Family Medicine
How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds
10 Oct, 2017 | 01:07h | UTCHow Smartphones Hijack Our Minds – The Wall Street Journal (free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
“Research suggests that as the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens”
Research: Impact of Maternal Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccination on Preventing Pertussis in Infants <2 Months of Age
9 Oct, 2017 | 20:58h | UTCImpact of the US Maternal Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccination Program on Preventing Pertussis in Infants <2 Months of Age: A Case-Control Evaluation – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study: Tdap vaccine in pregnancy protects infants – CIDRAP (free) AND Fewer newborns get whooping cough when moms get vaccinated – Reuters (free)
Research: Women who get frequent UTIs may reduce risk by drinking plenty of water
10 Oct, 2017 | 01:09h | UTCWomen who get frequent UTIs may reduce risk by drinking plenty of water – Infectious Diseases Society of America, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Recurrent Cystitis? Drink More Water – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Drinking More Water Really Does Ward Off UTIs – LiveScience (free)
Study Presented at #IDWeek2017
Research: Impact of the Commercialization of Three Generic Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers on Adverse Events in Quebec, Canada
10 Oct, 2017 | 01:05h | UTCCommentaries: Generic Blood Pressure Drugs May Be Tied to Increase in Adverse Events – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Generic ARBs Linked to Increased Adverse Events – TCTMD (free)
As in any observational study, association does not necessarily imply causation.
Review: Ophthalmic manifestations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
9 Oct, 2017 | 20:38h | UTC
Research: Antenatal nutritional supplementation and autism spectrum disorders
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:43h | UTCCommentaries: Multivitamins in pregnancy may be linked to lower autism risk in children – ScienceDaily (free) AND Could multivitamin use in pregnancy protect children from autism? – Medical News Today (free) AND Multivitamin Use in Pregnancy Might Be Tied to Lower Autism Risk in Offspring – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Systematic Review: 2017 Update on Medical Overuse
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:39h | UTC2017 Update on Medical Overuse: A Systematic Review – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Study highlights 10 most unnecessary and overused medical tests and treatments – University of Maryland School of Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)
Report: Trends in Incidence of Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:40h | UTCNews Release: Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States (free)
Commentaries: Excessive Weight Gain, Obesity, and Cancer Opportunities for Clinical Intervention – JAMA Viewpoint (free) AND Cancer: 40 percent of all cases related to obesity, overweight – Medical News Today (free)
Simple preventive actions by parents linked to fewer child injuries
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:42h | UTCSimple preventive actions by parents linked to fewer child injuries – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Keeping Children Safe: a multicentre programme of research to increase the evidence base for preventing unintentional injuries in the home in the under-fives – Programme Grants for Applied Research (free)
“Children more than twice as likely to attend hospital for stair falls if safety gate not used. Home hazards studied” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
New Choosing Wisely Recommendations – American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Endocrinology & Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:35h | UTCNew Choosing Wisely Recommendations
Choosing Wisely US: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question: American Academy of Pediatrics – Section on Endocrinology (free) AND Commentary: Choosing Wisely: 5 Pediatric Endocrinology Tests to Avoid – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Choosing Wisely Canada: Nine Things Nurse Practitioners and Patients Should Question – Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada (free)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Research: Use of Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants With and Without Concurrent Medications and Risk of Major Bleeding
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:37h | UTCAssociation Between Use of Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants With and Without Concurrent Medications and Risk of Major Bleeding in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Use of Non-Vitamin K Blood-Thinners with Certain Medications Associated With Increased Risk of Major Bleeding – The JAMA Network (free) AND Drug reactions with NOACs in AFib patients could result in major bleeding problems – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Research: Exercise and the Prevention of Depression
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:32h | UTCCommentary: Just One Hour of Exercise a Week May Help Prevent Depression – TIME Magazine (free) AND One hour of exercise a week can prevent depression – EurekAlert (free) AND What’s the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise – The Guardian (free)
“Explaining and apologizing to patients after a medical error does not increase lawsuits, large US study finds” (RT @bmj_latest see Tweet)
Research: Association Between Use of Antithrombotic Medication and Hematuria-Related Complications
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:29h | UTCAssociation Between Use of Antithrombotic Medication and Hematuria-Related Complications – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antithrombotics Associated with Gross Hematuria – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Haematuria more common in people taking antithrombotics – OnMedica (free)
Meta-analysis: Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography vs Functional Stress Testing for Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:19h | UTCInvited commentary: Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography—The First Test for Evaluating Patients With Chest Pain? (free)
Commentary: Coronary CT Angiography vs. Stress Testing: Meta-Analysis Offers Mixed Results – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Coronary Computed Tomografic Angiography (CCTA) was associated with a very small reduction in the incidence of myocardial infarction (0.7% vs 1.1% = 0.4% absolute risk reduction), but without differences in death or cardiac hospitalization. Patients undergoing CCTA were significantly more likely to undergo invasive coronary angiography (11.7% vs 9.1%), revascularization (7.2% vs 4.5%) and were also more likely to receive a diagnosis of new CAD and to have initiated aspirin or statin therapy.
Research: Potential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCPotential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes – Tobacco Control (free)
Commentaries: Switch to vaping could prevent millions of premature deaths – OnMedica (free) AND Tobacco smokers could gain 86 million years of life if they switch to vaping, study finds – eCancer News (free) AND Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6 million American smokers: researchers – Reuters (free)
Related review: Key issues surrounding the health impacts of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and other sources of nicotine – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)
Research: Carbohydrate-last meal pattern lowers postprandial glucose and insulin excursions in type 2 diabetes
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:10h | UTCCommentary: People with type 2 diabetes should ‘save carbs for last’, study claims – NHS Choices (free)
Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:16h | UTCSource: Critical Care Review Newsletter
Research: Olfactory Dysfunction Predicts Subsequent Dementia in Older U.S. Adults
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:15h | UTCOlfactory Dysfunction Predicts Subsequent Dementia in Older U.S. Adults – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Elderly Who Have Trouble Identifying Odors Face Risk of Dementia – NewsWise (free) AND Poor Sense of Smell May Signal Impending Dementia – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Sniffing out dementia with a simple smell test – Medical News Today (free)
Research: Gestational Age and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Individuals Born At Term
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:14h | UTCCommentaries: Early babies could face lifelong fitness risks – The University of Queensland (free) AND Early-Term Birth Tied to Poor Cardiorespiratory Fitness Later – Medscape (free registration required) AND Early ‘full-term’ babies have poorer fitness into young adulthood – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Review: Palliative Care in Neurology
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:09h | UTCPalliative Care in Neurology – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Meta-analysis: The risk of new-onset diabetes in antidepressant users
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:13h | UTCCommentary: Type 2 Diabetes and Antidepressant Drug Use: Is There a Causal Link? – Endocrinology Advisor (free)
Systematic review: Prognostic variables and scores identifying the end of life in COPD
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:07h | UTC
Review: Preoperative cardiac evaluation with echocardiography before non-cardiac surgery
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:57h | UTC
Meta-analyses on nalmefene, naltrexone, acamprosate, baclofen and topiramate for drinking disorder
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:43h | UTCCommentary: Pills prescribed for alcoholism might not work, study finds – The Guardian (free)
Research: Pharmacologic Differences of Sulfonylureas and the Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular and Hypoglycemic Events
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:41h | UTCPharmacologic Differences of Sulfonylureas and the Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular and Hypoglycemic Events – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Cardiac Risk the Same With All Sulfonylureas in Diabetes – Medscape (free registration required)