Daily Archives: April 7, 2017 | LinksMedicus Free Medical News & Perspectives

“Medical treatment has less influence on lifespan & health outcomes than the quality of social services & primary prevention programs” (RT @AllenFrancesMD see Tweet)

This interesting commentary provides a panel with evidence-based strategies to minimize the impact of social hierarchy on health.

How hospitals could be rebuilt, better than before

7 Apr, 2017 | 15:44h | UTC

A prescription for the future: How hospitals could be rebuilt, better than before – The Economist (a few articles per monty are free) (RT @EricTopol)

“Technology could revolutionize the way they work”.

Are Virtual Doctor Visits Really Cost-Effective?

7 Apr, 2017 | 15:28h | UTC

Are Virtual Doctor Visits Really Cost-Effective? Not So Much, Study Says – Kaiser Health News (free)

“Perhaps telehealth visits don’t save money after all. Increased convenience can increase utilization” (RT @drval)

Singapore Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Lipids

7 Apr, 2017 | 15:24h | UTC

Singapore Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Lipids (free PDF)

Fri, Apr 7 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!

7 Apr, 2017 | 01:13h | UTC

1 – Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 – The Lancet (free)

Related commentary: Death, disease, and tobacco (free)

Explore data visualizations by The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (free)

2 – Benefits of Endovascular Treatment for Stroke Last at Least 2 Years – Physician’s First Watch (free)

Original article abstract ($ required for full-text): Two-Year Outcome after Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke – New England Journal of Medicine

3 – Association Between Antipsychotic Agents and Risk of Acute Respiratory Failure in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – JAMA Psychiatry (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text) (RT @atscommunity)

See also: Antipsychotics Tied to Respiratory Failure in At-Risk Patients – Medscape (free registration required) AND Antipsychotics May Boost Respiratory Failure Risk in COPD – MedPage Today (free registration required)

4 – Social rank: a risk factor whose time has come? – The Lancet (free)

“Inequality kills – and there are many things we can do about it, but don’t” (RT @mellojonny see Tweet)

“Medical treatment has less influence on lifespan & health outcomes than the quality of social services & primary prevention programs” (RT @AllenFrancesMD see Tweet)

This interesting commentary provides a panel with evidence-based strategies to minimize the impact of social hierarchy on health.

5 – Now free: citation data from 14 million papers, and more might come – Science (free) (RT @robertkiley see Tweet) AND Initiative aims to break science’s citation paywall – Nature Breaking News (free) AND Global Coalition Pushes for Unrestricted Sharing of Scholarly Citation Data – Creative Commons (free) AND Initiative for Open Citations – I4OC (free)

Open Science, Open Access and Open Data gaining momentum.

6 – A prescription for the future: How hospitals could be rebuilt, better than before – The Economist (free) (RT @EricTopol)

“Technology could revolutionize the way they work”.

7 – Are Virtual Doctor Visits Really Cost-Effective? Not So Much, Study Says – Kaiser Health News (free)

“Perhaps telehealth visits don’t save money after all. Increased convenience can increase utilization” (RT @drval)

8 – Relative effectiveness of insulin pump treatment over multiple daily injections and structured education during flexible intensive insulin treatment for type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised trial (REPOSE) – The BMJ (free)

Source: With same training, insulin pumps no better than injections – Reuters Health News (free) (RT @CMichaelGibson)

9 – Singapore Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Lipids (free PDF)

10 – Nearly a third of tests and treatments are unnecessary – CMAJ News (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA)

Press release: Canadians have more than 1 million potentially unnecessary medical tests and treatments every year – Canadian Institute for Health Information (free)

See report: Unnecessary Care in Canada (free PDF)

Growing problem in many countries, making resources less available for treatments and conditions that matter.

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