Family Medicine
UNICEF Executive Director Statement: “Children cannot afford another year of school disruption”
26 Jan, 2021 | 00:53h | UTCChildren cannot afford another year of school disruption – UNICEF
Commentary on Twitter
"Children cannot afford another year of school disruption."
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director @unicefchief Henrietta H. Fore
Find out more 👉https://t.co/DwuaHGub3B pic.twitter.com/jQbdLK2EE5
— UNICEF Rwanda (@unicefrw) January 13, 2021
German study provides evidence that opening schools may be safe
26 Jan, 2021 | 00:51h | UTCGerman Study Provides Evidence that Opening Schools May Be Safe – Physician’s Weekly
Original Study: Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Their Parents in Southwest Germany – JAMA Pediatrics
Editorial: To Spread or Not to Spread SARS-CoV-2—Is That the Question?
Related: Three studies highlight low COVID risk of in-person school
Randomized crossover study shows lower ad libitum energy intake with a plant-based, low-fat diet compared to an animal-based, ketogenic diet
25 Jan, 2021 | 01:25h | UTCCommentary: NIH study compares low-fat, plant-based diet to low-carb, animal-based diet – NIH News Releases
Review: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to diagnose and manage hypertension
25 Jan, 2021 | 01:24h | UTCAmbulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring to Diagnose and Manage Hypertension – Hypertension
Meta-analysis: Effect of micronutrient supplements on influenza and other respiratory tract infections among adults
25 Jan, 2021 | 01:17h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Our new article in @GlobalHealthBMJ suggests that zinc supplementation could almost halve the duration of symptoms of acute respiratory infection in adults. We also found small effects of vitamins C and D supplementation to prevent ARIs. [Thread]https://t.co/aJ4VfYFiBG
— Ibraheem Abioye (@DrAbioye) January 20, 2021
Systematic review: At least one third of SARS-CoV-2 infections are asymptomatic
25 Jan, 2021 | 01:33h | UTCCommentary from the authors: The day we let Covid-19 spin out of control – STAT
Managing the long term effects of covid-19: summary of NICE, SIGN, and RCGP rapid guideline
25 Jan, 2021 | 01:35h | UTCOriginal Guideline: COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Randomized trial: No benefit from corticosteroid nasal spray for recovery of smell sensation in COVID-19 patients
25 Jan, 2021 | 01:28h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Multiple intra-articular corticosteroid injections are no better than placebo for osteoarthritis pain
25 Jan, 2021 | 00:56h | UTC
Patients, clinicians seek answers to the mystery of ‘Long COVID’
22 Jan, 2021 | 08:32h | UTCPatients, clinicians seek answers to the mystery of ‘Long COVID’ – CIDRAP
Meta-analysis: Little benefit from antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis
22 Jan, 2021 | 08:27h | UTCCommentary: Do antidepressants help back pain and osteoarthritis? – University of Sidney AND Antidepressants largely ineffective for back pain and osteoarthritis – The BMJ
Editorial: Antidepressants for musculoskeletal pain – The BMJ
Commentary on Twitter
Antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective for back and osteoarthritis pain, despite being widely used for these conditions, suggests a review of the evidence published by @bmj_latest https://t.co/pBmzSx0NLk @giovanni_ef
— BMJ Group (@bmj_company) January 21, 2021
Meta-analysis: Prevalence of postural hypotension in primary, community and institutional care
22 Jan, 2021 | 08:09h | UTC
State of the art review: Management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
21 Jan, 2021 | 01:13h | UTCManagement of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – The BMJ
What we know about Covid-19 reinfection so far
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:52h | UTCWhat we know about covid-19 reinfection so far – The BMJ
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/bmj_latest/status/1351493503675748352
Study: Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and risk factors for susceptibility and infectivity
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:49h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
A new, very large #SARSCoV2 household transmission study (27K households, 30K cases, 58K contacts)https://t.co/a89uAw3Ohg
—age ≥ 60 and infants most likely to get infected
—<age 20 most likely to infect others (1.6X)@TheLancetInfDis pic.twitter.com/nM044rVEdo— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 18, 2021
What we now know — and don’t know — about the coronavirus variants
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:41h | UTCWhat we now know — and don’t know — about the coronavirus variants – STAT
Related: Covid-19: What new variants are emerging and how are they being investigated? – The BMJ
Perspective: Covid-19 vaccine guidance for those who are lactating is based on faulty assumptions, experts say
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:40h | UTC
Systematic review on prophylaxis for COVID-19: Hydroxychloroquine does not work, little evidence regarding other drugs
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:38h | UTCProphylaxis for COVID-19: a systematic review – Clinical Microbiology and Infection
USPSTF Statement: Interventions for tobacco smoking cessation in adults
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:32h | UTCEditorial: A Comprehensive Approach to Increase Adult Tobacco Cessation – JAMA
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Tobacco Cessation in Adults
JAMA Patient Page: Interventions to Promote Tobacco Cessation
Guideline synopsis: Initiating Pharmacologic Treatment in Tobacco-Dependent Adults
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:31h | UTCInitiating Pharmacologic Treatment in Tobacco-Dependent Adults – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Pharmacologic Management of Tobacco Cessation
An epidemic of overdiagnosis: Melanoma diagnoses sky rocket
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:30h | UTCAn epidemic of overdiagnosis: Melanoma diagnoses sky rocket – Brigham and Women’s Hospital AND Does Screening for Skin Cancer Result in Melanoma Overdiagnosis? – Univadis
Original study: The Rapid Rise in Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnoses ($)
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 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)
Covid-19: What new variants are emerging and how are they being investigated?
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:51h | UTCCovid-19: What new variants are emerging and how are they being investigated? – The BMJ
Meta-analysis: saliva and nasopharyngeal swab nucleic acid amplification have similar diagnostic accuracy for the detection of SARS-CoV-2
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:46h | UTC
Reflection: Against diagnosis
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:38h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/JohnLauner/status/1350358748813021190
Podcast: What the USPSTF? Preventive Medicine Updates
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:37h | UTC