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WHO chief advises men who have sex with men to reduce partners to limit exposure to monkeypox.
1 Aug, 2022 | 12:24h | UTCWHO chief advises men who have sex with men to reduce partners to limit exposure to monkeypox – CNN
See also: WHO recommends gay and bisexual men limit sexual partners to reduce the spread of monkeypox – CNBC
Related:
WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak – Health Policy Watch
Monkeypox: A Contemporary Review for Healthcare Professionals – Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Commentary on Twitter
The #monkeypox outbreak can be stopped if countries, communities and individuals inform themselves, take the risks seriously, and take the steps needed to stop transmission and protect vulnerable groups.pic.twitter.com/7CumPFyPhc
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) July 27, 2022
Perspective | Aspirin for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in women.
1 Aug, 2022 | 12:25h | UTCAspirin for the Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Women – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Monkeypox | A contemporary review for healthcare professionals.
1 Aug, 2022 | 12:20h | UTCMonkeypox: A Contemporary Review for Healthcare Professionals – Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Related:
WHO chief advises men who have sex with men to reduce partners to limit exposure to monkeypox – CNN
WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak – Health Policy Watch
Clinical features and novel presentations of human monkeypox in a central London center during the 2022 outbreak: descriptive case series.
1 Aug, 2022 | 12:22h | UTCRelated:
WHO chief advises men who have sex with men to reduce partners to limit exposure to monkeypox – CNN
WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak – Health Policy Watch
Monkeypox: A Contemporary Review for Healthcare Professionals – Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Commentary on Twitter
NEW research published by The BMJ today identifies important differences in monkeypox symptoms between the current outbreak and previous outbreaks in endemic regions https://t.co/uYnhbZoBhd pic.twitter.com/NZNoNVi6Lm
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) July 29, 2022
M-A | Respiratory support strategy in adults with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.
1 Aug, 2022 | 12:18h | UTC
Systematic Review | Rapid, point‐of‐care antigen tests for diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.
29 Jul, 2022 | 12:39h | UTCRapid, point‐of‐care antigen tests for diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection – Cochrane Library
Summary: How accurate are rapid antigen tests for diagnosing COVID-19? – Cochrane Library
M-A | Blood pressure-lowering treatment for prevention of major cardiovascular diseases in people with and without type 2 diabetes.
29 Jul, 2022 | 12:37h | UTCCommentaries:
No justification for bespoke antihypertensive intervention in type 2 diabetes – medwire News
Blood pressure control according to type 2 diabetes status – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
Online—Blood pressure-lowering treatment for prevention of major #cardiovascular diseases in people with and without type 2 #diabetes: an individual participant-level data meta-analysis https://t.co/AmNxyW9Via #T2D #BloodPressure #hypertension #openaccess pic.twitter.com/NfdLktZXai
— The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (@TheLancetEndo) July 25, 2022
RCT | Supplemental Vitamin D does not reduce incident fractures in midlife and older adults.
28 Jul, 2022 | 13:31h | UTCSupplemental Vitamin D and Incident Fractures in Midlife and Older Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Daily Vitamin D supplements don’t lower risk of bone fractures, study finds – STAT
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Commentary on Twitter
A study ancillary to a large trial showed that supplemental vitamin D3 did not lower the risk of fractures among generally healthy midlife and older adults not selected for vitamin D deficiency, low bone mass, or osteoporosis. https://t.co/vVTlizdffG pic.twitter.com/hQHJ7JizaV
— NEJM (@NEJM) July 27, 2022
M-A | Prognosis and persistence of smell and taste dysfunction in patients with covid-19.
28 Jul, 2022 | 13:28h | UTCEditorial: Smell and taste dysfunction after covid-19 – The BMJ
Commentary: The burden of prolonged smell and taste loss in covid-19 – The BMJ
News Release: Millions of covid patients may have long term smell and taste problems – BMJ Newsroom
M-A | Nonoperative vs. operative management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis.
28 Jul, 2022 | 13:30h | UTCNonoperative vs Operative Management of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Related:
Review: Diagnosis of uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis in adults.
A Randomized trial comparing antibiotics with appendectomy for appendicitis
Commentary on Twitter
Nonoperative management with #antibiotics may be an alternative option to appendectomy in adult patients with uncomplicated acute #appendicitis, noting the possibility of longer hospital stays and potentially higher rates of recurrent appendicitis. https://t.co/4RbzU8SC8i
— JAMA Surgery (@JAMASurgery) July 27, 2022
RCT | Effects of walking exercise at a pace with vs. without ischemic leg symptoms on functional performance measures in people with lower extremity peripheral artery disease.
28 Jul, 2022 | 13:27h | UTCNews Release: ‘No pain, no gain’ approach improves walking ability with peripheral artery disease – American Heart Association
Perspective | Climbing melatonin use for insomnia raises safety concerns.
28 Jul, 2022 | 13:24h | UTCClimbing Melatonin Use for Insomnia Raises Safety Concerns – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Cohort Study | Physical and mental activity, disease susceptibility, and risk of dementia.
28 Jul, 2022 | 13:22h | UTCNews Release: Study: Chores, exercise, and social visits linked to lower risk of dementia – American Academy of Neurology
USPSTF Recommendations | Behavioral counseling interventions to promote a healthy diet and physical activity in adults without cardiovascular disease risk factors.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:26h | UTCEditorials:
Improving Behavioral Counseling for Primary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – JAMA Cardiology
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote Healthy Behaviors for CVD Prevention – JAMA
RCT | Effect of high- vs. low-dose tranexamic acid infusion on need for red blood cell transfusion and adverse events in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:21h | UTCEffect of High- vs Low-Dose Tranexamic Acid Infusion on Need for Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Adverse Events in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: The OPTIMAL Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/JAMA_current/status/1551960541488451586
RCT | Vitamin B6 supplements could reduce anxiety and depression.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:19h | UTCNews Release: Vitamin B6 supplements could reduce anxiety and depression – University of Reading
Commentary: B6 a New Approach for Depression, Anxiety? – Medscape (free registration required)
RCT | Short vs. extended treatment with a carbapenem in patients with high-risk fever of unknown origin during neutropenia.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:17h | UTCShort versus extended treatment with a carbapenem in patients with high-risk fever of unknown origin during neutropenia: a non-inferiority, open-label, multicentre, randomised trial – The Lancet Haematology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Short-Course or Extended Antibiotics in Febrile Neutropenia? – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
NEW online—Short-term is not inferior to extended carbapenem in patients with haematological malignancy and neutropenic fever of unknown origin, however, higher serious adverse events and mortality were noted in the short treatment group: the SHORT trial https://t.co/FOp1M3D6cL pic.twitter.com/6z5e8MSEgQ
— The Lancet Haematology (@TheLancetHaem) June 10, 2022
Practical Guide | Antihypertensive deprescribing in older adults.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:23h | UTCAntihypertensive Deprescribing in Older Adults: a Practical Guide – Current Hypertension Reports
Cross-Sectional Study | Association of registered nurse staffing with mortality risk in hospitalized patients with sepsis.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:16h | UTCCommentaries:
Greater Nurse Staffing Tied to Better Sepsis Outcomes – HealthDay
Reduced Sepsis Mortality Risk Seen With High Nurse Staffing – AJMC
M-A | Antiviral drug treatment for nonsevere COVID-19.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:14h | UTCNews Release: Some antivirals used in nonsevere COVID-19 may reduce hospitalizations and deaths – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Commentary: COVID-19 antivirals may cut risk of hospitalization, death – CIDRAP
M-A | Beneficial and harmful effects of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment and prophylaxis of COVID-19.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:12h | UTC
NICE Guideline | Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management.
26 Jul, 2022 | 13:37h | UTCPneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Related Guidelines:
Pneumonia (community-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing
Pneumonia (hospital-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing
20-year follow-up of a RCT trial | Immunosuppressive therapy in virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy.
26 Jul, 2022 | 13:33h | UTCCommentary: Immunosuppression may benefit long term in virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy – Healio (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
Immunosuppressive therapy in virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy: 20-year follow-up of the TIMIC trial@escardio @ESC_Journals #CardioTwitter #EHJhttps://t.co/XpZj0UrJo5 pic.twitter.com/PIq0Bzwhpu
— EHJ Editor-in-Chief (@ehj_ed) July 19, 2022
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Cohort Study | Cardiometabolic outcomes up to 12 months after COVID-19 infection.
26 Jul, 2022 | 13:30h | UTCNews Release: COVID-19 patients more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases and diabetes soon after infection – PLOS
Commentaries:
COVID-19 tied to new-onset, short-term heart disease, diabetes – CIDRAP
CVD, Diabetes Spike in Acute Phase of COVID-19 – TCTMD
M-A | Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity and improve health.
26 Jul, 2022 | 13:27h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity and improve health: a systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses https://t.co/JecWHjcnpg pic.twitter.com/MPnQHU1VQQ
— Søren T. Skou (@STSkou) July 21, 2022
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