General Interest
Observational Study Suggests Improved Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates by Delaying the Newborn Bath
27 Jan, 2019 | 20:14h | UTCInitiative to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding by Delaying the Newborn Bath – Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatal Nursing (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Delaying newborn baths increases rates of breastfeeding – Cleveland Clinic (free) AND Delaying Newborn Baths Boosts Breastfeeding Rates – Medscape (free registration required)
Perspective: Climate Change — A Health Emergency
24 Jan, 2019 | 21:45h | UTCClimate Change — A Health Emergency – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: 250,000 deaths a year from climate change is a ‘conservative estimate,’ research says – CNN (free) AND Climate Change Is a Public Health Emergency: Here are eight reasons why – Scientific American (free)
See also: WHO Report: Health and Climate Change (free report and commentaries) AND The 2018 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change (free report and commentaries) AND Projections of Temperature-Related Excess Mortality Under Climate Change Scenarios (free study and commentaries) AND Quantifying Excess Deaths Related to Heatwaves Under Climate Change Scenarios (free study and commentaries)
Head to Head: Should We Rename Low Risk Cancers?
24 Jan, 2019 | 21:42h | UTCShould we rename low risk cancers? – The BMJ (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
I'm with @DrLauraEsserman on this: rename very low risk "#cancer"
like IDLE = indolent lesions of epithelial origin (breast, prostate, and others)https://t.co/f3fBWCsgdL @bmj_latest
stop the unnecessary surgery, treatment and alarm/anxiety pic.twitter.com/HkBdo8WacL— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 24, 2019
Perspective: The Death of the Sick Day
24 Jan, 2019 | 21:41h | UTCThe Death of the Sick Day – The New York Times (free)
“For many office workers, “working from home” has replaced a day spent recovering under the covers.”
Cohort Study: Association of Fried Food Consumption with All Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality
24 Jan, 2019 | 21:40h | UTCCommentaries: Eating Fried Foods Linked To Heart Disease, Earlier Deaths In Women Over 50 – Kaiser Health News (free) AND Fried Foods Tied to Heart Disease in Women – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
VO₂max: The Gold Standard for Measuring Fitness Explained
24 Jan, 2019 | 16:21h | UTCVO₂max: the gold standard for measuring fitness explained – The Conversation (free)
10 Global Health Issues to Watch in 2019
24 Jan, 2019 | 00:02h | UTC10 Global Health Issues to Watch in 2019 – IntraHealth (free) (via @ghn_news)
Related: WHO: Ten Threats to Global Health in 2019 (free)
The Herd to the Rescue: How an Invisible Shield Can Keep us Healthy
23 Jan, 2019 | 14:25h | UTCThe herd to the rescue: How an invisible shield can keep us healthy – STAT (free)
Related: Case Report: Fatal Measles Case Highlights Importance of Herd Immunity in Protecting the Vulnerable (free case report and commentary)
NYT Editorial: How to Inoculate Against Anti-Vaxxers
21 Jan, 2019 | 23:58h | UTCHow to Inoculate Against Anti-Vaxxers – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: WHO: Ten Threats to Global Health in 2019 (free statement) AND Measles Outbreaks Show Why Anti Vaxxers Made WHO’s 10 Global Health Threats – Forbes (free)
“Opioids Don’t Work for Most People with Chronic Pain. So Why do We Still Prescribe Them?”
22 Jan, 2019 | 00:26h | UTCRelated study: Meta-Analysis: Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain (link to abstract and commentaries)
See also: Opioid Wisely – Choosing Wisely Canada (free) AND Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
Study: Marketing of Opioids Linked to More Overdose Deaths
20 Jan, 2019 | 16:58h | UTCEditorial: A Perspective Regarding the Current State of the Opioid Epidemic (free)
Author Interview: Marketing of Opioid Products and Mortality From Opioid-Related Overdoses; Comparison of Wait Times for New Patients Between the Private Sector and VA Medical Centers (free)
Commentaries: Study Links More Marketing Of Opioids To More Overdose Deaths – CommonHealth (free) AND Heavy marketing of opioid drugs linked to overdose deaths – UPI (free) AND Study Links Drug Maker Gifts for Doctors to More Overdose Deaths – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Cohort Study: Associations of Income Volatility With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality
20 Jan, 2019 | 13:32h | UTCAssociations of Income Volatility With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in a US Cohort: 1990 to 2015 – Circulation (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Sudden income drops in early adulthood linked with risk of heart disease later – Reuters (free) AND Study links income to heart disease in younger adults – UPI (free)
Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:02h | UTCRelated: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) 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)
The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCFood in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems – The Lancet (free articles – registration required)
Summary: EAT-Lancet Commission Brief for Everyone (free)
Commentaries: New Diet Guidelines to Benefit People and the Planet: More Greens for All, Less Meat for Some – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New ‘planetary health diet’ can save lives and the planet, major review suggests – CNN (free) AND A bit of meat, a lot of veg – the flexitarian diet to feed 10bn – BBC (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Feeding a population of 10 billion people by 2050 with a healthy & sustainable diet will be impossible without transforming eating habits, improving food production & reducing food waste—new @EATForum–@TheLancet Commission #EATLancet #foodcanfixit https://t.co/TsRQiyhA09 pic.twitter.com/v2KtYu9pdS
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 16, 2019
Opinion: Time to Abandon Early Detection Cancer Screening
16 Jan, 2019 | 22:31h | UTCTime to abandon early detection cancer screening – European Journal of Clinical Investigation (free)
How Telehealth Can Get Healthcare to More People
16 Jan, 2019 | 22:28h | UTCHow telehealth can get healthcare to more people – World Economic Forum (free)
Protein Mania: The Rich World’s New Diet Obsession
16 Jan, 2019 | 22:25h | UTCProtein mania: the rich world’s new diet obsession – The Guardian (free)
Randomized Trial: Implementing School-Based Policies to Prevent Obesity
16 Jan, 2019 | 22:22h | UTCImplementing School-Based Policies to Prevent Obesity: Cluster Randomized Trial – American Journal of Preventive Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: School nutrition policies reduce weight gain – National Institutes of Health (free) AND School-based nutritional programs reduce student obesity – Yale University (free)
WHO: Ten Threats to Global Health in 2019
16 Jan, 2019 | 00:58h | UTCTen threats to global health in 2019 – World Health Organization (free)
Randomized Trial: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
16 Jan, 2019 | 00:54h | UTCEffect of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on 8-Week Remission in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Video Summary: Can a short duration of anaerobically prepared pooled FMT induce remission in ulcerative colitis? (free)
See also: Visual Abstract (free)
Commentary: Poo transplant effective treatment for chronic bowel condition – University of Adelaide (free)
Randomized Trial: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
16 Jan, 2019 | 00:51h | UTCEffect of Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation vs Continued Disease-Modifying Therapy on Disease Progression in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
See also: Visual Abstract (free)
Commentaries: For some multiple sclerosis patients, knocking out the immune system might work better than drugs – Science (free) AND A remarkable new study shows stem cells can reverse MS in some patients – Vox (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at blood stem cell transplantation as a MS treatment – Science Media Centre (free)
Association of Sleep Duration and Quality With Subclinical Atherosclerosis
16 Jan, 2019 | 00:43h | UTCAssociation of Sleep Duration and Quality With Subclinical Atherosclerosis – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Cardiovascular disease risk linked to lack of sleep – OnMedica (free) AND Less Than Six Hours of Sleep May Raise Risk of Heart Disease – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND The duration and quality of sleep is of vital importance in cardiovascular health – Centro Nacional De Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (free) AND Sleeping less than six hours a night may increase cardiovascular risk – American College of Cardiology (free)
Study: Medically Assisted Reproduction and Birth Outcomes
16 Jan, 2019 | 00:38h | UTCMedically assisted reproduction and birth outcomes: a within-family analysis using Finnish population registers – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Medically assisted reproduction does not raise risk of preterm birth and low birth weight – MedicalXpress (free)
American College of Physicians Ethics Manual: Seventh Edition
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:37h | UTCAmerican College of Physicians Ethics Manual: Seventh Edition – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
News Release: American College of Physicians releases new edition of Ethics Manual (free)
“Genetic testing, telemedicine, end-of-life care, and human subjects research are among issues examined in new edition of ACP Ethics Manual” (from News Release)
Opinion: Why Big Pharma Must Disclose Payments to Patient Groups
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:33h | UTCWhy Big Pharma must disclose payments to patient groups – The Conversation (free)