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What’s the evidence for COVID-19 booster shots?

12 Sep, 2021 | 22:05h | UTC

What’s the evidence for COVID-19 booster shots? – Canadian Medical Association Journal

 

Perspective | We’re Asking the Impossible of Vaccines – “Complete protection against infection has long been hailed as the holy grail of vaccination. It might simply be unachievable”.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:59h | UTC

We’re Asking the Impossible of Vaccines – The Atlantic

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Risk of severe breakthrough Covid-19 higher for seniors and people with underlying conditions.

12 Sep, 2021 | 22:03h | UTC

Risk of severe breakthrough Covid-19 higher for seniors and people with underlying conditions – CNN

Original study: Hospitalisation among vaccine breakthrough COVID-19 infections – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

News release: Study examines severe breakthrough cases of COVID-19 – YaleNews

 

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Perspective | How Endemic COVID Becomes a Manageable Risk – “Businesses and schools must adapt, because the dual threat from the coronavirus and the flu will be too severe”.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:58h | UTC

How Endemic COVID Becomes a Manageable Risk – The Atlantic

 

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Cohort study: long term follow-up showed most patients with post–COVID-19 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children had good outcomes with no significant medium- or long-term sequelae.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:54h | UTC

One-Year Outcomes of Critical Care Patients Post–COVID-19 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children – JAMA Pediatrics

Commentary: Outcome Good at One Year for Majority of PIMS-TS Patients – HealthDay

 

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Guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anemia in adults.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:48h | UTC

British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia in adults – Gut

 

AHA Scientific Statement: Clinical implications for exercise at altitude among individuals with cardiovascular disease.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:49h | UTC

Clinical Implications for Exercise at Altitude Among Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation

News release: Advance planning can lower risks of high-altitude activities for people with heart disease – American Heart Association

Top Things to Know: Implications for Exercise at Altitude Among Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease – American Heart Association

Commentaries:

Patients with cardiovascular disease exercising at altitude – American Heart Association

Heading to the Mountains? Heart Patients Should Check With Their Doctor First – HealthDay

 

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The Delta Covid variant and children: transmission in kids is low and only 2% hospitalized, report finds.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:56h | UTC

The Delta Covid variant and children: transmission in kids is low and only 2% hospitalised, report finds – The Guardian

Report: COVID-19 Delta variant in schools and early childhood education and care services in NSW, Australia: 16 June to 31 July 2021 – NCIRS

News release: COVID-19 Delta variant in schools and early childhood education and care services in NSW, Australia: 16 June to 31 July 2021

 

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Among patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, acute consumption of alcohol increases the risk of new episodes.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:44h | UTC

Acute Consumption of Alcohol and Discrete Atrial Fibrillation Events – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries:

Alcohol Consumption and Discrete Atrial Fibrillation Events – American College of Cardiology

Alcohol can cause immediate risk of atrial fibrillation, research finds – University of California – San Francisco

Summary for patients: Alcohol Drinking and Atrial Fibrillation – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

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Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults: evidence and implications.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:46h | UTC

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults: evidence and implications – Intensive Care Medicine

 

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People with Parkinson’s may benefit from seven walking strategies.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:40h | UTC

News release: People with Parkinson’s may benefit from seven walking strategies – American Academy of Neurology

Original study: Perception and Use of Compensation Strategies for Gait Impairment by Persons With Parkinson Disease – Neurology

Commentary: Compensation Strategies Benefit Parkinson Patients With Gait Impairment – HealthDay

 

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Study suggests mobile stroke units (ambulances with staff and a CT scanner that may enable faster thrombolysis) may improve outcomes for ischemic stroke patients.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:41h | UTC

Prospective, Multicenter, Controlled Trial of Mobile Stroke Units – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Patients treated by mobile stroke units had better outcomes, according to study published in NEJM – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

 

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https://twitter.com/NEJM/status/1436690999426748416

 

RCT: Limiting screen time for young adults after concussion results in shorter duration of symptoms.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:38h | UTC

News release: Limiting screen time for young adults after concussion results in shorter duration of symptoms – University of Massachusetts Medical School

Original study: Effect of Screen Time on Recovery From Concussion: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

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Review: neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in clinical practice.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:34h | UTC

Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Clinical Practice: A Review – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)

 

Different risks and benefits leading to similar costs after sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:37h | UTC

Commentary: Different Risks and Benefits Leading to Similar Costs After Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass – JAMA Network Open

Original study: Comparison of 4-Year Health Care Expenditures Associated With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve Gastrectomy – JAMA Network Open

 

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Changing the conversation from ‘chronic disease’ to ‘chronic health’.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:35h | UTC

Changing the conversation from ‘chronic disease’ to ‘chronic health’ – European Heart Journal

 

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RCT: Convalescent plasma does not improve outcomes and may be harmful to hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:37h | UTC

Convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized controlled trial – Nature Medicine

News release: Major study finds convalescent plasma doesn’t help seriously ill COVID-19 patients – McMaster University

Related:

NIH study shows no significant benefit of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 outpatients with early symptoms.

M-A: Convalescent plasma is safe but does not improve outcomes in the treatment of COVID-19.

RECOVERY Trial: No benefit from convalescent plasma in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19.

 

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Face masks for COVID pass their largest test yet – “A rigorous study finds that surgical masks are highly protective, but cloth masks fall short”.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:36h | UTC

Face masks for COVID pass their largest test yet – Nature

Original study: [Preprint] Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19.

 

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Covid-19: Infection increases the risk of kidney disease even in mild cases, finds study.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:33h | UTC

Covid-19: Infection increases the risk of kidney disease even in mild cases, finds study – The BMJ

Original study: Kidney Outcomes in Long COVID – Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

 

Long COVID and kidney disease.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:31h | UTC

Long COVID and kidney disease – Nature Reviews Nephrology

 

COVID infections may give more potent immunity than vaccines – but that doesn’t mean you should try to catch it.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:29h | UTC

COVID infections may give more potent immunity than vaccines – but that doesn’t mean you should try to catch it – The Conversation

Original study and commentary: [Preprint] Observational data suggests natural immunity after a SARS-CoV-2 infection confers longer lasting and stronger protection compared to vaccine-induced immunity.

 

India’s DNA COVID vaccine is a world first – more are coming.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:30h | UTC

India’s DNA COVID vaccine is a world first – more are coming – Nature

 

What an enormous global study can tell us about feeling better during the pandemic.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:27h | UTC

What an enormous global study can tell us about feeling better during the pandemic – Vox

Original study: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic – Nature Human Behavior

 

Guideline: Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:22h | UTC

Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ

See also: Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic non-cancer and cancer related pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials – The BMJ

Editorial: Medical cannabis for chronic pain – The BMJ

Related: Cannabis and Cannabinoid Analgesia position statement – “Due to the lack of high-quality clinical evidence, the IASP does not currently endorse general use of cannabis and cannabinoids for pain relief.” (several resources on the subject)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Financial profit in medicine: a position paper from the American College of Physicians.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:21h | UTC

Financial Profit in Medicine: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine

News release: ACP Says Profit Motive in Medicine May Contribute to a Broken Health Care System – American College of Physicians

 

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