Global & Public Health (all articles)
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)
Migrant and Refugee Populations: A Public Health and Policy Perspective on a Continuing Global Crisis
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:05h | UTCMigrant and refugee populations: a public health and policy perspective on a continuing global crisis – Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control (free) (via @equitylist)
The Global Burden of Sepsis: Barriers and Potential Solutions
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:06h | UTCThe global burden of sepsis: barriers and potential solutions – Critical Care (free)
Randomized Trial: Vaccine Against TB May Help Individuals with Latent Infection
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:04h | UTCEditorial: New Promise for Vaccines against Tuberculosis (free)
Commentaries: New TB vaccine protects half of people with latent infection – NBC Health News (free) AND Experimental vaccine shows promise in preventing TB – MedicalXpress (free)
Measuring Human Capital: A Systematic Analysis of 195 Countries and Territories, 1990–2016
27 Sep, 2018 | 23:03h | UTCCommentary: Unprecedented study finds nations failing to invest in education and health care at risk of slow economic growth – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Infographic: What is human capital and why is it relevant? – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
“The first-ever study ranking countries by human capital has been published in @TheLancet. This novel approach looks at nations’ investments in health and education and their relation to GDP growth” (via @IHME_UW see Tweet)
Ebola Response Faces ‘Grave Obstacles’ as Count Hits 150
27 Sep, 2018 | 23:01h | UTCEbola response faces ‘grave obstacles’ as count hits 150 – CIDRAP (free)
Related: WHO warns of ‘perfect storm’ for Ebola in eastern Congo – STAT (free) AND WHO extremely concerned about Ebola ‘perfect storm’ in Congo – Reuters (free)
Report: Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2018
27 Sep, 2018 | 22:57h | UTCNoncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2018 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
See also: NCDs profile by country (free)
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018
27 Sep, 2018 | 22:40h | UTCGlobal status report on alcohol and health 2018 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: Harmful use of alcohol kills more than 3 million people each year, most of them men (free)
Commentaries: Alcohol abuse kills 3 million a year, most of them men: WHO – Reuters (free) AND 1 in 20 deaths globally is a result of alcohol use – CNN (free) AND Alcohol causes one in 20 deaths worldwide, says WHO – The Guardian (free)
NCD Countdown 2030: Worldwide Trends in Non-communicable Disease Mortality and Progress Towards the SDGs
27 Sep, 2018 | 22:39h | UTCNCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 – The Lancet (free registration required)
Commentaries: Most nations falling short of targets to cut early deaths from chronic disease – Imperial College London (free) AND New Data Suggest More Than Half of Countries Not on Track to Meet Global NCD Goals – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Globally, losing the fight against cancer and other chronic diseases – CNN (free)
‘Latent’ Tuberculosis? It’s Not That Common, Experts Find
27 Sep, 2018 | 22:35h | UTC‘Latent’ Tuberculosis? It’s Not That Common, Experts Find – The New York Times (1o articles per month are free)
Related Analysis: Revisiting the timetable of tuberculosis – The BMJ (free analysis and commentary)
Study: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias will Double by 2060
27 Sep, 2018 | 22:31h | UTCRacial and ethnic estimates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the United States (2015–2060) in adults aged ≥65 years – Alzheimer’s & Dementia (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Alzheimer’s and dementia cases will double by 2060 -HealthExec (free) AND Alzheimer’s Burden Projected to Double by 2060 – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Alzheimer’s Disease Burden to Double by 2060 – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Report: Global Burden of Lower Respiratory Infections
21 Sep, 2018 | 02:07h | UTCInvited Commentary: The global burden of lower respiratory infections: making progress, but we need to do better (free)
Report: Global Burden of Diarrhea
21 Sep, 2018 | 02:06h | UTCInvited Commentary: Old and new challenges related to global burden of diarrhea (free)
Related Report: Variation in Childhood Diarrheal Morbidity and Mortality in Africa (free article and commentaries)
Cohort Study: Are Noise and Air Pollution Related to the Incidence of Dementia?
21 Sep, 2018 | 01:47h | UTCCommentaries: Air pollution linked to dementia risk – NHS Choices (free) AND Expert reaction to air pollution and risk of dementia – Science Media Centre (free) AND Air pollution may be linked to heightened dementia risk – OnMedica (free) AND Is air pollution tied to higher dementia risk? – CNN (free)
Global Tuberculosis Report 2018
21 Sep, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCGlobal Tuberculosis Report 2018 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Commentaries: UN tuberculosis summit ‘historic opportunity’ to put response ‘back on track’: new WHO report – UN News (free) AND WHO TB Report Sets Stage for Historic U.N.TB Meeting – American Thoracic Society (free) AND WHO report warns efforts to end TB are falling short – CIDRAP (free)
USPSTF Statement: Behavioral Weight Loss Interventions to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:46h | UTCAuthor Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Behavioral Interventions to Prevent Adult Obesity-Related Outcomes (free)
Editorials: Weight Management in Adults With Obesity: What Is a Primary Care Clinician to Do? (free for a limited period) AND Treating Obesity—Moving From Recommendation to Implementation (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Intensive lifestyle changes best for people with BMI above 30, task force says – UPI (free) AND Doctors Should Send Obese Patients To Diet Counseling, Panel Says. But Many Don’t – NPR (free)
Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:41h | UTCPrevalence of Burnout Among Physicians: A Systematic Review – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Doctors Today May Be Miserable, But Are They ‘Burnt Out’? – NPR (free) AND Physician burnout taking center stage – Reuters (free) AND Burnout Found to Be Common Among U.S. Resident Physicians – Psychiatric News Alert (free)
Related: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND To Care Is Human — Collectively Confronting the Clinician-Burnout Crisis – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Beyond Burnout — Redesigning Care to Restore Meaning and Sanity for Physicians (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND To Combat Physician Burnout and Improve Care, Fix the Electronic Health Record (free commentaries)
Review: Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:40h | UTCImplementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Optimal team-based health care is associated with improved patient outcomes and physician well-being – ACP Newsroom (free) AND New Review Shows Team-Based Care May Reduce Physician Burnout – Medscape (free registration required)
Opinion: Medicine’s Financial Contamination
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:37h | UTCMedicine’s Financial Contamination – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)