Family Medicine
Research: Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:50h | UTCEditorial: No benefit of arthroscopy in subacromial shoulder pain (free)
Commentaries: Common shoulder surgery may offer little pain relief – OnMedica (free) AND Is a common shoulder surgery useless? – MedicalXpress (free) AND Popular Surgery To Ease Chronic Shoulder Pain Called Into Question – NPR (free)
Research: Association of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:51h | UTCAssociation of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Hormonal Contraception May Increase Risk of Suicide, Study Suggests – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Oral Contraceptives Linked to Suicide – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline for treatment of cancer pain
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:48h | UTC2017 SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of cancer pain – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Research: Cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:47h | UTCCommentaries: Cancer: 42 percent of cases down to risk factors you can change – Medical News Today (free) AND Preventable Cancer Estimate Reaches 40% – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guideline: Deprescribing antihyperglycemic agents in older persons
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:45h | UTCRelated algorithm: Antihyperglycemic deprescribing algorithm (free PDF)
See also other Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free resources)
Choosing Wisely: Six Things Pharmacists and Patients Should Question
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:46h | UTCNew Choosing Wisely Canada list: Six Things Pharmacists and Patients Should Question (RT @CPhAAPhC see Tweet)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Research: Conjoint Associations of Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension With Diabetes, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease in Parents
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:42h | UTCInvited Commentary: Gestational Hypertension and Diabetes—A Major Public Health Concern (free)
Commentaries: Pregnancy-related conditions taken together leave moms — and dads — at risk – McGill University Health Centre, via EurekAlert (free) AND Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension = Huge Risk for Later Disease – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Development and validation of a risk prediction algorithm to estimate future risk of type 2 diabetes
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:40h | UTCDevelopment and validation of QDiabetes-2018 risk prediction algorithm to estimate future risk of type 2 diabetes: cohort study – The BMJ (free) (RT @JuliaHCox see Tweet)
See QDiabetes 2018 risk calculator (free)
Guidelines Synopsis: Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:39h | UTCClinical Guidelines Synopsis: Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults – JAMA (free)
Editorial: The New 2017 ACC/AHA Guidelines “Up the Pressure” on Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension (free)
Related Viewpoint: The 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline for High Blood Pressure (free)
See original AHA/ACC Hypertension Guidelines and related resources in our November 13th issue (see #1)
Research: Association between maternal sleep practices and late stillbirth
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:37h | UTCCommentary: Stillbirth risk doubled in women sleeping on their back – OnMedica (free) AND Women advised to sleep on side to help prevent stillbirth – BBC (free)
Policy Statement: Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:38h | UTCPolicy Statement: Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
News release: The AAP and the Obesity Society Address the Social and Emotional Impact of Weight Stigma on Children and Teens (free)
Commentaries: Help obese kids avoid weight stigma, doctors advise – Reuters (free) AND How Not to Talk to a Child Who Is Overweight – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Review: Current and new challenges in occupational lung diseases
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:35h | UTCCurrent and new challenges in occupational lung diseases – European Respiratory Review (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 20 November 2017
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:34h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 20 November 2017 – The BMJ (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Review: Practical Considerations for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Older Adults
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:33h | UTC
Guideline: Pharmacologic management of chronic neuropathic pain
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:32h | UTCRelated article: Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
Research: The association between paternal and adolescent depressive symptoms
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:12h | UTCEditorial: The effect of paternal depression on depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring (free)
Commentaries: Dads’ Depression Tied to Increased Depression Risk in Teenage Children – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Teenage depression linked to father’s depression – University College London, via ScienceDaily (free)
Research: Dog ownership and the risk of cardiovascular disease and death
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:09h | UTCCommentaries: Dog ownership linked to lower mortality – Uppsala University, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Owning A Dog May Help Your Heart, Study Shows – Forbes (free)
Taking Care of the Physician
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:08h | UTCTaking Care of the Physician – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Exploring Attributes of High-Value Primary Care
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:06h | UTCExploring Attributes of High-Value Primary Care – Annals of Family Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Lower cost, higher quality primary care practices are distinguished by six attributes – American Academy of Family Physicians, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Identifying ‘high-value’ practices in primary care; a Stanford study pinpoints key attributes – Stanford Medicine (free)
Review: Undernutrition and severe acute malnutrition in children
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:01h | UTCUndernutrition and severe acute malnutrition in children – The BMJ (free for 2 weeks)
Infographic: Screening and referring children under 5 years old with acute undernutrition (free PDF)
Review: Diabetic foot
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:01h | UTCDiabetic foot – The BMJ (free for 2 weeks)
Infographic: A visual overview of the primary care assessment and monitoring of a diabetic foot (free PDF)
Guideline – Periodic preventive health visits: a more appropriate approach to delivering preventive services
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:58h | UTCSummary: Periodic preventive health visits: A more appropriate approach to delivering preventive services (free)
News release: Annual checkups do not result in better health outcomes, national task force reaffirms (free)
Research: Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Participation in Competitive Sports
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:57h | UTCSudden Cardiac Arrest during Participation in Competitive Sports – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sudden Cardiac Arrest Rare During Competitive Sports – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Cardiac arrest study in young athletes raises heart screening questions – Reuters (free) AND Cardiac Arrest Rare in Young Athletes But Tough to Predict – Health (free) AND Screening programs unlikely to prevent sudden cardiac arrest in competitive athletes – St. Michael’s Hospital, via EurekAlert (free)
Research: Radiologist-Level Pneumonia Detection on Chest X-Rays with Deep Learning
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:56h | UTC“We develop an algorithm that can detect pneumonia from chest X-rays at a level exceeding practicing radiologists”
The Patients vs. Paperwork Problem for Doctors
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:55h | UTCThe Patients vs. Paperwork Problem for Doctors – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related guideline: Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians (free)