General Interest
Study: Association of Registered Nurse and Nursing Support Staffing with Inpatient Hospital Mortality
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:05h | UTCAssociation of registered nurse and nursing support staffing with inpatient hospital mortality – BMJ Quality & Safety (free) (via @brhospitalist)
Editorial: Nurses matter: more evidence (free)
Cohort Study: Healthy Lifestyle Linked to Longer Life Expectancy Free of Major Chronic Diseases
10 Jan, 2020 | 08:17h | UTCCommentaries: Healthy habits add up to 10 disease-free years to your life, study reveals – NHS Choices (free) AND 5 healthful living factors extend disease-free life – Medical News Today (free) AND Healthy habits ‘deliver extra disease-free decade’ – BBC (free)
Perspective – Flattening the Hierarchies in Academic Medicine: The Importance of Diversity in Leadership, Contribution, and Thought
9 Jan, 2020 | 23:41h | UTC
‘Evidence-Based Medicine’ and the Expulsion of Peter Gøtzsche
9 Jan, 2020 | 23:40h | UTC‘Evidence-Based Medicine’ and the Expulsion of Peter Gøtzsche – Undark (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter (Thread – Click for more)
https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1212214301567488002?s=03
5 Practices to Foster Physician Presence and Connection with Patients in the Clinical Encounter
9 Jan, 2020 | 01:26h | UTCPractices to Foster Physician Presence and Connection With Patients in the Clinical Encounter – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorials: Can an Evidence-Based Approach Improve the Patient-Physician Relationship? (free for a limited period) AND Connecting With Patients—The Missing Links (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Practices to Foster Physician Presence and Connection with Patients in the Clinical Encounter (free)
Video: Connecting With Patients in Medicine (free)
Opinion: Doctors, Nurses and the Paperwork Crisis That Could Unite Them
8 Jan, 2020 | 22:21h | UTCDoctors, Nurses and the Paperwork Crisis That Could Unite Them – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Opinion – “The EMR has changed the doctor-patient duet into a ménage-à-trois” (free resources on the subject)
Perspective – A Reality Check on Artificial Intelligence: Are Health Care Claims Overblown?
8 Jan, 2020 | 01:09h | UTCA Reality Check on Artificial Intelligence: Are Health Care Claims Overblown? – Kaiser Health News (free)
Editorial: The Harms of Promoting ‘Zero Harm’
8 Jan, 2020 | 01:07h | UTCThe harms of promoting ‘Zero Harm’ – BMJ Quality & Safety (free for a limited period) (via @brhospitalist)
Related Viewpoint: Managing risk in hazardous conditions: improvisation is not enough – BMJ Quality & Safety (free)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Global Health in 2019
8 Jan, 2020 | 01:07h | UTCThe good, the bad and the ugly in global health in 2019 – CNN (free)
Perspective: What Is the Keto Diet and Does It Work?
8 Jan, 2020 | 00:59h | UTCWhat Is the Keto Diet and Does It Work? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: The Ketogenic Diet: Pros and Cons (free articles on the subject)
Perspective: Artificial Intelligence Is Rushing into Patient Care – And Could Raise Risks
7 Jan, 2020 | 01:44h | UTCArtificial Intelligence Is Rushing Into Patient Care – And Could Raise Risks – Scientific American (a few articles per month are free)
“AI systems are not as rigorously tested as other medical devices, and have already made serious mistakes.”
How One Medical Checkup Can Snowball Into a ‘Cascade’ of Tests, Causing More Harm than Good
6 Jan, 2020 | 23:26h | UTCRelated: Study: Cascades of Care After Incidental Findings (free study and commentaries) AND Umbrella Review: Prevalence and Outcomes of Incidental Imaging Findings (free study and commentary) AND Study: Prevalence and Cost of Care Cascades After Low-Value Preoperative Electrocardiogram for Cataract Surgery (link to abstract, commentary and other studies)
Looking Forward 25 years: The Future of Medicine
6 Jan, 2020 | 23:16h | UTCLooking forward 25 years: the future of medicine – Nature (free)
“To celebrate the end of our 25th anniversary year, we asked thought leaders and experts in the field to answer one question: What will shape the next 25 years of medical research?”
The Altmetric TOP 100 Articles of 2019
5 Jan, 2020 | 14:24h | UTCThe Altmetric TOP 100 Articles of 2019
See the 54 articles in the List Related to Medical and Health Sciences
“In the past 12 months, Altmetric has tracked over 62.5 million mentions of 2.7 million research outputs. Here, we’ve highlighted the 100 most-discussed works of 2019 – those that have truly captured the public imagination.”
Related Commentary on Twitter
It’s finally here! Explore the list of the most discussed and shared research of 2019 https://t.co/vfy3LUPCFt #AltmetricTop100 pic.twitter.com/t3zJmC3aiS
— Altmetric (@altmetric) December 17, 2019
Analysis: Doctors Prescribe More of a Drug If They Receive Money from a Pharma Company Tied to It
5 Jan, 2020 | 14:17h | UTCDoctors Prescribe More of a Drug If They Receive Money from a Pharma Company Tied to It – ProPublica (free)
Commentary: We’ve Been Tracking Pharma Payments to Doctors For Nearly A Decade. We Just Made A Big Breakthrough – ProPublica (free)
Study: Google Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Improves Accuracy of Breast Cancer Detection in Mammography
5 Jan, 2020 | 14:14h | UTCInternational evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening – Nature (free link via STAT)
Commentaries: AI shows promise for breast cancer screening – Nature (free) AND Google AI tool can pinpoint breast cancer better than clinicians, new study suggests – STAT (free) AND Artificial intelligence could help to spot breast cancer – Imperial College London (free) AND AI can now outperform doctors at detecting breast cancer. Here’s why it won’t replace them – Vox (free) AND A.I. Is Learning to Read Mammograms – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Study finds Google system could improve breast cancer detection – Reuters (free)
Working 9 to 5, Not the Way to Make an Academic Living: Observational Analysis of Manuscript and Peer Review Submissions Over Time
5 Jan, 2020 | 13:32h | UTCCommentaries: Study busts 9 to 5 model for academic work – Queensland University of Technology (free) AND There’s No Winter Break From ‘Publish or Perish’ – The New York Times (a few articles per month are free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The “weekend” is a misnomer for many researchers, concludes this study by @aidybarnett et al, which found that levels of out of hours work were high among researchershttps://t.co/LPQ3HgbQgq
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) December 29, 2019
Predatory Journals: No Definition, No Defense
12 Dec, 2019 | 08:19h | UTCPredatory journals: no definition, no defence – Nature (free)
Related: Many Academics Eager to Publish in Worthless Journals – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Predatory Journals Are Such a Big Problem It’s Not Even Funny – HIV and ID Observations (free)
“Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach.”
Related Commentary on Twitter
Define what predatory journals actually are in order to combat them. https://t.co/c4e2oCqt89
— nature (@Nature) December 11, 2019
Perspective: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research
11 Dec, 2019 | 08:22h | UTCHow Twitter is Changing Medical Research – Nature (free)
Related: Keeping Up With Cardiology: Old-School Learning Versus the Twittersphere – TCTMD (free) AND Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops? – Facets (free) AND Rise of the Tweetorial – Precious Bodily Fluids (free) AND Social Medicine: Twitter in Healthcare – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free) AND University of Twitter? Scientists give impromptu lecture critiquing nutrition research – CBC (free) AND Twitter-Based Medicine: How Social Media is Changing the Public’s View of Medicine – The Health Care Blog (free) AND What’s your doctor reading? How social media is disrupting medical education – National Post (free)
“From online journal clubs to ‘tweetorials’ to conference updates, social media is changing the dissemination and discussion of biomedicine.”
BBC Investigation on the Reporting of the EXCEL Trial Raises Concerns Over the Safety of Stents for Left Main Disease in Patients at Low Risk for Surgery
11 Dec, 2019 | 08:19h | UTCSurgeons withdraw support for heart disease advice – BBC (free)
YouTube Video: European guidelines on heart disease under review – BBC Newsnight (free)
See also: EACTS responds to BBC Newsnight’s investigation on the EXCEL trial – European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (free)
Commentary: EACTS Pulls Out of Left Main Guidelines After BBC Bombshell Alleging EXCEL Trial Cover-up – TCTMD (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Wow! Super 🔥🔥🔥🔥 breaking story!
Reanalysis of EXCEL using Universal Definition of MI would have changed results substantially.
Taggart may be vindicated.
H/t @MedCrisis @drjohnm https://t.co/Yu7qKuiBdV
— Venk Murthy MD PhD (@venkmurthy) December 9, 2019
Study: Cell Phone Related Injuries Are on The Rise
9 Dec, 2019 | 01:22h | UTCHead and Neck Injuries Associated With Cell Phone Use – JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Cellphone distraction linked to increase in head injuries – Rutgers University (free) AND As smartphones became more popular, more people were sent to the hospital after dropping their phones on themselves, study finds – Business Insider (free) AND Walking while texting and other cell phone related injuries are on the rise, especially for the young – CNN (fee) AND Distracted by Their Smartphones, Pedestrians Are Landing in the ER – U.S. News (free)
Educational Review – Chest Imaging Using Signs, Symbols, and Naturalistic Images: A Practical Guide for Radiologists and Non-radiologists
6 Dec, 2019 | 08:42h | UTC
Pilot Study Finds 10-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Reduces Weight, Blood Pressure, and Atherogenic Lipids in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome
6 Dec, 2019 | 08:31h | UTCTen-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Reduces Weight, Blood Pressure, and Atherogenic Lipids in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome – Cell Metabolism (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Limited eating times could be a new way to fight obesity and diabetes – The Conversation (free) AND Clinical study finds eating within 10-hour window may help stave off diabetes, heart disease – Salk Institute (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at time-restricted eating and weight loss in people with metabolic syndrome – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: Early Time-Restricted Feeding Improves Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Pressure, and Oxidative Stress Even without Weight Loss in Men with Prediabetes – Cell Metabolism (free) AND When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Study: Daily Fasting Improves Health and Survival in Male Mice (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Fasting diets are going mainstream — ahead of the science. Here’s why. – Vox (free)
[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Hair Dye and Chemical Straightener Associated with Increased Risk of Breast Cancer
5 Dec, 2019 | 07:49h | UTCHair dye and chemical straightener use and breast cancer risk in a large US population of black and white women – International Journal of Cancer (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk – NIH News Releases (free) AND Hair Dyes And Straighteners Linked To Higher Cancer Risk, Especially For Black Women – NPR (free)
The BMJ Manifesto for Producing Evidence That is Free of Commercial Influences
4 Dec, 2019 | 08:22h | UTCPathways to independence: towards producing and using trustworthy evidence – The BMJ (free)
See Complete Series: Commercial Influence in Health: from Transparency to Independence (free articles)
Commentary: Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence – The Conversation (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
It’s time to stop the endemic financial entanglement with industry that's distorting the production and use of healthcare evidence, causing harm to individuals and waste for health systems, argue an influential group of international experts in @bmj_latest https://t.co/4mkdYGNRrB pic.twitter.com/YXdrJS4c56
— BMJ Group (@bmj_company) December 3, 2019