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Delighted to announce the publication of our Series on urban design, transport, and health. Visit the hub page for the full Series, Comments, and added extras: https://t.co/dQrsK4jrGe pic.twitter.com/AAi9BeuRhy

— The Lancet Global Health (@LancetGH) May 11, 2022

Creating effective infographics and visual abstracts to disseminate research and facilitate medical education on social media.

24 May, 2022 | 10:46h | UTC

Creating Effective Infographics and Visual Abstracts to Disseminate Research and Facilitate Medical Education on Social Media – Clinical Infectious Diseases

Commentary on Twitter

Creating Effective Infographics and Visual Abstracts to Disseminate Research and Facilitate Medical Education on Social Media

? Freely Available
? https://t.co/GpeoEQAWMP #IDTwitter
via @JenniferSpicer4 and @cg_coleman pic.twitter.com/DjiJbAyPVQ

— Clinical Infectious Diseases (@CIDJournal) May 23, 2022

Cluster RCT: Effects of limiting recreational screen media use on physical activity and sleep in families with children.

24 May, 2022 | 08:12h | UTC

Effects of Limiting Recreational Screen Media Use on Physical Activity and Sleep in Families With Children: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

News Release: Reducing screen time increases physical activity in children – University of Southern Denmark Faculty of Health Sciences

Commentary on Twitter

A randomized trial found that limiting recreational screen media use in families substantially increased children’s physical activity. https://t.co/n1GywYLFih

— JAMA Pediatrics (@JAMAPediatrics) May 23, 2022

Opinion: How to pick a great scientific collaborator.

24 May, 2022 | 07:56h | UTC

How to pick a great scientific collaborator – Nature

WHO: 2022 Progress report on the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All.

20 May, 2022 | 11:17h | UTC

2022 Progress report on the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All – World Health Organization

Full Report: Stronger collaboration for an equitable and resilient recovery towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals, incentivizing collaboration – World Health Organization

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

Progress on the health-related SDGs is further off track – countries have achieved only about one-fourth of what is needed to achieve the SDG health targets by 2030: Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives & Well-being for All #SDG3GAP progress report.

More https://t.co/HF8LO5UbVo pic.twitter.com/kGXoMTHnnh

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 18, 2022

Results of two cases of pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation.

19 May, 2022 | 11:11h | UTC

Results of Two Cases of Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplantation – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary on Twitter

Genetically modified pig kidney xenografts were transplanted into two brain-dead human recipients. The xenografts functioned immediately, showed no evidence of acute rejection over a period of 54 hours. https://t.co/gWlpX1dCTC pic.twitter.com/Zp5XdA4QH5

— NEJM (@NEJM) May 18, 2022

Opinion | Bill Gates and the fate of WHO.

19 May, 2022 | 10:56h | UTC

Offline: Bill Gates and the fate of WHO – The Lancet

Commentary on Twitter

Offline: Bill Gates and the fate of WHO https://t.co/KKUkdFteUN An oped by @richardhorton1 in @TheLancet which he criticizes both @BillGates & @WHO on their positions to the future of pandemic responses.

— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) May 13, 2022

Scent dogs in detection of COVID-19: triple-blinded randomized trial and operational real-life screening in airport setting.

18 May, 2022 | 11:06h | UTC

Scent dogs in detection of COVID-19: triple-blinded randomised trial and operational real-life screening in airport setting – BMJ Global Health

News Release: Trained sniffer dogs accurately detect people infected with SARS-CoV-2 – BMJ Newsroom

Commentary: Trained scent dogs detect airline travelers with COVID-19 – CIDRAP

Evidence of a vegan diet for health benefits and risks – an umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational and clinical studies.

17 May, 2022 | 10:45h | UTC

Evidence of a vegan diet for health benefits and risks – an umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational and clinical studies – Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Opinion: Why preprints are good for patients.

12 May, 2022 | 10:25h | UTC

Why preprints are good for patients – Nature Medicine

Commentary on Twitter

.@PeterHorby on how rapid communication saved lives. "In the month between the public announcement of the [RECOVERY dexamethasone] result and the publication of the peer-reviewed manuscript, over 700,000 [new] COVID-19 cases were reported globally."https://t.co/5m3VVxjBBX

— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) May 11, 2022

Cohort Study: Impact of modifiable healthy lifestyle adoption on lifetime gain from middle to older age.

12 May, 2022 | 10:14h | UTC

Impact of modifiable healthy lifestyle adoption on lifetime gain from middle to older age – Age and Ageing

Commentary on Twitter

Does a healthy lifestyle promote longer life?
A 21-year prospective study of over 20,000 people with almost 9,000 deaths indicates a "dose-response" of 8 lifestyle factors, even in people age 80+https://t.co/8BGHbz2RB7 pic.twitter.com/Z05zzgGi8T

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 11, 2022

WHO Report: 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

9 May, 2022 | 02:14h | UTC

News Release: 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 – World Health Organization

Original Report: Global excess deaths associated with COVID-19, January 2020 – December 2021 – World Health Organization

Commentaries:

Covid-19: True global death toll from pandemic is almost 15 million, says WHO – The BMJ

WHO: Nearly 15 million died as a result of Covid-19 in first two years of pandemic – STAT

WHO notes 15 million excess deaths over 2 COVID years – CIDRAP

Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21 – The Lancet

“Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic – The BMJ

The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts – Nature

Effects of covid-19 pandemic on life expectancy and premature mortality in 2020: time series analysis in 37 countries – The BMJ

Under-reporting of deaths limits our understanding of true burden of covid-19 – The BMJ

Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries – International Journal of Epidemiology

Just How Do Deaths Due to COVID-19 Stack Up? – Think Global Health

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

The total number of deaths associated with #COVID19 worldwide from 2020-2021 may be closer to 14.9 million: New estimates by WHO & @UNDESA.

That’s 9.5 million more deaths than reported https://t.co/qDvaA6t5KZ #HealthData pic.twitter.com/ZjABJzlgiZ

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 5, 2022

M-A: Association of music interventions with health-related quality of life.

4 May, 2022 | 10:41h | UTC

Association of Music Interventions With Health-Related Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Network Open

Commentary on Twitter

This systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrated associations between music interventions and improvements in mental health-related quality of life, with substantial individual variation in intervention outcomes. https://t.co/6x6fb97JJl

— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) March 22, 2022

Analysis | Presenting complaint: use of language that disempowers patients.

28 Apr, 2022 | 11:02h | UTC

Presenting complaint: use of language that disempowers patients – The BMJ

News Release: Language that belittles or blames patients is overdue for change – British Medical Journal

Study Commentary | Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in.

28 Apr, 2022 | 08:12h | UTC

Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in – The Conversation

Original Study: Calorie Restriction with or without Time-Restricted Eating in Weight Loss- New England Journal of Medicine

Covid-19: Only a quarter of patients admitted to hospital feel fully recovered after a year, study finds.

26 Apr, 2022 | 08:45h | UTC

Covid-19: Only a quarter of patients admitted to hospital feel fully recovered after a year, study finds – The BMJ

Original Study: Clinical characteristics with inflammation profiling of long COVID and association with 1-year recovery following hospitalisation in the UK: a prospective observational study – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Invited Commentary: Long COVID: systemic inflammation and obesity as therapeutic targets – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

PHOSP-COVID study:
– 232 (29%) of 804 pts fully recovered at 1y
– Female sex, obesity, & IMV = less likely to feel fully recovered
– inflamm mediators?in those w/ most severe physical, mental health, & cognitive impairments

Read it here: https://t.co/rVZuVDo4xl

— The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (@LancetRespirMed) April 25, 2022

Giant tube slides and broken legs: why the latest playground craze is a serious hazard.

26 Apr, 2022 | 07:50h | UTC

Giant tube slides and broken legs: why the latest playground craze is a serious hazard – The Conversation

Cohort Study: Association of the 2020 US presidential election with hospitalizations for acute cardiovascular conditions.

25 Apr, 2022 | 01:07h | UTC

Association of the 2020 US Presidential Election With Hospitalizations for Acute Cardiovascular Conditions – JAMA Network Open

Psychological Stress and Heart Disease: Fact or Folklore? – The American Journal of Medicine

Sudden Cardiac Death Triggered by an Earthquake – New England Journal of Medicine

Cardiovascular Events during World Cup Soccer – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)

Found 42%⬆️in heart attacks days after 2020 US Presidential election ! Our study in 6,396,830 adults across California @JAMANetworkOpen https://t.co/4ikeNiWqkB with @MMeffordPhD & collaboration @HarvardChanSPH

Let's not underestimate the impact of emotional stress?on❤️
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— Jamal Rana, MD (@JamalRanaMD) April 20, 2022

RCT: Calorie restriction combined with time-restricted eating (eating from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm) did not significantly decrease weight loss compared to calorie restriction alone at 12 months (net difference, −1.8 kg; 95% CI, −4.0 to 0.4; P=0.11).

21 Apr, 2022 | 10:31h | UTC

Calorie Restriction with or without Time-Restricted Eating in Weight Loss- New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Time-Restricted Eating No Better Than Cutting Calories for Obesity – HealthDay

Commentary on Twitter

As compared with calorie restriction, time-restricted eating does not produce additional benefits with regard to reduction of body weight, body fat, and metabolic risk factors. https://t.co/Ygx4zbC6QP pic.twitter.com/TGE5Pva3yS

— NEJM (@NEJM) April 20, 2022