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Meta-Analysis: Coffee consumption and health

26 Nov, 2017 | 00:14h | UTC

Coffee consumption and health: umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Coffee gets a clean bill of health (free)

Commentaries: Moderate coffee drinking ‘more likely to benefit health than to harm it’ say experts – The BMJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Coffee: No Harm, No Foul If Only 4 Cups Daily – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 


Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn

26 Nov, 2017 | 00:17h | UTC

Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn – Pediatrics Supplement (free articles)

Table of contents

– Introduction

– Digital Screen Media and Cognitive Development

– Media Multitasking and Cognitive, Psychological, Neural, and Learning Differences

– Benefits and Costs of Social Media in Adolescence

– Digital Life and Youth Well-being, Social Connectedness, Empathy, and Narcissism

– Digital Media, Anxiety, and Depression in Children

– Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents

– Virtual Reality in Pediatric Psychology

– Digital Media and Sleep in Childhood and Adolescence

– Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

– Digital Media and Risks for Adolescent Substance Abuse and Problematic Gambling

– Small Screen Use and Driving Safety

– Parenting and Digital Media

– Children’s Privacy in the Big Data Era: Research Opportunities

– Developing Digital and Media Literacies in Children and Adolescents

– Digital Media, Participatory Politics, and Positive Youth Development

– Digital Inequality and Developmental Trajectories of Low-income, Immigrant, and Minority Children

– Global Perspectives on Children’s Digital Opportunities: An Emerging Research and Policy Agenda

– Screen Violence and Youth Behavior

– Defining Cyberbullying

– The Effect of Advertising on Children and Adolescents

– Social Group Stories in the Media and Child Development

– Sexual Media and Childhood Well-being and Health

 


How might artificial intelligence improve healthcare?

26 Nov, 2017 | 00:11h | UTC

Richard Smith: How might artificial intelligence improve healthcare? – The BMJ Opinion (free)

 


Sugar Industry Suppressed Evidence of Health Risks of Sucrose

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:59h | UTC

Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer: An historical analysis of internal documents – PLOS Biology (free)

Commentaries: What The Industry Knew About Sugar’s Health Effects, But Didn’t Tell Us – NPR (free) AND Sugar Industry Long Downplayed Potential Harms – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Big Sugar Buried These Concerning Health Studies 50 Years Ago – ScienceAlerts (free) AND Sugar Industry Suppressed Evidence of Health Risks of Sucrose – UC San Francisco (free)

 


Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout

25 Nov, 2017 | 23:00h | UTC

Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free)

 


Research: Association of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:51h | UTC

Association of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Hormonal Contraception May Increase Risk of Suicide, Study Suggests – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Oral Contraceptives Linked to Suicide – Medscape (free registration required)

 


Research: Detecting hip fractures with radiologist-level performance using deep neural networks

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:43h | UTC

Detecting hip fractures with radiologist-level performance using deep neural networks – Cornell University Library (free)

Related: CheXNet: Radiologist-Level Pneumonia Detection on Chest X-Rays with Deep Learning – Stanford ML Group (free)

 


Research: Direct medical costs of motorcycle crashes

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:36h | UTC

Direct medical costs of motorcycle crashes in Ontario – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: Motorcycle crashes cause 5 times as many deaths as car accidents, 6 times the health costs – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Motorcycle crashes are alarmingly common — and incredibly costly – STAT (free)

 


Research: Association between maternal sleep practices and late stillbirth

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:37h | UTC

Association between maternal sleep practices and late stillbirth – findings from a stillbirth case-control study – British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (free)

Commentary: Stillbirth risk doubled in women sleeping on their back – OnMedica (free) AND Women advised to sleep on side to help prevent stillbirth – BBC (free)

 


Research: The association between paternal and adolescent depressive symptoms

20 Nov, 2017 | 18:12h | UTC

The association between paternal and adolescent depressive symptoms: evidence from two population-based cohorts – The Lancet (free)

Editorial: The effect of paternal depression on depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring (free)

Commentaries: Dads’ Depression Tied to Increased Depression Risk in Teenage Children – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Teenage depression linked to father’s depression – University College London, via ScienceDaily (free)

 


Research: Dog ownership and the risk of cardiovascular disease and death

20 Nov, 2017 | 18:09h | UTC

Dog ownership and the risk of cardiovascular disease and death – a nationwide cohort study – Scientific Reports (free)

Commentaries: Dog ownership linked to lower mortality – Uppsala University, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Owning A Dog May Help Your Heart, Study Shows – Forbes (free)

 


Bird Flu Is Spreading in Asia, Experts (Quietly) Warn

20 Nov, 2017 | 18:09h | UTC

Bird Flu Is Spreading in Asia, Experts (Quietly) Warn – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 


Research: Speed of processing training results in lower risk of dementia

20 Nov, 2017 | 18:04h | UTC

Speed of processing training results in lower risk of dementia – Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions (free)

Commentaries: Can brain training reduce dementia risk? Despite new research, the jury is still out – The Guardian (free) AND Nonpharma Intervention Cuts Dementia Risk by a Third – Medscape (free registration required) AND Dementia breakthrough? Brain-training game ‘significantly reduces risk’ – Medical News Today (free)

“There are good reasons to be cautious about a new study claiming computer-based training can reduce the risk of dementia. But what does work?” (from The Guardian).

 


Why we should care that many editors of top medical journals get healthcare industry payments

20 Nov, 2017 | 18:02h | UTC

Why we should care that many editors of top medical journals get healthcare industry payments – Health News Reviews (free)

Original article: Payments by US pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to US medical journal editors: retrospective observational study – The BMJ (free)

 


Research: Radiologist-Level Pneumonia Detection on Chest X-Rays with Deep Learning

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:56h | UTC

CheXNet: Radiologist-Level Pneumonia Detection on Chest X-Rays with Deep Learning – Stanford ML Group (free)

“We develop an algorithm that can detect pneumonia from chest X-rays at a level exceeding practicing radiologists”

 


The Patients vs. Paperwork Problem for Doctors

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:55h | UTC

The Patients vs. Paperwork Problem for Doctors – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related guideline: Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians (free)

 


Meta-Analysis: Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:50h | UTC

Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)

 


Tinder and Grindr don’t want to talk about their role in rising STDs

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:44h | UTC

Tinder and Grindr don’t want to talk about their role in rising STDs – VOX (free)

 


Research: Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among Adolescents Links to Increased New Media Screen Time

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:46h | UTC

Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time – Clinical Psychological Science (free)

Commentaries: Increased Hours Online Correlate With An Uptick In Teen Depression, Suicidal Thoughts – NPR (free) AND Smartphones a likely culprit in the recent decline in teen mental health – STAT (free)

 


Research: Sexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:17h | UTC

Sexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Sex poses little risk of triggering sudden cardiac arrest – Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND Instances of cardiac arrest after sex are low, but so are the survival rates – Cardiovascular Business (free)

 


Research: Risks for blood clot in a vein may rise with increased TV viewing

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:14h | UTC

Risks for blood clot in a vein may rise with increased TV viewing – Presented at American Heart Association’s (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2017 (free)

Commentary: More TV viewing linked to higher risk of blood clots in veins – Medical News Today (free)

 


Research: Nut Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:13h | UTC

Nut Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentary: Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated With Lower Risk of Heart Disease – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Variety of nuts tied to lower risk of heart disease – Reuters (free)

 


White Smoke From the Vatican? Not From Cigarettes

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:06h | UTC

White Smoke From the Vatican? Not From Cigarettes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: No more Holy Smokes – Vatican bans sale of cigarettes – Reuters (free) AND Holy smoke: Vatican bans duty-free cigarette sales – BBC (free)

“WHO welcomes the Vatican’s decision to ban the sale of cigarettes as of next year. Tobacco kills more than 7 million people every year” (RT @WHO see Tweet)

 


Research: Circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of seven cancers

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:04h | UTC

Circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of seven cancers: Mendelian randomisation study – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Vitamin D level not associated with cancer risk – Clinical Adviser (free)

“These results, in combination with previous literature, provide evidence that population-wide screening for vitamin D deficiency and subsequent widespread vitamin D supplementation should not currently be recommended as a strategy for primary cancer prevention”.

 


Opinion: The case against hospital beds

11 Nov, 2017 | 19:18h | UTC

The case against hospital beds – Politico (free)

 


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