Global & Public Health (all articles)
Evaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:07h | UTCEvaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Detecting Tuberculosis Resistance (free)
Commentary: New rapid molecular test for MDR-TB shows promise – CIDRAP (free)
Guideline: Prevention of Early-onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCNews release: Group B Streptococcal Disease, Early-onset (free)
Commentaries: Antibiotics for women in early labour to combat Group B Strep – OnMedica (free) AND More pregnant women to get Group B Strep treatment – BBC News (free)
Report: Measuring progress of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:38h | UTCCommentary: IHME releases second annual report on the Sustainable Development Goal indicators – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
See also: Health-related Sustainable Development Goals visualization tool, which allows users to compare and contrast between countries and among indicators, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Website.
Guideline: Cervical Cancer Screening
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCDraft Recommendation Statement: Cervical Cancer: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Draft Recommendation Eliminates Cervical Cytology-HPV Cotesting for Women Over 30 – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF: Pap Test or HPV Test, Not Both, For Most Cervical Ca Screening – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND USPSTF Has New Draft Guidance for Cervical Cancer Screening – Medscape (free registration required) AND Age matters when it comes to screening for cervical câncer – STAT (free)
Report: Preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing environmental risk factors
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:26h | UTC“We welcome new @WHO report, showing 23% of all deaths can be prevented through healthier environments” (RT @HealthandEnv see Tweet)
Guideline: Antiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:24h | UTCAntiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free guideline and infographic)
Series: The World Bank and financing global health
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:13h | UTCNew Series: The World Bank and financing global health – The BMJ
World Bank’s financing, priorities, and lending structures for global health (free)
Universal health coverage, health systems strengthening, and the World Bank (free)
World Bank and the Global Financing Facility (free)
Earmarking for global health: benefits and perils of the World Bank’s trust fund model (free)
Health as a “global public good”: creating a market for pandemic risk (free)
Baines and Babar: Why medical practitioners should be interested in the World Bank (free)
Cohort Study: Sedentary Time and Physical Activity With Mobility Disability in Older People
12 Sep, 2017 | 21:07h | UTCCommentaries: Get Off The Couch Baby Boomers, Or You May Not Be Able To Later – NPR (free) AND Prospective Study Shows Just How Bad TV Can Be – Medscape (free registration required) AND Prolonged sitting and TV watching ‘dangerous’ for seniors – Medical News Today (free) AND TV viewing ‘a potent risk factor’ for disability – OnMedica (free)
Recommendations on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in primary care
12 Sep, 2017 | 21:10h | UTCSee also: Summary of recommendations for clinicians and policy-makers (free) AND Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA): 1000-Person Tool (free)
WHO Guideline: Hormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV
12 Sep, 2017 | 21:05h | UTCHormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV: Guidance Statement – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News release: Can women who are at high risk of acquiring HIV, safely use hormonal contraception? (free)
Frequently asked questions: Hormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV (free)
Guideline Summary: Hormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV: guidance statement – National Guideline Clearinghouse (free)
A fatal outbreak of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in China
11 Sep, 2017 | 14:28h | UTCA fatal outbreak of ST11 carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Chinese hospital: a molecular epidemiological study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Hypervirulent, highly resistant Klebsiella identified in China – CIDRAP (free) AND Triple Threat: New Pneumonia Is Drug-Resistant, Deadly And Contagious – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Free Online Course: Health Across the Gender Spectrum
11 Sep, 2017 | 01:04h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Health Across the Gender Spectrum – Stanford University and Coursera
Free Online Course: Public Health in Humanitarian Crises
11 Sep, 2017 | 01:04h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Public Health in Humanitarian Crises – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Free Online Course: Major Depression in the Population – A Public Health Approach
11 Sep, 2017 | 01:03h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Major Depression in the Population: A Public Health Approach – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Free Online Course: Living with Dementia: Impact on Individuals, Caregivers, Communities and Societies
11 Sep, 2017 | 01:01h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Living with Dementia: Impact on Individuals, Caregivers, Communities and Societies – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Free Online Course: The People, Power, and Pride of Public Health
11 Sep, 2017 | 00:59h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: The People, Power, and Pride of Public Health – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Free Online Course: The Science of Health Care Delivery
11 Sep, 2017 | 00:59h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: The Science of Health Care Delivery – Arizona State University and Coursera
Free Online Course: PrEP for Providers and Patients
11 Sep, 2017 | 00:58h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: PrEParing: PrEP for Providers and Patients – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
11 Drugs You Should Seriously Consider Deprescribing
11 Sep, 2017 | 00:24h | UTC11 Drugs You Should Seriously Consider Deprescribing – Medscape Slideshow (free registration required)
Related: Canadian Deprescribing Network (CaDeN) (free) AND CaDeN Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free) AND Deprescribing guidelines for the elderly – Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network (free) AND Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Too Many Meds? America’s Love Affair With Prescription Medication – Consumer Reports (free) AND Patient often prescribed potentially futile drugs in their final months of life – Science Daily AND The Challenge of Polypharmacy: From Rhetoric to Reality – Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Royal College of General Practitioners Partnership (free PDF) Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Practice (free)
Review: Comprehensive primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women
11 Sep, 2017 | 00:29h | UTCComprehensive primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women – Clinical Cardiology (free)
Opinion: Cardiology Is Dead. Long Live Public Health
11 Sep, 2017 | 00:25h | UTCCardiology Is Dead. Long Live Public Health – Cardiobrief (free)
Guideline: Defining Optimal Brain Health in Adults
10 Sep, 2017 | 01:36h | UTCSee also: Advisory Highlights: Seven steps to keep your brain healthy from childhood to old age (free) AND News release: As brain problems increase, experts offer advice to keep yours healthy (free) AND Commentary: Optimal Cardiovascular Health and a Healthy Brain (free) AND Top Ten Things to Know: Defining Optimal Brain Health in Adults (free PDF)
Commentary: Heart and Stroke Groups Issue Advisory on Optimal Brain Health – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Report: Everybody active, every day: an evidence-based approach to physical activity
10 Sep, 2017 | 01:35h | UTCEverybody active, every day: an evidence-based approach to physical activity – Public Health England (free report and other documents)
See also: 10 minutes brisk walking each day in mid-life for health benefits and towards achieving physical activity recommendations: evidence summary (free PDF)
Press release: 6 million adults do not do a monthly brisk 10-minute walk (free)
Commentaries: 10-minute walk a day app to tackle ‘inactivity epidemic’ – NHS Choices (free) AND 6 million middle-aged people take no exercise – The Guardian (free)
Report: Size matters: The impact of upselling on weight gain
10 Sep, 2017 | 01:34h | UTCSee also: Press release (free)
Commentaries: Supersize us: upselling is fuelling the obesity epidemic, warns report – The Guardian (free) AND Going Large – Is Upselling Making You Gain Weight? – Medscape (free registration required)
Study: Safety and Feasibility of Antiretroviral Preexposure Prophylaxis for Adolescent Men Who Have Sex With Men
10 Sep, 2017 | 01:30h | UTCEditorial: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Preexposure Prophylaxis for Adolescent Men (free)
Commentaries: Safety, Feasibility of PrEP for Adolescent Men Who Have Sex With Men – The JAMA Network (free) AND PrEP safe and effective for young men who have sex with men – OnMedica (free) AND HIV PrEP for adolescent men found to be safe, effective – UPI (free)