Global & Public Health (all articles)
The Natural Environment and Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:15h | UTCEditorial: The natural environment and emergence of antibiotic resistance – The Lancet Planetary Health (free)
Related reports: Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Approach to a Global Threat – The National Academies Press (free PDF) AND Antimicrobial Resistance: Investigating the Environmental Dimension (free PDF) AND Tackling Drug-Resistant Infections Globally: final report and recommendations (free PDF)
Research: Effect of the School-Based Telemedicine Enhanced Asthma Management (SB-TEAM) Program on Asthma Morbidity
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:10h | UTCCommentaries: School-based telemedicine enhances asthma management in children – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND For City Kids with Asthma, Telemedicine and In-School Care Cut ER Visits in Half – University of Rochester (free)
Children and Social Media
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:00h | UTCEditorial: Children and social media – The Lancet (free)
Original report: Life in ‘likes’ – Children’s Commissioner (free)
See also a recent Pediatrics supplement: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (series of free articles) and related articles on Social Media and Mental Health
Supporting Patients Through Serious Illness and the End of Life
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:52h | UTC“By proactively managing care for the terminally ill, the Advanced Illness Management program has produced savings of $8,000–$9,000 per patient” (via @commonwealthfnd see Tweet)
Supported Employment Helps People With Severe Mental Illness to Obtain Work
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:51h | UTCSupported employment helps people with severe mental illness to obtain work – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Interventions for obtaining and maintaining employment in adults with severe mental illness, a network meta-analysis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Too Much Screening has Misled us About Real Cancer Risk Factors, Experts Say
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:09h | UTCToo much screening has misled us about real cancer risk factors, experts say – STAT (free) AND Overscreening for Cancer Yields Misleading Results – MedPage Today (free) AND Could finding more cancer lead us to understand risk factors less? – HealthNewsReview (free)
Original article: Scrutiny-Dependent Cancer and Self-fulfilling Risk Factors – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Perspective: Evidence-Based Health Policy
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:37h | UTCEvidence-Based Health Policy – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:36h | UTCSugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian (free)
Related: Beverage consumption taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies
Review: Global Action on the Social Determinants of Health
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:16h | UTCGlobal action on the social determinants of health – BMJ Global Health (free)
Review: Neurological Implications of Zika Virus Infection in Adults
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:11h | UTCNeurological Implications of Zika Virus Infection in Adults – The Journal of Infectious Diseases (free)
Satellites Predict a Cholera Outbreak Weeks in Advance
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:10h | UTCSatellites Predict a Cholera Outbreak Weeks in Advance – Scientific American (free)
“A test in Yemen showed satellite data could foresee an outbreak four weeks before it exploded”.
Review – Zika Virus Infection in Pregnancy: Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Considerations
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:12h | UTC
Zika, Chikungunya and Dengue: the Causes and Threats of New and Re-Emerging Arboviral Diseases
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:07h | UTC
How Countries Around the World try to Encourage Vaccination
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:49h | UTCHow countries around the world try to encourage vaccination – CNN (free)
Opinion: Little Global Progress in Countering Non-Communicable Disease
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:19h | UTCRichard Smith: Little global progress in countering non-communicable disease – The BMJ Opinion (free)
9 Ways the World Got a Lot Better in 2017
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:08h | UTC9 ways the world got a lot better in 2017 – VOX (free)
Guideline: Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Infection
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:56h | UTCCommentary: ACIP: Updated Recommendations for Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention – MPR (free)
Related guideline and commentaries: Hepatitis B Vaccination, Screening, and Linkage to Care: Best Practice Advice From the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guideline: Communicating Risk in Public Health Emergencies
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:55h | UTCCommunicating Risk in Public Health Emergencies – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Questions & Answers: WHO emergency risk communication guidance: communicating risk in public health emergencies (free)
WHO Prequalifies Breakthrough Vaccine for Typhoid
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:41h | UTCWHO prequalifies breakthrough vaccine for typhoid – World Health Organization (free)
Commentary: W.H.O. Approves a Safe, Inexpensive Typhoid Vaccine – The New York Times (free)
WHO Guidance for Surveillance during an Influenza Pandemic
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:42h | UTCWHO Guidance for Surveillance during an Influenza Pandemic – World Health Organization (free)
Research: Perioperative Patient Outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:41h | UTCPerioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study – The Lancet (free registration required)
Commentaries: A snapshot of surgical outcomes and needs in Africa – The Lancet (free registration required) AND Patients in Africa twice as likely to die after an operation than global average, report shows – The Guardian (free)
Public Health & Policy: Ten Trends to Watch in 2018
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:00h | UTCTen Trends to Watch in 2018 – MedPage Today (free)
One Smart Upstream Investment
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:48h | UTCOne smart upstream investment – Politico (free)
“14 public health all-stars offer their top ideas for reshaping America’s long-term health”.
Meta-Analysis: What Proportion of People Who Try One Cigarette Become Daily Smokers?
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:39h | UTCWhat Proportion of People Who Try One Cigarette Become Daily Smokers? A Meta-Analysis of Representative Surveys – Nicotine & Tobacco Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: One cigarette ‘may lead to habit for more than two-thirds of people’ – The Guardian (free) AND Most people who try one cigarette become daily smokers, study says – BBC (free) AND At least 3 out of 5 people who try a cigarette become daily smokers – Queen Mary University of London, via ScienceDaily (free)
Opinion: We’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:24h | UTCWe’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic – The New York Times (free)