Guidelines & Reports
Just one alcoholic drink a day may increase breast cancer risk
24 May, 2017 | 14:39h | UTCDiet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Breast Cancer – American Institute for Cancer Research (free PDF)
News release: Just one alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, exercise lowers risk – American Institute for Cancer Research, via EurekAlert (free)
Commentaries: Today’s alcohol and breast cancer headlines are wrong: Here’s how news reports could have done better – HealthNewsReview(free) AND ‘Half a glass of wine every day’ increases breast cancer risk – BBC Health News (free) AND Just One Drink a Day Raises Breast Cancer Risk – Medscape (free registration required)
Pediatricians Advise No Fruit Juice Until Kids Are 1
23 May, 2017 | 14:31h | UTCCommentaries: Pediatricians Advise No Fruit Juice Until Kids Are 1 – NPR Health News (free) AND Pediatricians Say No Fruit Juice in Child’s First Year – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Adults and Children With Mechanical Circulatory Support
24 May, 2017 | 14:40h | UTCSee also: News release (free) AND Top Ten Things to Know (free PDF)
Cancer screening in the United States, 2017
23 May, 2017 | 14:27h | UTC
Guidelines on eosinophilic esophagitis
23 May, 2017 | 14:26h | UTC
Healthcare Access and Quality Index in 195 countries and territories
19 May, 2017 | 18:03h | UTCCommentaries: First-ever global study finds massive health care inequity – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluatio (IHME) (free) AND Account for primary health care when indexing access and quality – The Lancet (free)
Healthier, fairer, safer: the global health journey 2007–2017
19 May, 2017 | 18:05h | UTCReport: Healthier, fairer, safer: the global health journey 2007–2017 (free)
“New report on WHO’s role in Global Health by Sir Liam Donaldson” (RT @WHO see Tweet)
Position Paper – Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
19 May, 2017 | 17:56h | UTCNews release: ACP issues recommendations to prevent and treat substance use disorders (free)
Commentary: Treat Addiction Like a Chronic Disease, ACP Recommends – AJMC (free)
Joint statement on public disclosure of results from clinical trials – World Health Organization
19 May, 2017 | 17:58h | UTCJoint statement on public disclosure of results from clinical trials – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Major research funders and international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results (free)
Commentary: Industry leaders agree to implement UN agency’s standards on clinical trial reporting – United Nations News Centre (free)
“Funders of medical research & international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results”. “Today, on average 50% of Clinical Trials go unreported, according to several studies, often because the results are negative”. “Unreported trial results leave an incomplete & potentially misleading picture of the risks & benefits of vaccines, drugs and medical devices” (see Tweets)
Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth
18 May, 2017 | 17:47h | UTCSystematic Review: Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth – Cochrane Library(link to summary)
Source: A dose of corticosteroids benefit most women anticipating a preterm delivery – NIHR Dissemination Centre Discover Portal (free)
New Advice to Move More After a Concussion
19 May, 2017 | 17:55h | UTCNew Advice to Move More After a Concussion – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND So, Tom Brady had a concussion. What does that mean? Your guide to the latest science – STAT News (free)
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases
18 May, 2017 | 17:49h | UTCCommentaries: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (free) AND CVD Causes One-Third of Deaths Worldwide: Study Examines Global Burden of CVD From 1990 to 2015 – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“New Study: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide” (RT @IHME_UW see Tweet)
World Health Statistics 2017
18 May, 2017 | 17:49h | UTCReport: World Health Statistics 2017: Monitoring health for the SDGs – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Almost half of all deaths now have a recorded cause, WHO data show (free)
See also: World Health Statistics data visualizations dashboard – Monitoring health for the SDGs (free)
Commentaries: More Than Half of World’s Deaths Still Have No Recorded Cause – Scientific American (free) Reporting of Global Vital Death Statistics Improving: WHO – Medscape (free registration required)
Cough in Children – Chest Guidelines
17 May, 2017 | 20:21h | UTCCough in Children – Chest Guidelines
Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)
See also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in Adults: Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND / Cough in the athlete (free) AND / Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND / Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free)
Global accelerated action for the health of adolescents
17 May, 2017 | 20:22h | UTCNews release: More than 1.2 million adolescents die every year, nearly all preventable – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: How Many Teenagers Die Each Day … And Why – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND 1.2 million adolescents’ deaths mostly preventable, report says – CNN (free) AND Pregnancy problems are leading global killer of females aged 15 to 19 – The Guardian (free) AND Road accidents biggest global killer of teenagers – BBC News (free)
See also recently released Lancet Series making a case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents, see #2.
Menopausal Hormone Therapy for Prevention of Chronic Conditions
17 May, 2017 | 20:18h | UTCDraft Recommendation Statement: Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Source: USPSTF Recommendation Against HRT for Chronic Conditions Stands – Medscape (free registration required)
“The USPSTF recommends against the use of combined estrogen and progestin for the prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women”.
BTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings
16 May, 2017 | 20:05h | UTCBTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings – British Thoracic Society (free PDF via Critical Care Reviews)
Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors guideline
15 May, 2017 | 19:45h | UTCSee more on “Deprescribing” in our May 9th issue (see #7) and in our May 8th issue (see #4)
Management of intra-abdominal infections
15 May, 2017 | 19:41h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Peripheral Artery Disease Guideline
15 May, 2017 | 19:40h | UTC2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free, and legal, PDF via Unpawall)
Hepatobiliary Cancers – NCCN Guidelines Insights
12 May, 2017 | 19:32h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Hepatobiliary Cancers, Version 1.2017 (free)
Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline
12 May, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCCommentaries: This orthopedic surgery is the world’s most common. But patients rarely benefit, a panel says – STAT News (free) AND Guideline Recommends Against Arthroscopy for Most Cases of Degenerative Knee Disease – Journal Watch (free) AND Arthroscopic Surgery Doesn’t Help With Arthritis Knee Pain – NPR Health News (free)
Reducing brain injury following cardiopulmonary resuscitation
11 May, 2017 | 18:43h | UTCPractice guideline summary: Reducing brain injury following cardiopulmonary resuscitation (link to abstract – free PDF available)
Sources: Guideline: Offer Cooling After Cardiac Arrest – MedPage Today (free) AND Body Cooling Recommended for Some Comatose Patients After Cardiac Arrest – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Hodgkin Lymphoma – NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines
12 May, 2017 | 19:31h | UTCHodgkin Lymphoma Version 1.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: AUA/ASTRO/SUO Guideline
11 May, 2017 | 18:35h | UTCClinically Localized Prostate Cancer: AUA/ASTRO/SUO Guideline (free)
Source: Urologic Groups Offer New Prostate Cancer Management Guideline – Physician’s First Watch (free)