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More data on the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of adolescents.

6 Jun, 2021 | 23:52h | UTC

Depressive symptoms, mental wellbeing, and substance use among adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland: a longitudinal, population-based study – The Lancet Psychiatry

Commentaries: A lost generation? COVID-19 and adolescent mental health – The Lancet Psychiatry AND COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impact on the mental health of adolescents – Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

 

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Challenges and solutions for physician mothers: a critical review of the literature.

6 Jun, 2021 | 23:46h | UTC

Challenges and Solutions for Physician Mothers: A Critical Review of the Literature – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 

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AHA Statement: Physical Activity as a Critical Component of First-Line Treatment for Elevated Blood Pressure or Cholesterol: Who, What, and How?

3 Jun, 2021 | 10:52h | UTC

Physical Activity as a Critical Component of First-Line Treatment for Elevated Blood Pressure or Cholesterol: Who, What, and How?: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Hypertension

News Release: ‘Prescription’ to sit less, move more advised for mildly high blood pressure and cholesterol – American Heart Association

Commentary: AHA: Physical Activity Should First-line Therapy as BP, LDL Tick Upwards – TCTMD

 

USPSTF Statement: Clinicians should offer behavioral counseling interventions to promote healthy weight gain and prevent excess gestational weight gain in pregnancy.

1 Jun, 2021 | 08:08h | UTC

Healthy Weight and Weight Gain In Pregnancy: Behavioral Counseling Interventions – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Editorial: Behavioral Counseling Interventions for Healthy Weight During Pregnancy: An Ambitious Endeavor – JAMA

Evidence Report: Counseling and Behavioral Interventions for Healthy Weight and Weight Gain in Pregnancy – JAMA

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Behavioral Counseling Interventions for Healthy Weight and Weight Gain in Pregnancy – JAMA

JAMA Patient Page: Behavioral Interventions for Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy

 

Providing more low-value care does not lead to higher patient experience ratings – “New study challenges the assumption that offering patients more tests and procedures will lead to higher patient experience ratings”.

31 May, 2021 | 08:11h | UTC

Providing more low-value care doesn’t lead to higher patient experience ratings – University of Chicago Medical Center

Original Study: Association of Low-Value Care Exposure With Health Care Experience Ratings Among Patient Panels – JAMA Internal Medicine

 

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The global burden of smoking tobacco and attributable disease in 204 countries and territories – “In the absence of intervention, the annual toll of 7.69 million deaths and 200 million disability-adjusted life-years attributable to smoking will increase over the coming decades”.

28 May, 2021 | 08:19h | UTC

Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – The Lancet

News Release: The Lancet & The Lancet Public Health: Latest global data finds nearly 8 million deaths from smoking in 2019, and 90% of new smokers addicted by age 25 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Related studies: Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – The Lancet Public Health AND Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and initiation among young people in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019 – The Lancet Public Health

 

Viewpoint | A population-level approach to suicide prevention.

28 May, 2021 | 08:12h | UTC

A Population-Level Approach to Suicide Prevention – JAMA

 

Global cardiovascular organizations release joint opinion on achieving the ‘tobacco endgame’.

27 May, 2021 | 08:22h | UTC

Statement: The tobacco endgame—eradicating a worsening epidemic: a joint opinion from the American Heart Association, World Heart Federation, American College of Cardiology, and the European Society of Cardiology

News release: Global cardiovascular organizations release joint opinion on achieving the ‘tobacco endgame’  – American College of Cardiology

Commentary: The Tobacco Endgame—Eradicating a Worsening Epidemic – American College of Cardiology

 

RCT: Immediate “kangaroo mother care” improves survival in infants with low birth weight compared to conventional care with “kangaroo mother care” initiated after stabilization.

27 May, 2021 | 08:18h | UTC

Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary: Immediate skin-to-skin contact after birth improves survival of pre-term babies – Karolisnka Institutet

Related: RCT: Community-initiated kangaroo mother care reduced the risk of moderate-to-severe maternal postpartum depressive symptoms among mothers of low-birth-weight infants in low-income areas in India AND WHO: New research highlights risks of separating newborns from mothers during COVID-19 pandemic AND Randomized Trial: Kangaroo Mother Care Improves Survival of Infants with Low Birthweight

 

The state of diabetes treatment coverage in 55 low-income and middle-income countries – fewer than one in ten people with diabetes in LMICs receive comprehensive care such as low-cost medicines to reduce blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, in addition to counseling on diet, exercise and weight.

24 May, 2021 | 08:18h | UTC

The state of diabetes treatment coverage in 55 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 680 102 adults – The Lancet Health Longevity

Commentary: Vast under-treatment of diabetes seen in global study – Michigan Medicine

 

[Preprint] No safe level of alcohol consumption for brain health: observational cohort study of 25,378 UK Biobank participants.

24 May, 2021 | 08:20h | UTC

No safe level of alcohol consumption for brain health: observational cohort study of 25,378 UK Biobank participants – medRxiv

Commentaries: Drinking any amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain, study finds – CNN AND Expert reaction to a preprint looking at alcohol consumption and brain health – Science Media Centre AND Any amount of alcohol consumption harmful to the brain, finds study – The Guardian

 

New WHO report highlights global progress on reducing HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections and signals need for renewed efforts to reach 2030 targets.

21 May, 2021 | 08:33h | UTC

News Release: New report highlights global progress on reducing HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections and signals need for renewed efforts to reach 2030 targets

Original report: Global progress report on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2021 – World Health Organization

 

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M-A: Psychologic treatment of depression compared with pharmacotherapy and combined treatment in primary care – Psychotherapy has comparable effects to those of pharmacotherapy, and combined treatment might be better than either psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy alone.

20 May, 2021 | 08:34h | UTC

Psychologic Treatment of Depression Compared With Pharmacotherapy and Combined Treatment in Primary Care: A Network Meta-Analysis – Annals of Family Medicine

Commentary: Combination of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy more effective in treating depression – American Academy of Family Physicians

 

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Systematic review: Prognostic factors for pain chronicity in low back pain – “Higher pain intensity, higher body weight, carrying heavy loads at work, difficult working positions, and depression were the most frequently observed risk factors for chronic low back pain”

20 May, 2021 | 08:32h | UTC

Prognostic factors for pain chronicity in low back pain: a systematic review – Pain Reports

 

USPSTF Statement: Start colorectal cancer screening at 45 years for most patients.

19 May, 2021 | 08:40h | UTC

Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Evidence Report: Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force – JAMA

Editorials: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Forty-Five Is the New Fifty – JAMA AND Updated USPSTF Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening: The Earlier the Better – JAMA Surgery AND Colorectal Cancer Screening Starting at Age 45 Years—Ensuring Benefits Are Realized by All – JAMA Network Open AND

Modeling study: Colorectal Cancer Screening: An Updated Modeling Study for the US Preventive Services Task Force – JAMA

Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Colorectal Cancer

JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Colorectal Cancer

 

Series: Social determinants of health in people with kidney disease.

19 May, 2021 | 08:29h | UTC

Introduction: Social Determinants of Health in People with Kidney Disease

The Pathogenesis of Race and Ethnic Disparities

Social Determinants of Kidney Health

Reducing the Burden of CKD among Latinx

The Seen and the Unseen: Race and Social Inequities Affecting Kidney Care

Personal Experiences of Patients in the Interaction of Culture and Kidney Disease

 

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WHO and UNICEF launch new tools for the promotion of adolescent mental health.

19 May, 2021 | 08:33h | UTC

News release: WHO and UNICEF launch new tools for the promotion of adolescent mental health – World Health Organization

WHO/UNICEF Helping Adolescents Thrive programme

Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit

Magnificent Mei and Friends: Comic 1

The Teacher’s Guide

The mental and brain health of children and adolescents 

 

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Perspective | Facebook calls links to depression inconclusive. These researchers disagree.

19 May, 2021 | 08:30h | UTC

Facebook Calls Links To Depression Inconclusive. These Researchers Disagree – NPR

Related: Cohort study: Preschoolers’ extensive electronic media use linked to emotional/behavioral issues AND Analysis: Smartphones, Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health AND [Abstract Only] Study: Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Mental Health Problems Among Youth AND Association of Screen Time and Depression in Adolescence AND The Adverse Effects of Social Media use on Young People’s Mental Health May be Caused by Exposure to Cyberbullying, Loss of Sleep, and Reduced Physical Activity AND Research: This Is Your Brain Off Facebook AND Cohort Study: Social Media Use and Adolescent Mental Health AND Supplement: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn

 

Systematic review: Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries.

19 May, 2021 | 08:19h | UTC

Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries – Cochrane Library

Summary: Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in LMICs

 

#ACC21 – The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission: reducing the global burden by 2030 – “The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission outlines 10 ambitious recommendations to improve health outcomes for millions of women”.

18 May, 2021 | 07:32h | UTC

Homepage: The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission: reducing the global burden by 2030 – The Lancet (free registration required)

Infographic: Women and cardiovascular disease

Video: The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission

News release: Experts call for urgent action to reduce global burden of cardiovascular disease in women by 2030 – The Lancet

 

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WHO study estimates long working hours causing 745.000 deaths a year from heart disease and stroke.

18 May, 2021 | 07:29h | UTC

News Release: Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke: WHO, ILO – World Health Organization

Original Study: Global, regional, and national burdens of ischemic heart disease and stroke attributable to exposure to long working hours for 194 countries, 2000–2016: A systematic analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury – Environment International

Commentary: Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds – BBC

 

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Opinion | E-Cigarettes and the U.S. Menthol Ban: A Missed Opportunity to Protect Youth.

18 May, 2021 | 07:28h | UTC

E-Cigarettes and the U.S. Menthol Ban: A Missed Opportunity to Protect Youth – Think Global Health

 

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Report: Implementing high-quality primary care – “pay for primary care teams to care for people, not physicians to deliver services”.

17 May, 2021 | 08:11h | UTC

Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – JAMA

Original report: Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

 

Large trial with over 200.000 patients finds ovarian cancer screening does not reduce deaths.

14 May, 2021 | 08:32h | UTC

Ovarian cancer population screening and mortality after long-term follow-up in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet

Commentaries: Screening for ovarian cancer did not reduce early deaths – Imperial College London AND Annual screening for ovarian cancer does not save lives, study finds – The Guardian

 

Study: More nurses lead to fewer patient deaths & readmissions, shorter hospital stays, and savings

13 May, 2021 | 05:55h | UTC

News release: More nurses lead to fewer patient deaths & readmissions, shorter hospital stays, and savings – The Lancet

Original study: Effects of nurse-to-patient ratio legislation on nurse staffing and patient mortality, readmissions, and length of stay: a prospective study in a panel of hospitals (free registration required)

 

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