Global & Public Health (all articles)
Large Study Shows Most Infant Deaths in Sitting Devices Occur Outside of Travel
22 May, 2019 | 05:51h | UTCInfant Deaths in Sitting Devices – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Large study sheds light infant deaths in sitting devices – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Car seat danger: Babies shouldn’t sleep in car seats when not traveling – Today (free) AND Sleep-Related Car Seat Deaths Occur Most Often Outside of Travel – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Fighting Ebola When Mourners Fight the Responders
20 May, 2019 | 12:17h | UTCFighting Ebola When Mourners Fight the Responders – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: DRC Ebola cases top 1,800 amid burial team attacks – CIDRAP (free)
“An Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo — the second-largest in history — is escalating in part because locals don’t trust health workers and government officials.”
National, Regional, and Worldwide Estimates of Low Birthweight
17 May, 2019 | 07:02h | UTCCommentaries: Low birthweight: will new estimates accelerate progress? – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND AND Too many babies are born too small – World Health Organization (free) AND 1 in 7 babies worldwide born with a low birthweight – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND UNICEF-WHO Low Birthweight Estimates: Levels and trends 2000-2015 – UNICEF (free) AND Countries must up their game to reduce low birth weights, warns UN-backed report – UN News (free)
Opinion: CDC Does Us a Huge Favor by Advising Against Annual Screening of Healthcare Workers for Latent TB
19 May, 2019 | 12:19h | UTC
Mapping HIV Prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa Between 2000 and 2017
16 May, 2019 | 05:08h | UTCMapping HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2017 – Nature (free)
Commentaries: ‘Striking’ differences in rates of HIV/AIDS within African nations – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) AND New HIV Map Offers Most Detailed Look Yet At The Epidemic – NPR (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Our latest study, “Mapping HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2017” was just published in @Nature. Read the full study online: https://t.co/UQOmq0RBzs #LBDstudy pic.twitter.com/qQz2ktwCTa
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) May 15, 2019
Study: Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Associated with Reduced Consumption
16 May, 2019 | 05:03h | UTCAssociation of a Beverage Tax on Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages With Changes in Beverage Prices and Sales at Chain Retailers in a Large Urban Setting – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes: Emerging Evidence on a New Public Health Policy (free)
Commentaries: Soda Taxes Are a ‘No-Brainer’ for Public Health, Says the Author of a New Study on Them – TIME (free) AND Sales of Sweetened Drinks Fell 38% After Philadelphia Beverage Tax – AJMC (free)
Related: Soda Tax Linked to a 50 Percent Reduction in Sugary Drink Consumption (several policies, guidelines, studies and commentaries on the subject) AND AAP/AHA Policy Statement: Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents (free statement and commentaries)
WHO Guideline: Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia
15 May, 2019 | 07:02h | UTCRisk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: Adopting a healthy lifestyle helps reduce the risk of dementia – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: WHO issues first advice on dementia: exercise and don’t smoke – Reuters (free) AND Eat well, exercise more: New global guidelines to reduce risk of dementia – CNN (free) AND Expert reaction to WHO Guidelines on risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia – Science Media Centre (free)
Position Paper: Significance of Psychosocial Factors in Cardiology
14 May, 2019 | 06:09h | UTCSignificance of psychosocial factors in cardiology: update 2018 – Clinical Research in Cardiology (free)
Study: Estimated Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes Associated With 12 Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies
14 May, 2019 | 05:58h | UTCEstimated Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes Associated With 12 Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Invited Commentary: Screening Options for Preventing Cervical Cancer (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Estimated Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes Associated With Cervical Cancer Screening (free audio)
“Cytologic testing every 3 years and low-cost high-risk human papillomavirus testing every 5 years both may be considered reasonable cervical cancer screening options.”
Related Commentary on Twitter
Cytology every 3 years and low-cost #hrHPV testing every 5 years are both reasonable cervical-cancer screening options for women ages 30-65. https://t.co/yRCzmKGxP9
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) May 13, 2019
Study: Alcohol-related Harm to Others
13 May, 2019 | 01:08h | UTCCommentaries: One in five people in England harmed by others’ drinking over past year – Blog BMJ Open (free) AND One in five people harmed by other people’s drinking – OnMedica (free) AND One in five harmed by others drinking alcohol over past year, survey finds – The Guardian (free) AND Expert reaction to study quantifying the harm of other people’s drinking – Science Media Centre (free)
Perspective: Stopping the Gaps in Epidemic Preparedness
12 May, 2019 | 21:46h | UTCStopping the Gaps in Epidemic Preparedness – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Weight Gain in Rural Areas is the Main Driver of the Global Obesity Epidemic
10 May, 2019 | 04:58h | UTCRising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults – Nature (free)
Commentaries: Rural Areas Drive Increases in Global Obesity – Scientific American (free) AND Obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities – Imperial College London (free)
Snakebite: WHO Targets 50% Reduction in Deaths and Disabilities
10 May, 2019 | 04:54h | UTCSnakebite: WHO targets 50% reduction in deaths and disabilities – World Health Organization (free)
Executive Summary: A strategy for prevention and control – World Health Organization (free PDF)
WHO Fact Sheet: Snakebite envenoming (free)
See also: New WHO Strategy Aims to Halve the Global Impact of Snakebite (report and resources) AND Study: Global Mapping of Vulnerability to Snakebite Envenoming (free) AND Snakebites Make The List Of ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’ – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Study: Global Alcohol Exposure Between 1990 and 2017 and Forecasts Until 2030
10 May, 2019 | 04:56h | UTCGlobal alcohol exposure between 1990 and 2017 and forecasts until 2030: a modelling study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Targets to reduce harmful alcohol use are likely to be missed as global alcohol intake increases – The Lancet (free) AND Increases in Drinking Worldwide (1990-2017) – Psychology Today (free) AND Alcohol use soaring worldwide: The average adult now consumes about 1.7 gallons of pure alcohol per year – USA Today (free)
Related: Alcohol Use and Burden for 195 Countries and Territories (free) AND The Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Alcohol and Drug Use (free)
Report: Access Barriers to Antibiotics
10 May, 2019 | 04:51h | UTCAccess Barriers to Antibiotics – Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (free PDF)
News Release: Lack of Access to Antibiotics is a Major Global Health Challenge (free PDF)
Commentary: Report highlights lack of access to antibiotics – CIDRAP (free)
Study: Musculoskeletal Conditions are Now the Second Global Cause of Years Lived with Disability
8 May, 2019 | 07:06h | UTCThe world-wide burden of musculoskeletal diseases: a systematic analysis of the World Health Organization Burden of Diseases Database – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Musculoskeletal conditions now second global cause of years lived with disability – BMJ (free) AND Musculoskeletal conditions 2nd global cause of years with disability – OnMedica (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
#Musculoskeletal diseases are the second leading cause of years lived with #disability worldwide report @Lupusreference and colleagues in @ARD_BMJ https://t.co/DVdFVJsSyg #MSK pic.twitter.com/yvrQ3dvsTX
— The Lancet Rheumatology (@TheLancetRheum) May 2, 2019
Perspective: Is Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis?
8 May, 2019 | 07:07h | UTCIs Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis? – The New Yorker (3 articles per month are free)
Related: Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region (free) AND WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Effects on Sleep (free) AND Review: Environmental Noise and the Cardiovascular System (free) AND Cross-sectional analysis: noise exposure in workplace tied to hypertension and high cholesterol (free)
WHO Implementation Manual to Prevent and Control the Spread of Carbapenem-resistant Organisms at the National and Health Care Facility Level
7 May, 2019 | 01:18h | UTCImplementation manual to prevent and control the spread of carbapenem-resistant organisms at the national and health care facility level – World Health Organization (free PDF manual and resources)
Related Systematic Review: Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Healthcare Facilities – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)
See also: Prevention and Treatment of Surgical Site Infections (free guidelines on the subject)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Patients on ventilators, catheters (urinary or intravenous) or staying a long time in a hospital are at high risk of being infected by carbapanem-resistant bacteria https://t.co/lGLEiwrV8V #AntibioticResistance pic.twitter.com/0YlcpWbru3
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 5, 2019
Should Adults Get a Measles Booster Shot?
5 May, 2019 | 22:03h | UTCShould Adults Get a Measles Booster Shot? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
See also: Measles Shots Aren’t Just For Kids: Many Adults Could Use A Booster Too – NPR (free) AND HHS, CDC Address Ongoing Measles Outbreaks – AAFP (free) AND Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccination: What Everyone Should Know – CDC (free)
Urgent Steps are Needed to Prevent Ebola from Spinning out of Control in the DRC
5 May, 2019 | 21:53h | UTCUrgent steps are needed to prevent Ebola from spinning out of control in the DRC – STAT (free)
See also: ‘The world has never seen anything like this’: WHO chief on battling Ebola in a war zone – Nature (free) AND Ebola deaths top 1,000 in increasingly dangerous outbreak – CIDRAP (free)
Review: Efficacy of Population‐wide Diabetes and Obesity Prevention Programs
5 May, 2019 | 21:51h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1123478775881195520?s=03
AHA Science Advisory: Innovation to Create a Healthy and Sustainable Food System
5 May, 2019 | 16:21h | UTCCommentaries: Food system improvements could make it easier to eat healthier – American Heart Association (free) AND AHA Advisory Emphasizes Need for Food-System Innovation, and Proof That It Works – TCTMD (free)
WHO Study: Association between Characteristics at Birth, Breastfeeding and Obesity in 22 Countries
4 May, 2019 | 19:04h | UTCCommentary: Breastfeeding reduces child obesity risk by up to 25%, WHO finds – The Guardian (free)
Health Concerns in Urban Slums: A Glimpse of Things to Come?
4 May, 2019 | 14:53h | UTCHealth Concerns in Urban Slums: A Glimpse of Things to Come? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Undetectable = Untransmittable: Risk of HIV Transmission in Serodifferent Gay Couples
3 May, 2019 | 07:38h | UTCCommentary: Successful treatment of HIV eliminates sexual transmission – The Lancet (free)
Related: Systematic Review: Negligible Risk of Transmitting HIV During Sex When Viral Load is Suppressed (free study and commentaries) AND UNAIDS Explainer: UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE (free)