General Interest
Opinion: The Folly of Big Science Awards
9 Oct, 2019 | 10:38h | UTCThe Folly of Big Science Awards – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Waste in the US Health Care System: Estimated Costs and Potential for Savings
8 Oct, 2019 | 10:14h | UTCWaste in the US Health Care System: Estimated Costs and Potential for Savings – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Waste in the US Health Care System (free for a limited period) AND Elusive Waste: The Fermi Paradox in US Health Care (free for a limited period) AND Toward Evidence-Based Policy Making to Reduce Wasteful Health Care Spending (free for a limited period) AND Eliminating Wasteful Health Care Spending—Is the United States Simply Spinning Its Wheels? (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Waste in the US Health Care System: Estimated Costs and Potential for Savings (free audio)
Commentary: The Huge Waste in the U.S. Health System – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Randomized Trial: Effect on Treatment Adherence of Distributing Essential Medicines at No Charge
8 Oct, 2019 | 10:13h | UTCCommentary: Free drugs improve patient adherence, JAMA study finds – Modern Healthcare (free)
Missed Appointments, Missed Opportunities: Tackling The Patient No-Show Problem
8 Oct, 2019 | 10:07h | UTCMissed Appointments, Missed Opportunities: Tackling The Patient No-Show Problem – Forbes (free)
Related: Appointment reminder systems are effective but not optimal: results of a systematic review and evidence synthesis employing realist principles – Patient Preference and Adherence (free) AND Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointments – Cochrane Library (free)
Podcast: In-Flight Emergencies
8 Oct, 2019 | 10:06h | UTCIn-Flight Emergencies REBOOT with Angelica Zen MD – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)
Related: In-Flight Medical Emergencies: A Review – JAMA (free)
Perspective: Medical Education—The Tyranny of Guidelines and the Single Best Answer
8 Oct, 2019 | 09:29h | UTCLiyang Pan: Medical education—the tyranny of guidelines and the single best answer – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Vaping Illness Update: FDA Warns Public to Stop Using THC-Containing Products and Any Products Obtained Off the Street
7 Oct, 2019 | 05:50h | UTCRelated: CDC Intensifies Warnings About Vaping Illness As Cases Top 1,000 – NPR (free) AND CDC Report: 76.9% of Patients with Vaping-related Lung Illnesses Used a THC-Containing Product (free) AND Preliminary Report: Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use (free)
Randomized Trial: Kangaroo Mother Care Improves Survival of Infants with Low Birthweight
7 Oct, 2019 | 05:55h | UTCEffect of community-initiated kangaroo mother care on survival of infants with low birthweight: a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free registration required)
Invited Commentary: Improving survival of infants with low birthweight cared for outside hospitals – The Lancet (free registration required)
Related Cochrane Review: Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants (free) AND Summary: Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants (free)
50 Pieces of Advice to Young Psychiatrists from a Very Old One
7 Oct, 2019 | 05:49h | UTCAdvice to Young Psychiatrists From a Very Old One – Psychiatric Times (free)
Perspective: Highlight Negative Results to Improve Science
7 Oct, 2019 | 05:48h | UTCHighlight negative results to improve science – Nature (free)
Related: Congratulations. Your Study Went Nowhere – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Joint statement on public disclosure of results from clinical trials – World Health Organization (free)
Perspective: Potential Liability for Physicians Using Artificial Intelligence
7 Oct, 2019 | 01:13h | UTCPotential Liability for Physicians Using Artificial Intelligence – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Scientist Who Discredited Meat Guidelines Didn’t Report Past Food Industry Ties
7 Oct, 2019 | 01:08h | UTCScientist Who Discredited Meat Guidelines Didn’t Report Past Food Industry Ties – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Original Study: Guideline: It Is NOT Necessary to Reduce Red and Processed Meat Consumption (free guideline and systematic reviews)
Meta-Analysis: Association of Optimism with Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality
7 Oct, 2019 | 00:48h | UTCCommentaries: Optimism and Health: Where Do We Go From Here? – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Optimism Linked to Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death – Mount Sinai Health System (free) AND Optimism tied to lower rates of heart attacks, death – Reuters (free)
Perspective: Blame Rising Cancer Overdiagnosis on ‘Irrational Exuberance’ for Early Detection
4 Oct, 2019 | 08:08h | UTCBlame rising cancer overdiagnosis on ‘irrational exuberance’ for early detection – STAT (free)
Related: What is overdiagnosed cancer? And why does it matter? – Croakey (free) AND Five warning signs of overdiagnosis – The Conversation (free) AND Overdiagnosis: Causes and Consequences in Primary Health Care (free) AND Screening: How Overdiagnosis and Other Harms can Undermine the Benefits (free) AND WONCA Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken (free) AND Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t (free) AND Review: Overdiagnosis Across Medical Disciplines (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems (free)
Meat’s Bad for You! No, It’s Not! How Experts See Different Things in the Data
2 Oct, 2019 | 02:02h | UTCMeat’s Bad for You! No, It’s Not! How Experts See Different Things in the Data – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
See also: Is eating beef healthy? The new fight raging in nutrition science, explained. – Vox (free)
Original Article: Guideline: It Is NOT Necessary to Reduce Red and Processed Meat Consumption (free guideline and commentaries)
Guideline: It Is NOT Necessary to Reduce Red and Processed Meat Consumption
1 Oct, 2019 | 01:01h | UTCEditorial: Meat Consumption and Health: Food for Thought (free)
Related Annals of Internal Medicine Systematic Reviews: Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for All-Cause Mortality and Cardiometabolic Outcomes (free) AND Patterns of Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes (free) AND Reduction of Red and Processed Meat Intake and Cancer Mortality and Incidence (free) AND Effect of Lower Versus Higher Red Meat Intake on Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes (free) AND Health-Related Values and Preferences Regarding Meat Consumption (free)
Commentaries: Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Red and processed meat are OK to eat, controversial new guidelines claim. Don’t believe it, leading experts say – CNN (free) AND Expert reaction to new papers looking at red and processed meat consumption and health – Science Media Centre (free)
Perspective: The Risk and Cost of Limited Clinician and Patient Accountability in Health Care
1 Oct, 2019 | 00:41h | UTCThe Risk and Cost of Limited Clinician and Patient Accountability in Health Care – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Perspective: Your Robot Surgeon Will See You Now
1 Oct, 2019 | 00:38h | UTCYour robot surgeon will see you now – Nature (free)
CDC Report: 76.9% of Patients with Vaping-related Lung Illnesses Used a THC-Containing Product
30 Sep, 2019 | 00:56h | UTCCommentaries: Many patients with vaping-related illnesses used THC, CDC reports – STAT (free) AND THC vape products may be the main culprit in the mysterious lung illness outbreak – Vox (free) AND U.S. CDC recommends against using vapes with marijuana ingredient – Reuters (free)
Related: Preliminary Report: Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use (free resources)
Tips on How to Write a Great Science Paper
30 Sep, 2019 | 00:48h | UTCNovelist Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper – Nature (free)
This is How Attitudes to Vaccines Compare Around the World
27 Sep, 2019 | 08:23h | UTCThis is how attitudes to vaccines compare around the world – World Economic Forum (free)
Meta-Analysis: Performance of Deep Learning Algorithms vs. Health-care Professionals in Detecting Diseases from Medical Imaging
26 Sep, 2019 | 08:46h | UTCCommentaries: Human versus machine in medicine: can scientific literature answer the question? – The Lancet Digital Health (free) AND First systematic review and meta-analysis suggests artificial intelligence may be as effective as health professionals at diagnosing disease – The Lancet (free) AND Can AI really interpret images as well as physicians? – Health Imaging (free) AND Expert reaction to a study looking at the effectiveness of AI at diagnosing disease compared to health professionals – Science Media Centre (free)
Meta-Analysis: Association Between Screen Media Use and Academic Performance Among Children and Adolescents
24 Sep, 2019 | 08:16h | UTCAssociation Between Screen Media Use and Academic Performance Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to screen media use and academic performance – Science Media Centre (free) AND Not all screen time causes kids to underperform in school, study says – CNN (free)
‘Value’ of Care Was a Big Goal. How Did It Work Out?
24 Sep, 2019 | 07:48h | UTC‘Value’ of Care Was a Big Goal. How Did It Work Out? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
I’ve Noticed a Change in My Colleague’s Behavior. What Should I Do?
24 Sep, 2019 | 07:46h | UTCI’ve noticed a change in my colleague’s behaviour. What should I do? – The BMJ (free) (via @brhospitalist)
Related Commentary on Twitter
ask. ask. ask. | I've noticed a change in my colleague's behaviour. What should I do? – BMJ https://t.co/99M8OOxBOD @medpedshosp
— Phil Boucher, MD (@DrPhilBoucher) September 17, 2019