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Opinion: Can Health Services Handle the Apple Watch?
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:20h | UTCCan health services handle the Apple Watch? – BBC (free)
Related: The New Apple Watch 4: Cardiac Accuracy Unknown, “Game-Changing” Benefits Overblown – The Skeptical Cardiologist (free) AND The New ECG Apple Watch Could do More Harm Than Good – Wired (a few articles per month are free)
See also: New Watch can Help Doctors Monitor your Heart in Real Time (free commentaries)
Ig Nobel Win for Kidney Stone Removing Roller-coaster
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:21h | UTCIg Nobel win for kidney stone removing roller-coaster – BBC (free)
Related: Ig Nobel prizes honor do-it-yourself colonoscopies, a curious use for postage stamps, and other peculiar research – Science (free)
Patients vs. Paywalls: Is the U.S. Ready for Open-access Publishing?
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:19h | UTCPatients vs. paywalls: Is the U.S. ready for open-access publishing? – STAT (free)
Related: Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free – The Guardian (free) AND cOAlition S: Making Open Access a Reality by 2020 (free Statement and commentaries)
Study: Are Elderly Patients with Prostate Cancer Patients Being Overtreated?
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:17h | UTCTotal Medicare Costs Associated With Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer in Elderly Men – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Are Older Prostate Cancer Patients Overtreated? – MedPage Today (free registration required)
CDC Report: Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among Adults
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:18h | UTCCommentaries: Chronic Pain Affects 20% of Americans, CDC Reports – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND CDC: About 1 in 5 US Adults Have Chronic Pain – MPR (free) AND One-fifth of American adults experience chronic pain, CDC estimates – CNBC (free)
Report: Variation in Childhood Diarrheal Morbidity and Mortality in Africa
20 Sep, 2018 | 15:32h | UTCNews Release: Discomfort or death? New study maps hot spots of child mortality from diarrhea across Africa – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Quick Take Video Summary: Variation in Childhood Diarrheal Morbidity and Mortality in Africa (free)
Cohort Study: Elevated Blood Pressure and Risk of Aortic Valve Disease
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCCommentary: Elevated blood pressure is linked to increased risk of aortic valve disease – European Society of Cardiology (free)
AHA Guideline: Resistant Hypertension
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCNews Release: Diagnosing and treating resistant hypertension (free)
Commentaries: Tackling Resistant Hypertension – Opportunities and Challenges (free) AND Heart Group Updates Guidelines on Resistant Hypertension – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Resistant Hypertension: Detection, Evaluation, and Management (free PDF)
Systematic Review: Are Invasive Procedures Effective for Chronic Pain?
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:28h | UTCAre Invasive Procedures Effective for Chronic Pain? A Systematic Review – Pain Medicine (free)
Commentaries: New study questions effectiveness of invasive procedures for chronic pain – The Reis Group (free) AND Invasive Procedures For Chronic Pain Have Not Been Proven to Work – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related: Needless procedures: knee arthroscopy is one of the most common but least effective surgeries – The Conversation (free)
Report: Global Cancer Statistics 2018
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:29h | UTCSee also: Latest global cancer data: Cancer burden rises to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths in 2018 – International Agency for Research on Cancer (free PDF)
Infographic: Global Cancer Data 2018 (free)
Commentaries: WHO: 9.6 million cancer deaths, 18 million new cases this year – UPI (free) AND Cancer will kill nearly 10 million people this year, report estimates – CNN (free) AND Cancer deaths rise to 9.6 million as populations grow and age – Reuters (free)
The New ECG Apple Watch Could do More Harm Than Good
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:27h | UTCThe New ECG Apple Watch Could do More Harm Than Good – Wired (a few articles per month are free) (via @EricTopol)
See also: New Watch can Help Doctors Monitor your Heart in Real Time (free commentaries)
Perspective: What 21st Century Health Care Should Learn from 20th Century Business
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:28h | UTCWhat 21st Century Health Care Should Learn from 20th Century Business – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Thousands of Scientists Publish a Paper Every Five Days
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:25h | UTCThousands of scientists publish a paper every five days – Nature (free)
Related: Some scientists publish more than 70 papers a year. Here’s how—and why—they do it – Science (free)
Opinion – Scientific Publishing is a Rip-off. We Fund the Research – It Should be Free
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:26h | UTCScientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free – The Guardian (free)
Related: cOAlition S: Making Open Access a Reality by 2020 (free Statement and commentaries)
Cohort Study: Effect of Mammography Screening on Breast Cancer Mortality
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:25h | UTCCommentaries: Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality – eCancer News (free) AND Danish study attributes improved treatment, not screening, to decline in breast cancer deaths – Health Imaging (free)
NICE Guideline: Chronic Heart Failure in Adults
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:20h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Fatal Toxic Effects Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:22h | UTCFatal Toxic Effects Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Study Discerns Rare Risks of Fatal Side Effects From Cancer Immunotherapy – AJMC (free) AND Fatal Toxicities Rare With Checkpoint Inhibitors – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Guidelines: Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group (free)
Related Review: New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management – Critical Care (free)
FDA Takes New Steps to Address Epidemic of Youth E-Cigarette Use
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:07h | UTCCommentaries: FDA: we might have to ban some e-cigarettes to stop teens from vaping – VOX (free) AND FDA Intensifies Crackdown On E-Cigarette Sales To Teenagers – NPR (free)
“The agency is eyeing a crackdown on flavored e-cigs in the face of an “epidemic” of teen use.” (from VOX)
Review: Arterial Hypertension
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:18h | UTCArterial Hypertension: Diagnosis and treatment – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Overdiagnosis: Causes and Consequences in Primary Health Care
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:09h | UTCOverdiagnosis: causes and consequences in primary health care – Canadian Family Physician (free) (via @cantaskforce)
Related: 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 Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free) AND Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken – Wonca (free PDF)
European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:19h | UTCEuropean Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (free PDF in several languages) (via @ECDC_TB and @Onisillos)
Meta-Analysis: Restrictive vs. Liberal Transfusion Strategies in Cardiac Surgery
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:07h | UTCRelated study: Outcomes after Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery (link to abstract)
Study: Factors Associated With Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:04h | UTCFactors Associated With Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: 1 in 4 Older Adults Prescribed a Benzodiazepine Goes on to Risky Long-Term Use, Study Finds – Michigan Medicine, via NewsWise (free) AND Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use Common Among Older Adults – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Factors Predicting Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Identified – Medscape (free registration required) AND Larger Number of Benzodiazepine Pills in Initial Prescription Associated With Long Term Use – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related: A Quiet Drug Problem Among the Elderly – The New York Times (free) AND Our Other Prescription Drug Problem – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Benzodiazepines: our other prescription drug epidemic – STAT (free) AND Deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists – Canadian Family Physician (free)
USPSTF Draft Statement: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:16h | UTCUSPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Again Recommends Ointment to Prevent Gonococcal Eye Infection in Newborns – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF Reaffirms Ocular Prophylaxis for All Newborns – MedPage Today (free)
Report: Egg Freezing in Fertility Treatment Trends and Figures
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:06h | UTCPress release: Age is the key factor for egg freezing success says new HFEA report, as overall treatment numbers remain low (free)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to HFEA report on trends in egg freezing – Science Media Centre (free) AND Freeze eggs before 35 for a better chance of IVF success, says report – The Guardian (free)