Global & Public Health (all articles)
Choosing Wisely International Top 10 recommendations
3 Aug, 2017 | 14:01h | UTCChoosing Wisely: An International Campaign to Combat Overuse, with new Top 10 recommendations (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA and @CADTH_ACMTS see Tweet with infographic)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Choosing Wisely has prioritized 10 recommendations for limiting overuse internationally.
Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality – World Health Organization
3 Aug, 2017 | 14:00h | UTC
Brazilian guidelines for the clinical management of paracoccidioidomycosis
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:50h | UTC
Access to Emergency Contraception
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:40h | UTCCommittee Opinion No 707: Access to Emergency Contraception – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)
Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:38h | UTCCommittee Opinion No. 705: Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)
Breastfeeding Week Reports – World Health Organization
1 Aug, 2017 | 22:44h | UTCBreastfeeding Week Reports: Tracking Progress for Breastfeeding Policies and Programmes: Global breastfeeding scorecard 2017 – World Health Organization, UNICEF (free PDF) AND Nurturing the Health and Wealth of Nations: The Investment Case for Breastfeeding – World Health Organization, UNICEF (free PDF)
See also: UNICEF page on breastfeeding (free)
News release: Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding – World Health Organization (free)
“New analysis shows an investment of US$4.70 per newborn could generate US$300 billion in economic gains by 2025”.
Only Six Nations Have Evaluated Readiness for Global Pandemic
1 Aug, 2017 | 22:39h | UTCOnly Six Nations Have Evaluated Readiness for Global Pandemic – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Original Report: From panic and neglect to investing in health security : financing pandemic preparedness at a national level – The World Bank (free PDF)
New Series from the Lancet journals: Fungal Infections
1 Aug, 2017 | 22:43h | UTCNew Series from the Lancet journals: Fungal Infections – Lancet Infectious Diseases (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
Comment: Recovery from serious fungal infections should be realisable for everyone (free registration required)
– Fungal infections in HIV/AIDS (free registration required)
– Candida and invasive mould diseases in non-neutropenic critically ill patients and patients with haematological cancer (free registration required)
– Emerging issues, challenges, and changing epidemiology of fungal disease outbreaks (free registration required)
– Pulmonary and sinus fungal diseases in non-immunocompromised patients (free registration required)
– Improvement of fungal disease identification and management: combined health systems and public health approaches (free registration required)
– The global problem of antifungal resistance: prevalence, mechanisms, and management (free registration required)
– Immunotherapeutic approaches to treatment of fungal diseases (free registration required)
– Neglected endemic mycoses (free registration required)
“This Series of eight reports brings readers up to date on fungal infections and addresses how fungal infection management can be integrated into health systems in low-income and middle-income countries”
The Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
1 Aug, 2017 | 22:39h | UTC
Internet Searches for Suicide Following the Release of “13 Reasons Why”
1 Aug, 2017 | 22:36h | UTCInternet Searches for Suicide Following the Release of “13 Reasons Why” – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Editorial: A Call for Social Responsibility and Suicide Risk Screening, Prevention, and Early Intervention Following the Release of the Netflix Series “13 Reasons Why” (free)
Commentaries: ‘13 Reasons Why’ might have triggered suicide searches online – STAT News (free) AND Is ’13 Reasons Why’ Helping Kids Kill Themselves? – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Google Searches on Suicide Surge After ’13 Reasons Why’ Release: Study – Newsweek (free) Suicide-Related Internet Searches Elevated After Debut of “13 Reasons Why” – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Vaccines are part of the solution to the emerging crisis of antibiotic resistance
1 Aug, 2017 | 21:16h | UTCOpinion: Vaccines are part of the solution to the emerging crisis of antibiotic resistance – STAT News (free)
Antibiotic Use in the United States, 2017: Progress and Opportunities
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:36h | UTCReport: Antibiotic Use in the United States, 2017: Progress and Opportunities – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentary: CDC antibiotics report calls for all-out stewardship efforts – CIDRAP (free)
“CDC report: antibiotic stewardship protects patients, saves $, slows antibiotic resistance” (RT @IDSAInfo see Tweet)
A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:35h | UTCA ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention – STAT (free)
Related: CDC keeping a watchful eye on Candida auris – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC reports uptick in Candida auris cases – CIDRAP (free)
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Updated Network Meta-analysis
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:40h | UTCRelated: Guidelines on the management of latent tuberculosis infection – World Health Organization (free)
Diagnostic Stewardship – Leveraging the Laboratory to Improve Antimicrobial Use
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:37h | UTCDiagnostic Stewardship – Leveraging the Laboratory to Improve Antimicrobial Use – JAMA (free)
“This Viewpoint discusses the potential benefits and harms of diagnostic stewardship – modifying the ordering, performance, and reporting of diagnostic tests to improve antimicrobial use”
A Dangerous, “Silent Reservoir” For Gonorrhea: The Throat
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:35h | UTCA Dangerous, “Silent Reservoir” For Gonorrhea: The Throat – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
See related WHO report on the rising of “Untreatable Gonorrhea” in our July 10th issue (see #1)
“Drug-resistant gonorrhea is increasing. Now scientists say the epidemic is being driven by oral sex”. (RT @NYTHealth see Tweet)
World Hepatitis Day (28 July 2017) – World Health Organization Campaign
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:31h | UTCWorld Hepatitis Day (28 July 2017) – World Health Organization Campaign (free)
News release: Eliminate hepatitis: WHO (free)
WHO Updated Factsheets (free): Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis D and Hepatitis E
Highlights from the latest International AIDS Society meeting
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:33h | UTCReally Rapid Review: Paris IAS 2017 – HIV and ID Observations in Journal Watch Blogs (free) (RT @CarlosdelRio7 see Tweet)
Highlights from the latest International AIDS Society meeting.
Tenofovir reduces mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:30h | UTCTenofovir reduces mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Systematic review with meta-analysis: the efficacy and safety of tenofovir to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus – Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
FDA announces comprehensive regulatory plan to shift trajectory of tobacco-related disease, death
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:23h | UTCCommentaries: The FDA just took a radical step to cut nicotine in cigarettes so they’re not addictive – VOX (free) AND FDA Proposes Reducing Nicotine In Cigarettes – NPR (free) AND FDA Targets Cigarettes in Broadening of Fight Against Addiction – Bloomberg (free text and video) AND FDA announces plans to slash nicotine levels in cigarettes – STAT News (free) AND FDA plans to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels – The Guardian (free)
“Woooow. FDA wants to cut the nicotine in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels. This is a public health power move” (RT @onceuponA see Tweet)
Diabetic sight loss cut by screening
28 Jul, 2017 | 16:58h | UTCCommentaries: Diabetic sight loss cut by screening, research shows – BBC (free) AND Eye screening linked to fall in sight loss in people with diabetes – NHS Choices (free)
Application of a Lifestyle-Based Tool to Estimate Premature Cardiovascular Disease Events in Young Adults
28 Jul, 2017 | 15:48h | UTCApplication of a Lifestyle-Based Tool to Estimate Premature Cardiovascular Disease Events in Young Adults: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study – JAMA Internal Medicine (free) (RT @JAMAInternalMed see Tweet)
Commentaries: Healthy Heart Score performed moderately well in assessing cardiovascular disease risk in young adults – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Online tool predicts heart risk in young adults – Reuters Health (free)
See Health Heart Score Calculator
“An online calculator may help young people predict their risk of developing heart disease in middle age – in time to make lifestyle changes to minimize their odds of myocardial infarction or stroke” (from Reuters)
Nutrition Advice Aimed at Children May Improve Parents’ Diets
27 Jul, 2017 | 23:42h | UTCPress release: Nutrition Advice Aimed at Children Also Improves Parents’ Diets – European Society of Cardiology (free)
Advancing the Science to Improve Population Health
27 Jul, 2017 | 17:02h | UTCReport: Advancing the Science to Improve Population Health – National Academies Press (free)
Building Sustainable Financing Structures for Population Health: Insights from Non-Health Sectors
27 Jul, 2017 | 17:00h | UTCReport: Building Sustainable Financing Structures for Population Health: Insights from Non-Health Sectors – National Academies Press (free)