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New Tool: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Tracker

23 Mar, 2018 | 02:47h | UTC

New Tool: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Tracker – Our World in Data (free)

Commentary: The U.N. Set 17 Goals To Make The World A Better Place. How’s It Doing? – NPR (free)

“The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are targets for global development adopted in September 2015, set to be achieved by 2030. Here we present data across all available indicators from the Our World in Data database tracking progress towards these goals around the world”.

Low Back Pain – New Series from The Lancet Journals

23 Mar, 2018 | 02:41h | UTC

Low Back Pain – New Series from The Lancet Journals

– Homepage and Executive Summary (free)

– Article 1: What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention (free registration required)

– Article 2: Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions (free registration required)

– Invited Commentary: Low back pain: a major global challenge (free registration required)

– Viewpoint: Low back pain: a call for action (free registration required)

Commentaries: Low Back Pain Affects 540 Million People Worldwide, but Too Many Patients Receive the Wrong Care – University of Warwick, via NewsWise (free) AND Lower back pain being treated badly on a global scale, study says – The Guardian (free)

Causes of death among children aged 5–14 years in the WHO European Region

23 Mar, 2018 | 02:40h | UTC

Causes of death among children aged 5–14 years in the WHO European Region: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free)

Invited commentary: Mortality in older children and adolescents: the forgotten ones (free)

Graphic 1: Top 25 causes of death in the WHO European Region, age 5–9 years, both sexes, 1990 and 2016 (free)

Graphic 2: Top 25 causes of death in the WHO European Region, age 10–14 years, both sexes, 1990 and 2016 (free)

Are we prepared for the looming epidemic threat?

23 Mar, 2018 | 02:36h | UTC

Are we prepared for the looming epidemic threat? – The Guardian (free) (via @Onisillos)

The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future

23 Mar, 2018 | 02:38h | UTC

Free Online Course (small fee if applying for certificate). Starts March 26, 2018. The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future – University of Copenhagen and Coursera

Risk of maternal mortality in women with severe anaemia during pregnancy and post partum

23 Mar, 2018 | 01:59h | UTC

Risk of maternal mortality in women with severe anaemia during pregnancy and post partum: a multilevel analysis – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Commentaries: Maternal anaemia and risk of mortality: a call for action – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND Risk of maternal death doubled in pregnant women with anemia – MedicalXpress (free)

Screening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

23 Mar, 2018 | 01:58h | UTC

Screening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Related Recommendation Statement: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force (free)

JAMA Editorials: Sun Protection and Skin Self-examination and the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention (free) AND Should Pediatricians Be More Proactive in Counseling Children About Skin Cancer Risk? Implications of the USPSTF Recommendation Statement (free) AND The Potential of Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (free) AND USPSTF Recommendations for Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Throwing Shade on UV Radiation (free) AND The Value of Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Actions We Can Take Now and Guidance for the Future (free)

Author Interviews: Screening for Skin Cancer (free audio) AND USPSTF Recommendation: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (free)

Commentaries: Doctors endorse counseling of some kids, young adults to prevent skin cancer – Reuters (free) AND Evidence insufficient to make recommendation regarding visual skin examination by a clinician – The JAMA Network, via EurekAlert (free)

MMWR Report: Fatal Yellow Fever in Travelers to Brazil

23 Mar, 2018 | 01:51h | UTC

MMWR Report: Fatal Yellow Fever in Travelers to Brazil, 2018 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (free)

Commentaries: Thinking of Going to Brazil? You Will Need a Yellow Fever Vaccination – The New York Times (free) AND Brazil’s yellow fever outbreak, explained – VOX (free)

New Series from The Lancet Journals: Pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries

23 Mar, 2018 | 01:46h | UTC

New Series from The Lancet Journals: Pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries (free registration required for all articles and commentaries)

Viewpoint: Health, Faith, and Science on a Warming Planet

22 Mar, 2018 | 23:47h | UTC

Health, Faith, and Science on a Warming Planet – JAMA (free for a limited period)

WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Effects on Sleep

22 Mar, 2018 | 23:39h | UTC

WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Effects on Sleep – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (free)

Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops

16 Mar, 2018 | 03:37h | UTC

#ACC18 – Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Barbershop-Based Intervention Leads to Blood Pressure Reductions in African-American Men – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Mixing Haircuts and Hypertension Rx a ‘Home Run’ for Blood Pressure Control – TCTMD (free)

“Among black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension, health promotion by barbers resulted in larger blood-pressure reduction when coupled with medication management in barbershops by specialty-trained pharmacists”.

Research: Mapping child growth failure in Africa between 2000 and 2015

16 Mar, 2018 | 03:34h | UTC

Mapping child growth failure in Africa between 2000 and 2015 – Nature (free)

Invited commentary, by Kofi Annan: Data can help to end malnutrition across Africa (free)

Other commentaries: Africa ‘very, very far away’ from meeting global target to end child malnutrition – The Guardian (free) Local Burden of Disease – Child Growth Failure – IHME (free) AND Zooming in on advances and opportunities – IHME (free)

Research: Low-level lead exposure and mortality in US adults

16 Mar, 2018 | 02:43h | UTC

Low-level lead exposure and mortality in US adults: a population-based cohort study – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Lead and the heart: an ancient metal’s contribution to modern disease – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Lead exposure may be linked to 412,000 premature US deaths yearly, study says – The Guardian (free) AND Lead and CDV deaths in US adults – Science Media Centre (free) AND Expert reaction to lead and CVD deaths in the US – Science Media Centre (free)

Research: Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High-Income Countries

16 Mar, 2018 | 02:41h | UTC

Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High-Income Countries – JAMA (free article, editorials, author interview and video summary)

Commentaries: Why Is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? Some of the Reasons You’ve Heard Turn Out to Be Myths – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Huge cost of US healthcare driven by drug prices and salaries – The Guardian (free) AND Healthcare: It’s The Prices, Stupid. Isn’t It? – Forbes (free) AND Physician Salaries, Drug Prices Drive High US Health Costs – Medscape (free registration required)

Research: Antifungal Combinations for Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa

16 Mar, 2018 | 02:12h | UTC

Antifungal Combinations for Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentary: Combo Tx Offers New Hope for Cryptococcal Meningitis – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Research: Pregnancy Outcomes after ZIKV Infection

16 Mar, 2018 | 02:11h | UTC

Pregnancy Outcomes after ZIKV Infection in French Territories in the Americas – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Editorial: Recognizing the Global Impact of Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy (free)

Quick Take Video Summary: Pregnancy Outcomes after Zika (free)

Commentaries: Study: 7% risk of birth defects in Zika pregnancies – CIDRAP (free) AND Birth defect rate pegged at 7 percent for babies born to Zika-infected women – Reuters (free)

Elder Abuse: Sometimes It’s Self-Inflicted

16 Mar, 2018 | 02:06h | UTC

Elder Abuse: Sometimes It’s Self-Inflicted – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“The house is filthy. The elderly resident is struggling. But who has the right to intervene?” (via @NYTHealth see Tweet)

Research: Socioeconomic disparities in first stroke incidence, quality of care, and survival

16 Mar, 2018 | 02:02h | UTC

Socioeconomic disparities in first stroke incidence, quality of care, and survival: a nationwide registry-based cohort study of 44 million adults in England – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Invited commentary: Preventing stroke on the street where you live, work, and play (free)

Patients from the lowest socioeconomic groups had first stroke a median of 7 years earlier than those from the highest and a 26% higher adjusted risk of 1-year mortality.

Research: Efficacy of a single-dose regimen of inactivated whole-cell oral cholera vaccine

16 Mar, 2018 | 02:01h | UTC

Efficacy of a single-dose regimen of inactivated whole-cell oral cholera vaccine: results from 2 years of follow-up of a randomised trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Invited commentary: Cholera control: one dose at a time (free)

“Our results indicate that when such emergencies occur in populations with endemic cholera, the challenges of successfully completing a two-dose regimen should not deter deployment of OCV, because older children and adults will be protected for at least 2 years by a single dose”. (via @Onisillos see Tweet)