Global & Public Health (all articles)
Report: Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:54h | UTCAlleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report (free registration required)
Commentaries: A milestone for palliative care and pain relief – The Lancet (free registration required) AND Millions die suffering amid global opioid gap, report says – STAT (free) AND More than 25 million people dying in agony without morphine every year – The Guardian (free)
Research: Cost-effectiveness of interventions to Reduce Energy Intake from Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:28h | UTCCommentaries: Cutting sugar in soft drinks would save 155,000 lives and $8 billion: experts – The Age (free) AND Study spells out huge health benefits by cutting back sugar in sugary drinks – University of New South Wales, Sidney (free)
Research: Association of History of Gestational Diabetes With Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Risk
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCCommentaries: CVD Risk for Women Rises After Gestational Diabetes – TCTMD (free) AND Does Gestational Diabetes Per Se Up Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk? – Medscape (free registration required) AND Gestational Diabetes Raises Heart Attack, Stroke Risk, NIH Study Finds – AJMC (free)
Individual support of nurses using electronic medicine monitors can improve HIV treatment
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCIndividual support of nurses using electronic medicine monitors can improve HIV treatment – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a nurse-delivered intervention to improve adherence to treatment for HIV: a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)
Revised Recommendations for the Use of Hormonal Contraception Among Women at High Risk for HIV Infection
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:44h | UTC
Social Determinants of Health 101 for Health Care
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:47h | UTCSocial Determinants of Health 101 for Health Care: Five Plus Five – National Academy of Medicine (free)
See also: About social determinants of health – World Health Organization (free) AND WHO’s work on SDoH (free resources)
Is child vaccination boosted by educating mothers?
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:43h | UTCIs child vaccination boosted by educating mothers? – BBC News (free)
Report: Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:40h | UTCOriginal article: Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults – The Lancet (free) AND Invited Commentary: Double-duty solutions for the double burden of malnutrition (free)
Related report: Ending Childhood Obesity Implementation Plan: executive summary – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Global cost of obesity-related illness to hit $1.2tn a year from 2025
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCGlobal cost of obesity-related illness to hit $1.2tn a year from 2025 – The Guardian (free)
See related Global Burden of Disease Study: Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years – New England Journal of Medicine (free), Editorial: Global Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity (free) AND Commentary: New study finds more than 2 billion people overweight or obese – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Guideline: Candida auris
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:36h | UTCCandida auris Clinical Update – September 2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentary: CDC Updates Guidance as Candida auris Cases Grow – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally – PLOS Pathogens (free) AND A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention – STAT (free) AND CDC keeping a watchful eye on Candida auris – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC reports uptick in Candida auris cases – CIDRAP (free)
As Cancer Tears Through Africa, Drug Makers Draw Up a Battle Plan
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCAs Cancer Tears Through Africa, Drug Makers Draw Up a Battle Plan – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“In a deal similar to the one that turned the tide against AIDS, manufacturers and charities will make chemotherapy drugs available in six poor countries at steep discounts”.
Research: Stair-related injuries treated in United States emergency departments
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:17h | UTCStair-related injuries treated in United States emergency departments – The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Injuries on stairs occur in all age groups and abilities – Reuters (free)
Review: The importance of immunization in cancer prevention, treatment, and survivorship
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:02h | UTC
Research: Upstream watershed condition predicts rural children’s health
11 Oct, 2017 | 01:40h | UTCCommentaries: Healthy watersheds help stem deadly childhood diseases downstream – WWF Global (free) AND Global kids study: More trees, less disease – University of Vermont (free) AND More trees help water sanitation, reduce child deaths: study – Reuters (free)
Guidelines on Guild Abuse, Neglect and Maltreatment
11 Oct, 2017 | 01:42h | UTCNew NICE Guidelines on Guild Abuse, Neglect and Maltreatment
– Child abuse and neglect – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
News release: Responding to child abuse and neglect – a view from NICE (free)
Interventions to reduce harm in people who use tobacco
11 Oct, 2017 | 01:36h | UTCInterventions to reduce harm in people who use tobacco. The latest Cochrane Evidence – Cochrane Tobbaco Edition (free summaries) (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Comprehensive resource on evidence-based interventions to reduce tobacco related harm.
Research: Impact of Maternal Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccination on Preventing Pertussis in Infants <2 Months of Age
9 Oct, 2017 | 20:58h | UTCImpact of the US Maternal Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccination Program on Preventing Pertussis in Infants <2 Months of Age: A Case-Control Evaluation – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study: Tdap vaccine in pregnancy protects infants – CIDRAP (free) AND Fewer newborns get whooping cough when moms get vaccinated – Reuters (free)
Research: Single-Tablet HIV Therapy
10 Oct, 2017 | 01:08h | UTCCommentaries: Towards a universal second-line fixed-dose combination ART – The Lancet HIV (free) AND Single-Tablet ART: New Hope in HIV Therapy? All-in-one fixed dose combo proves safe, effective in EMERALD trial – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND EMERALD Trial: Week 48 Results Demonstrate Efficacy in Single-Tablet HIV Therapy – Infectious Diseases Advisor (free)
Study Presented at #IDWeek2017
‘Antibiotic apocalypse’: doctors sound alarm over drug resistance
9 Oct, 2017 | 20:56h | UTC‘Antibiotic apocalypse’: doctors sound alarm over drug resistance – The Guardian (free)
Related WHO Reports: Antibacterial Agents in Clinical Development (free) AND Global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to guide research, discovery, and development of new antibiotics (free) AND Commentary: WHO report paints dire picture of antibiotic development – CIDRAP (free)
Research: Antenatal nutritional supplementation and autism spectrum disorders
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:43h | UTCCommentaries: Multivitamins in pregnancy may be linked to lower autism risk in children – ScienceDaily (free) AND Could multivitamin use in pregnancy protect children from autism? – Medical News Today (free) AND Multivitamin Use in Pregnancy Might Be Tied to Lower Autism Risk in Offspring – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Research: Availability of evidence of benefits on overall survival and quality of life of cancer drugs
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:44h | UTCEditorials: Do cancer drugs improve survival or quality of life? (free) AND Cancer drugs: high price, uncertain value (free)
Commentaries: Over half of new cancer drugs ‘show no benefits’ for survival or wellbeing – The Guardian (free) AND Only half of new cancer drugs extend or improve life – OnMedica (free) AND Some cancer drugs approved in Europe might not have sufficient evidence of survival benefits, says study – Cancer Research UK (free)
Report: Trends in Incidence of Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:40h | UTCNews Release: Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States (free)
Commentaries: Excessive Weight Gain, Obesity, and Cancer Opportunities for Clinical Intervention – JAMA Viewpoint (free) AND Cancer: 40 percent of all cases related to obesity, overweight – Medical News Today (free)
Simple preventive actions by parents linked to fewer child injuries
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:42h | UTCSimple preventive actions by parents linked to fewer child injuries – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Keeping Children Safe: a multicentre programme of research to increase the evidence base for preventing unintentional injuries in the home in the under-fives – Programme Grants for Applied Research (free)
“Children more than twice as likely to attend hospital for stair falls if safety gate not used. Home hazards studied” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Report: The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies From 1990 to 2015 at the Global, Regional, and National Level
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:38h | UTCCommentary: Global burden of disease study focuses on liver cancer – eCancer News (free)
Research: Exercise and the Prevention of Depression
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:32h | UTCCommentary: Just One Hour of Exercise a Week May Help Prevent Depression – TIME Magazine (free) AND One hour of exercise a week can prevent depression – EurekAlert (free) AND What’s the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise – The Guardian (free)
“Explaining and apologizing to patients after a medical error does not increase lawsuits, large US study finds” (RT @bmj_latest see Tweet)