General Interest
Opinion | Medicinal cannabis for chronic pain: the Bermuda triangle of low-quality studies, countless meta-analyses and conflicting recommendations.
5 Apr, 2022 | 08:52h | UTCRelated:
M-A: Birth outcomes of neonates exposed to marijuana in utero.
Cannabis-related allergies: an international overview and consensus recommendations.
Review: Cannabis-based medicines and medical cannabis for chronic neuropathic pain.
Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain.
Cannabis products are being sold as sleep remedies – here’s the evidence about their effectiveness.
Guideline: Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain.
NICE Guideline: Cannabis-Based Medicinal Products
Short Review: Drug Interactions with Cannabinoids
Meta-Analysis: Cannabinoids Not Effective for Cancer-Related Pain
Review: Considerations for cannabinoids in perioperative care by anesthesiologists.
Review: Cannabis-based Medicines and the Perioperative Physician
Perspective: If You Smoke Pot, Your Anesthesiologist Needs To Know
Safety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge (deliberately infecting individuals in a controlled environment) in young adults.
4 Apr, 2022 | 01:27h | UTCCommentaries:
Understanding COVID-19 through human challenge models – Nature Medicine
First human challenge study of Covid-19 yields valuable insights about how we get sick – CNN
First Human Challenge Trial Shows How COVID-19 Strikes – HealthDay
Related:
Scientists deliberately gave people COVID — here’s what they learnt.
World’s first coronavirus “Human Challenge” study receives ethics approval in the UK (several texts on the subject)
Commentary on Twitter
In the first #SARSCoV2 challenge study in humans, healthy adults were intranasally inoculated with virus and monitored for productive infection, symptoms, virus kinetics, antibody response and safety in a controlled setting @ChrisChiuLab #COVID19 https://t.co/b3H2ftaSFf
— Nature Medicine (@NatureMedicine) March 31, 2022
Researchers generate the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome.
4 Apr, 2022 | 01:30h | UTCNews Release: Researchers generate the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome – NIH News Releases
Original Study: The complete sequence of a human genome – Science
Commentaries:
Scientists sequence the complete human genome for the first time – CNN
First complete gap-free human genome sequence published – The Guardian
Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome – Associated Press
Study finds no increased risk of brain tumors for mobile phone users.
1 Apr, 2022 | 10:04h | UTCNews Release: No increased risk of brain tumours for mobile phone users, new study finds – University of Oxford
Original Study: Cellular Telephone Use and the Risk of Brain Tumors: Update of the UK Million Women Study – JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience.
31 Mar, 2022 | 08:47h | UTCNews Release: WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth – World Health Organization
Commentary: Postnatal care: WHO highlights urgency of physical and mental support – The BMJ
Cohort Study: Prenatal occupational disinfectant exposure linked to increased risk of childhood allergies.
30 Mar, 2022 | 08:48h | UTCCommentary: Disinfectant use by pregnant women may increase risk for asthma and eczema in children – BMJ/News Medical
Commentary on Twitter
Disinfectant use during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma and eczema, suggests @OEM_BMJ research https://t.co/90JYoTFHpo pic.twitter.com/zlqouZWQSM
— BMJ Group (@bmj_company) March 29, 2022
Cumulative burden of psychiatric disorders and self-harm across 26 adult cancers.
29 Mar, 2022 | 09:58h | UTCCumulative burden of psychiatric disorders and self-harm across 26 adult cancers – Nature Medicine
See also: Suicide risk and mortality among patients with cancer – Nature Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Invited Commentary: Shining a light on the psychological burden of cancer – Nature Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Patients with cancer who are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder had a higher incidence of mortality and are at greater risk of self-harm compared with other patients with cancer, according to a paper published in @NatureMedicine. https://t.co/U5b7ODKSNd pic.twitter.com/816N6ZCfms
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) March 28, 2022
Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence.
29 Mar, 2022 | 09:56h | UTCNews Release: Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence – University of Cambridge
Original Study: Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media – Nature Communications
Commentaries:
Teenage social media use linked to less life-satisfaction for some – BBC
Social media may affect girls’ mental health earlier than boys’, study finds – The Guardian
Expert reaction to study on social media use and wellbeing over adolescence – Science Media Centre
Study challenges the theory that light alcohol consumption benefits heart health.
28 Mar, 2022 | 10:09h | UTCNews Release: Large study challenges the theory that light alcohol consumption benefits heart health – Massachusetts General Hospital
Original Study: Association of Habitual Alcohol Intake With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – JAMA Network Open
Related: No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, says World Heart Federation.
Commentary on Twitter
Cohort study found confounding factors mediate the J-shaped association between alcohol intake & CVD. Genetic epidemiology suggests any amount of alcohol is associated with increased CVD risk, with exponential risk increases at heavier consumption levels. https://t.co/PrPDmyt87q
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) March 25, 2022
Riding the Twitter wave: Enthusiasm for the social media platform changed science communication during the pandemic—but will it last?
28 Mar, 2022 | 09:56h | UTCRelated:
Perspective: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research
Keeping Up With Cardiology: Old-School Learning Versus the Twittersphere – TCTMD
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops? – Facets
Rise of the Tweetorial – Precious Bodily Fluids
Social Medicine: Twitter in Healthcare – Journal of Clinical Medicine
University of Twitter? Scientists give impromptu lecture critiquing nutrition research – CBC
What’s your doctor reading? How social media is disrupting medical education – National Post
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/onisillos/status/1507398283416768515
Opinion: How we got herd immunity wrong.
28 Mar, 2022 | 09:50h | UTCHow we got herd immunity wrong – STAT
Did the COVID lockdowns work? Here’s what we know two years on.
25 Mar, 2022 | 09:44h | UTCDid the COVID lockdowns work? Here’s what we know two years on – The Conversation
Related:
RCT: Multivitamins not beneficial for the prevention of cancer.
24 Mar, 2022 | 08:49h | UTCCommentary: Daily Multivitamin Does Not Cut Cancer Incidence in Older Adults – HealthDay
Oxford Covid jab gears up for final act: saving the rest of the world.
23 Mar, 2022 | 10:35h | UTCOxford Covid jab gears up for final act: saving the rest of the world – The Guardian
Review | Psychological stress and heart disease: fact or folklore?
23 Mar, 2022 | 10:30h | UTCPsychological Stress and Heart Disease: Fact or Folklore? – The American Journal of Medicine
Review: Broadening risk factor or disease definition as a driver for overdiagnosis.
23 Mar, 2022 | 10:28h | UTC
Prevalence of third-party tracking on medical journal websites.
23 Mar, 2022 | 09:56h | UTCPrevalence of Third-party Tracking on Medical Journal Websites – JAMA Health Forum
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/cleebennett/status/1504902204959862784
Study shows whole-genome risk prediction of common diseases in human preimplantation embryos is feasible, leading to ethical concerns.
22 Mar, 2022 | 09:42h | UTCWhole-genome risk prediction of common diseases in human preimplantation embryos – Nature Medicine
Invited Commentaries:
Polygenic embryo testing: understated ethics, unclear utility – Nature Medicine
The uncertain science of preimplantation and prenatal genetic testing – Nature Medicine
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Preimplantation genetic testing of human embryos is a rapidly advancing field, but scientists and ethicists are calling for caution.
We present 3 articles highlighting new research and expert commentary on this controversial topic.
THREAD 🧵— Nature Medicine (@NatureMedicine) March 21, 2022
Perspective | Teaching more about less: preparing clinicians for practice.
22 Mar, 2022 | 08:51h | UTCTeaching More About Less: Preparing Clinicians for Practice – The American Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Pig-to-human transplants take a leap toward reality.
22 Mar, 2022 | 08:31h | UTCPig-to-human transplants take a leap toward reality – Nature Medicine
Opinion: Health-related artificial intelligence needs rigorous evaluation and guardrails.
21 Mar, 2022 | 08:29h | UTCHealth-related artificial intelligence needs rigorous evaluation and guardrails – STAT
More data suggests reduced risks of hospitalization and death due to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron compared to the Delta variant.
18 Mar, 2022 | 09:36h | UTCInvited Commentary: Omicron: fewer adverse outcomes come with new dangers – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter
NEW—People with SARS-CoV-2 #omicron variant less likely to be admitted to hospital or die compared to those with delta variant, indicates large English study. https://t.co/xZvH5qMRDJ pic.twitter.com/fnn7xMBYDB
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) March 17, 2022
Denmark proposes ban on selling cigarettes to people born after 2010.
17 Mar, 2022 | 09:04h | UTCDenmark proposes ban on selling cigarettes to people born after 2010 – euronews
Commentary on Twitter
Happy to see this bold move by #Denmark to ban the sale of cigarettes to people born after 2010, and that the majority of 🇩🇰 people support this #NoTobacco decision. @WHO looks forward to working together to create ‘tobacco-free generations’ from now on.https://t.co/6BF0OeakrI
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 16, 2022
Review | Resistance exercise as a treatment for sarcopenia: prescription and delivery.
15 Mar, 2022 | 09:55h | UTCResistance exercise as a treatment for sarcopenia: prescription and delivery – Age and Ageing
Two years later, coronavirus evolution still surprises experts. Here’s why.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:52h | UTCTwo years later, coronavirus evolution still surprises experts. Here’s why. – National Geographic