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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:58h | UTCPress Release: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 – The Nobel Prize (free)
Commentaries: Cancer immunologists scoop medicine Nobel prize – Nature (free) AND Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to two cancer researchers for immune system breakthrough – STAT (free) AND 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy Researchers – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Report: Taking Action on Childhood Obesity Report
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:47h | UTCTaking action on childhood obesity report – World Health Organization (free PDF) (via @equitylist)
Supplement: Practical Guide for Allergy and Immunology in Canada 2018
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:46h | UTCPractical guide for allergy and immunology in Canada 2018 – Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology (free reviews)
An introduction to immunology and immunopathology
Allergen-specific immunotherapy
Non-IgE-mediated food hypersensitivity
Early introduction of foods to prevent food allergy
Perspective: Failing the Public Health — Rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:45h | UTCFailing the Public Health — Rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Zackary Berger’s Journal Reviews, 1 October 2018
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:43h | UTCZackary Berger’s journal reviews, 1 October 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Standards for Neurologic Critical Care Units
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:42h | UTC
Review: Pulmonary Vasculitis
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCPulmonary vasculitis – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free)
WHO Launches SAFER Alcohol Control Initiative
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:36h | UTCSee also: SAFER High Impact Strategies (free)
Related: WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 (free report and commentaries)
Over 80,000 Americans Died of Flu Last Winter, Highest Toll in Years
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:37h | UTCOver 80,000 Americans Died of Flu Last Winter, Highest Toll in Years – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in US – Associated Press (free)
Study: Language Experience in the Second Year of Life and Language Outcomes in Late Childhood
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:37h | UTCLanguage Experience in the Second Year of Life and Language Outcomes in Late Childhood – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Early Language Exposure and Middle School Language and IQ: Implications for Primary Prevention – Pediatrics (free) AND Conversations Between Parents and Toddlers Help Build Intelligence and Vocabulary – Journal Watch (free)
Study: CT Screening for Early Lung Cancer Reduces Lung Cancer Mortality
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:31h | UTCWCLC 2018: NELSON Study: CT Screening for Early Lung Cancer Reduces Lung Cancer Mortality – The ASCO Post (free)
Related: NELSON lung cancer study encourages widespread screening, Medicare reimbursement – Health Imaging (free) AND Second Large Study Shows That Lung Cancer Screening Works – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline: Placenta Praevia and Placenta Accreta
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:35h | UTC
Perspective: More Evidence That Nutrition Studies Don’t Always Add Up
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:30h | UTCMore Evidence That Nutrition Studies Don’t Always Add Up – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Guideline: Vasa Praevia Diagnosis and Management
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:34h | UTCVasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management – British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (free)
Video: KHN Conversation on Overtreatment
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:33h | UTCKHN Conversation on Overtreatment – Kaiser Health News (free)
Commentary: Changing Healthcare’s Culture of Overtreatment a Challenge – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related KHN Series: Treatment Overkill (free articles)
Podcast: Geriatric Psychiatry
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:29h | UTCRelated Podcast: #115 Geriatric Depression – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)
Meta-Analysis: Effects of Coenzyme Q10 on Statin‐Induced Myopathy
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:27h | UTCCommentary: Coenzyme Q10 reduces statin-induced myopathy symptoms – Univadis (free registration required)
Guideline Summary: 2018 IDSA Guidelines for Clostridium Difficile Infection
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:24h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficileInfection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free) AND The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications: joint British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) guidelines – GUT (free)
Study: Prediction of Susceptibility to First-Line Tuberculosis Drugs by DNA Sequencing
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:25h | UTCEditorial: The Coming of Age of Drug-Susceptibility Testing for Tuberculosis (free)
Commentaries: Study heralds genetic era of TB drug susceptibility testing – CIDRAP (free) AND UK-led study marks shift towards genetic era in tackling TB – NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (free)
NYT Editorial: We Know How to Conquer Tuberculosis
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:16h | UTCWe Know How to Conquer Tuberculosis – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Tuberculosis experts hail historic week in the fight against TB – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND You Can’t Treat Tuberculosis With Platitudes – Foreign Policies (a few articles are free) AND Tuberculosis is a disease the world could control. But will it? – STAT (free) AND Addressing the Tuberculosis Epidemic: 21st Century Research for an Ancient Disease – JAMA (free)
Study: Potential Effect of Household Contact Management on Childhood Tuberculosis
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:15h | UTCInvited Commentary: Preventing tuberculosis in household contacts crucial to protect children and contain epidemic spread (free)
Related: New roadmap to prevent and treat tuberculosis in children and adolescents – UNICEF (free)
Randomized Trial: Total Diet Replacement Programme to Treat Obesity
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:14h | UTCCommentaries: Susan Jebb: Interventions to treat obesity work—so why am I not celebrating? – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at total diet replacement programmes and obesity – Science Media Centre (free) AND Crash diets are highly effective – new evidence – The Conversation (free)
Study: Limiting Children’s Screen Time Linked to Better Cognition
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:13h | UTCAssociations between 24 hour movement behaviours and global cognition in US children: a cross-sectional observational study – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Limiting children’s recreational screen time to less than 2 hours a day linked to better cognition – The Lancet (free) AND Limiting children’s screen time linked to better cognition, study says – CNN (free) AND Limiting children’s screen time linked to better cognition – BBC (free)
“Researchers said more work was now needed to better understand the effects of different types of screen use. However, they acknowledge that their observational study shows only an association between screen time and cognition and cannot prove a causal link.” (from BBC)
Video: Understanding How Machine Learning Works
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:12h | UTCUnderstanding How Machine Learning Works – JAMA (free)
Study: Same-Day Discharge After Elective PCI Seems Safe and Reduce Costs
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:13h | UTC“Same day discharge after elective PCI used infrequently (3.5%), while safe + associated w/ reduced costs” (via @krychtiukmd see Tweet)