Guidelines & Reports
Canadian Guideline: Management of Chronic Hepatitis C
7 Jun, 2018 | 02:36h | UTCCommentaries: Hepatitis C guideline recommends screening for all people born 1945-1975 – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Canadian Group Offers New Guidelines on Hepatitis C Screening, Management – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
Related Guidelines: HCV Guidance: Recommendations for Testing, Managing, and Treating Hepatitis C – American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) (free) AND EASL Recommendations on Treatment of Hepatitis C 2018 – Journal of Hepatology (free)
Guideline: Investigation and Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in the Shoulder and Elbow
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:51h | UTC
AUA/ASTRO/SUO Guideline: Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:49h | UTCPart I: Risk Stratification, Shared Decision Making, and Care Options – The Journal of Urology (free)
Part II: Recommended Approaches and Details of Specific Care Options – The Journal of Urology (free)
Position Statement: Guidance for People with Types 1 and 2 Diabetes Who Fast During Ramadan
1 Jun, 2018 | 04:36h | UTC
Guideline: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older People
1 Jun, 2018 | 03:48h | UTCCommentary: New guidance on treating diabetes in elderly and frail adults – University of Exeter, via EurekAlert (free)
Guideline: Colorectal Cancer Screening for Average‐risk Adults
1 Jun, 2018 | 03:45h | UTCNews Release: American Cancer Society Updates Colorectal Cancer Screening Guideline (free)
Commentaries: American Cancer Society recommends earlier colorectal cancer screening – Reuters (free) AND American Cancer Society advises colorectal screens at 45, not 50 – UPI (free) AND Cancer Group Calls for Colorectal Cancer Screening Starting at Age 45 – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Get Screened Earlier For Colorectal Cancer, Urges American Cancer Society – NPR (free)
Related Guidelines (all suggest screening should begin at age 50 years in average-risk individuals): Colorectal Cancer Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free resources) AND Recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer in primary care – Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (free) AND Colorectal Cancer Screening: Recommendations for Physicians and Patients from the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer – The American Journal of Gastroenterology (free)
Guidelines and Current Issues in Cancer Screening
1 Jun, 2018 | 03:23h | UTCSee Also Cancer Screening Guidelines from Other Organizations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations (all free) AND Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care Published Guidelines (all free)
ESMO Guideline: Soft Tissue and Visceral Sarcomas
1 Jun, 2018 | 03:06h | UTC
ESMO Guideline: Hodgkin lymphoma
1 Jun, 2018 | 03:12h | UTC
ESMO Guideline: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
1 Jun, 2018 | 03:13h | UTC
ASCO Guideline: Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Testing in Breast Cancer
1 Jun, 2018 | 02:59h | UTCCommentary: Updated Guideline for HER2 Testing in Breast Cancer Aids Physicians, Patients and their Families – College of American Pathologists, via NewsWise (free)
ESC Position Statement: Advanced Heart Failure
29 May, 2018 | 20:12h | UTC
Consensus Document: Clinical use of intracoronary imaging. Part 1
29 May, 2018 | 18:44h | UTC
ACP Position Paper: Women’s Health Policy in the United States
29 May, 2018 | 20:10h | UTCCommentary: U.S. doctors call for health policies that support women – Reuters (free)
2018 World Bank Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals
29 May, 2018 | 20:07h | UTCOnline Atlas: The 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals – The World Bank (free)
Download PDF: The 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals – The World Bank (free)
News Release: The 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals: an all-new visual guide to data and development (free)
WHO-WFSA International Standards for a Safe Practice of Anesthesia
29 May, 2018 | 20:04h | UTCCommentaries: International anesthesia standards updated with WHO in global effort to improve surgical care – World Health Organization-World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, via EurekAlert (free)
Guideline: Peyronie’s Disease and Congenital Penile Curvature
29 May, 2018 | 18:26h | UTC
IDSA & AASLD Hepatitis C Guidance Updates
28 May, 2018 | 12:56h | UTCNews Release: HCV Guidance Updates Recommendations for Screening and Treating Key Populations (free)
Related Guideline: EASL Recommendations on Treatment of Hepatitis C 2018 – Journal of Hepatology (free)
AHA Scientific Statement: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatments for CVD in South Asians in the U.S.
28 May, 2018 | 12:46h | UTCCommentary: Appreciating Cardiovascular Disease Risk in South Asians: The Time is Now (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians in the United States: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatments (free PDF)
AHA News: South Asians’ high risk of cardiovascular disease has been hidden by a lack of data (free)
News Release: South Asian Americans are at high risk for heart disease and stroke (free)
ACOG Committee Opinion: Gynecologic Care for Adolescents and Young Women With Eating Disorders
28 May, 2018 | 12:34h | UTCCommittee Opinion: Gynecologic Care for Adolescents and Young Women With Eating Disorders – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
News Release: Ob-Gyns Have Important Role on Care Team for Women with Eating Disorders – ACOG (free)
Commentary: OB/GYN Group Offers Advice on Caring for Teens, Young Women with Eating Disorders – Physician’s First Watch (free)
AAP Policy: Advocating for Life Support Training of Children, Parents, Caregivers, School Personnel, and the Public
24 May, 2018 | 23:38h | UTCSummary: Advocating for Life Support Training of Children, Parents, Caregivers, School Personnel, and the Public (free)
News Release: AAP policy says more people need access to life support training, AEDs (free)
Commentary: AAP: Children can be educated in assisting those in cardiac arrest – Healio (free registration required)
ASCO Guideline for Geriatric Oncology
24 May, 2018 | 23:37h | UTC
ASCO Guideline: Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
24 May, 2018 | 23:18h | UTCMetastatic Pancreatic Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)
Related Guideline: Pancreatic cancer in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Related Systematic Review: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer – Cochrane Library (free)
Report: Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer
24 May, 2018 | 23:15h | UTCDiet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective – World Cancer Research Fund (free)
Commentaries: A blueprint to beat cancer – World Cancer Research Fund (free) AND 10-year study shows obesity increases risk for 12 cancers – UPI (free)
Report: Therapeutic Developments for Pain and Opioid Use Disorders Through Public-Private Partnerships
24 May, 2018 | 22:51h | UTC