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WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 28 JANUARY 2020
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:24h | UTCNovel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 28 JANUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
See also: WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak – World Health Organization (free) The Deceptively Simple Number Sparking Coronavirus Fears – The Atlantic (free) AND What Will It Take to Stop Coronavirus? – Harvard Business Review (free) AND The 2 key questions that will determine if the coronavirus outbreak becomes a pandemic – Vox (free) AND WHO seeks to answer nCoV unknowns as more local spread noted outside of China – CIDRAP (free) The coronavirus questions that scientists are racing to answer – STAT (free)
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Patients with new #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection are presenting with a wide range of symptoms. Most seem to have mild disease. About 20% appear to progress to severe disease. Some have died.
WHO Situation Report 28 January 2020 https://t.co/uXR2BXEW2A pic.twitter.com/L9CKuFoDEN
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 28, 2020
ASH Guidelines for Sickle Cell Disease: Transfusion Support
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:27h | UTC
WHO Technical Guidance: Clinical Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection When Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Infection is Suspected
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:21h | UTCSee Other Documents: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) technical guidance – World Health Organization (free)
Prevention of Non-communicable Disease: Best Buys, Wasted Buys, and Contestable Buys
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:14h | UTCPrevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys – The BMJ (free)
See also: Full BMJ Collection on Health, wealth, and profits (free articles)
HIV Infection and Coronary Heart Disease: Mechanisms and Management
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:19h | UTCHIV infection and coronary heart disease: mechanisms and management – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free PDF)
Study: Association of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension as Defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA Blood Pressure Guideline with Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:17h | UTCAssociation of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension as Defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA Blood Pressure Guideline With Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Isolated Diastolic Hypertension Using Tighter BP Cutoff Not Tied to Later CV Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
BMJ Series: ‘Leaving no Woman, no Child, and no Adolescent Behind’
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:12h | UTCLeaving no woman, no child, and no adolescent behind – The BMJ (free articles)
News Release: Can we achieve health for all women, children, and adolescents by 2030? – Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (free)
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10 years out from the sustainable development goals (#SDGs) deadline, @DrTedros contributes to a new collection of articles published by @bmj_latest and @GlobalHealthBMJ on whether the ??? is on track to meet the 2030 health targets https://t.co/ZiXcSBNttt pic.twitter.com/dMo6sDiKDm
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 28, 2020
Andromeda and ‘Appalling Science’: A Response to Hardwicke and Ioannidis
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:07h | UTC
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‘Appalling science’ and dichotomania: my response to Hardwicke and Ioannidis https://t.co/JRkDVdfnlw
— David Spiegelhalter (@d_spiegel) January 27, 2020
Study: First-Trimester Pregnancy Exposure to Modafinil and Risk of Congenital Malformations
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:16h | UTCFirst-Trimester Pregnancy Exposure to Modafinil and Risk of Congenital Malformations – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Modafinil in First Trimester Associated with Birth Defects – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Physical Therapist Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Individuals with Heart Failure
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:09h | UTC
Viewpoint: Manipulating the Human Microbiome to Manage Disease
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:03h | UTCManipulating the Human Microbiome to Manage Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: The Potential of Manipulating the Human Microbiome to Manage Disease – JAMA (free)
ASCO Guideline: Germline and Somatic Tumor Testing in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:10h | UTC
Adapting Lean Methods to Facilitate Stakeholder Engagement and Co-design in Healthcare
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:06h | UTCAdapting Lean methods to facilitate stakeholder engagement and co-design in healthcare – The BMJ (free)
See also: Full BMJ Collection on Quality Improvement (free articles)
Related Commentary on Twitter
What is #Lean?@DrIainMSmith and colleagues argue that this #QualityImprovement approach drawn from industry can go beyond traditional concepts of value and deliver improvements in health care services.
Read our new #QI series article in @bmj_latest: https://t.co/xsKBHTUksP pic.twitter.com/MvOEXQp304
— Health Foundation (@HealthFdn) January 28, 2020
ESC Position Statement: Atrial Fibrillation in Acute Heart Failure
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:12h | UTC
Perspective: Expert Opinion is Not Always Right
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:04h | UTCExpert opinion is not always right – Evidently Cochrane (free)
EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Synthetic and Biological Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:09h | UTC
Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:10h | UTCSmoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
News Release: Surgeon General Releases First Report Focused on Smoking Cessation in 30 Years – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
Commentaries: E-cigarettes don’t help smokers quit, U.S. Surgeon General says – UPI (free) AND New U.S. Surgeon General’s Report Focuses on Smoking Cessation Efforts – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Surgeon General Releases Report Focused on Smoking Cessation – The ASCO Post (free)
Study: Implications of Abnormal Exercise Electrocardiography with Normal Stress Echocardiography
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:06h | UTCImplications of Abnormal Exercise Electrocardiography with Normal Stress Echocardiography – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Implications of Abnormal Exercise ECG With Normal Stress Echo – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Positive Stress ECG + Normal Stress Echo = Slightly Increased Heart Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Podcast: Dialysis for the Internist
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:04h | UTC#192 Dialysis for the Internist with Joel Topf MD – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)
See also: Episode List
Study: Community-Based Hemoglobin A1C Testing in Barbershops to Identify Black Men with Undiagnosed Diabetes
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:07h | UTCCommunity-Based Hemoglobin A1C Testing in Barbershops to Identify Black Men With Undiagnosed Diabetes – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Barbershop screenings may help find undiagnosed diabetes – Reuters (free) AND Diabetes testing at barbershops effective for screening black men – UPI (free)
Related Studies: Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries) AND Randomized Trial: Community-Based Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients (free study and commentaries) AND Cluster Randomized Trial: Sustainability of Blood Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries)
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 27 JANUARY 2020
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:58h | UTCNovel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 27 JANUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related Commentary on Twitter
In outbreaks of other #coronaviruses (MERS & SARS), person-to-person transmission occurred through droplets, contact and fomites, suggesting that the transmission mode of the 2019-nCoV can be similar
WHO Situation Report 27 January 2020 https://t.co/l1vODXEyD3 pic.twitter.com/vuNl64gZnm
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 27, 2020
Estimating the Magnitude of Cancer Overdiagnosis in Australia
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:59h | UTCEstimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia – Medical Journal of Australia (free)
Commentary: 29,000 cancers overdiagnosed in Australia in a single year – The Conversation (free)
Related: Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free) AND Overdiagnosis across medical disciplines: a scoping review – The BMJ Open (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems – STAT News (free) AND Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken – Wonca (free PDF) AND Screening: How overdiagnosis and other harms can undermine the benefits – Health News Review (free) AND Overdiagnosis: causes and consequences in primary health care – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Five warning signs of overdiagnosis – The Conversation (free) AND What is overdiagnosed cancer? And why does it matter? – Croakey (free) AND Blame rising cancer overdiagnosis on ‘irrational exuberance’ for early detection – STAT (free) AND Preventing overdiagnosis and the harms of too much sport and exercise medicine – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free)
China Coronavirus Latest: How Quickly Does the Virus Spread?
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:56h | UTCChina coronavirus latest: how quickly does the virus spread? – Nature (free)
See also: Coronavirus More Infectious Than Suspected; China Expands Quarantine – Health Policy Watch (free) AND Experts: nCoV spread in China’s cities could trigger global epidemic – CIDRAP (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Scientists around the world are trying to estimate how infectious the coronavirus is between people. Latest updates here ??https://t.co/my1M6CCISx
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) January 27, 2020
Wuhan Novel Coronavirus: UK Interim Guidance for Primary Care
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:54h | UTCWN-CoV: interim guidance for primary care – Public Health England (free)
Commentary: GPs Given China Coronavirus Guidance – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Interim Guidance: Infection prevention and control during health care when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Reverse Cardio‐Oncology: Cancer Development in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:53h | UTC