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“By keeping girls in school, girls would have a better chance for safety and security, to health and education, and to make their own life choices and decisions”.

“Being born to a mother younger than 18 increases the risk dying by the age of 5” (RT @WBG_Health see Tweet)

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end – here’s why

8 Sep, 2017 | 00:45h | UTC

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end – here’s why – The Conversation (free)

Cohort Study: Antidepressant use during pregnancy and psychiatric disorders in offspring

7 Sep, 2017 | 20:19h | UTC

Antidepressant use during pregnancy and psychiatric disorders in offspring: Danish nationwide register based cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Prenatal exposure to antidepressants and increased risk of psychiatric disorders (free)

Commentary: Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy Linked to Psychiatric Disorders in Offspring – Physician’s First Watch (free)

Scanning The Future, Radiologists See Their Jobs At Risk

6 Sep, 2017 | 18:38h | UTC

Scanning The Future, Radiologists See Their Jobs At Risk – NPR (free)

See more on the impact of artificial intelligence in healthcare in our June 14^th issue (see #2) in our April 28^th issue (see #1) and in our April 10^th issue (see #8).

Study: Effects of Screening on Prostate Cancer Mortality

6 Sep, 2017 | 18:40h | UTC

Reconciling the Effects of Screening on Prostate Cancer Mortality in the ERSPC and PLCO Trials – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Editorial: Prostate Cancer Screening: Time to Question How to Optimize the Ratio of Benefits and Harms (free)

Commentaries: A new study claims prostate cancer screenings significantly reduce deaths. Not everyone agrees – STAT (free) AND New Study Offers Support for Prostate Testing – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Cohort Study: Physical Activity Frequency and the Risk of Stroke

6 Sep, 2017 | 18:32h | UTC

Physical Activity Frequency and the Risk of Stroke: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea – Journal of The American Heart Association (free)

“Even 1 to 2 times a week of moderate‐ to vigorous‐intensity physical activity might be beneficial to prevent a first‐ever stroke in the general population… from a public health perspective, we need to encourage inactive people to start exercising with more‐achievable goals”.

Report: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

4 Sep, 2017 | 15:44h | UTC

Can low doses of chemicals affect your health? A new report weighs the evidence – The Conversation (free)

Original report: Application of Systematic Review Methods in an Overall Strategy for Evaluating Low-Dose Toxicity from Endocrine Active Chemicals – The National Academies Press (free)

Related Scientific Statement: EDC-2: The Endocrine Society’s Second Scientific Statement on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (free) AND Executive Summary (free)

Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter

Ranking 93 health interventions for low- and middle-income countries by cost-effectiveness

4 Sep, 2017 | 21:41h | UTC

Ranking 93 health interventions for low- and middle-income countries by cost-effectiveness – PLOS One (free) (RT @equitylist see Tweet)

Study: Estimated economic impact of vaccinations in 73 low- and middle-income countries

4 Sep, 2017 | 21:40h | UTC

Estimated economic impact of vaccinations in 73 low- and middle-income countries, 2001–2020 – Bulletin of the World Health Organization (free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)

Commentaries: Vaccines Save 20 Million Lives, $350 billion in Poor Countries since 2001 – Eshelman School of Pharmacy (free) AND Global vaccine program will save 20 million lives and $820 billion by 2020, research finds – International Business Times (free)

Zika virus: still no clear answers

4 Sep, 2017 | 15:38h | UTC

Zika virus: still no clear answers – The Globe and Mail (free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)

Study: Identifying incipient dementia individuals using machine learning and amyloid imaging

4 Sep, 2017 | 15:26h | UTC

Identifying incipient dementia individuals using machine learning and amyloid imaging – Neurobiology of Aging (free)

Commentaries: A.I., Big Data Project Predicts Dementia 2 Years Before Symptoms Onset, Researchers Show – Alzheimer’s News Today (free) AND Artificial intelligence predicts dementia before onset of symptoms – Science Daily (free)

See also related article and commentaries on Elevated Brain Amyloid and Subsequent Cognitive Decline Among Cognitively Normal Persons

Doctors want to give their cancer patients every chance. But are they pushing off hard talks too long?

4 Sep, 2017 | 15:29h | UTC

Doctors want to give their cancer patients every chance. But are they pushing off hard talks too long? – STAT (free)

Breastfeeding: five ways it can be encouraged responsibly

4 Sep, 2017 | 15:03h | UTC

Breastfeeding: five ways it can be encouraged responsibly – The Conversation (free)

Guideline: Obesity in Adolescents

4 Sep, 2017 | 14:20h | UTC

Committee Opinion: Obesity in Adolescents – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)

Commentary: ACOG Offers Tips for Managing Obesity in Adolescents – Physician’s First Watch (free)

FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United States

3 Sep, 2017 | 21:19h | UTC

FDA News Release: FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United States (free)

Commentaries: A $475,000 cancer drug: Wall Street sees ‘bargain’; patients see ‘completely broken’ system – HealthNewsReview (free) FDA Approves First CAR-T Cell Therapy for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia – National Institutes of Health (free) AND FDA Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475.000 – New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND The FDA Approves a Landmark Cancer Drug – The Atlantic (free)

“…is a cancer therapy that represents several things at once: a game-changing way to treat cancer through genetic engineering, a novel paradigm for the biotech business, and the latest turn in the debate over just how astronomically expensive a life-saving therapy can be”. (from The Atlantic)

Study: Accelerometer-assessed sedentary work, leisure time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers during one year

3 Sep, 2017 | 21:16h | UTC

Accelerometer-assessed sedentary work, leisure time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers during one year: Effectiveness of a cluster randomized controlled trial in parents with a sedentary occupation and young children – PLOS One (free)

Commentaries: Sitting for 20 minutes less a day won’t make you ‘more muscly’ – NHS Choices (free) AND Just 21 minutes less sitting improves health – Medical News Today (free)

Cohort Study: Association between sedentary time and mortality across levels of frailty

1 Sep, 2017 | 20:57h | UTC

Association between sedentary time and mortality across levels of frailty – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentary: Prolonged sitting and frailty a deadly combination – Medical News Today (free) AND Inactivity Toll Worst for Frailest Elders – Medscape (free registration required)

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