Guidelines & Reports
Treating axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis, especially psoriatic arthritis, to target
21 Jul, 2017 | 00:23h | UTCCommentary: International Guidelines Say Use Treat-to-Target for SpA, PsA – Medscape (free registration required)
WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2017
21 Jul, 2017 | 00:19h | UTCWHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2017 – World Health Organization (free)
Full report: WHO Report on The Global Tobacco Epidemic: 2017 Monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies (free PDF)
Press release: WHO report finds dramatic increase in life-saving tobacco control policies in last decade (free)
Infographics: Protecting people from tobacco (free)
Commentaries: Taxation: Most effective but still the least-used tobacco control measure, by Patricio V. Marquez via The World Bank Blogs (free) AND Tobacco industry blocking anti-smoking moves: WHO – Reuters (free) AND Tobacco firms ‘hamper anti-smoking push’ – BBC News (free) AND Tobacco companies interfere with health regulations, WHO reports – The Guardian (free)
See also our coverage of World No Tobacco Day in our May 31 issue (see #1).
USPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement on Ovarian Cancer Screening
20 Jul, 2017 | 00:10h | UTCDraft Recommendation Statement: Ovarian Cancer: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Again Recommends Against Screening General Population for Ovarian Cancer – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF Stays Course on Ovarian Cancer Screening: No screening for asymptomatic women – MedPage Today (free registration required)
New European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines
20 Jul, 2017 | 00:07h | UTCHomepage – New European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines
New available guidelines are:
– Rectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (free)
– Chronic myeloid leukaemia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (free)
– Multiple myeloma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (free)
– Cervical cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (free)
– Management of infusion reactions to systemic anticancer therapy: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (free)
Practice guidelines for management of uterine corpus cancer
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:14h | UTC
Guideline: Colorectal neuroendocrine neoplasms
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:12h | UTC
ECCO Position Statement on the Use of Biosimilars for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:14h | UTCGuideline: ECCO Position Statement on the Use of Biosimilars for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Update – Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis (free)
Guideline: Gastroduodenal neuroendocrine neoplasms, including gastrinoma
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:10h | UTC
Guideline: Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:11h | UTC
Guideline: Female Athlete Triad
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:09h | UTCGuideline: Female Athlete Triad – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Recommendations and Conclusions (free)
Guideline: Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the small intestine and appendix
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:12h | UTC
Choosing the Route of Hysterectomy for Benign Disease
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:07h | UTCGuideline: Choosing the Route of Hysterectomy for Benign Disease – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Recommendations and Conclusions (free)
Guideline: Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria in Women
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:08h | UTCGuideline: Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria in Women – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Recommendations and Conclusions (free)
Report: 1 in 10 infants worldwide did not receive any vaccinations in 2016
18 Jul, 2017 | 00:11h | UTCReport: Progress and Challenges with Achieving Universal Immunization Coverage: 2016 Estimates of Immunization Coverage – WHO / UNICEF (free PDF) (RT @WHO see Tweet )
News Release: 1 in 10 infants worldwide did not receive any vaccinations in 2016 – World Health Organization (free)
Evidence-based guidelines for fall prevention
18 Jul, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
Financing health systems to achieve the health Sustainable Development Goals
17 Jul, 2017 | 23:59h | UTCFinancing transformative health systems towards achievement of the health Sustainable Development Goals: a model for projected resource needs in 67 low-income and middle-income countries – The Lancet Global Health (free) (RT @LancetGH see Tweet)
Invited commentaries: Financing health systems to achieve the health Sustainable Development Goals (free) AND All roads lead to universal health coverage, by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO (free)
WHO News Release: WHO estimates cost of reaching global health targets by 2030 (free)
Commentaries: Global health price tag could be $371 billion a year by 2030, WHO says – Reuters (free)
Global access to healthcare: Building sustainable health systems
17 Jul, 2017 | 23:58h | UTCNew research program and website: Access to Healthcare – Economist Intelligence Unit (all resources are free) (RT @anetrid see Tweet)
Report: Global access to healthcare: Building sustainable health systems – Economist Intelligence Unit report (free)
“This research programme, created by The Economist Intelligence Unit, examines the challenges and opportunities countries face as they attempt to improve access to high-quality healthcare that meets the needs of their populations. It consists of the Global Access to Healthcare Index, covering 60 countries with a diversity of income levels; a global report; an animated infographic introducing the key findings from the index; six infographics on the main domains of the index; and five regional summary papers”.
Guideline: The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective
17 Jul, 2017 | 01:38h | UTCRelated: The Surgical Infection Society Revised Guidelines on the Management of Intra-Abdominal Infection – Surgical Infections (free)
Guideline: Constipation in children and young people: diagnosis and management
17 Jul, 2017 | 01:37h | UTC
Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy
17 Jul, 2017 | 00:53h | UTC
Position Statement On Menopause
17 Jul, 2017 | 00:49h | UTCPosition Statement: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists And American College Of Endocrinology Position Statement On Menopause – 2017 Update (free)
Related Position Statement: The 2017 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society (free PDF)
Related Draft Recommendation Statement: Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Use of Biomarkers to Guide Decisions on Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for Women With Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer
17 Jul, 2017 | 00:52h | UTCCommentaries: ASCO Adds MammaPrint to Breast Cancer Guideline (free registration required) AND ASCO Panel Backs Gene Assay for Breast Cancer – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND MammaPrint Test Addressed in ASCO Breast Cancer Guideline Update – ASCO Post (free)
See also other Brest Cancer Guidelines from ASCO.
Guideline: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination
16 Jul, 2017 | 23:57h | UTCGuideline: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Recommendations and Conclusions (free)
Clinical practice guidelines for the care of girls and women with Turner syndrome
17 Jul, 2017 | 00:51h | UTCEditorial: New international Turner syndrome guideline: a multi-society feat (free)
Improving people’s health through spatial planning
16 Jul, 2017 | 23:49h | UTCImproving people’s health through spatial planning – Public Health England (free) (RT @pash22 see Tweet)
Related reports: Spatial planning for health: evidence review – Public Health England (free) AND Healthy people healthy places evidence tool: Evidence and practical linkage for design, planning and health – University of the West of England (free)
Related WHO Report: Preventing disease through healthy environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks (free) AND News release: An estimated 12.6 million deaths each year are attributable to unhealthy environments (free)