Family Medicine
Meta-analysis: High-quality evidence supports fecal microbiota transplantation is effective for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection
6 Dec, 2020 | 23:35h | UTC
Managing Asthma in Adolescents and Adults: 2020 Asthma Guideline Update From the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:33h | UTCEditorial: Evolving Strategies for Long-term Asthma Management – JAMA
Commentaries: New Asthma Guidelines Published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, an Official Journal of the AAAAI – American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology AND New updates to federal guidelines revamp asthma management – NHLBI News
New WHO Guidance on masks for the public and health workers in the context of COVID-19
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:24h | UTCMask use in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Commentaries: WHO fine-tunes advice on COVID masks for public, health workers – Reuters AND WHO updates mask advice, recommending they be worn in indoor, poorly ventilated areas – CBC
Commentary on Twitter
.@WHO has tightened its guidance on face masks, recommending that where COVID-19 is spreading, masks be worn by everyone in healthcare settings, indoor low ventilated areas & outdoors when a distance of 3 ft from others cannot be maintained. #MaskUpAmerica https://t.co/dJUJ2syDMN
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) December 3, 2020
Meta-analysis: Epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica are effective, although the effects are small and short-term
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:26h | UTC
Why the CDC changed its Covid-19 quarantine guidelines
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:18h | UTCWhy the CDC changed its Covid-19 quarantine guidelines – Vox
CDC Guideline: Duration of Isolation and Precautions for Adults with COVID-19 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Could COVID delirium bring on dementia?
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:11h | UTCCould COVID delirium bring on dementia? – Nature
UK becomes first country to authorize Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, first shots roll out next week
3 Dec, 2020 | 08:44h | UTCPress release: UK medicines regulator gives approval for first UK COVID-19 vaccine – Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
See also: Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine judged safe for use in UK – BBC AND Expert reaction to news that the MHRA has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for mass UK roll out – Science Media Centre AND UK approves Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine for rollout next week – The Guardian
Randomized trial: In treatment naive early rheumatoid arthritis, a treatment based on methotrexate and low dose corticosteroids was safe and effective and non-inferior to certolizumab and tocilizumab, but not to abatacept
3 Dec, 2020 | 08:35h | UTC
CDC to shorten COVID-19 quarantine to 10 days, 7 with test
3 Dec, 2020 | 08:40h | UTCCDC to shorten COVID-19 quarantine to 10 days, 7 with test – Associated Press
Commentary: CDC Shortens Its COVID-19 Quarantine Recommendations – NPR
Case series: Shedding of viable SARS-CoV-2 after immunosuppressive therapy for cancer
2 Dec, 2020 | 07:31h | UTC
What’s the difference between viral shedding and reinfection with COVID-19?
2 Dec, 2020 | 07:29h | UTCWhat’s the difference between viral shedding and reinfection with COVID-19? – The Conversation
One in five covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a mental illness within three months
2 Dec, 2020 | 07:24h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/TheLancetPsych/status/1326158490423996417
CDC panel moves health workers, nursing home residents to front of COVID vaccine line
2 Dec, 2020 | 07:26h | UTCCDC panel moves health workers, nursing home residents to front of COVID vaccine line – CIDRAP
Systematic review: Outdoor transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses. “The odds of indoor transmission was very high compared to outdoors (18.7 times)”
2 Dec, 2020 | 07:19h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Outdoor Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses, a Systematic Review https://t.co/lmWQNgpIfd Existing evidence supports the wide-held belief that the the risk of #SARSCoV2 transmission is lower outdoors (< 10%).
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) December 1, 2020
IDSA 2020 Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease
1 Dec, 2020 | 08:28h | UTC
Randomized trial: A low-fat vegan diet can reduce body weight and improve insulin sensitivity in overweight adults
2 Dec, 2020 | 07:16h | UTCCommentary: Plant-based diet ramps up metabolism, according to new study – Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Review: Hearing loss in children
2 Dec, 2020 | 07:14h | UTCHearing Loss in Children: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author interview: Hearing Loss in Children
Cohort study: Higher dose Z-drug use in dementia is associated with increased fracture and stroke risks, similar or greater to that for higher dose benzodiazepines
1 Dec, 2020 | 08:25h | UTCCommentary: The danger of Z-drugs for dementia patients – University of Exeter
Moderna released more Covid-19 vaccine results. They’re very encouraging.
1 Dec, 2020 | 08:15h | UTCModerna released more Covid-19 vaccine results. They’re very encouraging. – Vox
Commentaries: ‘Absolutely remarkable’: No one who got Moderna’s vaccine in trial developed severe COVID-19 – Science AND Moderna to submit Covid-19 vaccine to FDA as full results show 94% efficacy – STAT AND More Good News For Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate – NPR AND Moderna to seek emergency authorization for COVID-19 vaccine – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter
Moderna has announced the final results of the 30,000-person efficacy trial for its #COVID19 vaccine candidate, reporting that the vaccine had 100% efficacy against severe disease. https://t.co/Cgg0I5nv9r
— News from Science (@NewsfromScience) November 30, 2020
Opinion: Pfizer and Moderna’s “95% effective” vaccines—let’s be cautious and first see the full data
1 Dec, 2020 | 08:13h | UTC
Report: SARS-CoV-2 setting-specific transmission rates. Households showed the highest transmission rates (21.1%). Asymptomatic infections do occur but much less efficiently than symptomatic infection.
30 Nov, 2020 | 01:01h | UTCFull report: SARS-CoV-2 setting-specific transmission rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Imperial College London
Meta-analysis of statins for primary prevention: 100 adults (aged 50-75 years) without known cardiovascular disease would have to be treated for 2.5 years to prevent 1 major adverse cardiovascular event
30 Nov, 2020 | 00:56h | UTCEvaluation of Time to Benefit of Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 50 to 75 Years: A Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Time to Benefit of Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events – American College of Cardiology
Commentary on Twitter
It takes 2.5 years for the benefits of #statins to be seen. Frail older adults with life expectancy <2.5 years may be more likely to be harmed than helped by statins https://t.co/jbdW7bXopt
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) November 16, 2020
State of the art review: Advances in the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease
30 Nov, 2020 | 00:52h | UTCAdvances in the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Randomized trial: Intravenous iron is superior to oral iron for the treatment of anemia in women after childbirth in a low-income setting
27 Nov, 2020 | 08:41h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In a randomised trial in Tanzania, intravenous ferric carboxymaltose proved safe and better than oral iron at achieving haemoglobin normalisation (>115 g/L) at 6 weeks after childbirth in women with iron deficiency anaemia https://t.co/F5sau45dwL pic.twitter.com/qqa8cGbMqZ
— The Lancet Global Health (@LancetGH) November 25, 2020
New WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior – Every move counts towards better health
27 Nov, 2020 | 08:45h | UTCWHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour – World Health Organization
News release: Every move counts towards better health – says WHO
Commentaries: Aim to exceed weekly recommended physical activity level to offset health harms of prolonged sitting – BMJ AND You only need 30 to 40 minutes of exercise per day to ‘offset’ sitting at your desk all day, new analysis finds – Business Insider AND Physical activity guidelines 2020: comprehensive and inclusive recommendations to activate populations – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter
Launched today new 2020 WHO Guidelines on PA & Sedentary behaviour. Check out WHO website for summary in 6 UN languages. Take home message #EveryMoveCounts #BeActive Thanks to everyone who helped to produce this new global policy @WHO @ISPAH @BJSM_BMJ pic.twitter.com/tersZkMj3i
— fiona bull (@fiona_bull) November 25, 2020