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Population-based Cohort Study: Exposure to Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Associated with Increased Risk for Many Types of Cancers

5 Sep, 2019 | 08:27h | UTC

Association of Exposure to Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation With Risk of Cancer Among Youths in South Korea – JAMA Network Open (free)

Vaping Appears to Be Making Hundreds of People Sick. No One Knows Exactly Why.

5 Sep, 2019 | 08:20h | UTC

Vaping appears to be making hundreds of people sick. No one knows exactly why. – Vox (free)

Perspective: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Raises Legal and Ethical Concerns

5 Sep, 2019 | 08:18h | UTC

Artificial intelligence in medicine raises legal and ethical concerns – The Conversation (free)

#ESCCongress – Study: Cancer Now Leading Cause of Death in High-income Countries

4 Sep, 2019 | 09:32h | UTC

Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study – The Lancet (free for a limited period – registration required)

Commentaries: Cancer now leading cause of death in high-income countries — while heart disease burden persists in low-income and middle-income countries – The Lancet (free) AND Cardiovascular Disease Leading Cause of Death World-Wide, but Cancer Rising Cause in Rich Countries: Study – McMaster University (free) AND Cancer ‘biggest middle-age killer in rich nations’ – BBC (free) AND Cancer overtakes heart disease as biggest rich-world killer – Reuters (free) AND Cancer now tops heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death in these countries – CNN (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Presenting now #ESCCongress—#CVD remains leading cause of mortality globally, accounting for 40% of deaths, but in HIC, #cancer is now responsible for twice as many deaths: findings from #PUREStudy

Free to read with reg until Sept 10 #LancetCardiology https://t.co/iXSfIio77D pic.twitter.com/eHEJ0kWWfa

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) September 3, 2019

Perspective: What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves

4 Sep, 2019 | 08:45h | UTC

What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves – The New Yorker (free)

Cohort Study: Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries

4 Sep, 2019 | 08:23h | UTC

Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Large European Study Links Soda Consumption to Greater Risk of Mortality, Including From Parkinson – AJMC (free) AND Want to live longer? You may want to ditch these drinks – CNN (free) AND Soft drinks, including sugar-free, linked to increased risk of early death – The Guardian (free) AND Soft drinks – sugared or low-calorie – may raise the risk of early death – Reuters (free)

Study Finds No ‘Gay Gene,’ But Some Question Whether the Search Should Have Started At All

3 Sep, 2019 | 01:18h | UTC

Study Finds No ‘Gay Gene,’ But Some Question Whether The Search Should Have Started At All – CommonHealth (free)

Original Study: Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior – Science (free for a limited period)

Other commentaries: No ‘gay gene’: Massive study homes in on genetic basis of human sexuality – Nature (free) AND Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals – Science (free) AND Search For ‘Gay Genes’ Comes Up Short In Large New Study – NPR (free) AND Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, Not a Single ‘Gay Gene’ – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND No single gene associated with being gay – BBC (free)

Meta-Analysis: Menopausal Hormone Therapy Increases Breast Cancer Risk

30 Aug, 2019 | 08:55h | UTC

Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Menopausal hormones: definitive evidence for breast cancer – The Lancet (free) AND Menopausal hormone therapy and 20-year breast cancer mortality – The Lancet (free) AND Hormone therapy during menopause raises breast cancer risk for years, study finds – STAT (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at HRT use and risk of breast cancer – Science Media Centre (free)

WHO Joins Coalition for Free Digital Access to Health Research

30 Aug, 2019 | 08:53h | UTC

WHO joins coalition for free digital access to health research – World Health Organization (free)

Perspective: Medical Education Needs to Stop Burning out Students — Now

30 Aug, 2019 | 08:46h | UTC

Medical education needs to stop burning out students — now – STAT (free)

Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecular Markers is Small Study

29 Aug, 2019 | 06:00h | UTC

Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecular Markers of Aging in Healthy, Non-obese Humans – Cell Metabolism (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Alternate-day fasting associated with weight loss – Reuters (free) AND Clinical trial shows alternate-day fasting a safe alternative to caloric restriction – Cell Press (free) AND Alternate-Day Fasting in Short Term Safe, Has Metabolic Benefits – Medscape (free registration required)

Cohort Studies: Being Optimistic Linked to Increased Longevity

28 Aug, 2019 | 02:20h | UTC

Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: New evidence that optimists live longer – Boston University School of Medicine (free) AND Glass-half-full attitude may help you live past 85, new study finds – STAT (free) AND Staying optimistic might boost longevity, study shows – UPI (free) AND Reason to be cheerful? ‘Optimists live longer’ study reports – NHS Choices (free)

Perspective: Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help

27 Aug, 2019 | 01:55h | UTC

Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Lazarus in Asystole: A Case Report of Autoresuscitation After Prolonged Cardiac Arrest

27 Aug, 2019 | 00:28h | UTC

Lazarus in asystole: a case report of autoresuscitation after prolonged cardiac arrest – European Heart Journal Case Reports (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

**From the brink of death** Lazarus syndrome: spontaneous return of circulation after asystolic cardiac arrest https://t.co/v6U8HBqeuB @escardio @johncamm #openaccess #EHJCaseReports #ESCCoT #ESCardioEd #CardioTwitter pic.twitter.com/E2LmIwywGc

— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) August 24, 2019