Surgery During Pregnancy – American College of Cardiology
Commentary on Twitter
Timing of cardiac surgery during pregnancy: a patient-level meta-analysishttps://t.co/l1YwmJrABL#EHJ #CardioTwitter @escardio @ESC_Journals #metaanalysis pic.twitter.com/eW2rf7pDLI
— EHJ Editor-in-Chief (@ehj_ed) May 14, 2022
Opinion: Adverse effects of acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry.
30 May, 2022 | 10:45h | UTCAdverse effects of acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry – Nature Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Publicly funded research leads to the development of many new drugs, but the profits are largely reaped by big pharmaceutical companies, which can reduce competition and patients’ access to medicines, a @NatureMedicine Comment article argues. https://t.co/kUtjZa1ps1 pic.twitter.com/ccBJvpCP1t
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) May 26, 2022
M-A: Stereotactic radiosurgery vs. whole brain radiotherapy in patients with intracranial metastatic disease and small-cell lung cancer.
30 May, 2022 | 10:41h | UTCStereotactic radiosurgery versus whole brain radiotherapy in patients with intracranial metastatic disease and small-cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Cohort Study: Long-term outcomes associated with open vs. endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
30 May, 2022 | 10:37h | UTCCommentaries:
Long-Term Outcomes Associated With Open vs. Endovascular AAA Repair – American College of Cardiology
Single-arm, phase II trial: overall survival and biomarker analysis of neoadjuvant Nivolumab plus chemotherapy in operable stage IIIA non–small-cell lung cancer.
30 May, 2022 | 10:39h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In NADIM study of neoadj chemo + nivo for stage IIIA NSCLC, 3-y OS was 91%; low levels of pretreatment ctDNA and undetectable ctDNA after neoadjuvant therapy were predictive of OS (with HRs of 0.07 and 0.04, respectively) https://t.co/BIprSnDICd
— NatureRevClinOncol (@NatRevClinOncol) May 18, 2022
M-A: Comparison of risk scores for lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
30 May, 2022 | 10:36h | UTC
Cohort Study: Risk of hematologic cancer in patients with undifferentiated pruritus.
30 May, 2022 | 10:35h | UTCRisk of Hematologic Cancer in Patients With Undifferentiated Pruritus – JAMA Dermatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Undifferentiated Pruritus Associated with Increased Risk of Hematologic Cancer – HCP Live
M-A: Gestational diabetes mellitus and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
27 May, 2022 | 12:25h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
NEW research finds gestational diabetes is associated with increased odds of a range of complications for both mother and baby, including caesarean delivery, severe breathing problems, and excessive birth weight https://t.co/oyzkFxMslc
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) May 26, 2022
RCT: Vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in high risk adults, trial finds.
27 May, 2022 | 12:24h | UTCNews Release: Vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in high risk adults, trial finds – BMJ
Original Study: Effect of active vitamin D treatment on development of type 2 diabetes: DPVD randomised controlled trial in Japanese population – The BMJ
Editorial: Vitamin D and risk of type 2 diabetes – The BMJ