General Interest
[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Substituting Margarine, Butter, Mayonnaise, and Dairy Fat with Olive Oil Could Lead to Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
8 Mar, 2020 | 20:31h | UTCOlive Oil Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk in U.S. Adults – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Olive Oil Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Higher Olive Oil Consumption Tied to Lower CVD Risk in U.S. Adults – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Use Olive Oil Instead of Saturated Fats for Heart Health, Study Suggests – CardioSmart (free)
Meta-Analysis: Male and Female Physician Suicidality
5 Mar, 2020 | 10:20h | UTCMale and Female Physician Suicidality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Physician Suicide—A Personal and Community Tragedy (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Meta-Analysis Spotlights Challenge of Physician Suicide – Psychiatric New Alert (free)
Another Egg Study. Three Large Prospective Cohort Studies, Systematic Review, and Updated Meta-analysis Suggest It Has a Neutral Effect on Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
5 Mar, 2020 | 10:19h | UTCEditorial: Egg consumption and cardiovascular disease (free)
Commentary: Study Finds No Link Between Moderate Egg Consumption and Overall Cvd Risk – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Randomized Trial: A Novel Digital Intervention for Actively Reducing Severity of Pediatric ADHD
3 Mar, 2020 | 07:42h | UTCCommentaries: Digital health interventions for children with ADHD – The Lancet Digital Health (free) AND Video game-like intervention shows promise in improving attention of children with ADHD – The Lancet (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
There's something much better than Ritalin to help kids with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (#ADHD) and it's not a pill. It's a video game, validated in a randomized, controlled trialhttps://t.co/Xikx0fUNa4 @LancetDigitalH by @skollins1 @StephenFaraone and colleagues pic.twitter.com/AKn6F4rMUX
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 25, 2020
COVID-19—New Insights on a Rapidly Changing Epidemic
1 Mar, 2020 | 19:45h | UTCCOVID-19—New Insights on a Rapidly Changing Epidemic – JAMA (free)
See also: Latest Developments in the COVID-19 Outbreak (several resources on the subject)
Study: Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China
1 Mar, 2020 | 19:50h | UTCClinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Editorial: Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related Commentaries: Responding to Covid-19 — A Once-in-a-Century Pandemic? – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Escaping Pandora’s Box — Another Novel Coronavirus – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
See also: Latest Developments in the COVID-19 Outbreak (several resources on the subject)
Study: Economic Burden Associated with Extended-Release vs. Immediate-Release Drug Formulations
1 Mar, 2020 | 19:43h | UTCCommentary: Extended-release drugs could be costing U.S. healthcare system billions – Reuters (free)
Opinion: “WHO’s malaria vaccine study represents a “serious breach of international ethical standards””
1 Mar, 2020 | 19:04h | UTC
Opinion: A Low-Carbon Future Could Improve Global Health and Achieve Economic Benefits
1 Mar, 2020 | 19:02h | UTCA Low-Carbon Future Could Improve Global Health and Achieve Economic Benefits – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Opinion: Will COVID-19 Go Away on Its Own in Warmer Weather?
28 Feb, 2020 | 08:25h | UTCRelated Opinion: Will Spring Temperatures Stop Coronavirus? – Forbes (free)
Former CDC Director: A Coronavirus Pandemic is Inevitable. What Now?
26 Feb, 2020 | 07:06h | UTCFormer CDC director: A coronavirus pandemic is inevitable. What now? – CNN (free)
Related: Opinion on COVID-19 Outbreak – “Past Time to Tell the Public: “It Will Probably Go Pandemic, and We Should All Prepare Now”” (related opinions on the subject)
See also: Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives / 26 February 2020 Edition (free resources on the subject – updated daily)
Related Commentary on Twitter
#COVID19 will become a pandemic. We don’t know if it will be mild, moderate or severe, or how many countries it will reach. As we shift from the initiation phase of the pandemic to the acceleration stage, I’ve highlighted 8 things we must do for @CNN https://t.co/XAZx0jErbs
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) February 25, 2020
Editorial: “In Praise of Replication Studies and Null Results”
26 Feb, 2020 | 06:57h | UTCIn praise of replication studies and null results – Nature (free)
Related: Editorial – “No Raw Data, No Science: Another Possible Source of the Reproducibility Crisis” (studies and commentaries on the subject)
“More funders and publishers must support such work and emphasize its value to the research community.”
Perspective: “Milk and Juice Are Not as Needed as You Might Think”
26 Feb, 2020 | 06:56h | UTCMilk and Juice Are Not as Needed as You Might Think – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China: Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
25 Feb, 2020 | 06:46h | UTCCommentary: Study of 72,000 COVID-19 patients finds 2.3% death rate – CIDRAP (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The Chinese CDC today published the largest case series to date of #COVID19 in mainland China (72 314 cases through 2/11/20). Here are some of the data:
Case-fatality rate
• 2.3% Overall
• 14.8% age >= 80
• 8.0% age 70-79
• 49.0% in critical caseshttps://t.co/ZFR6pScCpa— JAMA (@JAMA_current) February 24, 2020
JAMA Patient Page: Aspirin for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
25 Feb, 2020 | 06:07h | UTCAspirin for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease – JAMA (free)
Related: Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis with a particular focus on subgroups – BMC Medicine (free) AND Acetylsalicylic acid for primary prevention of cardiovascular events – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Evidence evolving on aspirin as prevention – ACP Internist (free) AND Benefits and Harms of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Aspirin for Primary Prevention: Is This the End of the Road? (selection of resources on the subject)
Cohort Study: The Associations of Major Foods and Fiber with Risks of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
25 Feb, 2020 | 06:34h | UTCThe associations of major foods and fibre with risks of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke: a prospective study of 418 329 participants in the EPIC cohort across nine European countries – European Heart Journal (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Study of 418,000 Europeans finds different foods linked to different types of stroke – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at foods and stroke risk – Science Media Centre (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Associations in #diet and stroke in >418,000 Europeans from 9 countries w/ ~13 year follow up https://t.co/8WqqzoPO22 @escardio @tammy_tong @Oxford_NDPH @MRC_Epid et al
(usual caveats) but note risk w/ eggs, red meat; poss benefit of dairy products, fiber, fruit & vegetables pic.twitter.com/3ubKmkxzvX— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 24, 2020
Opinion on COVID-19 Outbreak – “Past Time to Tell the Public: “It Will Probably Go Pandemic, and We Should All Prepare Now””
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:13h | UTCRelated commentaries: Covid-19 now a pandemic, say global experts – RTHK (free) AND Covid-19 is now a pandemic, says Leuven specialist – The Brussels Times (free) AND “We are at a turning point”: The coronavirus outbreak is looking more like a pandemic – Vox (free) AND Understanding pandemics: What they mean, don’t mean, and what comes next with the coronavirus – STAT (free)
Note: As with every article on this website, this is not necessarily an endorsement.
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1231384813900140544
Editorial – “No Raw Data, No Science: Another Possible Source of the Reproducibility Crisis”
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:07h | UTCNo raw data, no science: another possible source of the reproducibility crisis – Molecular Brain (free)
Commentary: How a ‘no raw data, no science’ outlook can resolve the reproducibility crisis in science – by Fujita Health University (free)
Related: Can We Science Our Way out of the Reproducibility Crisis? – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free) AND Study: Evaluating the Replicability of Social Science Experiments (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Five ways to fix statistics – Nature (free) AND Make replication studies ‘a normal and essential part of science,’ Dutch science academy says – Science (free) AND Reproducibility of clinical research in critical care: a scoping review (free) AND Reproducibility Trial Publishes Two Conclusions for One Paper (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
My editorial paper entitled, "No raw data, no science: another possible source of the reproducibility crisis". When I feel the results are too beautiful, I requested raw data before sending it out for review. 40 out of 41 did not send me the right data.https://t.co/ve99RgkHMe pic.twitter.com/KyP60jZ8Mp
— Tsuyoshi Miyakawa (@tsuyomiyakawa) February 21, 2020
Essay: On the Ethics of Algorithmic Decision-making in Healthcare
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:42h | UTCOn the ethics of algorithmic decision-making in healthcare – Journal of Medical Ethics (free)
Commentary: Experts Raise Ethical Concerns About Machine Learning in Medicine – Mad in America (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Nice new paper @JME_BMJ on pros & cons of algorithmic decision-making in healthcare. (Spoiler alert! There are ethically significant trade-offs…) https://t.co/u0xBa0JBtS
— Daniel Tigard (@dwtigard) November 28, 2019
Perspective: Should the First Rule of Medicine Be Not “Do No Harm” but Rather “Be Kind”?
21 Feb, 2020 | 08:36h | UTCShould the first rule of medicine be not “Do no harm” but rather “Be kind”? – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Should the first rule of medicine be not “Do no harm” but rather “Be kind”? @Richard56 contemplates the importance of kindness and compassion https://t.co/BlTz09CGgd
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) February 19, 2020
PLOS and the University of California Announce Open Access Publishing Agreement
21 Feb, 2020 | 10:34h | UTCPLOS and the University of California announce open access publishing agreement – PLOS Blogs (free)
Related: UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access (several resources on the subject) AND Plan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality (free) AND The war to free science – Vox (free)
Perspective: How Common Mental Shortcuts Can Cause Major Physician Errors
21 Feb, 2020 | 07:30h | UTCHow Common Mental Shortcuts Can Cause Major Physician Errors – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related Study: Behavioral Heuristics in Coronary-Artery Bypass Graft Surgery – New England Journal of Medicine ($)
Study: Vitamin E Acetate in Bronchoalveolar-Lavage Fluid Associated with EVALI (E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury)
20 Feb, 2020 | 10:22h | UTCVideo Summary: Vitamin E Acetate Associated with EVALI (free)
Related Report: Syndromic Surveillance for E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury – new England Journal of Medicine (free)
See also: The EVALI and Youth Vaping Epidemics — Implications for Public Health – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND CDC: Vaping Lung Illness Probably Caused by Vitamin E Acetate (free resources)
A Future for the World’s Children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission
19 Feb, 2020 | 10:25h | UTCHomepage: A future for the world’s children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission – The Lancet (free articles)
Commission: A future for the world’s children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission (free)
Editorial: No excuses and no time to lose (free)
Invited Commentaries: The voices of children in the global health debate (free) AND Framing an agenda for children thriving in the SDG era: a WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission on Child Health and Wellbeing (free)
WHO News Release: A Future for the World’s Children – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Children facing uncertain future, experts warn – BBC (free) AND The world is failing to ensure children have a ‘liveable planet’, report finds – The Guardian (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
NEW: No single country is providing children with a healthy life and a climate fit for their future: finding from landmark report convened by @WHO @unicef & @TheLancet calling for a new global movement driven by and for children #FutureChild https://t.co/M6Y48yOdL9 pic.twitter.com/lnmjS6i6hN
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) February 18, 2020
China Releases Largest Study on COVID-19 Outbreak with Over 44.000 Patients – Elderly and Sick are Most at Risk
19 Feb, 2020 | 10:23h | UTCThe Epidemiological Characteristics of an Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) – China, 2020 – China CDC Weekly (free PDF – link via Forbes)
Commentaries: Coronavirus: Largest study suggests elderly and sick are most at risk – BBC (free) AND New Chinese Study Finds That The Elderly Are Most At Risk From The Coronavirus [Infographic] – Forbes (free) AND Expert reaction to WHO Director General’s statement on new paper from China detailing over 44,000 of their cases – Science Media Centre (free)