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“Integrated people-centered health services means putting the comprehensive needs of people and communities, not only diseases, at the center of health systems, and empowering people to have a more active role in their own health”.

Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease

23 Jun, 2017 | 01:03h | UTC

Review: Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

Preventing Cognitive Decline and Dementia

23 Jun, 2017 | 00:57h | UTC

Report: Preventing Cognitive Decline and Dementia: A Way Forward – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free PDF)

News Release: Evidence Supporting Three Interventions That Might Slow Cognitive Decline and the Onset of Dementia Is Encouraging but Insufficient to Justify a Public Health Campaign Focused on Their Adoption (free)

Commentaries: When it comes to preventing dementia, not much is proved to work, says expert committee – STAT News (free) AND National Academies Committee Sees Promising but Inconclusive Evidence on Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline, Dementia – National Institute on Aging (free)

WHO bids goodbye to Dr Chan and celebrates her achievements

22 Jun, 2017 | 00:53h | UTC

WHO bids goodbye to Dr Chan and celebrates her achievements – World Health Organization (Source: WHO Newsletter)

Report 1: Ten years of transformation: Making WHO fit for purpose in the 21st century (free)

Report 2: Ten years in public health 2007-2017 (free)

Report 3: Healthier, fairer, safer: the global health journey 2007–2017 (free)

“As Dr Margaret Chan’s term as Director-General of WHO comes to an end, we’d like to share some of the successes, setbacks and enduring challenges of the past decade in global public health.”

Every Newborn Action Plan – World Health Organization

22 Jun, 2017 | 01:55h | UTC

Every Newborn Action Plan – World Health Organization (free) (RT @WHO see Tweet with infographic)

Every year, 2.7 million babies die in the first 28 days of life. 75% of these deaths are preventable.

AUA White Paper on Nonneurogenic Chronic Urinary Retention

21 Jun, 2017 | 22:26h | UTC

AUA White Paper on Nonneurogenic Chronic Urinary Retention: Consensus Definition, Treatment Algorithm, and Outcome End Points – Journal of Urology (free)

Commentary: AUA Reports on Nonneurogenic Chronic Urinary Retention – Physician’s Briefing (free)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Ten Things Physicians and Patients Should Question

21 Jun, 2017 | 21:34h | UTC

Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Ten Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA see Tweet)

“New Choosing Wisely recommendations list! @SOGCorg identifies 10 tests, treatments to question in obstetrics and gynecology”

Hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society

21 Jun, 2017 | 18:44h | UTC

Position Statement: The 2017 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society (free PDF)

Commentaries: Hormone Therapy: Updated Position Statement Released – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND NAMS 2017 position statement updates guidelines for hormone therapy use – The North American Menopause Society (NAMS), via EurekAlert (free)

WHO toolkit for the care and support of people affected by complications associated with Zika virus

21 Jun, 2017 | 18:28h | UTC

WHO toolkit for the care and support of people affected by complications associated with Zika virus – World Health Organization (free)

Artificial tanning devices: public health interventions to manage sunbeds

21 Jun, 2017 | 18:28h | UTC

Artificial tanning devices: public health interventions to manage sunbeds – World Health Organization (free)

News release: More can be done to restrict sunbeds to prevent increasing rates of skin cancer

The Challenge of Polypharmacy

21 Jun, 2017 | 15:10h | UTC

A medicine review is about stopping medicine as much as it is about prescribing – Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (free) (RT @MaryanneDemasi see Tweet)

Original report: The Challenge of Polypharmacy: From Rhetoric to Reality – Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Royal College of General Practitioners Partnership (free PDF)

Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents

21 Jun, 2017 | 02:19h | UTC

Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (free)

Editorial 1: Putting the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation for Childhood Obesity Screening in Context (free)

Editorial 2: Practical Considerations for the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations on Obesity in Children and Adolescents (free)

Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents (free audio)

The JAMA Network – for the media: Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents Recommended (free)

Commentary: USPSTF Recommends Screening For Obesity in Children and Adolescents – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen for obesity in children and adolescents 6 years and older and offer or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements in weight status”

Glucose targets for preventing diabetic kidney disease and its progression

20 Jun, 2017 | 12:49h | UTC

Glucose targets for preventing diabetic kidney disease and its progression – Cochrane Library (link to summary – $ for full review)

Sources: EvidenceAlerts and @anupam1623

Intensive glycemic control had no effect on risks of kidney failure, death and major cardiovascular events. “The clinical impact of targeting an HbA1c < 7% or blood glucose < 6.6 mmol/L (120 mg/dL) is unclear and the potential harms of this treatment approach are largely unmeasured.