Global & Public Health (all articles)
Nationwide Cohort Study Finds No Association Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
5 Mar, 2019 | 02:42h | UTCMeasles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A Nationwide Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: It’s old news that vaccines don’t cause autism. But a major new study aims to refute skeptics again – STAT (free) AND Danish study finds no association between MMR vaccine and autism, even within high-risk subgroups – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND A Large Study Provides More Evidence That MMR Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism – NPR (free)
Study: Impact of a Municipal Policy Restricting Trans Fatty Acid Use on Serum Trans Fatty Acid Levels in Adults
5 Mar, 2019 | 02:39h | UTCImpact of a Municipal Policy Restricting Trans Fatty Acid Use in New York City Restaurants on Serum Trans Fatty Acid Levels in Adults – American Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Trans Fat Bans May Be Good for the Heart – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND A ban on artificial trans fats in NYC restaurants appears to be working – ScienceNews (free)
Related: Action Package: WHO Plan to Eliminate Trans-fatty Acids from Global Food Supply (free report and commentaries) AND Systematic review of dietary trans-fat reduction interventions (free) AND Banning trans fats in New York prevented thousands of heart attacks (link to abstract and commentaries)
Google Launches Program in India to Screen Diabetics for Eye Conditions
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:34h | UTCGoogle launches India program to screen diabetics for eye conditions that can cause blindness – CNBC (free)
See also: Launching a powerful new screening tool for diabetic eye disease in India – Verily (free) AND Google, Verily develop AI algorithm to detect diabetic eye disease from imaging exams – HealthImaging (free)
Related Studies: Clinically Applicable Deep Learning for Diagnosis and Referral in Retinal Disease (free study and commentaries) AND Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes – JAMA (free) AND Prediction of cardiovascular risk factors from retinal fundus photographs via deep learning (link to abstract and commentaries)
UNICEF: Alarming Global Surge of Measles Cases a Growing Threat to Children
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:27h | UTCAlarming global surge of measles cases a growing threat to children – UNICEF (free)
Commentary: Measles cases at ‘alarmingly’ high levels around the world, UNICEF says – CNN (free)
UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:23h | UTCCommentaries: The costs of academic publishing are absurd. The University of California is fighting back – VOX (free) AND University of California breaks up with major publisher over research access dispute – STAT (free)
Related: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)
Study: Soda Tax Linked to a 50 Percent Reduction in Sugary Drink Consumption
3 Mar, 2019 | 23:58h | UTCSugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption 3 Years After the Berkeley, California, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax – American Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sugary drink tax tied to drop in soda consumption – Reuters (free) AND Three years into soda tax, sugary drink consumption down more than 50 percent in Berkeley – University of California – Berkeley (free) AND U.S. Soda Taxes Work, Studies Suggest — But Maybe Not As Well As Hoped – NPR (free)
Related: Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization (free) AND The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics (free series and commentaries) W.H.O. Urges Tax on Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Mexico’s sugar tax leads to fall in consumption for second year running – The Guardian (free) AND To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times (free policies, articles and commentaries) AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies (free study and commentaries) AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases (free study and commentary) AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities (free) AND Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting (free)
WHO Publishes New Estimates on Congenital Syphilis
1 Mar, 2019 | 07:19h | UTCWHO publishes new estimates on congenital syphilis – World Health Organization (free)
Original Article: Global burden of maternal and congenital syphilis and associated adverse birth outcomes—Estimates for 2016 and progress since 2012 – PLOS One (free)
Comprehensive Review: Ebola virus disease
1 Mar, 2019 | 07:11h | UTCEbola virus disease – The Lancet (free for a limited period)
New #Ebola seminar: the latest research on virology, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, prevention, long-term sequelae and disease control https://t.co/gMYen3Ka3G pic.twitter.com/YZn6M4hxSz
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) February 20, 2019
Study: Estimating the Total Incidence of Global Childhood Cancer
28 Feb, 2019 | 05:43h | UTCEstimating the total incidence of global childhood cancer: a simulation-based analysis – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide undiagnosed – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Nearly half of all children with cancer go undiagnosed and untreated – The Guardian (free)
Distracted Driving, Visual Inattention, and Crash Risk Among Teenage Drivers
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:29h | UTCDistracted Driving, Visual Inattention, and Crash Risk Among Teenage Drivers – American Journal of Preventive Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Reaching for objects while driving may raise teen crash risk nearly sevenfold – NIH News Releases (free)
Consensus Statement: Physical Activity and Ageing
25 Feb, 2019 | 01:19h | UTC
New WHO Strategy Aims to Halve the Global Impact of Snakebite
25 Feb, 2019 | 01:10h | UTCNews Release: New WHO strategy aims to halve the global impact of snakebite – The University of Melbourne (free)
Related: Global Mapping of Vulnerability to Snakebite Envenoming (free study and commentaries) AND Why Are So Many People Still Dying from Snake Bites? (free) AND Snakebite finally makes a WHO list of top global health priorities (free) AND Snakebites Make The List Of ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’ (free)
German Guidelines on the Prevention of Cervical Cancer
25 Feb, 2019 | 01:00h | UTCPart 2: Triage, Treatment and Follow-up
Study: 2-Question Alcohol Screen Can Accurately Characterize Adolescent Risk for Future Alcohol Use Disorders
22 Feb, 2019 | 01:23h | UTCPredictive Validity of a 2-Question Alcohol Screen at 1-, 2-, and 3-Year Follow-up – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Alcohol Use Disorder: A Pediatric-Onset Condition Needing Early Detection and Intervention – Pediatrics (free) AND 2-Question Screen Identifies Adolescents at Risk for Future Alcohol Use Disorders – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Perspective: Climate Change Is Having a Major Impact on Global Health
22 Feb, 2019 | 01:27h | UTCClimate Change Is Having a Major Impact on Global Health – Scientific American (free)
Related: Climate Change — A Health Emergency (free reports and commentaries on the subject)
Modelling Study: Impact of Scaled Up HPV Vaccination and Cervical Screening and the Potential for Global Elimination of Cervical Cancer
22 Feb, 2019 | 01:19h | UTCImpact of scaled up human papillomavirus vaccination and cervical screening and the potential for global elimination of cervical cancer in 181 countries, 2020–99: a modelling study – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Rapid scale-up of HPV vaccine and screening could prevent up to 13 million cases of cervical cancer by 2050 – The Lancet (free) AND More Vaccination, Testing, Could Prevent Millions of Cervical Cancer Cases – Cleveland Clinic Newsroom (free)
See also: Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer – World Health Organization (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Widespread coverage of #HPV vaccination & cervical screening has the potential to eliminate #cervicalcancer in most countries by the end of the century – new modelling study in @TheLancetOncol https://t.co/wpoPKGYz6v pic.twitter.com/JfaTigqENp
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) February 20, 2019
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Epilepsy
21 Feb, 2019 | 03:48h | UTCInvited Commentary: An unparalleled assessment of the global burden of epilepsy (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Now online from the @IHME_UW GBD 2016 Epilepsy Collaborators: Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2016https://t.co/iONNqZ8zTj
And expert Commentary: https://t.co/LRbWIsOUSv#GBDStudy pic.twitter.com/ytyZdS0Ur0— The Lancet Neurology (@TheLancetNeuro) February 15, 2019
Why Do South Asians Have Such High Rates of Heart Disease?
18 Feb, 2019 | 16:57h | UTCWhy Do South Asians Have Such High Rates of Heart Disease? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
FIGO Working Group on Good Clinical Practice in Maternal–Fetal Medicine
17 Feb, 2019 | 20:09h | UTCHomepage: FIGO Working Group on Good Clinical Practice in Maternal–Fetal Medicine – International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (free articles)
– Good clinical practice advice: Micronutrients in the periconceptional period and pregnancy
– Good clinical practice advice: Iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy
– Good clinical practice advice: Management of twin pregnancy
– Good clinical practice advice: Role of ultrasound in the management of twin pregnancy
– Good clinical practice advice: Thyroid and pregnancy
– Good clinical practice advice: Antenatal corticosteroids for fetal lung maturation
Recommendations from European Breast Guidelines
17 Feb, 2019 | 19:47h | UTCRecommendations from European Breast Guidelines – European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (free)
News Release: New recommendations published: screening intervals and more (free)
Study: Absence of Smoking, Hypertension, and Overweight Linked to a Prolonged Life Expectancy of 6 Years and 9 Years of Disease-free Life Expectancy
14 Feb, 2019 | 01:58h | UTCCommentary: Absence of hypertension, overweight and smoking results in 9 disease-free years and prolonged life expectancy of 6 years – PACE-CME (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
📣Absence of #hypertension, #overweight & #smoking results in 9 disease-free years and prolonged #lifeexpectancy of 6 years.
📍PLoS Med 16(2): e1002741.vía @PACEcme
Commentary:
🔗https://t.co/S5vnrgYRudOpen access:
🔗https://t.co/GfNdFxEg0z@SEMERGENap @SEHLELHA140_90 pic.twitter.com/hCI1DsZS1h— Vicente Pallares (@vic_pallares) February 13, 2019
Medication Adherence: Scope of the Problem, Ways to Measure, Ways to Improve, and the Role of the Pharmacist
14 Feb, 2019 | 01:29h | UTC
Why Are Mothers Still Passing Syphilis to Their Babies?
12 Feb, 2019 | 15:08h | UTCPerspective: Why Are Mothers Still Passing Syphilis to Their Babies? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: A Rising Threat to Pregnant Women: Syphilis – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Report: Preparing the Healthcare Workforce to Deliver the Digital Future
12 Feb, 2019 | 00:36h | UTCThe Topol Review: Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future – NHS Health Education England (free report and related resources)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Our rating of the top 10 technologies poised to change #healthcare, with a realistic appraisal of their timing over the next 2 decades#AI #genomics #digitalhealth pic.twitter.com/rQ8ytwDIaA
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 11, 2019
Randomized Trial: Maternal Nutrition Supplementation Initiated Before Conception Increases Infant Birth Size in Low-resource Populations
12 Feb, 2019 | 00:27h | UTCCommentary: Inexpensive supplement for women increases infant birth size – NIH News Releases (free)