Daily Archives: May 24, 2017
Multiple Myeloma Guidelines
24 May, 2017 | 14:41h | UTCRelated: Multiple myeloma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up – Annals of Oncology (free)
Electronic WHO Postpartum Family Planning Compendium
24 May, 2017 | 14:43h | UTCElectronic WHO Postpartum Family Planning Compendium – World Health Organization (free)
How to use it: Introducing the World Health Organization Postpartum Family Planning Compendium – International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (free)
This interactive website integrates essential guidance on postpartum family planning for clinicians, program managers, and policy makers.
World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General
24 May, 2017 | 14:44h | UTCCommentaries: World Health Organization gets first leader from Africa – Nature News (free) AND WHO elects first ever African director-general after tense vote – The Guardian (free) AND World Health Organization Elects a New Director General from Ethiopia – TIME (free)
COPD National Action Plan – National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
24 May, 2017 | 14:38h | UTC#ATS2017 – COPD National Action Plan – National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (link to summary) PDF report available for download (free)
Source: ATS 2017: New COPD Action Plan Outlines Strategies for Improved Care – University of Michigan, via NewsWise (free)
Perioperative management of patients on direct oral anticoagulants
24 May, 2017 | 14:42h | UTCReview: Perioperative management of patients on direct oral anticoagulants – Thrombosis Journal (free)
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)
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)
Wed, May 24 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!
24 May, 2017 | 00:43h | UTC
Commentaries: World Health Organization gets first leader from Africa – Nature News (free) AND WHO elects first ever African director-general after tense vote – The Guardian (free) AND World Health Organization Elects a New Director General from Ethiopia – TIME (free)
2 – Electronic WHO Postpartum Family Planning Compendium – World Health Organization (free)
How to use it: Introducing the World Health Organization Postpartum Family Planning Compendium – International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (free)
This interactive website integrates essential guidance on postpartum family planning for clinicians, program managers, and policy makers.
3 – Review: Perioperative management of patients on direct oral anticoagulants – Thrombosis Journal (free)
Related: Multiple myeloma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up – Annals of Oncology (free)
See also: News release (free) AND Top Ten Things to Know (free PDF)
6 – Diet, 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)
7 – #ATS2017 – COPD National Action Plan – National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (link to summary) PDF report available for download (free)
Source: ATS 2017: New COPD Action Plan Outlines Strategies for Improved Care – University of Michigan, via NewsWise (free)
8 – The Worst Fat in the Food Supply – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
See also a recent study and commentaries on the effects of trans-fat bans in our April 23rd issue (see #1)
Trans-fat bans seem to be reducing cardiovascular deaths.
9 – Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals, 22 May 2017 – The BMJ Blogs (free)
Editorial: Lack of Evidence for Benefit From Long-term Use of Opioid Analgesics for Patients With Neuropathy (free)
Commentaries: Long-Term Opioid Treatment Seems Only to Add Complications to Polyneuropathy – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Long-Term Opioids May Not Help in Polyneuropathy – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“Patients had worse functional outcomes than controls; some became dependent” (from MedPage Today)
Trans-fat – The Worst Fat in the Food Supply
24 May, 2017 | 14:36h | UTCThe Worst Fat in the Food Supply – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
See also a recent study and commentaries on the effects of trans-fat bans in our April 23rd issue (see #1)
Trans-fat bans seem to be reducing cardiovascular deaths.
Lack of Evidence for Benefit From Long-term Use of Opioid Analgesics for Patients With Neuropathy
24 May, 2017 | 14:35h | UTCEditorial: Lack of Evidence for Benefit From Long-term Use of Opioid Analgesics for Patients With Neuropathy (free)
Commentaries: Long-Term Opioid Treatment Seems Only to Add Complications to Polyneuropathy – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Long-Term Opioids May Not Help in Polyneuropathy – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“Patients had worse functional outcomes than controls; some became dependent” (from MedPage Today)