Family Medicine
Study: Unapproved Pharmaceutical Ingredients Included in Dietary Supplements
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:07h | UTCEditorial: The FDA and Adulterated Supplements—Dereliction of Duty – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentaries: Nearly 800 dietary supplements contained unapproved drug ingredients, study finds – CNN (free) AND No Wonder It Works So Well – NPR (free) AND Hundreds of Dietary Supplements Are Tainted with Prescription Drugs – Scientific American (free) AND Hundreds of health, weight loss products contain unapproved ingredients: Study – UPI (free) AND Some dietary supplements contain potentially harmful drugs – Reuters (free)
Review: Diabetic Gastroparesis
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:45h | UTC
Review: Modalities in Managing Postherpetic Neuralgia
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:42h | UTCModalities in managing postherpetic neuralgia – The Korean Journal of Pain (free)
Meta-Analysis: Therapeutic Alternatives in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:42h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Misoprostol Heals Small Bowel Ulcers in Aspirin Users With Small Bowel Bleeding
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:30h | UTCMisoprostol Heals Small Bowel Ulcers in Aspirin Users With Small Bowel Bleeding – Gastroenterology (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Misoprostol Helps Heal Small Bowel Ulcers – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Review: What Treatments are Effective for Common Cold in Adults and Children?
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:51h | UTCWhat treatments are effective for common cold in adults and children? – The BMJ (free review and infographic)
Commentaries: What works for treating children’s colds? – BBC (free) AND Doctors should steer young children away from decongestants – OnMedica (free)
Review: A New Vaccine for Shingles
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCShingrix: A New Vaccine for Shingles – Therapeutics Initiative (free)
“Need to vaccinate 31 people to prevent one instance of HZ; Need to vaccinate 358 people to prevent one instance on post herpetic neuralgia” (via @amtejani)
Canadian Guideline for the Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:58h | UTC
Review: An Update on the Use of Inhaled Therapy in COPD
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:55h | UTCAn update on the use of inhaled therapy in COPD – Clinical Medicine (free)
Meta-Analysis: Evaluation of the Diet Wide Contribution to Serum Urate Levels
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:52h | UTCEditorial: The role of diet in serum urate concentration (free)
Commentary: Diet Might Play Less of a Role in Gout Than Previously Thought – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Randomized Trial: Community-Based Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:48h | UTCEditorial: Of Barbershops and Churches: Can Community-Based Interventions Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients? (free)
Commentaries: Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure – AHA Newsroom (free) AND How church communities can help lower African-Americans’ blood pressure – CNN (free) AND Church-Based Lifestyle Intervention Shows Promise for Lowering BP in Hypertensive African-Americans – TCTMD (free)
Related Study: Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries)
Committee Recommends New Restrictions on the use of Fluoroquinolones
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:47h | UTCCommentaries: EMA committee recommends restrictions on fluoroquinolone, quinolone antibiotics – Reuters (free) AND PRAC Recommends Restrictions on Fluoroquinolone, Quinolones – Medscape (free registration required)
Related FDA Safety Alert: Warnings for Fluoroquinolones on Risks of Mental Health and Low Blood Sugar Adverse Reactions (free statement and commentaries)
Position Paper: Non-Celiac Gluten/Wheat Sensitivity
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:46h | UTC
Review: Office Approach to Small Fiber Neuropathy
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:43h | UTCOffice approach to small fiber neuropathy – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Infographic Series: Treatments and Initiatives that are Cost Effective
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:42h | UTCNine ways research could save the NHS money – NHS Dissemination Centre (free)
New infographic series with selected NIHR Signals covering a range of treatments and initiatives that are cost effective.
Systematic Review: Non‐Clinical Interventions for Reducing Unnecessary Caesarean Section
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:36h | UTCNon‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)
Summary: Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section (free)
Systematic Review: Pelvic Floor Muscle Training For Urinary Incontinence in Women
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:35h | UTCPelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women – Cochrane Library (free)
“Based on the data available, we can be confident that pelvic floor muscle training can cure or improve symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and all other types of urinary incontinence”
Study: Genomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:32h | UTCGenomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults: Implications for Primary Prevention – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (via @EricTopol)
Zackary Berger’s Journal Reviews – 8 October 2018
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:34h | UTCZackary Berger’s journal reviews, 8 October 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Zackary Berger reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Meta-Analysis: Statins Not Benefitial for Noncardiovascular Outcomes
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:31h | UTCStatins and Multiple Noncardiovascular Outcomes: Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses of Observational Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Statin Benefits: Yes for CVD but No for Everything Else, Says New Review – TCTMD (free) AND Statins’ benefits beyond heart health aren’t clear-cut, analysis says – CNN (free)
New ADA Guideline: Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:13h | UTCCommentaries: New Consensus Report from the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Calls for Paradigm Shift to Patient-Centered Care for Type 2 Diabetes – American Diabetes Association (free) AND New EASD-ADA consensus guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes launched at EASD meeting – Diabetologia (free)
Related Guidelines: WHO Guideline: Medicines for the Treatment of Diabetes in Low-Resource Settings (free guideline and commentaries) AND Pharmacologic Glycemic Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults – Canadian Journal of Diabetes (free) ADA 2018 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free guideline and commentaries) AND ACP Guideline: Hemoglobin A1c Targets for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes (free guideline and commentaries)
Perspective: What the Tests Don’t Show
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:11h | UTCWhat the tests don’t show – The Washington Post (a few articles per month are free)
“Many doctors are surprisingly bad at reading test results and/or fail to grasp how false positives work. This is putting patients at risk” (via @pash22 see Tweet)
Study: Outpatient Antibiotics Widely Prescribed Without an Infection Diagnosis
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:10h | UTCOutpatient antibiotics widely prescribed without an infection diagnosis – CIDRAP (free)
Related Commentary: Study Finds Almost Half of Antibiotic Prescriptions Written Without a Diagnosis – Pharmacy Times (free)
COPD Guidelines: A Review of the 2018 GOLD Report
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:07h | UTCCOPD Guidelines: A Review of the 2018 GOLD Report – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Related: Highlights from the New GOLD COPD Guidelines (free guideline and commentaries)
Review: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:09h | UTCThe Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)