Family Medicine
The global crackdown on parents who refuse vaccines for their kids has begun
3 Aug, 2017 | 19:37h | UTCThe global crackdown on parents who refuse vaccines for their kids has begun – VOX (free)
See more on mandatory vaccination in our May 29th (see #6) and July 12th (see #5) issues.
“Countries like Italy and Australia are tired of measles outbreaks — so they’re moving to fine anti-vaccine parents”.
Cancer screening: concerns, controversy and evidence
3 Aug, 2017 | 20:13h | UTCSpecial issue: Public Health Research & Practice – July 2017 Edition
– Editorial: Cancer screening: concerns, controversy and evidence (free)
– PSA testing for men at average risk of prostate cancer (free)
– What is overdiagnosis and why should we take it seriously in cancer screening? (free)
– History, development and future of cancer screening in Australia (free)
– Assessing the efficacy of cancer screening (free)
– Improving communication about cancer screening: moving towards informed decision making (free)
“A special issue to check out if you’re interested in cancer screening (including communication)” (RT @hildabast see Tweet)
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Long-Term Health Consequences
3 Aug, 2017 | 19:21h | UTCPolycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Long-Term Health Consequences – Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, via Medscape (free registration required)
Quitting statins after stroke may raise risk of another stroke
3 Aug, 2017 | 19:43h | UTCCommentary: Quitting statins after stroke may raise risk of another stroke – AHA / ASA Newsroom (free) AND Many Stroke Patients Stop Statins or Never Start, With Dire Consequences – TCTMD (free) AND Stopping statins after stroke may increase second-stroke risk – Reuters (free)
Longer sleep is associated with lower BMI and favorable metabolic profiles
3 Aug, 2017 | 19:26h | UTCCommentary: Short sleep linked to body mass, waist size – Reuters Health (free)
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease
3 Aug, 2017 | 14:09h | UTC
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: clinical guidelines
3 Aug, 2017 | 14:07h | UTC
Guideline for the diagnosis, management, and followup of cryptorchidism
3 Aug, 2017 | 14:08h | UTC
Benefits and Harms of Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
3 Aug, 2017 | 14:04h | UTC“For most people, treatment was not beneficial and may be harmful. Antibiotic treatment did appear to benefit women in pregnancy and those about to undergo urological surgery”.
Choosing Wisely International Top 10 recommendations
3 Aug, 2017 | 14:01h | UTCChoosing Wisely: An International Campaign to Combat Overuse, with new Top 10 recommendations (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA and @CADTH_ACMTS see Tweet with infographic)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Choosing Wisely has prioritized 10 recommendations for limiting overuse internationally.
Neck Pain: Updated Clinical Practice Guideline
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:59h | UTC
Effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis
3 Aug, 2017 | 14:03h | UTCSubgroup analyses of the effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis from the OA trail bank – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (RT @PhysioMeScience see Tweet)
“Currently, there is no good evidence to support the use of glucosamine for hip or knee OA”
Access to Emergency Contraception
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:40h | UTCCommittee Opinion No 707: Access to Emergency Contraception – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)
Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:38h | UTCCommittee Opinion No. 705: Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)
Addendum guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy in the United States
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:34h | UTC
Opioid Use in Pregnancy, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, and Childhood Outcomes
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:37h | UTC
New Online Calculator: The Smart Risk Score
1 Aug, 2017 | 22:41h | UTCNew Online Calculator: The Smart Risk Score – European Society of Cardiology (RT @JGrapsa see Tweet)
“The SMART Risk Score is a tool to estimate 10-year risk for recurrent vascular events in patients with manifest cardiovascular disease”
Breastfeeding Week Reports – World Health Organization
1 Aug, 2017 | 22:44h | UTCBreastfeeding Week Reports: Tracking Progress for Breastfeeding Policies and Programmes: Global breastfeeding scorecard 2017 – World Health Organization, UNICEF (free PDF) AND Nurturing the Health and Wealth of Nations: The Investment Case for Breastfeeding – World Health Organization, UNICEF (free PDF)
See also: UNICEF page on breastfeeding (free)
News release: Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding – World Health Organization (free)
“New analysis shows an investment of US$4.70 per newborn could generate US$300 billion in economic gains by 2025”.
New Series from the Lancet journals: Fungal Infections
1 Aug, 2017 | 22:43h | UTCNew Series from the Lancet journals: Fungal Infections – Lancet Infectious Diseases (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
Comment: Recovery from serious fungal infections should be realisable for everyone (free registration required)
– Fungal infections in HIV/AIDS (free registration required)
– Candida and invasive mould diseases in non-neutropenic critically ill patients and patients with haematological cancer (free registration required)
– Emerging issues, challenges, and changing epidemiology of fungal disease outbreaks (free registration required)
– Pulmonary and sinus fungal diseases in non-immunocompromised patients (free registration required)
– Improvement of fungal disease identification and management: combined health systems and public health approaches (free registration required)
– The global problem of antifungal resistance: prevalence, mechanisms, and management (free registration required)
– Immunotherapeutic approaches to treatment of fungal diseases (free registration required)
– Neglected endemic mycoses (free registration required)
“This Series of eight reports brings readers up to date on fungal infections and addresses how fungal infection management can be integrated into health systems in low-income and middle-income countries”
The Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
1 Aug, 2017 | 22:39h | UTC
Low-FODMAP Diet May Improve Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
1 Aug, 2017 | 21:40h | UTCA Diet Low in Fermentable Oligo-, Di-, and Mono-saccharides and Polyols Improves Quality of Life and Reduces Activity Impairment in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Diarrhea – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Low-FODMAP Diet Improves Life of Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Diarrhea – PracticeUpdate (free registration required)
Efficacy of corticosteroid treatment for severe community-acquired pneumonia: A meta-analysis
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:39h | UTCEfficacy of corticosteroid treatment for severe community-acquired pneumonia: A meta-analysis – American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: More Evidence That Steroids Are Beneficial in Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Journal Watch ($)
In this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia, corticosteroid treatment was associated with reduced in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay.
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Updated Network Meta-analysis
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:40h | UTCRelated: Guidelines on the management of latent tuberculosis infection – World Health Organization (free)
Diagnostic Stewardship – Leveraging the Laboratory to Improve Antimicrobial Use
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:37h | UTCDiagnostic Stewardship – Leveraging the Laboratory to Improve Antimicrobial Use – JAMA (free)
“This Viewpoint discusses the potential benefits and harms of diagnostic stewardship – modifying the ordering, performance, and reporting of diagnostic tests to improve antimicrobial use”
A Dangerous, “Silent Reservoir” For Gonorrhea: The Throat
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:35h | UTCA Dangerous, “Silent Reservoir” For Gonorrhea: The Throat – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
See related WHO report on the rising of “Untreatable Gonorrhea” in our July 10th issue (see #1)
“Drug-resistant gonorrhea is increasing. Now scientists say the epidemic is being driven by oral sex”. (RT @NYTHealth see Tweet)