Global & Public Health (all articles)
Scientific Statement: Childhood and Adolescent Adversity and Cardiometabolic Outcomes
3 Jan, 2018 | 13:26h | UTCNews release: Abuse and adversity in childhood linked to more cardiovascular risk in adulthood (free)
Commentaries: Distressing experiences as a kid impact cardiovascular health later in life – AHA News (free) AND Adversity In Childhood and Adolescence Sets Stage for Cardiometabolic Outcomes – AHA Centers for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Research: Suicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents
3 Jan, 2018 | 13:22h | UTCSuicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents in the United States, 2015 – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: LGBQ teens face serious suicide risk, research finds – CNN (free) AND LGBQ Adolescents at Much Greater Risk of Suicide than Heterosexual Counterparts – MyScience (free) AND Suicide Risk Rife in Sexual Minority Teens – Medscape (free registration required) AND Sexual minority young people are at a higher risk for suicide – San Diego State University, via EurekAlert (free)
Opinion: Too Much Screening Has Misled Us About Real Cancer Risk Factors
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:19h | 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)
New Change4Life Campaign Around Children Snaking
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:06h | UTCNew Change4Life Campaign Around Children Snaking (free resources for the public)
News release: PHE launches Change4Life campaign around children’s snacking – Public Health England (free)
Commentaries: Limit children to two sugary snacks a day, parents told – The Guardian (free) And Limit children’s snacks to 100 calories, health body says – BBC (free)
Telehealth: Can Home Health Visits Help Keep People Out Of The ER?
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:17h | UTCCan Home Health Visits Help Keep People Out Of The ER? – NPR (free)
Systematic Review: Does Support and Intervention from Nurses Help People to Stop Smoking?
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:04h | UTCDoes support and intervention from nurses help people to stop smoking? – Cochrane Library (free)
“There is moderate quality evidence that behavioural support to motivate and sustain smoking cessation delivered by nurses can lead to a modest increase in the number of people who achieve prolonged abstinence”.
Research: Mortality Reductions due to Mammography Screening
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:02h | UTCMortality reductions due to mammography screening: Contemporary population-based data – PLOS One (free)
Commentary: New paper on mortality reductions due to mammography screening in Ireland – National Cancer Registry Ireland (free)
Source: The BMJ Research News ($)
Systematic Reviews: No Interventions Proven to Prevent Late-Life Dementia
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:31h | UTCNo interventions proven to prevent late-life dementia, systematic reviews find – ACP Internist (free)
Other commentaries: No Magic Bullet for Preventing Late-Life Dementia – Physician’s Weekly (free) AND No interventions proven to prevent late-life dementia – MedicalXpress (free)
Original Articles:
– Physical Activity Interventions in Preventing Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
– Pharmacologic Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
– Does Cognitive Training Prevent Cognitive Decline?: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
– Over-the-Counter Supplement Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Will Gathering Vast Troves of Information Really Lead To Better Health?
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:29h | UTCWill Gathering Vast Troves of Information Really Lead To Better Health? – NPR (free)
Review: Overdiagnosis Across Medical Disciplines
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:27h | UTCOverdiagnosis across medical disciplines: a scoping review – The BMJ Open (free) (via @brooke_nickel)
Meta-Analysis: Maternal Smoking and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Offspring
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:28h | UTCMaternal Smoking and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Offspring: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Cigarette smoking during pregnancy linked to ADHD risk in offspring – Reuters (free)
Opinion: Too Many Older Patients Get Cancer Screenings
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:27h | UTCToo Many Older Patients Get Cancer Screenings – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Systematic Review: Whole-System Approaches to Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Healthcare Workers
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:24h | UTC
Opinion: Ms. Inappropriate Defends The Status Quo
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:17h | UTCMs. Inappropriate Defends The Status Quo – Cardiobrief (free)
Original article: The Less-Is-More Crusade — Are We Overmedicalizing or Oversimplifying? (free)
Guideline: Administration of Influenza Vaccines to Egg Allergic Recipients
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:19h | UTCCommentaries: Flu vaccine safe for individuals with egg allergy – Clinical Advisor (free) And Egg Allergy No Bar to Flu Vax, Experts Say – MedPage Today (free)
WHO: Updated Questions and Answers Related to the Dengue Vaccine and its Use
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:03h | UTCUpdated Questions and Answers related to the dengue vaccine and its use – World Health Organization (free)
Commentary: WHO says use of sole dengue vaccine should be curtailed – STAT (free)
Systematic Review: Breastfeeding and Maternal Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Outcomes
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:41h | UTCBreastfeeding and maternal cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes: A systematic review – PLOS One (free)
See related study and commentaries on breastfeeding and cardiovascular risk
Review: Screening Tools to Identify Patients with Complex Health Needs at Risk of High Use of Health Care Services
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:47h | UTCSee related articles on the Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
Systematic Review: Zoonotic Enteric Parasitic Diseases Among Nomadic and Pastoral People
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:36h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Can Self-Testing Increase HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:38h | UTC
Review: Human Health Implications of Organic Food and Organic Agriculture
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:25h | UTC
Systematic Review: Hazardous Waste and Health Impact
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:24h | UTC
Update on the Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:24h | UTC
2017 WHO Year in Review
29 Dec, 2017 | 19:46h | UTC2017 year in review: key health issues – World Health Organization (free)
Review the biggest health stories from WHO in 2017.
Biggest Global Health Moments of 2017
29 Dec, 2017 | 19:45h | UTCBiggest global health moments of 2017 – Devex (free)