General Interest
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
Satirical Post: “Joint Commission Loses Accreditation After Failing Joint Commission Survey”
22 Sep, 2019 | 22:56h | UTCJoint Commission Loses Accreditation After Failing Joint Commission Survey – GlomerBlog (free)
Source: MedPage Today
Perspective: There’s a Reason We Don’t Know Much About AI
22 Sep, 2019 | 22:52h | UTCThere’s a reason we don’t know much about AI – Politico (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
“For everyone who is helped by this app, how many will be harmed by unnecessary anxiety, treatment and cost? We don’t know that ratio—and no one but Apple will have the data.” — @EricTopol in @politico https://t.co/8ePIXmq1WR
— Lown Institute (@lowninstitute) September 20, 2019
Viewpoint: Value-Based Purchasing and Physician Professionalism
22 Sep, 2019 | 22:57h | UTCValue-Based Purchasing and Physician Professionalism – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Perspective: Mental Health Apps are Scooping Up Your Most Sensitive Data. Will You Benefit?
22 Sep, 2019 | 22:51h | UTCMental health apps are scooping up your most sensitive data. Will you benefit? – STAT (free)
Ritalin at 75: What Does the Future Hold?
22 Sep, 2019 | 22:49h | UTCRitalin at 75: what does the future hold? – The Conversation (free)
Consensus Statement: Healthy Beverage Consumption in Early Childhood: Recommendations from Key Health and Nutrition Organizations
19 Sep, 2019 | 10:28h | UTCConsensus Statement: Healthy Beverage Consumption in Early Childhood: Recommendations from Key National Health and Nutrition Organizations – Health Eating Research (free PDF)
News Releases: 4 groups issue consensus report on healthy beverages for 0- to 5-year-olds – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Leading Health Organizations Support First-Ever Consensus Recommendations to Encourage Young Children’s Consumption of Healthy Drinks – American Heart Association (free)
Commentaries: What Should Young Children Drink? Mostly Milk and Water, Scientists Say – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Parents Should Limit Kids’ Juice Consumption, Guidelines Say – U.S. News (free)
See also: Health Kids, Health Drinks (free resources for the public)
Related: AAP/AHA Policy Statement: Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents (free)
India Announces Widespread Ban of E-Cigarettes
19 Sep, 2019 | 07:48h | UTCIndia Announces Widespread Ban Of E-Cigarettes – NPR (free)
See also: India e-cigarettes: Ban announced to prevent youth ‘epidemic’ – BBC (free) AND India bans e-cigarettes as global backlash at vaping gathers pace – Reuters (free)
Poetry and Medicine: Dysthanasia
18 Sep, 2019 | 02:28h | UTCDysthanasia – JAMA (free for a limited period)
WHO Campaign: First-ever World Patient Safety Day – September 17, 2019
17 Sep, 2019 | 08:35h | UTCWorld Health Organization Campaign on World Patient Safety Day (free resources)
News Release: WHO calls for urgent action to reduce patient harm in healthcare (free)
See also: Patient Safety Fact Sheet (free) 10 facts on patient safety (free) AND The Lancet Editorial: Patient safety: too little, but not too late (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Today is the first ever #WorldPatientSafetyDay.
No one should be harmed in health care.
Yet, every minute, 5 patients die because of unsafe care.
These deaths can be prevented – simple commitment can ensure safe care ?
More ? https://t.co/XfHSCYymkd #PatientSafety pic.twitter.com/6km24IUXfc— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) September 17, 2019
2019 Ig Nobels Award Study That Found Surgeons Are Trained Better When Treated Like Dogs
17 Sep, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCSee also: Training surgeons like dogs, icky money win 2019 Ig Nobels – Associated Press (free)
2018 Ig Nobel Awards: Ig Nobel Win for Kidney Stone Removing Roller-coaster (free commentaries)
Source: Training surgeons with clickers and warm scrotum studies win Ig Nobel awards – The BMJ ($)
“The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology.” (from About the Ig Nobel Prizes, in Improbable Research)
Study: Supercooling Extends Preservation Time of Human Livers
13 Sep, 2019 | 08:17h | UTCSupercooling Extends Preservation Time of Human Livers – Nature Biotechnology (free)
Commentaries: Scientists triple storage time of human donor livers – NIH News Releases (free) AND ‘Supercool’ method triples organ survival – BBC (free) AND A Human Liver Can Be Cooled to –4 Degrees Celsius and Survive – The Atlantic (free)
Study: Off-target Toxicity is a Common Mechanism of Action of Cancer Drugs Undergoing Clinical Trials
13 Sep, 2019 | 08:19h | UTCOff-target toxicity is a common mechanism of action of cancer drugs undergoing clinical trials – Science Translational Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Cancer drugs don’t always work as intended, researchers warn – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (free) AND Why Aren’t Cancer Drugs Better? The Targets Might Be Wrong – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Randomized Trial: Gluten Does Not Induce Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Healthy Volunteers
12 Sep, 2019 | 08:08h | UTCGluten Does Not Induce Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Healthy Volunteers: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo Trial – Gastroenterology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Will Science Sway Beliefs About Gluten? – Gastroenterology (free for a limited period) AND One of The Most Rigorous Experiments We Have Shows Gluten Isn’t Bad For Healthy People – Science Alert (free) AND Quick Take: Gluten does not induce gastrointestinal symptoms in healthy volunteers – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Opinion: Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes to Protect Our Children
12 Sep, 2019 | 08:03h | UTCBan Flavored E-Cigarettes to Protect Our Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Trump administration prepares to ban flavored e-cigarettes – STAT (free) AND ATS Responds to FDA’s Promise of Future Action on Flavored E-Cigarettes – American Thoracic Society (free)
Case Report: A British Teenager is Blind, But Not Because of Junk Food or “Fussy Eating”
10 Sep, 2019 | 01:17h | UTCA British Teenager is Blind, But Not Because of Junk Food or “Fussy Eating” – Science-Based Medicine (free)
Original Case Report: Blindness Caused by a Junk Food Diet – Annals of Internal Medicine ($ for full-text)
Other Commentaries: Teenager ‘blind’ from living off crisps and chips – BBC (free) AND Teenage boy goes blind after existing on Pringles, white bread and french fries – CNN (free)
Perspective: The 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution)
10 Sep, 2019 | 01:11h | UTCThe 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution) – Forbes (free)
Related: Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis (several resources on the subject)
Preliminary Report: Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use
9 Sep, 2019 | 00:12h | UTCEditorial: Vaping-Induced Lung Injury (free)
Related: Imaging of Vaping-Associated Lung Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Pulmonary Lipid-Laden Macrophages and Vaping – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated with Electronic-Cigarette–Product Use — Interim Guidance – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentaries: CDC Says Number Of Possible Cases Of Vaping-Related Lung Illness Has Doubled – NPR (free) AND Cases of Vaping-Related Lung Illness Surge, Health Officials Say – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Pneumonia cases linked to vaping are still rising. And federal officials don’t know what’s causing them – STAT (free)
Perspective: When Apps Get Your Medical Data, Your Privacy May Go With It
8 Sep, 2019 | 23:15h | UTCWhen Apps Get Your Medical Data, Your Privacy May Go With It – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Perspective: Schwartz Rounds—A Simple Way to Support Staff and Promote Compassionate Patient Care
8 Sep, 2019 | 23:18h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Study: Designing Better Sugary Drink Taxes
6 Sep, 2019 | 08:47h | UTCDesigning better sugary drink taxes – Science (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Taxing Sweetened Drinks by the Amount of Sugar Could Cut Obesity & Boost Economic Gains – NYU (free) AND Experts Say Tax the Sugar—Not the Size—Of Drinks for Healthier Outcomes – AAAS (free) AND A New Soda Tax Strategy Directly Addresses the Real Cost of Sugar – Inverse (free)
Related: Meta-Analysis: Impact of Sugar‐sweetened Beverage Taxes on Purchases and Dietary Intake (free study and resources on the subject)
Study: Snack Tax May be More Effective than a Sugary Drink Tax to Tackle Obesity
6 Sep, 2019 | 08:43h | UTCEditorial: Taxing confectionery, biscuits, and cakes to control obesity (free) AND
Commentaries: Snack tax may be more effective than a sugary drink tax to tackle obesity – The BMJ (free) AND What next for fiscal interventions to prevent obesity? – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Taxing sugary foods would cut prevalence of obesity – OnMedica (free) AND Snack tax may be more effective than a sugary drink tax to tackle obesity – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
Related: Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization (free) AND The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics (free series and commentaries) To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times (free policies, articles and commentaries) AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies (free study and commentaries) AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases (free study and commentary) AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities (free)