General Interest

Performing CPR? Humming the Macarena Could Help

6 Jun, 2018 | 21:58h | UTC

Performing CPR? Humming the Macarena could help – The Guardian (free)

“Using the song “La Macarena” to keep time improves the quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary rescuscitation” (via @kamleshkhunti see Tweet)

Is There a Doctor Aboard? Airlines Often Hope Not

6 Jun, 2018 | 21:57h | UTC

Is There a Doctor Aboard? Airlines Often Hope Not – Bloomberg (free)

Why Thousands of AI Researchers are Boycotting the new Nature Journal

6 Jun, 2018 | 21:54h | UTC

Why thousands of AI researchers are boycotting the new Nature journal – The Guardian (free)

“The public already pays taxes that fund our research. Why should people have to pay again to read the results?” (via @ashleydfarley see Tweet)

Cohort Study: Intake of Different Dietary Proteins and Risk of Heart Failure

1 Jun, 2018 | 04:25h | UTC

Intake of Different Dietary Proteins and Risk of Heart Failure in Men – Circulation (free)

Commentaries: High protein diet associated with small increased heart failure risk in middle-aged men – AHA Newsroom (free) AND High-Protein Diets May Slightly Increase The Risk Of Heart Disease – Forbes (free)

Man vs. Machine: Diagnostic Performance of AI for Melanoma Recognition

1 Jun, 2018 | 04:23h | UTC

Man against machine: diagnostic performance of a deep learning convolutional neural network for dermoscopic melanoma recognition in comparison to 58 dermatologists – Annals of Oncology (free)

Commentaries: AI surpasses dermatologists at diagnosing skin cancer – ESMO, via eCancer News (free) AND Computer learns to detect skin cancer more accurately than doctors – The Guardian (free) AND A.I. better at diagnosing skin cancer than humans – OnMedica (free)

Perspective: How is the World Doing in its Fight Against Vaccine Preventable Diseases?

1 Jun, 2018 | 04:10h | UTC

How is the world doing in its fight against vaccine preventable diseases? – Our World in Data (free)

“Vaccines are amazing: the number of child deaths caused by diseases for which vaccines are available fell by over 2/3 in 25 years. 3.6 million(!) fewer kids under the age of 5 died from these diseases in 2015 than in 1990” (via @DinaPomeranz see Tweet)

Perspective: Why Aren’t We Spending More on Public Health?

1 Jun, 2018 | 04:12h | UTC

It Saves Lives. It Can Save Money. So Why Aren’t We Spending More on Public Health? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter

Viewpoint: Recalibrating Expectations on Big Data and Predictive Analytics

1 Jun, 2018 | 04:06h | UTC

Big Data and Predictive Analytics: Recalibrating Expectations – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Perspective: The Endless Days Of A Young Doctor Battling Ebola

1 Jun, 2018 | 03:57h | UTC

The Endless Days Of A Young Doctor Battling Ebola – NPR (free)

Other Stories on the Ebola Outbreak: Ebola outbreak response shifts to remote DRC hot spots – CIDRAP (free) AND New Ebola Outbreak in Africa Is a Major Test for the WHO – JAMA Forum (free) AND WHO’s Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over three months – Reuters (free) AND Ebola outbreak 2018: What’s different this time? – CNN (free) AND More regions to be vaccinated, experimental drugs to be tried in Congo Ebola outbreak – CNN (free)

Perspective: Has Suicide Become an Occupational Hazard of Practicing Medicine?

1 Jun, 2018 | 04:02h | UTC

Has suicide become an occupational hazard of practicing medicine? – CMAJ News (free)

“Our work environments are unhealthy and it’s supported by a culture of giving and made worse in modern times by a culture of efficiencies and bureaucracies”

Research: Stronger Alcohol Policies Associated with Reduced Vehicle Crash Fatalities

1 Jun, 2018 | 03:53h | UTC

Association of State Alcohol Policies With Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities Among US Adults – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Effective Alcohol Policies—Saving Lives on US Roadways (free)

Commentary: Stricter state alcohol access rules can save 800 DUI deaths a year, study says – CNN (free) AND Stronger alcohol policies help reduce alcohol-related crash deaths in US – Boston University, via EurekAlert (free)

Perspective: It’s Time to Rethink How Much Booze May be Too Much

1 Jun, 2018 | 03:38h | UTC

It’s time to rethink how much booze may be too much – VOX (free)

Related Meta-Analysis: Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption (free article, editorial and commentaries)

Perspective: Incidental Anarchy

29 May, 2018 | 20:14h | UTC

Incidental anarchy – The BMJ Opinion (free)

“Giles Maskell writes on over diagnosis and underdiagnosis, the complexities of incidental findings and urges clinicians to “Think before you scan because you can” (via @bmj_latest see Tweet)