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Research: Association between maternal sleep practices and late stillbirth

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:37h | UTC

Association between maternal sleep practices and late stillbirth – findings from a stillbirth case-control study – British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (free)

Commentary: Stillbirth risk doubled in women sleeping on their back – OnMedica (free) AND Women advised to sleep on side to help prevent stillbirth – BBC (free)

Tinder and Grindr don’t want to talk about their role in rising STDs

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:44h | UTC

Tinder and Grindr don’t want to talk about their role in rising STDs – VOX (free)

Research: Perinatal mortality associated with induction of labour versus expectant management in nulliparous women aged 35 years or over

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:42h | UTC

Perinatal mortality associated with induction of labour versus expectant management in nulliparous women aged 35 years or over: An English national cohort study – PLOS Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Labor induction at 40 weeks associated with lower risk of perinatal mortality – PLOS, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Induction at Term Cuts Rates of Infant Death in Older First-Time Moms – MedPage Today (free registration required) Inducing Older Moms at 40 Weeks May Lower Stillbirth Risk – Medscape (free registration required)

Research: Effect of an Intervention to Promote Breastfeeding on Asthma, Lung Function, and Atopic Eczema at Age 16 Years

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:41h | UTC

Effect of an Intervention to Promote Breastfeeding on Asthma, Lung Function, and Atopic Eczema at Age 16 Years: Follow-up of the PROBIT Randomized Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Prolonged breastfeeding linked to halving of later eczema risk – OnMedica (free)

Research: 20-Year Risks of Breast-Cancer Recurrence after Stopping Endocrine Therapy at 5 Years

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:11h | UTC

20-Year Risks of Breast-Cancer Recurrence after Stopping Endocrine Therapy at 5 Years – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: ‘Unrelenting’: 20-Year Recurrence Risks in Breast Cancer – Medscape (free registration required) AND Breast cancer recurrence risk lingers years after treatment ends – MedicalXpress (free) AND Risk of breast cancer’s return continues long after treatment ends – Medical News Today (free)

Guideline: Recommendations for the follow-up care of female breast cancer survivors

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:33h | UTC

Recommendations for the follow-up care of female breast cancer survivors: a guideline of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM), Spanish Society of General Medicine (SEMERGEN), Spanish Society for Family and Community Medicine (SEMFYC), Spanish Society for General and Family Physicians (SEMG), Spanish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SEGO), Spanish Society of Radiation Oncology (SEOR), Spanish Society of Senology and Breast Pathology (SESPM), and Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC) (free)

European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

11 Nov, 2017 | 19:14h | UTC

European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (free PDF articles):

– Editorial

– Executive Summary

– Intensive care

– Mechanical prophylaxis

– Patients with preexisting coagulation disorders and after severe perioperative bleeding

– Inferior vena cava filters

– Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

– Neurosurgery

– Surgery in the elderly

– Surgery in the obese patient

– Surgery during pregnancy and the immediate postpartum period

– Day surgery and fast-track surgery

– Chronic treatments with antiplatelet agents

– Aspirin

Meta-analysis – Tranexamic acid: is it about time?

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:14h | UTC

Effect of treatment delay on the effectiveness and safety of antifibrinolytics in acute severe haemorrhage: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data from 40 138 bleeding patients – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Tranexamic acid: is it about time? – The Lancet (free) Rapid use of blood drug could save thousands of lives, study finds – The Guardian (free) AND Severely bleeding patients must receive lifesaving drug within minutes, not hours – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)

The Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:04h | UTC

The Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children – Clinical Infectious Diseases Supplement (free articles)

Commentaries: Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150,000 preventable stillbirths and infant deaths every year – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Streptococcus vaccine ‘could prevent over 100,000 baby deaths worldwide’ – The Guardian (free)

Debate: the case for and against screening for breast cancer with mammography

11 Nov, 2017 | 17:00h | UTC

Debate: the case for and against screening for breast cancer with mammography

The case for mammography: Routine mammograms do save lives: The Science – The Conversation (free)

The case against mammography: Routine mammograms do not save lives: The research is clear – The Conversation (free)

Related: Make Screening Mammography Personal, Say the French – Medscape (free registration required)

“The debate over breast cancer screening continues, with disagreements about the start age, frequency, mortality effect, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment” (from Medscape)

Research: Adolescent Childbirth Is Associated With Greater Framingham Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Disease

5 Nov, 2017 | 20:30h | UTC

Adolescent Childbirth Is Associated With Greater Framingham Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Disease Among Participants of the IMIAS (International Mobility in Aging Study) – Journal of The American Heart Association (free)

News release: Teen childbirth linked to increased risk for heart disease (free)

Commentaries: Teen childbirth linked to increased cardiovascular risk decades later – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Study finds link between increased cardiovascular diseases and teen childbirth – News Medical (free)

Overdiagnosis and disease labels: the case of polycystic ovary syndrome

5 Nov, 2017 | 20:11h | UTC

Overdiagnosis and disease labels: the case of polycystic ovary syndrome – STAT (free)

Related: Are expanding disease definitions unnecessarily labelling women with polycystic ovary syndrome? – The BMJ (link to summary – $ for full-text)

Aspirin reduces a woman’s chance of developing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy

5 Nov, 2017 | 20:02h | UTC

Aspirin reduces a woman’s chance of developing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Aspirin versus Placebo in Pregnancies at High Risk for Preterm Preeclampsia – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Updated WHO recommendation on intravenous tranexamic acid for the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage

5 Nov, 2017 | 20:08h | UTC

Updated WHO recommendation on intravenous tranexamic acid for the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Vaginal cleansing before caesarean delivery reduces risk of infections

5 Nov, 2017 | 20:00h | UTC

Vaginal cleansing before caesarean delivery reduces risk of infections – NIHR signal (free)

Original article: Vaginal Cleansing Before Cesarean Delivery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Obstetrics & Gynecology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Policy Statement: Cord Blood Banking for Potential Future Transplantation

5 Nov, 2017 | 19:34h | UTC

Cord Blood Banking for Potential Future Transplantation – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News release: Updated policy reaffirms value of public over private cord blood banks (free)

Commentaries: Pediatrics Group Updates Recommendations on Cord Blood Banking – Physician’s First Watch (free)

Research: Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk of ADHD

5 Nov, 2017 | 19:35h | UTC

Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk of ADHD – Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: An Association Between Prenatal Acetaminophen Use and ADHD: The Benefits of Large Data Sets – Pediatrics (free) AND Long-term Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy and ADHD – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

Study links acetaminophen in pregnancy to ADHD, but experts question results – CNN (free)

Research: Duration of Breastfeeding and Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

5 Nov, 2017 | 19:31h | UTC

Duration of Breastfeeding and Risk of SIDS: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Breastfeeding for two months halves risk of SIDS – University of Virginia Health System, via ScienceDaily (free)

Guideline: Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused

29 Oct, 2017 | 01:40h | UTC

Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused – World Health Organization (free)

News release: Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused (free)

Research: Pregnancy, thrombophilia, and the risk of a first venous thrombosis

29 Oct, 2017 | 01:36h | UTC

Pregnancy, thrombophilia, and the risk of a first venous thrombosis: systematic review and bayesian meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)

“Women with antithrombin, protein C, or protein S deficiency or with homozygous factor V Leiden should be considered for antepartum or postpartum thrombosis prophylaxis, or both”.