Global & Public Health (all articles)
Free Online Course: Public Health in Humanitarian Crises
14 Aug, 2017 | 00:01h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Public Health in Humanitarian Crises – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Regulatory control of highly hazardous pesticides to prevent self-poisoning
13 Aug, 2017 | 22:03h | UTCCommentaries: Regulatory control of highly hazardous pesticides to prevent self-poisoning – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND Highly hazardous pesticides: policies should focus on bans, rather than secure storage, Lancet studies suggest – Bristol Health Partners (free)
Related: Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free) AND Learning from a negative trial of lockable pesticide storage – The Lancet (free)
“A worldwide ban on the use of highly hazardous agricultural pesticides is likely to prevent tens of thousands of deaths every year”.
Causes of death after self-inflicted, drug-related or alcohol-related, or violent injury during adolescence
11 Aug, 2017 | 16:55h | UTCCauses of death up to 10 years after admissions to hospitals for self-inflicted, drug-related or alcohol-related, or violent injury during adolescence: a retrospective, nationwide, cohort study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: One million teen study reveals suicide risk – OnMedica (free) AND Alcohol, drug, and violence related injuries in adolescence carry similar risk of later suicide as self-harm – Medical News Today (free) AND Teen Violence, Substance Use: Same Suicide Risk as Self-harm – Medscape (free registration required)
Lifestyle Risk Factors Increase the Risk of Hospitalization for Sciatica
11 Aug, 2017 | 16:04h | UTCLifestyle Risk Factors Increase the Risk of Hospitalization for Sciatica: Findings of Four Prospective Cohort Studies – The American Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Walking and biking tied to lower risk of hospitalization with sciatica – Reuters (free)
Related guideline: Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management – NICE (free)
Global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment
11 Aug, 2017 | 14:29h | UTCInvited commentary: Universal eye health: are we getting closer? (free)
“Blindness is set to rise at an alarming rate reaching 115 million by 2050” (RT @UniMelbMDHS see Tweet)
The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
11 Aug, 2017 | 13:30h | UTCUpdated Fact Sheet: The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic – Kaiser Family Foundation (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Addressing Alcohol Use Practice Manual: An Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Program
11 Aug, 2017 | 14:56h | UTCPress release: AAFP, Baylor Partner to Create Alcohol Screening Practice Manual (free)
Commentary: Alcohol screening and brief intervention: A practice manual for clinicians – Clinical Advisor (free)
Counseling Adolescents About Contraception
11 Aug, 2017 | 13:12h | UTCGuideline: Counseling Adolescents About Contraception – American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
Commentary: Contraception and adolescents: ACOG releases counseling recommendations for clinicians – Clinical Advisor (free)
Breast-feeding for economic growth and prosperity
11 Aug, 2017 | 13:47h | UTCOpinion: Breast-feeding for economic growth and prosperity – Devex (free)
Source: Global Health Now Newsletter
Early Childhood Caries: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Prevention
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:51h | UTCReview: Early Childhood Caries: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Prevention – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)
Interventions for emergency contraception
10 Aug, 2017 | 22:29h | UTCInterventions for emergency contraception – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Methods of emergency contraception (free)
Seasonal influenza: managing cases in critical care units
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:35h | UTCGuideline: Seasonal influenza: managing cases in critical care units – Public Health England (free PDF)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
On-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV
10 Aug, 2017 | 22:31h | UTCEfficacy, safety, and effect on sexual behaviour of on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in men who have sex with men: an observational cohort study – The Lancet HIV (free registration required)
Commentaries: PrEP on demand or every day? – The Lancet HIV (free registration required) AND HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis can be taken as needed – Reuters (free)
“four doses of PrEP around the time of sexual activity cut the risk of HIV by 97 percent” (from Reuters Health)
Strategies to prevent death by suicide
10 Aug, 2017 | 22:28h | UTCStrategies to prevent death by suicide: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – British Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Brief Intervention and Contact (BIC) to prevent suicide – Dave Cesarini, via Medium (free)
Related article: Effectiveness of brief intervention and contact for suicide attempters: a randomized controlled trial in five countries – Bulletin of the World Health Organization (free)
Source: Psychiatry Research Review
“The WHO BIC is a promising suicide prevention strategy. No other intervention showed a statistically significant effect in reducing suicide”.
Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population
10 Aug, 2017 | 22:27h | UTCSuicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population: The ED-SAFE Study – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – Free Full Text PDF via @unpaywall)
Commentaries: Intervention Phone Calls May Save The Lives Of Suicidal Patients, Reduce New Attempts, Trial Finds – Medical Daily (free) AND National study shows interventions like telephone calls can reduce suicides – EurekAlert (free) AND Intervention Curbs New Suicide Attempts in At-Risk ED Patients – Medscape (free registration required)
Source: Psychiatry Research Review
“Patients who received a multifaceted intervention that included follow-up telephone calls resulted in a 30 percent reduction in future suicide attempts” (from Medical Daily)
The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health
10 Aug, 2017 | 19:39h | UTCThe effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Public Health (free) (RT @equitylist see Tweet)
Invited commentary: Inequality and intergenerational transmission of complex adversity (free)
Editorial: Our greatest untapped resource (free)
What do hypnotics cost hospitals and healthcare?
10 Aug, 2017 | 17:16h | UTCWhat do hypnotics cost hospitals and healthcare? – F1000 Research (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
“A best estimate is that U.S. costs of hypnotic harms to healthcare systems are on the order of $55 billion, but conceivably might be as low as $10 billion or as high as $100 billion”.
Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm
10 Aug, 2017 | 17:07h | UTCDevelopmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm – NICE Guideline (free)
Effect of marijuana use on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular mortality
10 Aug, 2017 | 17:13h | UTCCommentaries: Marijuana associated with three-fold risk of death from hypertension – European Society of Cardiology, via Science Daily (free) AND Marijuana use holds three-fold blood pressure death risk: study – Reuters (free) AND Marijuana Use Tied to Death from Hypertension, Study Suggests – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Marijuana ‘may be worse than cigarettes for cardiovascular health’ – Medical News Today (free)
Alternatives to hospital admission for people aged over 65 years
9 Aug, 2017 | 17:58h | UTCA systematic review to identify and assess the effectiveness of alternatives for people over the age of 65 who are at risk of potentially avoidable hospital admission – BMJ Open (free) (RT @NIHR_DC)
Alternatives to hospital admission for people aged over 65 years can be safe and reduce costs across a range of acute and chronic conditions.
Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus by Community-Based Nonspecialist Providers
9 Aug, 2017 | 17:00h | UTCExpansion of Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Task Shifting to Community-Based Nonspecialist Providers: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Nonspecialists Could Safely Provide Hepatitis C Care – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND HCV treatment by NPs, PCPs appears safe, effective as that provided by subspecialists – ACP Internist (free)
“Expansion of Treatment for HCV Infection by Task Shifting to Community-Based Nonspecialists” (RT @kennylinafp see Tweet)
Interventions during pregnancy and childbirth for preventing cerebral palsy
9 Aug, 2017 | 16:55h | UTC
WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region
9 Aug, 2017 | 15:56h | UTC
The Global Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases
9 Aug, 2017 | 15:45h | UTC
Raw milk and cheese cause 840 times more illnesses than pasteurized products
7 Aug, 2017 | 21:56h | UTCCommentaries: Raw milk: a superfood or super risky? – The Guardian (free) AND Raw milk and cheese cause 840 times more illnesses than pasteurized products – STAT News (free)