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World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19 November 2017

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:10h | UTC

World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19 November 2017 – World Health Organization (free resources)

White Smoke From the Vatican? Not From Cigarettes

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:06h | UTC

White Smoke From the Vatican? Not From Cigarettes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“WHO welcomes the Vatican’s decision to ban the sale of cigarettes as of next year. Tobacco kills more than 7 million people every year” (RT @WHO see Tweet)

Meta-Analysis: Exercise for the Prevention of Low Back Pain

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:05h | UTC

Exercise for the Prevention of Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials – American Journal of Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Exercise may help prevent low back pain or make it less severe – Reuters (free)

Meta-Analysis: Long-term Sustainability of Diabetes Prevention Approaches

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:03h | UTC

Long-term Sustainability of Diabetes Prevention Approaches: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Lifestyle Modifications Slow Progression To Diabetes As Effectively As Medications – Medical Research (free) AND Lifestyle changes successfully reduce incidence of diabetes – MedicalXpress (free) AND Lifestyle changes—not medications—linked to sustained risk reduction for diabetes – Cardiovascular Business (free)

Systematic review: The influence of physical activity, sedentary behavior on health-related quality of life among children and adolescents

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:29h | UTC

The influence of physical activity, sedentary behavior on health-related quality of life among the general population of children and adolescents: A systematic review – PLOS One (free)

Book: Major Infectious Diseases – Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition

11 Nov, 2017 | 19:22h | UTC

Book: Major Infectious Diseases: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (free)

Press Release: Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition Launches Major Infectious Diseases Volume (free)

Previous volumes: 1 – Essential Surgery / 2 – Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health / 3 – Cancer / 4 – Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders / 5 – Injury Prevention and Environmental Health (all free)

Systematic Review: International variations in primary care physician consultation time

11 Nov, 2017 | 19:19h | UTC

International variations in primary care physician consultation time: a systematic review of 67 countries – BMJ Open (free)

Commentary: Primary care consultations last less than 5 minutes for half the world’s population – BMJ, via ScienceDaily (free)

“Global assessment of the length of doctor visits (primary care): range of 48 seconds to 22 minutes” (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)

Research: Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV-negative persons with partners living with HIV

11 Nov, 2017 | 19:17h | UTC

Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV-negative persons with partners living with HIV: uptake, use, and effectiveness in an open-label demonstration project in East Africa – Gates Open Research (free)

Research: Cardiovascular Effects of Long‐Term Exposure to Air Pollution

11 Nov, 2017 | 18:33h | UTC

Cardiovascular Effects of Long‐Term Exposure to Air Pollution: A Population‐Based Study With 900 845 Person‐Years of Follow‐up – Journal of The American Heart Association (free)

Commentaries: Air pollution as great a risk as hypertension, obesity, diabetes for CVD – Cardiovascular Business (free)

WHO guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:15h | UTC

WHO guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals – World Health Organization (free)

News release: Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance (free)

Commentaries: WHO calls for restrictions on use of antibiotics in food animal production – STAT (free) AND WHO Moves to Contain Superbugs on the Farm – Scientific American (free) WHO calls for an end to antibiotic use in healthy animals – CIDRAP (free)

Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

11 Nov, 2017 | 19:06h | UTC

Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research – The Lancet Neurology (free registration required)

Being overweight or obese is linked with heart disease even without other metabolic risk factors

11 Nov, 2017 | 18:57h | UTC

Being overweight or obese is linked with heart disease even without other metabolic risk factors – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis – European Heart Journal (free)

Consensus Statement: Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects

11 Nov, 2017 | 18:33h | UTC

Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects: a European consensus statement – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free)

Commentaries: All babies in Europe should be screened for heart defects at birth – OnMedica (free) AND Call for Europe-wide screening of babies for heart defects – MedicalXpress (free)

Draft Recommendation: Screening Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:12h | UTC

Draft Recommendation Statement: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentary: New USPSTF Draft Recommendations for Osteoporosis Screening – Medscape (free registration required)

Meta-analysis – Tranexamic acid: is it about time?

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:14h | UTC

Effect of treatment delay on the effectiveness and safety of antifibrinolytics in acute severe haemorrhage: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data from 40 138 bleeding patients – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Tranexamic acid: is it about time? – The Lancet (free) Rapid use of blood drug could save thousands of lives, study finds – The Guardian (free) AND Severely bleeding patients must receive lifesaving drug within minutes, not hours – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)

Guidelines Synopsis: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:06h | UTC

Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – JAMA (free)

Original Guideline: GOLD 2017 Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD (free PDF)

Meta-analysis: Comparisons of Interventions for Preventing Falls in Older Adults

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:09h | UTC

Comparisons of Interventions for Preventing Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Exercise, Vision Testing and Osteoporosis Evaluation Are Keys To Fall Prevention – Medical Research (free) AND Exercise may be best intervention to prevent falls among elderly, according to new study – MedicalXpress (free) AND Adding other therapy to exercise may be best for fall prevention – Reuters (free) AND How to Prevent Falls in Older Adults – Consumer Reports (free)

Alcohol and Cancer: A Statement of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:08h | UTC

Alcohol and Cancer: A Statement of the American Society of Clinical Oncology – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Commentaries: Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Cutting back on alcohol can prevent cancers: experts – Reuters (free) ASCO links alcohol to cancer, calls for reduced consumption – eCancer News (free)

Research: Impact of a school plain water access intervention on childhood obesity

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:06h | UTC

Projecting the impact of a nationwide school plain water access intervention on childhood obesity: a cost–benefit analysis – Pediatric Obesity (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Making water available to school chilren at lunch may save $13B in health costs – UPI (free) AND Serving water with school lunches could curb obesity, save billions – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Serving water with school lunches could prevent child, adult obesity: study – MedicalXpress (free)

The Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:04h | UTC

The Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children – Clinical Infectious Diseases Supplement (free articles)

Commentaries: Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150,000 preventable stillbirths and infant deaths every year – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Streptococcus vaccine ‘could prevent over 100,000 baby deaths worldwide’ – The Guardian (free)

Debate: the case for and against screening for breast cancer with mammography

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:00h | UTC

Debate: the case for and against screening for breast cancer with mammography

The case for mammography: Routine mammograms do save lives: The Science – The Conversation (free)

The case against mammography: Routine mammograms do not save lives: The research is clear – The Conversation (free)

Related: Make Screening Mammography Personal, Say the French – Medscape (free registration required)

“The debate over breast cancer screening continues, with disagreements about the start age, frequency, mortality effect, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment” (from Medscape)