General Interest
Review: Overdiagnosis in Primary Care
17 Aug, 2018 | 02:10h | UTCState of the Art Review: Overdiagnosis in primary care: framing the problem and finding solutions – The BMJ (free for two weeks)
Perspective: The Polypill and the Long Journey to Major Impact
17 Aug, 2018 | 02:05h | UTCRichard Smith: The polypill and the long journey to major impact – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Related Reviews: Strengths and Limitations of Using the Polypill in Cardiovascular Prevention – Current Cardiology Reports (free) AND The polypill approach – An innovative strategy to improve cardiovascular health in Europe – BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology (free)
Lessons for Physicians from ‘The Bleeding Edge’: If You See Something, Say Something
17 Aug, 2018 | 02:04h | UTCOpinion: Lessons for physicians from ‘The Bleeding Edge’: If you see something, say something – STAT (free)
“…physicians must act decisively when they identify the rare outlier in their midst. To do anything less would risk our credibility. Worse still, it could risk the lives of the people we took an oath not to harm.”
Ebola Outbreak News: DRC Ebola Cases Surpass Earlier Outbreak Total, Virus Infects 4 More Health Workers
17 Aug, 2018 | 02:02h | UTCDRC Ebola cases surpass earlier outbreak total, virus infects 4 more health workers – CIDRAP (free)
Related: DRC may provide model for containing future Ebola outbreaks – The Conversation (free)
Study: Automated Deep-Neural-Network Surveillance of Cranial Images for Acute Neurologic Events
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:58h | UTCAutomated deep-neural-network surveillance of cranial images for acute neurologic events – Nature Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Artificial Intelligence Platform Screens for Acute Neurological Illnesses at Mount Sinai – Mount Sinai Health System, via NewsWise (free) AND AI diagnoses neurological diseases on CT in 1.2 seconds – Health Imaging (free) AND New AI system can screen for neurological illnesses in seconds – UPI (free)
Study: Clinically Applicable Deep Learning for Diagnosis and Referral in Retinal Disease
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:59h | UTCClinically applicable deep learning for diagnosis and referral in retinal disease – Nature Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Opening the ‘black box,’ Google DeepMind AI system diagnoses eye diseases and shows its work – STAT (free) AND Artificial intelligence tool ‘as good as experts’ at detecting eye problems – The Guardian (free)
Perspective: Surrogate End Points Ain’t all that Bad
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:45h | UTCSurrogate End Points Ain’t all that Bad – The Health Care Blog (free) (via @RogueRad)
Meta-Analysis: Substandard and Falsified Medicines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:47h | UTCCommentaries: Prevalence of Substandard and Falsified Essential Medicines: Still an Incomplete Picture – JAMA Network Open (free) AND New Study Finds Fake, Low-Quality Medicines Prevalent in the Developing World – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via R&D (free)
Outbreaks: Behind the Headlines
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCOutbreaks: Behind the headlines – World Health Organization (free)
Analysis: Renaming Low-Risk Conditions Labelled as Cancer
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:39h | UTCRenaming low risk conditions labelled as cancer – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Is it time to remove the cancer label from low-risk conditions? – The Conversation (free) AND Doctors should avoid saying ‘cancer’ for minor lesions – study – The Guardian (free) Drop ‘cancer’ label to protect patients from over-treatment, researchers say – The Sidney Morning Herald (free)
The Multivitamin Industry Rakes in Billions of Dollars. But Science Says We’re Not Getting Healthier
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:38h | UTCRelated Study: Association of Multivitamin and Mineral Supplementation and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free) AND Editorial: Multivitamins Do Not Reduce Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality and Should Not Be Taken for This Purpose: How Do We Know That? (free)
“Unless you have a clinically identified deficiency, the research tells us there is little reason to consume supplements.”
Infographic: High Burden, Low Budget: Non-communicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-income Countries
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:14h | UTCHigh burden, low budget: non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) (via @equitylist)
Perspective: How Disruptive Innovation by Business and Technology Firms Could Improve Population Health
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:25h | UTCHow Disruptive Innovation by Business and Technology Firms Could Improve Population Health – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Cohort Study: Temporal Associations of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption With Cancer Mortality
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:23h | UTCTemporal Associations of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption With Cancer Mortality – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentary: Policies That Lower Drinking and Smoking Reduce Cancer Deaths – Medscape (free registration required)
Study: Opioid Prescribing Decreases After Learning of a Patient’s Fatal Overdose
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:25h | UTCOpioid prescribing decreases after learning of a patient’s fatal overdose – Science (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Notification of patient overdose deaths reduces clinician opioid prescriptions – NIH News Releases (free) AND Clinicians were told their patient had died of an overdose. Then opioid prescribing dropped – STAT (free)
Study: Comparative Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Strategies at the Global Level
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:20h | UTCCommentary: Higher alcohol taxes are cost-effective in reducing alcohol harms – ScienceDaily (free)
Related: To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times (free policies, articles and commentaries) AND Policy lessons from health taxes (free research and commentaries)
Study: Modified Mosquitoes to Reduce Dengue Rates
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:18h | UTCCommentary: Dengue rates plummet in Australian city after release of modified mosquitoes – Nature News (free)
WHO: Update on Ebola Outbreak
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:16h | UTCDisease Outbreak News: Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)
Related: DRC probes more suspected Ebola cases, rules out 3 – CIDRAP (free) AND War zone complicates roll-out of Ebola vaccine in latest outbreak – Nature News (free)
Study: Outcomes of Cardiac Screening in Adolescent Soccer Players
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:06h | UTCOutcomes of Cardiac Screening in Adolescent Soccer Players – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Footballer heart death risk ‘underestimated’ – BBC (free) AND No Easy Answers on Best Heart Check-Up for Young Athletes – Associated Press, via NYT (free)
Perspective: Would Technology Enabled Remote Consulting Save Time and Add Value in Primary Care?
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:05h | UTC“Would remote consulting save time and add value in primary care? Rising multimorbidity makes the evaluation of potentially time saving technologies ever more necessary” (via @bmj_latest see Tweet)
Study: Association Between Physical Exercise and Mental Health
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:41h | UTCAssociation between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to physical activity linked to improved mental health – Science Media Centre (free) AND Regular exercise ‘best for mental health’ – BBC (free) AND Exercise is good for your body and your mind, study says – CNN (free)
CDC: Guidance for Preconception Counseling and Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus for Men with Possible Zika Virus Exposure
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:37h | UTCCommentaries: 1 in 7 kids exposed to Zika in utero suffers defects, delays – CIDRAP (free) AND 1 in 7 babies exposed to Zika in the womb have health problems, CDC reports – STAT (free) AND One in 7 babies prenatally exposed to Zika has health problems, CDC says – CNN (free)
Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:33h | UTCPerspective: Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
AMA Journal of Ethics: Roles of Physicians in Healthy Dying
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:28h | UTCSpecial Issue: Roles of Physicians in Healthy Dying- AMA Journal of Ethics (free articles)
“What the roles of clinicians and patients should be in defining what constitutes a quality dying experience and good care of dying people has received less attention than issues like euthanasia and assisted death. Which parts of dying, if any, should be medicalized and why? What do patients and clinicians need to know about dying and why? The August 2018 issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics explores these and other questions.”
AHA Scientific Statement: Approaches to the Prevention and Management of Childhood Obesity
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:25h | UTCNews release: New tools, old rules: limit screen-based recreational media at home – AHA/ASA Newsroom (free)