Public Health
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
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/pimcuijpers/status/1391999860505825286
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 | UTCPrognostic 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 | UTCScreening 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 | UTCIntroduction: 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
Commentary on Twitter
A series of Perspective articles were written based on talks at the 2020 Alison Norris Symposium at the New York Academy of Medicine on Social Determinants of Kidney Health. Dr. Alan M. Weinstein & Paul L. Kimmel share an overview of the program and series https://t.co/TlG0mOzZs4
— CJASN (@CJASN) May 14, 2021
WHO and UNICEF launch new tools for the promotion of adolescent mental health.
19 May, 2021 | 08:33h | UTCNews 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 mental and brain health of children and adolescents
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
📢 NEW RELEASE : The Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit, developed by WHO & @UNICEF, provides guidance for people working in the health, social services, education & justice sectors on how to promote & protect adolescent mental health.
Download 👉https://t.co/gtAK7WeQC7 pic.twitter.com/x7lq6m51Ze
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 18, 2021
Perspective | Facebook calls links to depression inconclusive. These researchers disagree.
19 May, 2021 | 08:30h | UTCFacebook 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 | UTCSummary: 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 | UTCHomepage: 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
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Cardiovascular disease is responsible for 35% of deaths in women yearly—yet remains:
❣️Understudied
❣️Under-recognised
❣️Underdiagnosed
❣️UndertreatedNEW @TheLancet Commission outlines 10 recommendations to improve health outcomes for millions of women: https://t.co/DDB97FFunC pic.twitter.com/WjV3aqqLV9
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) May 17, 2021
WHO study estimates long working hours causing 745.000 deaths a year from heart disease and stroke.
18 May, 2021 | 07:29h | UTCNews Release: Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke: WHO, ILO – World Health Organization
Commentary: Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds – BBC
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
🆕 WHO & @ilo analysis shows that working 55 hours or more per week impacts #WorkersHealth & increases risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Long working hours led to 745 000 deaths from #stroke & ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 2⃣9⃣% rise ↗️ since 2000.
👉 https://t.co/T3nuPX3nH7 pic.twitter.com/UW5XxbjWqo
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 17, 2021
Opinion | E-Cigarettes and the U.S. Menthol Ban: A Missed Opportunity to Protect Youth.
18 May, 2021 | 07:28h | UTCE-Cigarettes and the U.S. Menthol Ban: A Missed Opportunity to Protect Youth – Think Global Health
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
📢📢📢 @US_FDA should ban flavors in all nicotine-containing products, not just menthol cigarettes. More than 8 out of 10 current youth e-cigarette users in the U.S. vape non-tobacco flavors.
IHME researchers for @ThinkGlobalHlth 🧵⤵️ https://t.co/d56mDCvTY3
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) May 17, 2021
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 | UTCOriginal 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 | UTCCommentaries: 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 | UTCNews 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)
Commentary on Twitter
NEW—More nurses lead to fewer patient deaths and readmissions, shorter hospital stays, and cost-savings for hospitals, suggests study of recent Australian state policy to introduce a minimum ratio of one nurse to four patients for day shifts. Read https://t.co/zTZNt8viPU. pic.twitter.com/B812I0P6N2
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) May 12, 2021
RCT: An internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program followed by in-person CBT if necessary is noninferior to in-person CBT for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in children and adolescents.
12 May, 2021 | 08:39h | UTCEffect of an Internet-Delivered Stepped-Care Program vs In-Person Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
News release: Online CBT effective against OCD symptoms in the young – Karolinska Institutet
Population-based cohort study: Youngest children in class are more likely to be diagnosed with a learning disability
11 May, 2021 | 09:08h | UTCCommentary: Youngest children in class are more likely to be diagnosed with a learning disability – University of Turku
Practice Guideline: Prevention and management of allergic reactions to food in child care centers and schools
11 May, 2021 | 09:06h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Many clickbait headlines are misrepresenting new guidelines on managing #foodallergy in schools.
This is a nuanced topic and these guidelines evaluated all available evidence surrounding reactions in the school setting.
Access here: https://t.co/RIhfAmTSVd
My thoughts 🧵⬇️
— Dr. Dave Stukus (@AllergyKidsDoc) May 7, 2021
RCT: A web-based educational intervention can reduce the need for upper endoscopy (39% intervention vs. 82% control group) in patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia
11 May, 2021 | 09:02h | UTCWeb-Based Educational Intervention for Patients With Uninvestigated Dyspepsia Referred for Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopy: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
A randomized clinical trial found that web-based education on the merits of endoscopy in uninvestigated dyspepsia avoids upper gastrointestinal endoscopies in patients with dyspepsia https://t.co/7PyWNwz2Pj
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) April 26, 2021
Smartphone science: apps test and track infectious diseases
11 May, 2021 | 08:58h | UTCSmartphone science: apps test and track infectious diseases – Nature
Drugs tested in low- and middle-income countries are often not available for use in these countries even after a few years.
10 May, 2021 | 00:54h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Sharing benefits and burdens of clinical research? Or not…
Of 70 countries enrolling pts. for new-drug trials, 7% got market access to the drugs they helped test <1 year after FDA approval, 31% did so at 5 years. Lowest access in Africa & Middle East🤨https://t.co/p2uCP43hOG pic.twitter.com/cqsucO1kxP
— Søren M Bentzen (@SorenBentzen) May 6, 2021
RCT: Community pharmacies provision of a progestogen-only pill + invitation to a sexual and reproductive health clinic as a bridging contraception intervention for women receiving emergency contraception is associated with increased subsequent use of long-term effective contraception.
10 May, 2021 | 00:45h | UTC
WHO calls for pharma transparency in clinical trial data reporting.
10 May, 2021 | 00:39h | UTCWHO Calls For Pharma Transparency In Clinical Trial Data Reporting – Health Policy Watch
WHO Statement: Joint Statement on transparency and data integrity International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) and WHO
Commentary on Twitter
Wide and open access to clinical data for new medicines and vaccines will help build trust and the expand access @WHO @US_FDA @EMA_News @CDSCO_INDIA_INF @MoHFW_INDIA @ICMRDELHI @JeremyFarrar @Chikwe_I @jarottingen @pahowho https://t.co/1OACILbdh6
— Soumya Swaminathan (@doctorsoumya) May 7, 2021
Practice changing | A four-month rifapentine regiment with moxifloxacin is noninferior to the standard 6-month regimen in the treatment of tuberculosis.
6 May, 2021 | 08:56h | UTCCommentary: Four-month TB treatment matches six-month standard of care – Aidsmap
New WHO benchmarks help countries reduce salt intake and save lives.
6 May, 2021 | 08:47h | UTCNew WHO benchmarks help countries reduce salt intake and save lives – World Health Organization
Publication: WHO global sodium benchmarks for different food categories – World Health Organization
WHO: New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900 000 midwives.
6 May, 2021 | 08:45h | UTCNew report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900 000 midwives – World Health Organization
Report: The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021 – UN sexual and reproductive health agency
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
9⃣3⃣% of #midwives are women. But too many face persistent gender discrimination that prevents them from thriving professionally.
Gender transformative policies are key to change this! 👉https://t.co/qxkv16SVxp #MidwivesDay #IDM2021 pic.twitter.com/7aBBwvXFQa
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 5, 2021
USPSTF Draft Statement: Insufficient evidence to recommend multivitamin supplements for the prevention of CVD or cancer. The statement also recommends against the use of beta-carotene (increases risk of CVD mortality and lung cancer) or vitamin E (clear evidence of no benefit)
5 May, 2021 | 08:30h | UTCDraft Evidence Review: Vitamin, Mineral, and Multivitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer