General Interest
Report: Forecasting Life Expectancy, Years of Life Lost, and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in 2040
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:20h | UTCCommentaries: Major strides in forecasting future health – The Lancet (free) AND Why Life Expectancy in 2040 Could Be Lower Than It Is Today – LiveScience (free) AND How healthy will we be in 2040? – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Researcher Requests for Inappropriate Analysis and Reporting in a Survey of Consulting Biostatisticians
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:39h | UTCResearcher Requests for Inappropriate Analysis and Reporting: A U.S. Survey of Consulting Biostatisticians – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: When scientists want their data fudged and why you should care – CBC (free)
Heart Disease Used to be an Ailment of the Rich. But It’s Now Striking the World’s Poor.
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:40h | UTCHeart disease used to be an ailment of the rich. But it’s now striking the world’s poor. – VOX (free)
“In 2016, an estimated 1 million people died of HIV/AIDS, 445,000 people died of malaria, and 1.7 million died of tuberculosis. Nearly 18 million died of heart disease. And more than three-quarters of those deaths occurred in the developing world.”
The New Age of Patient Autonomy: Implications for the Patient-Physician Relationship
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:35h | UTCThe New Age of Patient Autonomy: Implications for the Patient-Physician Relationship – JAMA (free for a limited period) (via @EricTopol)
Perspective: A Pandemic Killing Tens of Millions of People is a Real Possibility
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:24h | UTCRelated: Innovation for Pandemics (free perspectives and video)
WHO Statement: Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak News
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:19h | UTCEbola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)
Related: DR Congo: managing Ebola virus in war – The Lancet (free) AND Ebola experts from CDC were pulled from outbreak zone amid security concern – STAT (free) AND Ebola showed up in a war zone. It’s not going well – VOX (free) AND Experts Said A War Zone Ebola Outbreak Would Be A Nightmare. It’s Been Even Worse – HuffPost (free) AND DRC Ebola cases top 200 as security problems fuel the spike – CIDRAP (free)
Study: Using Genetic Databases to Identify People
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:18h | UTCIdentity inference of genomic data using long-range familial searches – Science (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Most White Americans’ DNA Can Be Identified Through Genealogy Databases – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND How an Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND ‘We are increasingly exposed’: New studies show how easy it is to identify people using genetic databases – STAT (free) AND Supercharged crime-scene DNA analysis sparks privacy concerns – Nature (free)
Systematic Review: Youngest in Class More Likely to be Diagnosed with ADHD
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:17h | UTCAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder late birthdate effect common in both high and low prescribing international jurisdictions: systematic review – The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (free) (via @AllenFrancesMD)
Commentary: Global study finds youngest in class more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD – University of Adelaide (free)
The Lancet Series: Optimising Cesarean Section Use
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:14h | UTCSeries: Optimising caesarean section use – The Lancet (free articles and commentaries, registration required)
Commentaries: Caesarean section use has almost doubled globally since 2000 – The Lancet (free) AND C-section births rise rapidly to more than 20 percent worldwide – Reuters (free) AND Rate Of C-Sections Is Rising At An ‘Alarming’ Rate, Report Says – NPR (free) AND C-section deliveries nearly doubled worldwide since 2000, study finds – CNN (free) AND C-section births surge to ‘alarming’ rates worldwide – study – BBC (free)
Analysis: Treatment Burden Should be Included in Clinical Practice Guidelines
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:13h | UTCTreatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Opinion: Professional Societies Should Abstain From Authorship of Guidelines and Disease Definition Statements
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:12h | UTCCommentaries: Professional Societies, Clinical Specialists, and Guidelines – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free) AND Turn Cardiology Guidelines Over to Outsiders – MedPage Today (free registration required)
John Ioannidis, MD. “questioned whether cardiovascular guidelines “homogenize biased, collective, and organized ignorance” through use of predominantly “insider” experts as authors.” (from MedPage Today)
Study: Unapproved Pharmaceutical Ingredients Included in Dietary Supplements
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:07h | UTCEditorial: The FDA and Adulterated Supplements—Dereliction of Duty – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentaries: Nearly 800 dietary supplements contained unapproved drug ingredients, study finds – CNN (free) AND No Wonder It Works So Well – NPR (free) AND Hundreds of Dietary Supplements Are Tainted with Prescription Drugs – Scientific American (free) AND Hundreds of health, weight loss products contain unapproved ingredients: Study – UPI (free) AND Some dietary supplements contain potentially harmful drugs – Reuters (free)
Perspective: Should You Have Knee Replacement Surgery?
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:28h | UTCShould You Have Knee Replacement Surgery? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Some experts question whether the surgery is being done too often or too soon on patients who have not adequately explored less invasive approaches.”
Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless. Now What?
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:27h | UTCAntibiotics May Soon Become Useless. Now What? – WIRED (a few articles per month are free)
How to Prevent Brain-Sapping Delirium in the ICU
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:50h | UTCHow To Prevent Brain-Sapping Delirium In The ICU – NPR (free text and podcast)
Related: ABCDEF Bundle – Society of Critical Care Medicine (free resource) AND The ABCDEF Bundle: Science and Philosophy of How ICU Liberation Serves Patients and Families – Critical Care Medicine (free)
Perspective: The Approach to Predictive Medicine that is Taking Genomics Research by Storm
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:49h | UTCThe approach to predictive medicine that is taking genomics research by storm – Nature (free)
“Polygenic risk scores represent a giant leap for gene-based diagnostic tests. Here’s why they’re still so controversial.”
Correspondence: Real-Time Patient–Provider Video Telemedicine Integrated with Clinical Care
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:49h | UTC
Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:43h | UTCEnvironmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region (2018) – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Commentary: Noise: The other pollution hurting our health – CNN (free)
Randomized Trial: Effectiveness of the Stand More AT (SMArT) Work intervention
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCEditorial: Reducing sedentary behaviour in the workplace (free)
Commentaries: Standing-desk workers ‘less tired, more engaged’ – BBC (free) AND Sit-stand desks may improve job performance, psychological health – UPI (free)
Perspective: Ghost Authorship Haunts Industry-funded Clinical Trials
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:53h | UTCGhost authorship haunts industry-funded clinical trials – Nature (free)
Original Article: Collaboration Between Academics and Industry in Clinical Trials (free study and commentaries)
Randomized Trial: Community-Based Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:48h | UTCEditorial: Of Barbershops and Churches: Can Community-Based Interventions Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients? (free)
Commentaries: Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure – AHA Newsroom (free) AND How church communities can help lower African-Americans’ blood pressure – CNN (free) AND Church-Based Lifestyle Intervention Shows Promise for Lowering BP in Hypertensive African-Americans – TCTMD (free)
Related Study: Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries)
Electronic Cigarette Explosion and Burn Injuries
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:40h | UTCElectronic cigarette explosion and burn injuries, US Emergency Departments 2015–2017 – Tobacco Control (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: E-cigarette explosion and burn injuries have been underestimated by federal agencies – George Mason University (free) AND Study: E-Cigarette Injuries Drastically Underestimated – MedPage Today (free registration required)
800,000 People Kill Themselves Every Year. What Can We do?
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:41h | UTC800,000 people kill themselves every year. What can we do? – The Guardian (free) (via @onisillos)
Related Guidelines: Preventing suicide: A community engagement toolkit – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
“In too many places mental health support services are non-existent and those with treatable conditions are criminalized. Bold action is long overdue”
Perspective: The Name of the Dog
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:34h | UTCThe Name of the Dog – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
“During morning rounds, I had presented a patient who was admitted for chest pain after walking his dog. My attending had asked, ‘What was the name of his dog?’ ” (via @fischmd see Tweet)
Study: Genomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:32h | UTCGenomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults: Implications for Primary Prevention – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (via @EricTopol)