General Interest
Perspective: Is Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis?
8 May, 2019 | 07:07h | UTCIs Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis? – The New Yorker (3 articles per month are free)
Related: Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region (free) AND WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Effects on Sleep (free) AND Review: Environmental Noise and the Cardiovascular System (free) AND Cross-sectional analysis: noise exposure in workplace tied to hypertension and high cholesterol (free)
Does Skipping Breakfast Lead to Weight Loss or Weight Gain?
8 May, 2019 | 06:55h | UTCDoes Skipping Breakfast Lead to Weight Loss or Weight Gain? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Observational Study Suggests a Link Between Skipping Breakfast and Increased Cardiovascular Risk (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Meta-Analysis: Effect of Breakfast on Weight and Energy Intake (free study and commentary)
NYT Editorial: 80,000 Deaths. 2 Million Injuries. It’s Time for a Reckoning on Medical Devices
7 May, 2019 | 01:10h | UTC80,000 Deaths. 2 Million Injuries. It’s Time for a Reckoning on Medical Devices – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Investigation: The Implant Files (free report and commentaries) AND It’s time to get serious about the safety of medical devices – STAT News (free)
Opinion: Here’s Why Moderate Drinking is Probably Not Good for You
7 May, 2019 | 01:07h | UTCHere’s why moderate drinking is probably not good for you – The Guardian (free)
“The problem is that moderate drinking isn’t an isolated behavior. You can’t easily separate moderate drinking from the people who drink moderately, which means that you can’t easily identify whether it’s actually the alcohol that’s improving people’s health or something more complex.”
Perspective: Why Your Doctor’s White Coat Can Be a Threat to Your Health
3 May, 2019 | 07:16h | UTCWhy Your Doctor’s White Coat Can Be a Threat to Your Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Long Sleeves on Doctors’ White Coats May Spread Germs (free commentaries)
Perspective: As Artificial Intelligence Moves Into Medicine, The Human Touch Could Be A Casualty
2 May, 2019 | 04:16h | UTCAs Artificial Intelligence Moves Into Medicine, The Human Touch Could Be A Casualty – NPR (free)
Opinion: How to Make Doctors Think About Death
1 May, 2019 | 07:07h | UTCOpinion: How to Make Doctors Think About Death – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“End-of-life treatment guidelines would help families, physicians and nurses confront the inevitable with care and compassion.”
WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Sleep for Children Under 5 years of Age
25 Apr, 2019 | 07:11h | UTCNews Release: To grow up healthy, children need to sit less and play more (free)
Commentaries: WHO recommends one-hour maximum screen time per day for under-5s – Reuters (free) AND Expert reaction to guidance on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age – Science Media Centre (free) AND No sedentary screen time for babies, WHO says – BBC (free)
Related Guidelines: Media and Young Minds – Recommendations from The American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND UK CMO commentary on screen time and social media map of reviews – Department of Health and Social Care (free PDF)
See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)
Perspective – “Why Do Doctors Overtreat? For Many, It’s What They’re Trained to Do”
22 Apr, 2019 | 02:16h | UTCWhy Do Doctors Overtreat? For Many, It’s What They’re Trained to Do – NPR (free)
Cohort Study: Screen-time is Associated with Inattention Problems in Preschoolers
18 Apr, 2019 | 07:53h | UTCCommentaries: Expert reaction to screen time and inattention in preschoolers – Science Media Centre (free) AND More Screen Time = More Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Increased screen time in preschool is linked to inattention – PLOS (free)
Chinese Management Guidelines of Vacuum Sealing Drainage Application in Abdominal Surgeries
10 Apr, 2019 | 20:34h | UTC
What Are Polygenic Scores and Why Are They Important?
10 Apr, 2019 | 06:04h | UTCWhat Are Polygenic Scores and Why Are They Important? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: How Scientists are Learning to Predict Your Future with Your Genes (free)
“Before polygenic scores can be translated into clinical practice they will need to be extensively validated in clinical and population-based cohorts for their ability to predict meaningful outcomes that can be modified with intervention.”
Opinion: Preventing Heart Disease Requires More than Medicine
4 Apr, 2019 | 01:57h | UTCPreventing heart disease requires more than medicine – STAT (free)
Opinion – “Highly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right.”
3 Apr, 2019 | 00:55h | UTCHighly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right. – Forbes (free)
Original Article: No Free Lunch — What Price Plan S for Scientific Publishing? – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The costs of academic publishing are absurd. The University of California is fighting back – VOX (free) AND Ten myths around open scholarly publishing – PeerJ Preprints (free PDF) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)
Women with Newly Discovered Gene Mutation Feels Almost no Pain
1 Apr, 2019 | 12:00h | UTCCommentaries: Woman with novel gene mutation lives almost pain-free – University College London (free) AND The case of a woman who feels almost no pain leads scientists to a new gene mutation – STAT (free) AND At 71, She’s Never Felt Pain or Anxiety. Now Scientists Know Why. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND The woman who doesn’t feel pain – BBC (free)
Study: Climate Change will Lead to a Global Expansion of Aedes-borne Virus Infections
29 Mar, 2019 | 06:56h | UTCCommentaries: CHART: Where Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Will Go In The Future – NPR (free) AND Mosquito-spread diseases may endanger millions in new places due to climate change – The Guardian (free)
Related: Climate Change — A Health Emergency (free reports and commentaries on the subject)
Relate Commentary on Twitter (interactive chart – click for more)
CHART: Where Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Will Go In The Future
A new study predicts how far north these insects could live if climate change goes unchecked. https://t.co/oinaTUmkh3 pic.twitter.com/fhvYbV5VP8— NPR Goats & Soda (@NPRGoatsandSoda) March 28, 2019
AAP/AHA Policy Statement: Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents
26 Mar, 2019 | 02:05h | UTCPublic Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: American Academy of Pediatrics and American Heart Association endorse suite of policies to reduce kids’ consumption of sugary drinks (free)
Commentaries: Tax on sugary drinks recommended by health organizations – UPI (free) AND AHA, AAP recommend policies to limit kids’ sugary drink consumption – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND To Curb Kids’ Sugary Drink Habits, Pediatricians Now Call For Soda Taxes – NPR (free) AND Physician groups call for taxes and regulations on kids’ access to sugary drinks – CNN (free)
Related: Soda Tax Linked to a 50 Percent Reduction in Sugary Drink Consumption (several policies, guidelines, studies and commentaries on the subject)
Study: Electronic Versus Print Books in Parent-Toddler Interactions
26 Mar, 2019 | 01:35h | UTCDifferences in Parent-Toddler Interactions with Electronic Versus Print Books – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Does story time with an e-book change how parents and toddlers interact? – University of Michigan (free) AND Print Books Better Than E-Books for Parent-Toddler Interaction – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Reading to Your Toddler? Print Books Are Better Than Digital Ones – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
JAMA Viewpoint: Physicians’ Trust in One Another
25 Mar, 2019 | 00:39h | UTCPhysicians’ Trust in One Another – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related Article: Why Physicians Should Trust in Patients – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: JAMA viewpoint: Physicians’ trust in one another is a care safety and quality issue – Regenstrief Institute (free)
Study: Tea Drinking Temperature and Risk of Esophageal Cancer
22 Mar, 2019 | 06:59h | UTCCommentaries: Expert reaction to research on hot tea and oesophageal cancer – Science Media Centre (free) AND Drinking hot tea linked with elevated risk of esophageal cancer – Wiley (free) AND Drinking very hot tea almost doubles risk of cancer, new study says – CNN (free) AND Hot tea linked to increased risk of esophageal cancer – UPI (free)
Study: Daily or High-Potency Cannabis Use Associated with Increased Incidence of Psychotic Disorder
21 Mar, 2019 | 06:36h | UTCCommentaries: Cannabis and psychosis: triangulating the evidence – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Expert reaction to daily cannabis use, potency and psychosis – Science Media Centre (free) AND Daily or high-potency cannabis increases risk of psychotic disorder, study finds – CNN (free) AND Daily cannabis and skunk users run higher psychosis risk – Reuters (free)
Cohort Study: Long-Term Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Mortality
21 Mar, 2019 | 06:30h | UTCCommentaries: ‘Just one sugary drink a day’ linked to health problems – NHS Choices (free) AND Sugary drinks linked to higher risk of premature death, especially for women, study says – CNN (free) AND Sugary drinks could raise risk of early deaths finds study – News Medical (free)
Study: Apple Watch Can Spot Atrial Fibrillation, But More Research is Needed
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:59h | UTCPresented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2019 Scientific Session.
See also: Beware the hype over the Apple Watch heart app. The device could do more harm than good – STAT (free) AND Apple Watch may spot heart problem but more research needed – Associated Press (free) AND Apple Watch May Detect A-fib in the General Population, but at What Cost? – TCTMD (free)
Related: Editorial: Downsides of Detecting Atrial Fibrillation in Asymptomatic Patients (free) AND USPSTF Statement: Screening with Resting or Exercise Electrocardiography (ECG) Not Recommended (free Guideline and commentaries) AND Wearable technology to screen for atrial fibrillation: does it raise more questions than it answers? (free commentaries) AND Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs (free commentaries)
3 Ways AI is Already Changing Medicine
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:16h | UTC3 ways AI is already changing medicine – Vox (free)
Perspective: The Case for Being a Medical Conservative
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:46h | UTCThe Case for Being a Medical Conservative – The American Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter (thread, click for more)
Twitter thread coming on what @adamcifu @VPrasadMDMPH @AndrewFoy82 and I think is the BEST approach to pt care. This is …
The Case for Being a Medical Conservative. https://t.co/nZXrnvMQqP
Thanks to the @amjmed for publishing this. pic.twitter.com/PKJNHLVZwU— John Mandrola, MD (@drjohnm) March 14, 2019