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“Health-care providers in low- and middle-income countries are shifting their focus away from infections, and towards the bigger problems of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.”

Review: The Global Burden of Multiple Chronic Conditions

26 Oct, 2018 | 02:57h | UTC

The global burden of multiple chronic conditions: A narrative review – Preventive Medicine Reports (free)

Related: Multimorbidity: A Priority for Global Health Research (free report and commentaries) AND Meta-Analysis: Effectiveness of Interventions for Managing Multiple High-Burden Chronic Diseases in Older Adults (free study and commentaries) Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs (several perspectives on the subject)

Perspective: The Troubling Epidemic of Unnecessary C-sections Around the World, Explained

26 Oct, 2018 | 02:56h | UTC

The troubling epidemic of unnecessary C-sections around the world, explained – VOX (free)

Related WHO Recommendations: Non-Clinical Interventions to Reduce Unnecessary Cesarean Sections (free guideline and commentaries)

Related The Lancet Series: Optimising Cesarean Section Use (free articles)

Related Cochrane Review: Non‐Clinical Interventions for Reducing Unnecessary Caesarean Section (free review and summary)

“The C-section rate has doubled in less than a generation, from 12 percent of all births in 2000 to 21 percent in 2015.”

Study: Association of Weather with Incidence of Myocardial Infarction

26 Oct, 2018 | 02:38h | UTC

Association of Weather with Day-to-Day Incidence of Myocardial Infarction: A SWEDEHEART Nationwide Observational Study – JAMA Cardiology (free)

Commentaries: Your risk of a heart attack could increase as it gets colder, study says – CNN (free) AND Cold, cloudy weather ‘could increase your risk of having heart attack’ – The Guardian (free)

ACTIVE: A Technical Package for Increasing Physical Activity

26 Oct, 2018 | 02:29h | UTC

ACTIVE: A technical package for increasing physical activity – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: WHO launches ACTIVE: a toolkit for countries to increase physical activity and reduce noncommunicable diseases (free)

USPSTF Statement: Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults

26 Oct, 2018 | 02:28h | UTC

Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorials: Challenges and Opportunities for Studying Routine Screening for Abuse (free) AND Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults in the Health Care Setting—Beyond Screening (free)

Report: Time Spent by Children Online Linked to Requests for Junk Food

19 Oct, 2018 | 00:09h | UTC

See It, Want It, Buy It, Eat It – Cancer Research UK (free PDF)

Commentaries: Time spent by children online linked to requests for junk food – University of Liverpool (free) AND Does TV and internet advertising feed children’s junk food habits? – NHS Choices (free)

Perspective: Australia is responding to the complex challenge of overdiagnosis

17 Oct, 2018 | 19:19h | UTC

Australia is responding to the complex challenge of overdiagnosis – The Medical Journal of Australia (free for 7 days)

Commentaries: Overdiagnosis: a deep cultural problem – MJA InSight (free) AND Overdiagnosis is harming patients and action is required, says chief medical officer – The Sidney Morning Herald (free)

Report: Forecasting Life Expectancy, Years of Life Lost, and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in 2040

17 Oct, 2018 | 13:20h | UTC

Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016–40 for 195 countries and territories – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Major strides in forecasting future health – The Lancet (free) AND Why Life Expectancy in 2040 Could Be Lower Than It Is Today – LiveScience (free) AND How healthy will we be in 2040? – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

CDC Investigates Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases

17 Oct, 2018 | 13:03h | UTC

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Investigation Page – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: CDC, partners probe 127 polio-like cases in 22 states – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC Investigates Cases Of Rare Neurological ‘Mystery Illness’ In Kids – NPR (free) AND Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases Confirmed in 22 States Physician’s First Watch (free) AND CDC expresses concern over mysterious surge in polio-like paralysis cases – STAT (free)

Heart Disease Used to be an Ailment of the Rich. But It’s Now Striking the World’s Poor.

16 Oct, 2018 | 23:40h | UTC

Heart disease used to be an ailment of the rich. But it’s now striking the world’s poor. – VOX (free)

“In 2016, an estimated 1 million people died of HIV/AIDS, 445,000 people died of malaria, and 1.7 million died of tuberculosis. Nearly 18 million died of heart disease. And more than three-quarters of those deaths occurred in the developing world.”