Global & Public Health (all articles)
Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines
24 Sep, 2017 | 20:10h | UTCCommentary: CDC: Updated Influenza Immunization Recommendations for 2017-2018 – MPR (free)
Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children
24 Sep, 2017 | 20:09h | UTCCommentary: 2017-2018 recommendations for pediatric influenza vaccination – Clinical Advisor (free) AND Fall Weather Headed Your Way? Time For Flu Shots – NPR (free)
Review: A Public Health Approach to Hepatitis C in an Urban Setting
24 Sep, 2017 | 20:07h | UTC
WHO Report: The world is running out of antibiotics
20 Sep, 2017 | 22:29h | UTCThe world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms – World Health Organization (free)
See 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)
See also WHO Resources on Antibiotic Resistance
Commentaries: WHO report paints dire picture of antibiotic development – CIDRAP (free) AND Too few antibiotics in pipeline to tackle global drug-resistance crisis, WHO warns – The Guardian (free) AND The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO says – CNN (free text and video)
Systematic Reviews: Improving health systems in low-income countries
20 Sep, 2017 | 22:27h | UTCImproving health systems in low-income countries – 3 New Cochrane Library Reviews
Article 1: Implementation strategies for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (free) AND Summary: Implementation strategies for health systems in low-income countries (free)
Article 2: Governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (free) AND Summary: Effects of governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries (free)
Article 3: Delivery arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (free) AND Summary: Effects of delivery arrangements for health systems in low-income countries (free)
Association of spontaneous abortion with influenza vaccine
20 Sep, 2017 | 22:24h | UTCAssociation of spontaneous abortion with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine containing H1N1pdm09 in 2010–11 and 2011–12 – Vaccine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study signals association between flu vaccine, miscarriage – CIDRAP (free) AND New study finds link between flu vaccine and miscarriage. But is it real? – Science (free) AND Study shows miscarriage risk may have increased after flu shots, puzzling researchers – STAT (free) AND A new finding of a possible flu shot-miscarriage link shows science prioritizes vaccine safety – STAT (free)
“This study does not and cannot establish a causal relationship between repeated influenza vaccination and SAB, but further research is warranted”.
Meta-analysis: Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes
20 Sep, 2017 | 22:25h | UTCCommentaries: No change to alcohol guidelines for pregnancy – NHS Choices (free) Health risks of light drinking in pregnancy confirms that abstention is the safest approach – The Conversation (free)
Review: The Evolution of Public Health Emergency Management as a Field of Practice
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:46h | UTCThe Evolution of Public Health Emergency Management as a Field of Practice – American Journal of Public Health (free) (RT @equitylist see Tweet)
How to achieve universal health coverage? Focus on primary care
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:42h | UTCHow to achieve universal health coverage? Focus on primary care – Devex (free) (RT @WBG_Health see Tweet)
Systematic Review: Helping adults with severe mental illness get a job and to keep it
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:36h | UTCOriginal 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)
Study: Addiction Potential of Cigarettes With Reduced Nicotine Content
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:41h | UTCAddiction Potential of Cigarettes With Reduced Nicotine Content in Populations With Psychiatric Disorders and Other Vulnerabilities to Tobacco Addiction – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lowering Nicotine in Cigarettes Could Help Most Vulnerable – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Could Nicotine Reduction Help Curb Addiction? – Science Newsline (free)
Report: Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2017
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:32h | UTCNoncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2017 – World Health Organization (free)
News release: WHO launches new NCDs Progress Monitor (free)
Related WHO resources: Noncommunicable diseases: the slow-motion disaster – World Health Organization (free) AND Preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing environmental risk factors – World Health Organization (free) AND Other dimensions of the NCD crisis: from mental health, ageing, dementia and malnutrition to deaths on the roads, violence and disability (free) AND Tools for implementing WHO PEN (Package of essential noncommunicable disease interventions) (free) AND WHO’s work on NCDs (free)
Study: Association of Cigarette Price Differentials With Infant Mortality
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:30h | UTCCommentaries: Budget cigs linked to higher infant mortality: Stopping their sale could reduce deaths – Irish Health (free) AND The Fatal Toll of Cheap Cigarettes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Review: Impact of Electronic Cigarettes on the Cardiovascular System
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:29h | UTC
Cancer’s Invasion Equation
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:27h | UTCCancer’s Invasion Equation – The New Yorker (free)
We can detect tumors earlier than ever before. Can we predict whether they’re going to be dangerous?
Use of public defibrillators linked to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:25h | UTCUse of public defibrillators linked to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: The Effects of Public Access Defibrillation on Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Each minute of delay to defibrillation is estimated to reduce the probability of long-term survival by 10%” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:22h | UTCCommentaries: Alcohol increases cancer risk, but don’t trust the booze industry to give you the facts straight – The Conversation (free) AND Drinks industry distorts alcohol cancer risk: scientists – Reuters (free) AND Drinks industry downplaying alcohol-cancer link – The Guardian (free) AND Drinks industry accused of downplaying ‘alcohol-cancer risk’ – NHS Choices (free)
Trends in standardized mortality among individuals with schizophrenia
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCCommentaries: Schizophrenia linked to threefold increase in death risk – Medical News Today (free) AND People with schizophrenia have threefold risk of dying – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)
Study: Safety of Medical Abortion Provided Through Telemedicine
18 Sep, 2017 | 16:33h | UTCCommentaries: Abortion via telemedicine as safe as seeing doctor in person – Reuters (free) AND Abortion Via Telemedicine Is Totally Safe, Study Says – HuffPost (free) AND Medical Abortion Via Telemedicine Found Safe – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Report: Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Colorectal Cancer
18 Sep, 2017 | 15:38h | UTCDiet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Colorectal Cancer – American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) (Free PDF)
News release: New Report finds whole grains lower colorectal cancer risk, processed meat increases risk (free)
Infographic: Preventing Colorectal Cancer (free)
Almost half cases of colorectal cancer can be prevented by staying lean, eating healthy, and moving more.
Guideline: Type 2 diabetes – prevention in people at high risk
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:14h | UTC
Community pharmacy: public health interventions
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:34h | UTCCommunity pharmacy: public health interventions – Public Health England (free PDF)
“This document sets out a range of opportunities for pharmacy teams working in communities, and through their daily interactions with patients and the public, to play an important role in protecting and improving the health of the nation”.
Life, death, and disability in 2016: latest estimates from The Global Burden of Disease Study
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:11h | UTCLife, death, and disability in 2016: latest estimates from The Global Burden of Disease Study – The Lancet
Editorial: Life, death, and disability in 2016 (free)
– Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: (free)
Commentaries: New global study finds countries saving more lives, despite a ‘triad of troubles’ in obesity, violence, and mental illness – Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) AND Smoking And Poor Diet Still Leading Killers Worldwide – Pursuit (free)
See also: GBD Compare Interactive Tool – Explore which causes & risk factors are causing the most death & disability in your country over time (free tool)
Cohort Study: Meat, Dietary Heme Iron, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:09h | UTCMeat, Dietary Heme Iron, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Singapore Chinese Health Study – American Journal of Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Eating meat linked to higher risk of diabetes – DukeNUS Medical School, via EurekAlert (free)
Related articles: Meat Consumption as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes – Nutrients (free) AND Meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies – Diabetologia (free) AND Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (free)
“The Singapore Chinese Health Study reveals increased risk of diabetes with higher intake of red meat and poultry, partially attributed to the dietary iron content in these meats” (from EurekAlert)
How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:08h | UTCHow Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food – The New York times (10 articles per month are free) (RT @glassmanamanda Tweet)
“As growth slows in wealthy countries, Western food companies are aggressively expanding in developing nations, contributing to obesity and health problems”.