Daily Archives: June 19, 2017
Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association
19 Jun, 2017 | 13:00h | UTCDietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association (free PDF)
Invited Commentary: Trimming the Fat on Diet Recommendations for a Healthy Heart: Emphasis on Eating Patterns over Dietary Restrictions (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory from the American Heart Association (free PDF)
AHA News: Advisory: Replacing saturated fat with healthier fat could lower cardiovascular risks (free)
News release: Replacing saturated fat with healthier fat may lower cholesterol as well as drugs in context of a healthy diet (free)
AHA no longer recommends decreasing total fat, but to replace saturated fats with polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fats. “Replacing saturated fat with healthier fat in the diet lowers cardiovascular disease risk as much as cholesterol-lowering statin drugs”
Comparison of sputum collection methods for tuberculosis diagnosis
19 Jun, 2017 | 13:01h | UTCInvited commentary: Remembering the basics: interventions to improve sputum collection for tuberculosis diagnosis (free)
Pooled sputum collection (sputum that was pooled from each spontaneous expectoration into the same sputum container over a period of several hours) increased the diagnostic performance of smear microscopy 1.6 times and the delivery of standardized instruction emphasizing the difference between sputum and saliva (verbally or visually) increased the odds of a positive microscopy result 1.4 times. “The effect of these simple, inexpensive strategies on diagnostic performance was similar to that of the relatively expensive GeneXpert MTB/RIF test, which, in the largest published studies, increased the odds of diagnosing tuberculosis by 1.3–1.5 times”
What If (Almost) Every Gene Affects (Almost) Everything?
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:56h | UTCWhat If (Almost) Every Gene Affects (Almost) Everything? – The Atlantic (free) (RT @AllenFrancesMD see Tweet)
Evolocumab for Treatment of High Cholesterol: Clinical Effectiveness
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:55h | UTCEvolocumab for Treatment of High Cholesterol: Clinical Effectiveness (free PDF) (RT @AnilMakam see Tweet 1, Tweet 2, Tweet 3 and Tweet 4)
News release: Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s “New Evidence Update” on PCKS9 Inhibitors Highlights Lack of Mortality Benefit With Evolocumab (free)
Lack of mortality benefit in a recent large trial is highlighted in this updated review. Se more on the FOURIER trial and commentaries in our March 20th issue, see #2.
Racial Differences in the Relationship of Glucose Concentrations and Hemoglobin A1c Levels
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:59h | UTCRacial Differences in the Relationship of Glucose Concentrations and Hemoglobin A1c Levels – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Glycation of Hemoglobin Differs by Race – Physician’s Briefing (free) AND Hemoglobin A1c Overestimates Average Glucose in Blacks – Medscape (free registration required) AND Why a key diabetes test may work differently depending on your race – CNN (free)
In this study with 104 black patients and 104 white patients with type 1 diabetes, HbA1c values in black persons were 0.4 percentage points higher than those in white persons for a given mean glucose concentration.
Development and validation of risk prediction equations to estimate survival in patients with colorectal cancer
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:59h | UTCCommentary: New web calculator to more accurately predict bowel cancer survival – University of Nottingham, via EurekAlert (free)
See also: QCancer-2017(colorectal, survival) risk calculator (free risk calculator based on the data)
Free online course. Starts today! Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:58h | UTCFree online course. Starts today! Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents: from Evidence to Action – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, via FutureLearn (free)
EULAR/EFORT recommendations for the management of fragility fractures
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:54h | UTC
Timing of Aspirin and Other NSAIDs Use Among Patients With Colorectal Cancer in Relation to Tumor Markers and Survival
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:52h | UTCTiming of Aspirin and Other Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use Among Patients With Colorectal Cancer in Relation to Tumor Markers and Survival – Journal of Clinical Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Study Informs NSAID Benefit in Colon Cancer – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Observational data suggests a benefit for individuals with KRAS wild-type tumors
Guideline for the Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:57h | UTCPress release: New Guideline Aims to Reduce Infections in Total Hip & Knee Replacement Patients (free)
Commentaries: New medication guidelines for rheumatic disease patients having joint replacement – Hospital for Special Surgery, via EurekAlert (free) AND New Guidelines Issued on Antirheumatic Drugs for Patients Undergoing Knee or Hip Replacement – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Why are doctors killing themselves
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:55h | UTCWhy are doctors killing themselves? – by Anne Malatt, via MJA Insight (free)
Related: Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT News (free)
Why treating breast cancer with less radiation may be more
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:53h | UTCWhy treating breast cancer with less may be more – The Conversation (free) (RT @pash22 see Tweet)
Original article: Cost-effectiveness Analysis Comparing Conventional, Hypofractionated, and Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer – Journal of the National Cancer Institute (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
PSA Test for Prostate Cancer
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:50h | UTCOpinion: Why I Won’t Get a PSA Test for Prostate Cancer – Scientific American (free)
Eight Tips for using Twitter during health-related conferences
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:51h | UTCEight Tips for using Twitter during health-related conferences (free JPG) (RT @gmacscotland see Tweet)
Family planning, assisted reproduction, pregnancy and menopause in patients with SLE and/or antiphospholipid syndrome
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:49h | UTCCommentary: EULAR: Guidance for Managing Lupus Pregnancy – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guidelines for gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:46h | UTC
Guidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:50h | UTCGuidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics – Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) (free PDF)
Commentary: Chronic Pain Opioid Guidelines Updated for State Medical Boards – Medscape (free registration required)
Consensus guidelines for lumbar puncture in patients with neurological diseases
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:46h | UTC
Mon, June 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!
19 Jun, 2017 | 00:03h | UTC
Invited commentary: Remembering the basics: interventions to improve sputum collection for tuberculosis diagnosis (free)
Pooled sputum collection (sputum that was pooled from each spontaneous expectoration into the same sputum container over a period of several hours) increased the diagnostic performance of smear microscopy 1.6 times and the delivery of standardized instruction emphasizing the difference between sputum and saliva (verbally or visually) increased the odds of a positive microscopy result 1.4 times. “The effect of these simple, inexpensive strategies on diagnostic performance was similar to that of the relatively expensive GeneXpert MTB/RIF test, which, in the largest published studies, increased the odds of diagnosing tuberculosis by 1.3–1.5 times”
Invited Commentary: Trimming the Fat on Diet Recommendations for a Healthy Heart: Emphasis on Eating Patterns over Dietary Restrictions (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory from the American Heart Association (free PDF)
AHA News: Advisory: Replacing saturated fat with healthier fat could lower cardiovascular risks (free)
News release: Replacing saturated fat with healthier fat may lower cholesterol as well as drugs in context of a healthy diet (free)
AHA no longer recommends decreasing total fat, but to replace saturated fats with polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fats. “Replacing saturated fat with healthier fat in the diet lowers cardiovascular disease risk as much as cholesterol-lowering statin drugs”
Commentary: New web calculator to more accurately predict bowel cancer survival – University of Nottingham, via EurekAlert (free)
See also: QCancer-2017(colorectal, survival) risk calculator (free risk calculator based on the data)
4 – Racial Differences in the Relationship of Glucose Concentrations and Hemoglobin A1c Levels – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Glycation of Hemoglobin Differs by Race – Physician’s Briefing (free) AND Hemoglobin A1c Overestimates Average Glucose in Blacks – Medscape (free registration required) AND Why a key diabetes test may work differently depending on your race – CNN (free)
In this study with 104 black patients and 104 white patients with type 1 diabetes, HbA1c values in black persons were 0.4 percentage points higher than those in white persons for a given mean glucose concentration.
5 – Free online course. Starts today! Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents: from Evidence to Action – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, via FutureLearn (free)
Press release: New Guideline Aims to Reduce Infections in Total Hip & Knee Replacement Patients (free)
Commentaries: New medication guidelines for rheumatic disease patients having joint replacement – Hospital for Special Surgery, via EurekAlert (free) AND New Guidelines Issued on Antirheumatic Drugs for Patients Undergoing Knee or Hip Replacement – Physician’s First Watch (free)
7 – What If (Almost) Every Gene Affects (Almost) Everything? – The Atlantic (free) (RT @AllenFrancesMD see Tweet)
8 – Evolocumab for Treatment of High Cholesterol: Clinical Effectiveness (free PDF) (RT @AnilMakam see Tweet 1, Tweet 2, Tweet 3 and Tweet 4)
News release: Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s “New Evidence Update” on PCKS9 Inhibitors Highlights Lack of Mortality Benefit With Evolocumab (free)
Lack of mortality benefit in a recent large trial is highlighted in this updated review. Se more on the FOURIER trial and commentaries in our March 20th issue, see #2.
9 – Why are doctors killing themselves? – by Anne Malatt, via MJA Insight (free)
Related: Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT News (free)
New science data-sharing rules are two scoops of disappointment
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:48h | UTCOpinion: New science data-sharing rules are two scoops of disappointment – STAT News (free)
Editorial: Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials — A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (free)
Hundreds died while taking an arthritis drug, but nobody alerted patients
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:47h | UTC
Managing epilepsy in women of childbearing age
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:45h | UTC
Primary hyperparathyroidism in pregnancy
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:44h | UTCPrimary hyperparathyroidism in pregnancy – a review of literature – Ginekologia Polska (free)