Global & Public Health (all articles)
Supplement: Digital Health and Health Systems of the Future
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:09h | UTCDigital Health and Health Systems of the Future – Global Health: Science and Practice (free articles)
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
Position Statement: Ethics of Outbreaks
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:26h | UTCPart 2: Family-Centered Care (free)
Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless. Now What?
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:27h | UTCAntibiotics May Soon Become Useless. Now What? – WIRED (a few articles per month are free)
CDC Report: Current Tobacco Smoking, Quit Attempts, and Knowledge About Harm in 28 Countries
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:22h | UTC
Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:43h | UTCEnvironmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region (2018) – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Commentary: Noise: The other pollution hurting our health – CNN (free)
The Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:54h | UTCThe Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development (free registration required)
Commentaries: Mental health crisis could cost the world $16 trillion by 2030 – Reuters (free) AND Mental health disorders will cause ‘monumental suffering’ and cost £12 TRILLION a year worldwide by 2030 – The Daily Mail (free) AND World in mental health crisis of ‘monumental suffering’, say experts – The Guardian (free)
Randomized Trial: Community-Based Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:48h | UTCEditorial: Of Barbershops and Churches: Can Community-Based Interventions Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients? (free)
Commentaries: Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure – AHA Newsroom (free) AND How church communities can help lower African-Americans’ blood pressure – CNN (free) AND Church-Based Lifestyle Intervention Shows Promise for Lowering BP in Hypertensive African-Americans – TCTMD (free)
Related Study: Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries)
Methods Guide: Evidence Synthesis for Health Policy and Systems
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:46h | UTCEvidence synthesis for health policy and systems: a methods guide – World Health Organization (free PDF) (via @trishgreenhalgh)
800,000 People Kill Themselves Every Year. What Can We do?
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:41h | UTC800,000 people kill themselves every year. What can we do? – The Guardian (free) (via @onisillos)
Related Guidelines: Preventing suicide: A community engagement toolkit – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
“In too many places mental health support services are non-existent and those with treatable conditions are criminalized. Bold action is long overdue”
Systematic Review: Non‐Clinical Interventions for Reducing Unnecessary Caesarean Section
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:36h | UTCNon‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)
Summary: Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section (free)
Study: Outpatient Antibiotics Widely Prescribed Without an Infection Diagnosis
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:10h | UTCOutpatient antibiotics widely prescribed without an infection diagnosis – CIDRAP (free)
Related Commentary: Study Finds Almost Half of Antibiotic Prescriptions Written Without a Diagnosis – Pharmacy Times (free)
CDC Report: Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2017
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:04h | UTCSexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentaries: Sexually transmitted infections are at an all-time high. Urgent action is needed – STAT (free)
Perspective: New Tools in the Ebola Arsenal
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:37h | UTCNew Tools in the Ebola Arsenal – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: DRC Ebola cases rise as security concerns continue – CIDRAP (free) AND Officials fear Ebola epidemic may be spinning beyond their control, threatening regional spread – STAT (free) AND Ebola Likely to Spread From Congo to Uganda, W.H.O. Says – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Study: The Projected Timeframe Until Cervical Cancer Elimination in Australia
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCCommentaries: Modelling cervical cancer elimination – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Australia on track to wipe out cervical cancer within 20 years – The Guardian (free) AND In Australia, Cervical Cancer Could Soon Be Eliminated – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Parkinson’s Disease
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCInvited Commentary: The burden of Parkinson’s disease: a worldwide perspective (free)
“In 2016, 6·1 million people worldwide had Parkinson’s disease, 2·9 million (48%) women & 3·2 million (52%) men; the increase in burden since 1990 was not exclusively explained by an increasing number of older people” (via @TheLancet see Tweet)
Report: Taking Action on Childhood Obesity Report
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:47h | UTCTaking action on childhood obesity report – World Health Organization (free PDF) (via @equitylist)
Perspective: Failing the Public Health — Rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:45h | UTCFailing the Public Health — Rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
WHO Launches SAFER Alcohol Control Initiative
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:36h | UTCSee also: SAFER High Impact Strategies (free)
Related: WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 (free report and commentaries)
Over 80,000 Americans Died of Flu Last Winter, Highest Toll in Years
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:37h | UTCOver 80,000 Americans Died of Flu Last Winter, Highest Toll in Years – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in US – Associated Press (free)
Study: Language Experience in the Second Year of Life and Language Outcomes in Late Childhood
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:37h | UTCLanguage Experience in the Second Year of Life and Language Outcomes in Late Childhood – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Early Language Exposure and Middle School Language and IQ: Implications for Primary Prevention – Pediatrics (free) AND Conversations Between Parents and Toddlers Help Build Intelligence and Vocabulary – Journal Watch (free)
Study: Prediction of Susceptibility to First-Line Tuberculosis Drugs by DNA Sequencing
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:25h | UTCEditorial: The Coming of Age of Drug-Susceptibility Testing for Tuberculosis (free)
Commentaries: Study heralds genetic era of TB drug susceptibility testing – CIDRAP (free) AND UK-led study marks shift towards genetic era in tackling TB – NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (free)
NYT Editorial: We Know How to Conquer Tuberculosis
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:16h | UTCWe Know How to Conquer Tuberculosis – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Tuberculosis experts hail historic week in the fight against TB – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND You Can’t Treat Tuberculosis With Platitudes – Foreign Policies (a few articles are free) AND Tuberculosis is a disease the world could control. But will it? – STAT (free) AND Addressing the Tuberculosis Epidemic: 21st Century Research for an Ancient Disease – JAMA (free)
Study: Potential Effect of Household Contact Management on Childhood Tuberculosis
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:15h | UTCInvited Commentary: Preventing tuberculosis in household contacts crucial to protect children and contain epidemic spread (free)
Related: New roadmap to prevent and treat tuberculosis in children and adolescents – UNICEF (free)
Study: Limiting Children’s Screen Time Linked to Better Cognition
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:13h | UTCAssociations between 24 hour movement behaviours and global cognition in US children: a cross-sectional observational study – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Limiting children’s recreational screen time to less than 2 hours a day linked to better cognition – The Lancet (free) AND Limiting children’s screen time linked to better cognition, study says – CNN (free) AND Limiting children’s screen time linked to better cognition – BBC (free)
“Researchers said more work was now needed to better understand the effects of different types of screen use. However, they acknowledge that their observational study shows only an association between screen time and cognition and cannot prove a causal link.” (from BBC)
Perspective: No One Knows Exactly What Would Happen If Mosquitoes Were to Disappear
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:08h | UTCNo One Knows Exactly What Would Happen If Mosquitoes Were to Disappear – The Atlantic (free)
Related: Mosquitoes Genetically Modified To Crash Species That Spreads Malaria – NPR (free) AND Scientists use gene drive to eradicate lab mosquitoes for the first time – STAT (free) AND Malaria mosquitoes wiped out in lab trials of gene drive technique – Reuters (free)