General Interest
Perspective | Clinicians debate the usefulness of NAFLD name change
11 Aug, 2023 | 15:39h | UTCClinicians debate the usefulness of NAFLD name change – MDedge
Original article: From NAFLD to MASLD | New consensus changes fatty liver disease terminology to avoid stigmatization
Study | The high financial and human cost of quality metric reporting in hospitals
11 Aug, 2023 | 15:36h | UTCThe Volume and Cost of Quality Metric Reporting – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Author Interview: The Costs of Quality Reporting – JAMA
Commentaries:
The Cost of “Quality” – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note
How John Hopkins spent $5m and 108,478 hours on quality reporting in one year – HealthLeaders
The cost of quality metric reporting – Becker’s Hospital Review
[News Release] RCT | Semaglutide 2.4 mg reduces cardiovascular risk by 20% in adults with CVD & obesity
9 Aug, 2023 | 15:40h | UTCCommentaries:
SELECT: Semaglutide Cuts CV Events in Adults With Overweight or Obesity – TCTMD
Perspective | Creation and adoption of large language models in medicine
9 Aug, 2023 | 15:38h | UTCCreation and Adoption of Large Language Models in Medicine – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Rethinking large language models in medicine – Stanford Medicine
Perspective | An AI-enhanced electronic health record could boost primary care productivity
9 Aug, 2023 | 15:36h | UTCAn AI-Enhanced Electronic Health Record Could Boost Primary Care Productivity – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Perspective | Large language models answer medical questions accurately, but can’t match clinicians’ knowledge
9 Aug, 2023 | 15:35h | UTCLarge Language Models Answer Medical Questions Accurately, but Can’t Match Clinicians’ Knowledge – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Perspective | Artificial-intelligence search engines wrangle academic literature
9 Aug, 2023 | 15:33h | UTCArtificial-intelligence search engines wrangle academic literature – Nature
Research Letter | GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 show low accuracy in citing journal articles
9 Aug, 2023 | 15:31h | UTCAccuracy of Chatbots in Citing Journal Articles – JAMA Network Open
Commentary on Twitter
21% of medical journal articles cited by GPT-4 were found to be fake; GPT-3.5 cited an estimated 98% fake articles. Narrower topics had more fake articles than broader topics. Despite its promise, ChatGPT is currently not a reliable source of medical data. https://t.co/DCTIkT1OkZ
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) August 9, 2023
Survey | The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science
7 Aug, 2023 | 15:00h | UTCThe manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science – PLOS Biology
Commentary from the author: Non-native English speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals – The Conversation
News Releases:
The cost of being a non-native English speaker in science – PLOS
Science language barrier could cost countless careers – University of Queensland
Commentary on Twitter
Some potential solutions to reducing disadvantages for non-native English speakers in publishing & conferences
By @tatsuya_amano & colleagues from their seminal @PLOSBiology paperhttps://t.co/luBndai3FQ @PLOS pic.twitter.com/68x6rZBMW4
— Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@paimadhu) August 5, 2023
RCT | Mammography screening with AI reduces workload by 44.3% without loss in detection efficacy
4 Aug, 2023 | 12:13h | UTCArtificial intelligence-supported screen reading versus standard double reading in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a clinical safety analysis of a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority, single-blinded, screening accuracy study – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: First randomized trial finds AI-supported mammography screening is safe and almost halves radiologist workload – Lancet
Commentaries:
Large Mammography Study Shows Significant Benefits with AI-Aided Screening – Diagnostic Imaging
Evidence Review | AA and other 12-step programs outperform CBT for alcohol use disorder
2 Aug, 2023 | 14:05h | UTCAlcohol dependence: evidence and experience on 12 steps to recovery – Evidently Cochrane
Original study: Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12‐step programs for alcohol use disorder – Cochrane Library
UNESCO calls for global ban on smartphones in schools
28 Jul, 2023 | 14:26h | UTCReport: Technology in education – UNESCO
News Releases:
UNESCO calls for global ban on smartphones in schools – UN News
Smartphones in school? Only when they clearly support learning – UNESCO
Commentary: ‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools – The Guardian
Study | Only 11% of sports supplements listing botanical ingredients accurately declare contents, 12% contain FDA-prohibited stimulants
28 Jul, 2023 | 14:21h | UTCCommentaries:
Ensuring the Safety and Value of Supplements – JAMA Network Open
BMJ Investigation | Medical royal colleges receive millions from drug and medical devices companies
28 Jul, 2023 | 14:19h | UTCMedical royal colleges receive millions from drug and medical devices companies – The BMJ
News Release: Medical royal colleges receive millions from drug/medical device companies – BMJ Newsroom
Commentary on Twitter
Drug and medical device companies have given £9m to UK royal colleges in recent years.
Scroll through our series of #BMJInfographics to see how much individual companies have paid each college 👇 https://t.co/s03xSl18BP pic.twitter.com/PX1Lzmtb4N
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) July 27, 2023
Study | New deep learning model effectively detects type 2 diabetes from chest X-rays
28 Jul, 2023 | 14:15h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
"Your Chest-ray indicates you may have diabetes"https://t.co/1TEHWvG33D
The latest unexpected outgrowth of deep learning #AI @NatureComms @AyisPyrros and colleagues pic.twitter.com/wZcTT2GCy2— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 11, 2023
Cohort Study | BMI of 25.0–29.9 not linked with higher mortality in 21st century U.S. adults
25 Jul, 2023 | 13:58h | UTCNews Release: No increase in mortality for most overweight people, study finds – PLOS
Commentary: Expert reaction to study looking at BMI and all-cause mortality – Science Media Centre
Perspective | Digital health for aging populations
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:13h | UTCDigital health for aging populations – Nature Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Perspective | Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed?
24 Jul, 2023 | 13:12h | UTCMedicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed? – Nature
Related: Dozens of recent clinical trials may contain wrong or falsified data (free study by John Carlisle)
Commentary on Twitter
.@Nature reports on the investigations that suggest that, in some fields, at least one-quarter of clinical trials might be problematic or even entirely made up. The researchers behind these investigations are calling for stronger scrutiny. https://t.co/uztDC6JwbH
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) July 22, 2023
Correspondence | Potential “healthy vaccinee bias” in a study of BNT162b2 vaccine against Covid-19
21 Jul, 2023 | 13:43h | UTC
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Our correspondence is out in @njem written w @VPrasadMDMPH & Ram Duriseti
We show v strong evidence of healthy vaccinee bias in an Israeli study of Pfizer booster vs covid death, which wasn't disclosed
Could explain ALL reported benefit of the booster🧵https://t.co/F3WeafvUnw pic.twitter.com/b29YQ0lblh
— Tracy Høeg, MD, PhD (@TracyBethHoeg) July 20, 2023
Study | Large language models show potential for medical question answering capabilities
20 Jul, 2023 | 11:12h | UTCLarge language models encode clinical knowledge – Nature
News Release: Benchmarking AI’s ability to answer medical questions – Nature Publishing Group
Changes to breast structure and function across a woman’s lifespan: implications for managing and modeling female breast injuries
19 Jul, 2023 | 14:29h | UTC
Survey Study | ChatGPT’s performance in simulated patient-provider interactions
19 Jul, 2023 | 14:28h | UTCPutting ChatGPT’s Medical Advice to the (Turing) Test: Survey Study – JMIR Medical Education
Related: ChatGPT’s responses to patient questions rated higher for quality and empathy than physicians
IARC, WHO agency, identifies aspartame as potentially carcinogenic but probably safe within established acceptable daily intake
18 Jul, 2023 | 13:58h | UTCNews Release: Aspartame hazard and risk assessment results released – World Health Organization
Commentaries:
Expert reaction to IARC and JEFCA summary on aspartame – Science Media Centre
Aspartame Hazard and Risk Assessment Results Released by IARC and JECFA – The ASCO Post
RCT | Donanemab slows early symptomatic Alzheimer’s progression, but raises serious safety concerns
18 Jul, 2023 | 13:51h | UTCDonanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer Disease: The TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorials:
Donanemab for Alzheimer Disease—Who Benefits and Who Is Harmed? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Amyloid-Targeting Monoclonal Antibodies for Alzheimer Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Ushering in a New Era of Alzheimer Disease Therapy – JAMA (free for a limited period)
See also: Visual Abstract
Commentary: Expert reaction to results from Eli Lilly on its anti-amyloid drug donanemab – Science Media Centre
Related: RCT | Lecanemab slows cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s disease but raises safety concerns.
Health advisory on social media use in adolescence
11 Jul, 2023 | 14:03h | UTCHealth advisory on social media use in adolescence – American Psychological Association
News Release: APA panel issues recommendations for adolescent social media use – American Psychological Association