General Interest
Study shows U.S. women nurses are at increased risk of death by suicide compared to physicians and the general population
15 Apr, 2021 | 06:23h | UTCAssociation of US Nurse and Physician Occupation With Risk of Suicide – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Suicide Risk Among US Nurses and Physicians
Commentary: Suicide among female nurses is double that of the general female population – University of Michigan
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/ChrisFriese_RN/status/1382348713641848832
Pandemic Boosts an Old Idea—Bringing Acute Care to the Patient
15 Apr, 2021 | 06:51h | UTCPandemic Boosts an Old Idea—Bringing Acute Care to the Patient – JAMA
Related studies: Cohort Study: Selected patients with Covid-19 can be safely discharged on home oxygen, with low mortality and readmission rates AND Association of a Bundled Hospital-at-Home and 30-Day Postacute Transitional Care Program With Clinical Outcomes and Patient Experiences – JAMA Internal Medicine
USPSTF Statement: Insufficient evidence to recommend Vitamin D deficiency screening
14 Apr, 2021 | 01:47h | UTCVitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Evidence Report: Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force
Editorial: The USPSTF 2021 Recommendations on Screening for Asymptomatic Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: The Challenge for Clinicians Continues – JAMA AND Why USPSTF Still Finds Insufficient Evidence to Support Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency – JAMA Network Open
JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults
Study shows practitioners overestimate the probability of disease before and after testing
14 Apr, 2021 | 01:44h | UTCAccuracy of Practitioner Estimates of Probability of Diagnosis Before and After Testing – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Physicians, Probabilities, and Populations—Estimating the Likelihood of Disease for Common Clinical Scenarios – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
How good are doctors at diagnosis?
This is the most relevant paper I have written. Not perfect but addresses a huge issue I think could change medicine if acknowledged
…it has changed how I think about diagnosishttps://t.co/4ZtoD3F4rF @JAMAInternalMed @drjohnm
1/n— Dan Morgan (@dr_dmorgan) April 12, 2021
Case Report: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
15 Apr, 2021 | 07:02h | UTCThrombotic Thrombocytopenia after Ad26.COV2.S Vaccination – New England Journal of Medicine
Related: U.S. regulators pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout over rare (1 in a million) cases of blood clots AND 4 Things to Know About the J&J Covid Vaccine Pause – Kaiser Health News AND Why Johnson & Johnson shots were paused — and why that’s so confusing – Vox AND Is it the adenovirus vaccine technology, used by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, causing blood clots? There’s no evidence yet – The Conversation
Opinion | Deep Cleaning Isn’t a Victimless Crime
15 Apr, 2021 | 06:56h | UTCDeep Cleaning Isn’t a Victimless Crime – The Atlantic
Related: CDC Updated Guidance: “It is possible for people to be infected through contact with contaminated surfaces or objects, but the risk is generally considered to be low” (CDC Guidance and more)
Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: a study in 48 440 adult patients
15 Apr, 2021 | 06:49h | UTCCommentaries: Exercise may strongly protect against poor COVID-19 outcomes – CIDRAP AND One Good Way to Help Beat COVID: Exercise – HealthDay
Opinion | More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviors. Our new research shows why that’s a worry
13 Apr, 2021 | 05:14h | UTCOriginal study: Overdiagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Scoping Review – JAMA Network Open
Commentary on Twitter
More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviours. Our new research shows why that’s a worry https://t.co/mWzLgroPor via @ConversationEDU
— Rae Thomas (@rthomasEBP) April 12, 2021
U.S. regulators pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout over rare (1 in a million) cases of blood clots
14 Apr, 2021 | 02:16h | UTCJoint CDC and FDA Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Commentaries: Covid-19: US suspends Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout over blood clots – BMJ AND CDC and FDA recommend US pause use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine over blood clot concerns – CNN AND US halts J&J COVID vaccine after reports of blood clots – CIDRAP AND U.S. urges pause on use of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after rare blood clotting cases – CIDRAP
Opinion | Coronavirus Variants Don’t Have to Be Scary. Still, Mask Up.
14 Apr, 2021 | 02:05h | UTCCoronavirus Variants Don’t Have to Be Scary. Still, Mask Up. – The New York Times
Commentary on Twitter
"Viruses undergo mutations frequently, both within infected people and as they travel from one person to another," @EricTopol writes. "That’s why it’s important to remember this (modified) adage: All variants are innocent until proven guilty." https://t.co/Ju60zb5gST
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) April 13, 2021
RCT: Inhaled budesonide shortens recovery time in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19
13 Apr, 2021 | 05:30h | UTCOriginal study (preprint): Inhaled budesonide for COVID-19 in people at higher risk of adverse outcomes in the community: interim analyses from the PRINCIPLE trial – medRxiv
Commentary: Covid: Asthma drug ‘speeds up recovery at home’ – BBC
Related study: Phase 2 RCT: Inhaled budesonide shows promise for the treatment of early COVID-19 (study and commentaries)
Tobacco Taxes Are Most Effective Yet Least Implemented Tactics, Says WHO
13 Apr, 2021 | 05:06h | UTCTobacco Taxes Are Most Effective Yet Least Implemented Tactics, Says WHO – Health Policy Watch
Guidance: WHO technical manual on tobacco tax administration – World Health Organization
Infectivity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in children compared with adults
13 Apr, 2021 | 05:27h | UTCCommentary: Children may be less infectious in spreading SARS-CoV-2 to others – News Medical
Cohort study: SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of antibody-positive vs. antibody-negative health-care workers – previous infection was associated with 84% lower risk of (re)infection
12 Apr, 2021 | 01:30h | UTCCommentary: Correlates of protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter
💥SIREN STUDY💥 @TheLancet
Previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
provides protection similar to or even better than currently used vaccines
📌84% risk reduction(RR) for reinfection
📌93% RR for those w symptomatic infections
📌B.1.1.7 circulate during the studyhttps://t.co/uQ3M9yahAv pic.twitter.com/leQCNbmHQO— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) April 10, 2021
Perspective | They Tested Negative for Covid. Still, They Have Long Covid Symptoms.
13 Apr, 2021 | 05:23h | UTCThey Tested Negative for Covid. Still, They Have Long Covid Symptoms. – Kaiser Health News
Commentary on Twitter
Scary: Many people have tested negative for SARSCoV2, yet they developed Long Covid. What's to blame? Haphazard testing protocols, delays & difficulties accessing tests & poor quality of many of the tests on the market. All have have left people without proof of infection. https://t.co/KH3QYkbbKW pic.twitter.com/MVuRhWoHle
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) April 12, 2021
Concussion in para sport: the first position statement of the Concussion in Para Sport (CIPS) Group
12 Apr, 2021 | 00:37h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
The ink is still wet .. fresh out in @BJSM_BMJ. Para athletes suffer concussions too, but specific guidelines for care did not exist .. until now ‼️ Open access ➡️ https://t.co/ld1BENeoho pic.twitter.com/lkwsa8HsKd
— Evert Verhagen (@EvertVerhagen) April 10, 2021
Viewpoint | Reducing Low-Value Care and Improving Health Care Value
9 Apr, 2021 | 03:23h | UTCReducing Low-Value Care and Improving Health Care Value – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Japanese doctors perform world’s first living donor lung transplant to a Covid-19 patient
12 Apr, 2021 | 01:12h | UTCJapanese doctors perform world’s first living donor lung transplant to a Covid-19 patient – CNN
A guide to Plan S: the open-access initiative shaking up science publishing
9 Apr, 2021 | 03:11h | UTCA guide to Plan S: the open-access initiative shaking up science publishing – Nature
Related: Open-access Science Funders Announce Price Transparency Rules for Publishers (several resources on the subject) AND A new mandate highlights costs, benefits of making all scientific articles free to read – Science
Perspective: Special diets might boost the power of drugs to vanquish cancers
8 Apr, 2021 | 08:43h | UTCSpecial diets might boost the power of drugs to vanquish cancers – Science
Large study finds 1 in 3 Covid-19 survivors have subsequent mental health and neurological conditions
8 Apr, 2021 | 09:14h | UTCCommentaries: 1 in 3 Covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric condition in the next six months, large study finds – STAT AND A longer look at COVID-19 and neuropsychiatric outcomes – The Lancet Psychiatry AND Largest study to date suggests link between COVID-19 infection and subsequent mental health and neurological conditions – The Lancet AND Covid-19: One in three has neurological or psychiatric condition diagnosed after covid infection, study finds – The BMJ AND One in three survivors of severe Covid diagnosed with mental health condition – The Guardian AND Covid-19 linked to depression and dementia, study suggests – BBC AND Expert reaction to observational study looking at neurological and psychiatric outcomes 6 months after COVID-19 – Science Media Centre AND 1 in 3 COVID Survivors Struggle With Mental Health Issues Months Later – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
📍HUGE STUDY—One in 3 #COVID19 survivors received a neurological diagnosis within 6 months of infection—1 in 8 with first ever diagnosis, says study of 230,000 patient records. Also COVID patients had higher risk of dementia, anxiety, Parkinson’s vs flu.🧵https://t.co/BlhtUrOsvL pic.twitter.com/ZAcHZviGKR
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 7, 2021
Cohort study: One in ten have long-term effects 8 months following mild COVID-19
8 Apr, 2021 | 09:12h | UTCOne in ten have long-term effects 8 months following mild COVID-19 – Karolinska Institutet
Original study: Symptoms and Functional Impairment Assessed 8 Months After Mild COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter
#LongCovid in #Frontline: JAMA
Worrisome! N=323 COVID+ #Healthcare Workers vs. N=1072 w no COVID. At 8 mos, up to 4x risk of fxnl impairment in work, social & home life. REAL ongoing suffering in low-risk humans after #COVID.https://t.co/EwZWdW4ZtL#medtwitter #nurse pic.twitter.com/tofIx4p647— WesElyMD (@WesElyMD) April 7, 2021
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery
9 Apr, 2021 | 03:27h | UTC
Study: Outdoor transmission accounts for 0.1% of Covid-19 cases
8 Apr, 2021 | 09:11h | UTCOutdoor transmission accounts for 0.1% of State’s Covid-19 cases – The Irish Times
UK regulator confirms that people should continue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca
8 Apr, 2021 | 09:05h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Following suspensions by some countries of the COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca over suspected blood clots, the MHRA confirms that the benefits of the vaccine in preventing COVID-19 far outweigh the risks. People should still go and get their COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/zse5RUIct1
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) April 7, 2021