General Interest

Commentary and perspectives on graft-versus-host disease

23 Jul, 2017 | 16:11h | UTC

A stem cell transplant helped beat back a young doctor’s cancer. Now, it’s assaulting his body – Science (free)

Commentary and perspectives on graft-versus-host disease.

Poor-Quality Medicine: A Global Pandemic

22 Jul, 2017 | 17:24h | UTC

Poor-Quality Medicine: A Global Pandemic – Devex (free)

“Each year, the proliferation of substandard and falsified medicines puts the lives of millions of people – particularly those living in developing countries – at risk”

Here’s how much is needed to meet SDGs’ global health targets by 2030

22 Jul, 2017 | 17:24h | UTC

Here’s how much is needed to meet SDGs’ global health targets by 2030 – Devex (free)

“Low- and middle-income countries will require an additional $134 billion per year between now and 2025 to reach health-related targets under the Sustainable Development Goals, leading to universal health coverage”.

The Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: From Research to Public Health Policy

22 Jul, 2017 | 16:25h | UTC

Supplement: The Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: From Research to Public Health Policy – Addiction (free articles)

Commentaries: Evidence Growing of Link Between Youth Exposure to Alcohol Marketing and Youth Drinking – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NewsWise (free) AND Alcohol advertising is aggressive and linked to youth drinking, research finds – The Guardian (free) (RT @pash22 see Tweet)

Educational Attainment And Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

22 Jul, 2017 | 16:31h | UTC

Association of Educational Attainment With Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Educational Attainment Inversely Associated With Lifetime Risk of CVD – TCTMD (free) AND Inverse relationship between level of education and risk of cardiovascular disease – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Is Educational Attainment Associated with Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease? – The JAMA Network (free)

Toothpaste ingredient linked to antibiotic resistance

22 Jul, 2017 | 17:04h | UTC

Quinolone-resistant gyrase mutants demonstrate decreased susceptibility to triclosan – Journal of Antibiotic Chemotherapy (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Toothpaste ingredient linked to antibiotic resistance – NHS Choices (free) AND Antibiotic resistance linked to common household disinfectant triclosan – University of Birmingham, via Science Daily (free)

“”The worry is that this might happen in reverse and triclosan exposure might encourage growth of antibiotic resistant strains”. (from Science Daily)

Helping Those Who Hoard

22 Jul, 2017 | 16:38h | UTC

Helping Those Who Hoard – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

More Millennials Are Having Strokes

22 Jul, 2017 | 14:54h | UTC

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Strokes in Younger Adults – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: More Millennials Are Having Strokes – Scientific American (free) AND Ischemic stroke hospitalizations among younger adults increased 30% or more in recent years – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Higher incidence of stroke and greater prevalence of stroke risk factors in younger adults over the last decade – 2 Minute Medicine (free) Is Stroke Trending Younger? – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND More Data Suggest Stroke Rates Rising in Younger Adults – Medscape (free registration required)

Mental health should be a priority for WHO’s new director-general

22 Jul, 2017 | 14:15h | UTC

Opinion: Mental health should be a priority for WHO’s new director-general – STAT News (free)

Why you shouldn’t exercise to lose weight, explained with 60+ studies

22 Jul, 2017 | 14:13h | UTC

Why you shouldn’t exercise to lose weight, explained with 60+ studies – VOX (free)

Health care only accounts for 10% of a population’s health

22 Jul, 2017 | 14:29h | UTC

Health care only accounts for 10% of a population’s health – The Health Foundation (free)

Effect of Electroacupuncture on Urinary Leakage Among Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence

22 Jul, 2017 | 14:24h | UTC

Effect of Electroacupuncture on Urinary Leakage Among Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Electroacupuncture linked to improvements for stress urinary incontinence – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Electroacupuncture May Decrease Stress Urinary Incontinence – Medscape (free registration required) AND Mixed Results on Effectiveness of Acupuncture to Treat Stress Urinary Incontinence, Infertility – The JAMA Network (free)

Effect of diet and physical activity based interventions in pregnancy on gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes

21 Jul, 2017 | 17:46h | UTC

Effect of diet and physical activity based interventions in pregnancy on gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes: meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised trials – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Diet and exercise in pregnancy (free)

Commentaries: Risk of caesarean reduced by healthy diet and physical activity during pregnancy, study finds – NewsMedical (free) AND C-Section Risk Reduction Linked to Healthy Lifestyle – MedPage Today (free)

Antidepressants during pregnancy and autism in offspring

21 Jul, 2017 | 17:49h | UTC

Antidepressants during pregnancy and autism in offspring: population based cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Prenatal antidepressant use and risk of autism (free)

Commentaries: Antidepressants and pregnancy: study didn’t find they actually cause autism – The Conversation (free) AND Antidepressant use in pregnancy linked to autism in children – OnMedica (free) AND Study finds slight autism risk link to antidepressants in pregnancy – Reuters (free)

Dementia prevention, intervention, and care

21 Jul, 2017 | 17:40h | UTC

Report: Dementia prevention, intervention, and care – The Lancet (free registration required)

Commentaries: Experts: 1 in 3 cases of dementia preventable, nonmedical therapies ideal for dementia – University of Southern California, via EurekAlert (free) AND One Third of Dementia May Be Preventable With Lifestyle Change – Medscape (free registration required) AND Over a Third of Dementia Cases Tied to Modifiable Risk Factors – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Living healthily, learning more could cut dementia cases by a third – Reuters (free) AND Lifestyle changes could prevent a third of dementia cases, report suggests – The Guardian (free)

The Uncertain Future of Genetic Testing

21 Jul, 2017 | 17:38h | UTC

The Uncertain Future of Genetic Testing – The Atlantic (free)

“Bringing genetics into medicine leads to more accuracy, better diagnosis, and personalized treatment—but for some, gene testing has only resulted in unanswered questions”.

Use of antibiotics during pregnancy and the risk of major congenital malformations

21 Jul, 2017 | 00:22h | UTC

Use of antibiotics during pregnancy and the risk of major congenital malformations: A population based cohort study – British Journal of Pharmacology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: New study finds link between certain antibiotics during pregnancy and risk for birth defects – News Medical (free)

In this large cohort clindamycin, doxycycline, quinolones, macrolides, and phenoxymethylpenicillin were associated with congenital malformations. Amoxicillin, cephalosporins, and nitrofurantoin were not associated with birth defects.