Guidelines & Reports
Report: 2017 Global Statistics on Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drug Use
16 May, 2018 | 00:53h | UTCGlobal statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report – Addiction (free PDF)
Commentaries: Alcohol and tobacco are by far the biggest threat to human welfare of all addictive drugs – Society for the Study of Addiction, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Which drugs pose the biggest threat to public health? – Medical News Today (free)
NCCN Guideline: Head and Neck Cancers
16 May, 2018 | 00:46h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Head and Neck Cancers, Version 1.2018 (free)
NCCN Guideline: Soft Tissue Sarcoma
16 May, 2018 | 00:47h | UTCSoft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
Review: Quality Improvement and Emerging Global Health Priorities
16 May, 2018 | 00:43h | UTCSource: International Health Policies Newsletter
EULAR Recommendations: Pain Management in Inflammatory Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
11 May, 2018 | 02:58h | UTCCommentary: EULAR Releases Recommendations for Pain Management in OA, Inflammatory Arthritis – Rheumatology Advisor (free)
AUA Guideline: Erectile Dysfunction
11 May, 2018 | 02:56h | UTCErectile Dysfunction – American Urology Association (2018) (free)
AHA/ACOG: Reduction of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Through Collaboration with Obstetricians and Gynecologists
11 May, 2018 | 02:52h | UTCAHA/ACOG Presidential Advisory: Promoting Risk Identification and Reduction of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Through Collaboration with Obstetricians and Gynecologists – Circulation (free PDF)
News Releases: OB-GYNs, cardiologists join to fight the No. 1 killer of women (free) AND Annual well woman visit to the OB/GYN can keep your heart healthy: AHA/ACOG Presidential Advisory (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Promoting Risk Identification and Reduction of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Through Collaboration with Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free PDF)
Report: Accelerate Progress—Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All
10 May, 2018 | 17:57h | UTCExecutive Summary: Accelerate Progress: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All – Guttmacher Institute (free)
Invited commentaries: Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: an urgent need to change the narrative (free) AND Addressing the unfinished agenda on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the SDG era (free) AND Defining sexual and reproductive health and rights for all (free)
Commentaries: Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life – Bhekisisa (free) AND Gender-based violence must be at the heart of global health agenda: expert comment – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
Guideline Retraction: Parts of New AHA/ASA Acute Stroke Guidelines Rescinded
10 May, 2018 | 17:51h | UTCCorrection to: 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association – Stroke (free PDF)
Commentaries: AHA Rescinds Large Sections of New Stroke Guidelines – Medscape (free registration required) AND AHA/ASA retracts large portion of new stroke guidelines – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Canadian Guideline: Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children
10 May, 2018 | 17:47h | UTC
USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Prostate Cancer
10 May, 2018 | 17:46h | UTCScreening for Prostate Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)
Editorials: Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Screening for Prostate Cancer: Revisiting the Evidence (free) AND USPTF Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations—A Step in the Right Direction (free) AND Implications of the New USPSTF Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendation—Attaining Equipoise (free) AND Prostate Cancer Screening—A New Recommendation for Meaningful Physician-Patient Conversations (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Prostate Cancer (free)
Video Summary: PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer: The 2018 USPSTF Recommendation Statement (free)
Infographic with key Facts: Is Prostate Cancer Screening Right for You? Understanding the Potential Benefits vs. Harms for Men 55-69 (free)
Commentary: Prostate cancer screening: the decision is up to you – Reuters (free)
Canadian Guideline: Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy
10 May, 2018 | 17:47h | UTC
Guideline: Investigation and Management of a Raised Serum Ferritin
10 May, 2018 | 17:43h | UTCGuideline: Investigation and management of a raised serum ferritin – British Journal of Haematology (free)
Position Statement: Exercise in Cancer Care
10 May, 2018 | 17:38h | UTCCommentaries: Every cancer patient should be prescribed exercise medicine – The Conversation (free) AND Cancer: ‘If exercise was a pill it would be prescribed to every patient’ – The Guardian (free)
SIGN Guideline: Management of Stable Angina
10 May, 2018 | 17:37h | UTCGuideline: Management of stable angina – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (free)
SIGN Guideline: Pharmacological Management of Migraine
10 May, 2018 | 17:37h | UTCGuideline: Pharmacological management of migraine – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (free)
Clinical Handbook: Care of Girls and Women Living with Female Genital Mutilation
10 May, 2018 | 17:35h | UTCCare of girls and women living with female genital mutilation – World Health Organization (free)
Position Statement: Type 2 diabetes and Heart Failure
10 May, 2018 | 17:34h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Cancer Patients Requiring Intensive Care Support
10 May, 2018 | 17:33h | UTCConsensus statement for cancer patients requiring intensive care support – Annals of Hematology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Statement: Comprehensive In‐hospital Monitoring in Acute Heart Failure
9 May, 2018 | 16:41h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
WHO: Mediterranean and Nordic Diets to Reduce Noncommunicable Diseases
9 May, 2018 | 16:21h | UTCCommentary: Embrace Mediterranean or Nordic diets to cut disease, WHO says – The Guardian (free)
Guideline: Use of Hydroxycarbamide in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
9 May, 2018 | 16:19h | UTC
Consensus: Programming Deep Brain Stimulation for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
9 May, 2018 | 16:14h | UTC
Guideline: Pre-operative Evaluation of Adults Undergoing Elective Noncardiac Surgery
4 May, 2018 | 02:14h | UTC
Practical Primer: Outpatient Infection Prevention
4 May, 2018 | 02:11h | UTCOutpatient Infection Prevention: A Practical Primer – Open Forum Infectious Diseases (free) (via @IDSAInfo see Tweet)
Commentary: Pioneering Paper Shows Infection Control and Prevention in Clinics Is in Everyone’s Hands – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, via NewsWise (free)