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Commentaries: Does MRI Screening Benefit Women With Extremely Dense Breasts? – U.S. News (free) AND Mixed Results With Mammo Plus MRI Screening – MedPage Today (free)

“The benefits need to be carefully weighed against the harms, as MRI examination is more expensive, and it requires the injection of a contrast agent into the body. MRI will also detect abnormalities that later turn out not to be breast cancer after all” (from U.S News)

Related Commentary on Twitter

In this randomized trial, women with extremely dense breast tissue were invited to undergo MRI screening or received only mammography during a 2-year screening period. https://t.co/tZmcappO00

— NEJM (@NEJM) November 27, 2019

WHO Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services for a Changing Epidemic

28 Nov, 2019 | 10:33h | UTC

Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services for a changing epidemic – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: WHO Releases New HIV Testing Guidelines To Help Expand Treatment Coverage, Reduce HIV Transmission – Health Policy Watch (free) AND WHO releases new HIV testing guidelines – Global ID News (free)

FDA Issues Safety Warning on Cannabidiol Products

28 Nov, 2019 | 10:29h | UTC

What You Need to Know (And What We’re Working to Find Out) About Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-derived Compounds, Including CBD – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)

Commentaries: FDA’s Warning On CBD: Cannabis Stocks Drop, Companies Object – Forbes (free) AND ‘CBD has the potential to harm you,’ FDA warns consumers – MarketWatch (free)

Related: Cannabidiol Products Are Everywhere, but Should People Be Using Them? – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND NICE Guideline: Cannabis-Based Medicinal Products (free Guideline and other resources)

Perspective: What Are the Benefits of Probiotics?

28 Nov, 2019 | 10:28h | UTC

What Are the Benefits of Probiotics? – The New York Times (free)

Related: Systematic Review: Harms Reporting in Trials with Probiotics (link to abstract and commentaries) AND The Problem With Probiotics – The New York Times (free)

Cohort Study: Associations of Dairy Intake with Risk of Mortality in Women and Men

28 Nov, 2019 | 10:24h | UTC

Associations of dairy intake with risk of mortality in women and men: three prospective cohort studies – The BMJ (free)

Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis: A Synopsis of the European Breast Guidelines

27 Nov, 2019 | 08:19h | UTC

Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis: A Synopsis of the European Breast Guidelines – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: European guidelines for breast cancer screening differ from U.S. recommendations – ACP Internist (free)

Related: ACP Guideline: Screening for Breast Cancer in Average-Risk Women (other guidelines and commentaries on the subject)

Podcast: Update in Sleep Medicine

27 Nov, 2019 | 08:08h | UTC

#184 Update in Sleep Medicine: LIVE from CHEST 2019! – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)

Viewpoint: Implementation Strategies for Cardiovascular Polypills

27 Nov, 2019 | 08:09h | UTC

Implementation Strategies for Cardiovascular Polypills – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: Implementation Strategies for Cardiovascular Polypills (free)

Related: The Polypill Revisited: Why We Still Need Population-Based Approaches in the Precision Medicine Era (free for a limited period) AND Randomized Trial: Polypill for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in an Underserved Population (randomized trials, commentaries and guideline on the subject)

Observational Study: Proton-pump Inhibitor Use is Associated with a Broad Spectrum of Neurological Adverse Events Including Impaired Hearing, Vision, and Memory

27 Nov, 2019 | 08:06h | UTC

Proton-pump inhibitor use is associated with a broad spectrum of neurological adverse events including impaired hearing, vision, and memory – Scientific Reports (free)

Commentary: PPIs linked to adverse neurological effects – Univadis (free registration required)

CDC Guidance: Tafenoquine for Prevention and Antirelapse Therapy for Malaria

27 Nov, 2019 | 07:44h | UTC

Guidance for Using Tafenoquine for Prevention and Antirelapse Therapy for Malaria — United States, 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentary: CDC Offers Guidance on Tafenoquine for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

CDC Updates Guidance on Pneumococcal Vaccination

27 Nov, 2019 | 07:42h | UTC

Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentary: PCV13 No Longer Recommended for All Seniors – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Iron Deficiency Anemia Revisited

26 Nov, 2019 | 07:35h | UTC

Iron deficiency anaemia revisited – Journal of Internal Medicine (free)

Alex Nowbar’s weekly review—22 November 2019

24 Nov, 2019 | 20:58h | UTC

Alex Nowbar’s weekly review, 22 November 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Systematic Review: Comparisons of Exacerbations and Mortality Among Regular Inhaled Therapies for Patients with Stable COPD

24 Nov, 2019 | 20:55h | UTC

Comparisons of exacerbations and mortality among regular inhaled therapies for patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis – PLOS Medicine (free)

Randomized Trial: Injectable 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone Not Effective for the Prevention of Recurrent Preterm Birth

24 Nov, 2019 | 20:59h | UTC

17-OHPC to Prevent Recurrent Preterm Birth in Singleton Gestations (PROLONG Study): A Multicenter, International, Randomized Double-Blind Trial – American Journal of Perinatology (free)

Commentary: Advice to pull a drug used to prevent premature birth sparks controversy – News Medical (free) AND Unexpected Findings in Confirmatory Trial of Preterm Birth Drug – MedPage Today (free registration required)

[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Long-term Risk of Epilepsy, Psychiatric Disorders, and Mortality Among Children with Recurrent Febrile Seizures

24 Nov, 2019 | 20:52h | UTC

Evaluation of Long-term Risk of Epilepsy, Psychiatric Disorders, and Mortality Among Children With Recurrent Febrile Seizures: A National Cohort Study in Denmark – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Risk of Epilepsy with Febrile Seizure – Journal Feed (free) AND Repeated febrile convulsions linked to epilepsy and psychiatric disorders – Aarhus University (free) AND Kids’ Fever-Related Convulsions Tied to Greater Risk of Epilepsy, Schizophrenia – PsychCentral (free)

Review: Bladder Pain Syndrome in Women

24 Nov, 2019 | 20:34h | UTC

Bladder Pain Syndrome in Women – JAMA (free for a limited period)

WHO Study: 81% of Adolescents Not Active Enough

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:40h | UTC

Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free)

News Release: New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Challenges in global surveillance of physical activity – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free) AND Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health – Health Policy Watch (free) AND A Majority of The World’s Teens Aren’t Getting Enough Physical Activity – TIME (free) AND More than 80% of adolescents not active enough, warns WHO – The Guardian (free) AND Sedentary teens risk health, hearts and minds: WHO study – Reuters (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

NEW: Majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk: findings from first ever global trends for girls and boys aged 11-17 years across 146 countries @WHO https://t.co/hGg1LpJuVr pic.twitter.com/CPDhikMXhi

— The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (@LancetChildAdol) November 21, 2019

Study: Exposure to Tomographic Scans and Cancer Risks

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:30h | UTC

Exposure to Tomographic Scans and Cancer Risks – JNCI Cancer Spectrum (free)

Commentary: Radiation from CT scans associated with increased risk for cancer – Oxford University Press (free)

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