Global & Public Health (all articles)
European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:19h | UTCEuropean Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (free PDF in several languages) (via @ECDC_TB and @Onisillos)
USPSTF Draft Statement: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:16h | UTCUSPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Again Recommends Ointment to Prevent Gonococcal Eye Infection in Newborns – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF Reaffirms Ocular Prophylaxis for All Newborns – MedPage Today (free)
Opinion – Screening: How Overdiagnosis and Other Harms can Undermine the Benefits
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:59h | UTCScreening: How overdiagnosis and other harms can undermine the benefits – Health News Review (free)
“All screening programs do harm, some do good as well.”
Study: Long-term Outcomes of Pharmacist-Led Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Management
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:55h | UTCCommentary: Pharmacist-Led BP Telemonitoring Intervention Works Up to 1 Year After Program Stops – TCTMD (free)
WHO Toolkit: Preventing Suicide
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:48h | UTCPreventing suicide A community engagement toolkit – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Fact Sheet: Suicide – World Health Organization(free)
NICE Guideline: Preventing Suicide in Community and Custodial Settings
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:47h | UTC
Systematic Analysis: Mortality Due to Low-quality Health Systems in 137 countries
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:25h | UTCHigh-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution – The Lancet Global Health (free articles)
Related Article: Mortality due to low-quality health systems in the universal health coverage era: a systematic analysis of amenable deaths in 137 countries – The Lancet (free)
Editorial: Putting quality and people at the centre of health systems – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: Political and technical barriers to improving quality of health care – The Lancet (free) AND What Kills 5 Million People A Year? It’s Not Just Disease – NPR (free)
Related Report: Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide (free report and commentaries)
Tuberculosis: the Curable Disease on the Rise, and How to Tackle It
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:23h | UTCTuberculosis: the curable disease on the rise, and how to tackle it – The Guardian (free)
Study: Telehealth for Promoting Safe Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in Remote Healthcare Settings
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:19h | UTCNews Release: Telehealth Proves Valuable for Promoting Safe Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in Remote Healthcare Settings – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (free)
Commentary: VA pilot study finds telehealth could aid stewardship – CIDRAP (free)
Perspective: “Precision” Public Health — Between Novelty and Hype
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:09h | UTC“Precision” Public Health — Between Novelty and Hype – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
cOAlition S: Making Open Access a Reality by 2020
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:59h | UTCcOAlition S: Making Open Access a Reality by 2020 – Science Europe (free)
See also: 10 principles of Plan S (free PDF) AND Press Release (free PDF)
Commentaries: Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions – Nature News (free) AND ‘Plan S’ and ‘cOAlition S’ – Accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications – European Commission (free) AND Science without publication paywalls: cOAlition S for the realisation of full and immediate Open Access – PLOS Biology (free)
“…free access to all scientific publications from publicly funded research is a moral right of citizens.” (from European Comission)
Policy Statement: Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:06h | UTCNews Release: AAP Issues Flu Vaccine Recommendations for 2018-2019 (free)
CDC Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:55h | UTCCommentaries: CDC releases updated guideline on diagnosis and management of pediatric mTBI – Kennedy Krieger Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND CDC Seeks to Standardize Mild TBI Management in Kids – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND New advice on kids’ concussions calls for better tracking – Associated Press (free) AND CDC issues first guidelines to treat youth concussions – CNN (free)
USPSTF Statement: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:54h | UTCEditorial: Congenital Syphilis—Still a Shadow on the Land (free)
“The USPSTF recommends early screening for syphilis infection in all pregnant women. (A recommendation)”
Perspective: Experts Brace for More Super-Resistant Gonorrhea
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:53h | UTCExperts brace for more super-resistant gonorrhea – CIDRAP (free)
Policy Statement: Child Passenger Safety
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:46h | UTCChild Passenger Safety – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
News Release: AAP Updates Recommendations on Car Seats for Children (free)
Commentary: Children Should Remain in Rear-Facing Car Seats as Long as Possible – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Report: Worldwide Trends in Insufficient Physical Activity from 2001 to 2016
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:45h | UTCCommentaries: Quarter of world’s population ‘not active enough to stay healthy’ – The Guardian (free) AND A quarter of adults are too inactive, putting health at risk – Reuters (free)
WHO Guideline: Medicines for the Treatment of Diabetes in Low-Resource Settings
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:42h | UTCOriginal Guideline: Guidelines on second-and third-line medicines and type of insulin for the control of blood glucose levels in non-pregnant adults with diabetes mellitus – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Perspective: Five of the Scariest Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the Past Five Years
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:35h | UTCFive of the scariest antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the past five years – The Conversation (free)
Study: The Impact of Exposure to Air Pollution on Cognitive Performance
2 Sep, 2018 | 02:33h | UTCThe impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance – Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Air pollution could be making us less intelligent – Science Magazine (free) AND Air Pollution Exposure Harms Cognitive Performance, Study Finds – NPR (free) AND Air pollution may harm cognitive intelligence, study says – BBC (free) AND Pollution May Dim Thinking Skills, Study in China Suggests – New York Times (10 articles per month are (free) AND Air pollution is making you less intelligent, according to a new study – World Economic Forum (free)
Government Proposes Energy Drinks Ban for Children
2 Sep, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCGovernment proposes energy drinks ban for children – BBC (free)
Related: England Proposes Ban on Selling Energy Drinks to Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Preventing Depression in Pregnant Women, New Moms
2 Sep, 2018 | 02:22h | UTCPanel: Doctors Should Focus On Preventing Depression In Pregnant Women, New Moms – NPR (free)
See USPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions (free)
Perspective: Did Juul Lure Teenagers and Get ‘Customers for Life’?
2 Sep, 2018 | 02:20h | UTCDid Juul Lure Teenagers and Get ‘Customers for Life’? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“…will it be possible to get people who are addicted to cigarettes to switch to e-cigarettes, which are less harmful, without enticing a new generation or non-smokers to try them?” (via @CaulfieldTim see Tweet)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Global Health: How Can AI Contribute to Health in Resource-Poor Settings?
2 Sep, 2018 | 01:58h | UTC
Report: Developmental Disabilities Among Children Younger than 5 years in 195 Countries and Territories
2 Sep, 2018 | 01:57h | UTCInvited Commentary: Early childhood developmental disabilities—data still needed (free)