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The findings of this systematic review support the effect of Multiple-micronutrient supplements with iron and folic acid in improving some birth outcomes.

8 things that excellent hospital doctors do

5 May, 2017 | 20:27h | UTC

First opinion: 8 things that excellent hospital doctors do – STAT News (free)

Fri, May 5 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!

5 May, 2017 | 00:12h | UTC

1 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery (free) (RT @jankluytmans and @CIDRAP_ASP see Tweet)

Invited commentary: Surgical Site Infection Prevention – What We Know and What We Do Not Know – JAMA Surgery (free)

Commentary: ‘Long-Awaited’ CDC Guidelines on SSI Prevention Released – Medscape (free registration required)

2 – World Hand Hygiene Day (May 5^th, 2017)

World Health Organization: SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands 5 May 2017 AND Campaign Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Clean Hands Count Campaign (free) AND Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (free)

3 – First opinion: 8 things that excellent hospital doctors do – STAT News (free)

4 – Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy – Cochrane Library (free summary – $ for full-text)

See also a recent landmark study on the subject in our March 27^th issue, see #9.

Source: EvidenceAlerts

The findings of this systematic review support the effect of Multiple-micronutrient supplements with iron and folic acid in improving some birth outcomes.

5 – The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic – TIME cover story (RT @HealthTalkUMN and @paimadhu see Tweet)

6 – Handheld screen time linked with speech delays in young children – ScienceDaily (free)

Commentary on text and video: Letting a baby play on an iPad might lead to speech delays, study says – CNN (free)

“New research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting suggests the more time children under 2 years old spend playing with smartphones, tablets and other handheld screens, the more likely they are to begin talking later” (from ScienceDaily).

7 – Randomized controlled trial: Extended and standard duration weight-loss programme referrals for adults in primary care (WRAP): a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free)

Invited commentary: Weight management programmes of extended duration – The Lancet (free)

Commentary: Give overweight patients a year of weight-loss classes, say researchers – The Guardian (free)

In this trial with 1,267 overweight or obese participants an extended weight loss program (1 year) was more effective for weight loss and seems cost-effective in the longer term.

8 – Association of Donor Age and Sex With Survival of Patients Receiving Transfusions – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

Source: Blood Donor Age, Sex Do Not Affect Outcomes After All – Medscape (free registration required)

“After reviewing almost 1 million transfusions, the researchers concluded all donations are about the same” (RT @theheartorg see Tweet)

9 – Editor’s Choice: Give patients access to their medical records – The BMJ, by Fiona Godlee, editor in chief (free)

Patients are being empowered in decisions regarding their health care, and this is probably a tendency for the future.

10 – Correspondence: Trial of Transplantation of HCV-Infected Kidneys into Uninfected Recipients – The New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Transplantation of HCV-infected-kidneys into uninfected recipients seems feasible in this era of direct-acting antiviral agents, maybe shortening waiting times for those willing to take the risk.

Weight management programmes of extended duration

5 May, 2017 | 20:22h | UTC

Randomized controlled trial: Extended and standard duration weight-loss programme referrals for adults in primary care (WRAP): a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free)

Invited commentary: Weight management programmes of extended duration – The Lancet (free)

Commentary: Give overweight patients a year of weight-loss classes, say researchers – The Guardian (free)

In this trial with 1,267 overweight or obese participants an extended weight loss program (1 year) was more effective for weight loss and seems cost-effective in the longer term.

Trial of Transplantation of HCV-Infected Kidneys into Uninfected Recipients

5 May, 2017 | 20:19h | UTC

Correspondence: Trial of Transplantation of HCV-Infected Kidneys into Uninfected Recipients – The New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Transplantation of HCV-infected-kidneys into uninfected recipients seems feasible in this era of direct-acting antiviral agents, maybe shortening waiting times for those willing to take the risk.

Give patients access to their medical records

5 May, 2017 | 20:20h | UTC

Editor’s Choice: Give patients access to their medical records – The BMJ, by Fiona Godlee, editor in chief (free)

Patients are being empowered in decisions regarding their health care, and this is probably a tendency for the future.

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