Daily Archives: July 5, 2017
Treating Anxiety in 2017: Optimizing Care to Improve Outcomes
5 Jul, 2017 | 21:49h | UTCTreating Anxiety in 2017: Optimizing Care to Improve Outcomes – JAMA (free)
“Exercise, mindfulness-based stress reduction = 1st-line treatments for anxiety; move on to SSRIs and CBT as needed” (RT @JAMA_current see Tweet)
Digoxin Use and Subsequent Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation With or Without Heart Failure
5 Jul, 2017 | 18:24h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
In this observational analysis, patients with atrial fibrillation without heart failure had increased risk of sudden cardiac death with digoxin use. Among patients with heart failure, digoxin use was associated with an increase in all‐cause death, cardiovascular death, sudden cardiac death, and death caused by HF/cardiogenic shock.
Optimal Perioperative Care in Breast Reconstruction: ERAS Society Recommendations
5 Jul, 2017 | 16:38h | UTCSee also other Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines and Reviews in our collection and the ERAS Society Website.
Certain OTC, less expensive hearing aids provide benefit similar to conventional hearing aid
5 Jul, 2017 | 20:48h | UTCPersonal Sound Amplification Products vs a Conventional Hearing Aid for Speech Understanding in Noise – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
The Jama Network – For the Media: Certain OTC, less expensive hearing aids provide benefit similar to conventional hearing aid (free)
Commentaries: Less Expensive Hearing Devices May Work as Well as Traditional Hearing Aids – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Study Boosts Case for OTC Hearing Aids – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND OTC Hearing Devices Effective Alternative for Some, Study Shows – Medscape (free registration required)
“Some over-the-counter sound amplification devices are nearly as effective as prescription hearing aids, according to a small JAMA study” (from Physician’s First Watch)
Prevalence and risk factors for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in people with severe mental illness
5 Jul, 2017 | 18:08h | UTCInvited commentary: Ending HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C: what about people with severe mental illness?
“People with severe mental illness have 3x the general pop risk of HIV & Hepatitis B, and 9x the risk of Hepatitis C” (RT @AllenFrancesMD and @in_psych see Tweet)
New WHO leader should focus on the crushing burden of noncommunicable diseases and injuries
5 Jul, 2017 | 18:09h | UTC
Nitroglycerine and Angina – Evolving Clinical Coronary Physiology
5 Jul, 2017 | 16:15h | UTCEditorial: Nitroglycerine and Angina – Evolving Clinical Coronary Physiology Beyond Fractional Flow Reserve and Coronary Flow Reserve – Circulation (free)
Original article: Physiology of Angina and Its Alleviation With Nitroglycerin: Insights From Invasive Catheter Laboratory Measurements During Exercise – Circulation (free)
Nearly half of the world’s poor are now children
5 Jul, 2017 | 16:22h | UTCNearly half of the world’s poor are now children – that’s 689m young people – The Conversation (free)
Related report: Children’s Multidimensional Poverty: Disaggregating the global MPI – Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) (free PDF)
Welcoming WHO’s new Director-General
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:32h | UTCWelcoming WHO’s new Director-General – Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (free)
See also: Vision statement by WHO Director-General (free) AND New WHO Priorities (free)
On 1 July 2017, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus started his 5-year term as WHO’s new Director-General.
We’re not ready for the ‘silver tsunami’ of older adults living with câncer
5 Jul, 2017 | 16:17h | UTCWe’re not ready for the ‘silver tsunami’ of older adults living with câncer – The Conversation (free)
Tuberculosis: New report highlights need to better tackle world’s deadliest infectious disease
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:48h | UTCOut of Step 2017: TB Policies in 29 countries – A Survey of Prevention, Testing and Treatment Policies and Practices – Médecins Sans Frontières (free PDF)
News release: Tuberculosis: New report highlights need to better tackle world’s deadliest infectious disease (RT @MSF see Tweet)
Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:30h | UTCWhat I Wish I’d Known About My Knees – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related guideline: Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)
“There’s little evidence to support many of the procedures people undergo in the hopes of avoiding a knee replacement”. (RT @NYTHealth see Tweet)
Taking anti-inflammatories during exercise may increase the risk of kidney injury
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:41h | UTCBring On the Exercise, Hold the Painkillers – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Taking anti-inflammatories during exercise may increase the risk of kidney injury.
Risk of death among users of Proton Pump Inhibitors
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:31h | UTCCommentaries: Proton pump inhibitors associated with raised mortality – OnMedica (free) AND Longtime use of heartburn drugs linked to increased risk of death – NewsMedical (free) AND People taking heartburn drugs could have higher risk of death, study claims – The Guardian (free) AND Some heartburn drugs linked with higher risk of death – CBS News (free) AND PPIs Linked to Higher Risk for Death – Medscape (free registration required)
In a large observational study, PPI use was associated with increased mortality (HR 1.25; CI 1.23 to 1.28). PPIs were also associated with increased risk compared to H2 blockers (HR 1.24; CI 1.21 to 1.27). See more on the trade-offs of PPI therapy in our July 3rd issue (see #10)
5 Tips for Understanding Data in Meta-Analyses
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:29h | UTC5 Tips for Understanding Data in Meta-Analyses – Absolutely Maybe Blog, by Hilda Bastian (free) (RT @hildabast see Tweet)
Viewpoints in Precision Medicine
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:27h | UTCViewpoints in Precision Medicine
Views and Reviews: Margaret McCartney: Are we too captivated by precision medicine? – The BMJ (free)
Related: Chief medical officer calls for gene testing revolution – BBC (free) AND Make DNA tests routine, says UK’s chief medical officer – The Guardian (free)
“Sally Davies calls for making genomic testing as common as blood tests to usher in the era of precision medicine to treat cancers and rare diseases” (from The Guardian).
“Precision medicine is also, paradoxically, a recipe for unhelpful early diagnosis, false alarms, poor sensitivity, and conflicts of interest” (from BMJ).
Allergy Testing in Children With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy Symptoms
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:26h | UTCAllergy Testing in Children With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy Symptoms – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Penicillin Allergy in Children Substantially Overreported – Medscape (free registration required) AND No Penicillin Allergy Found in Most Kids with Non-Specific Symptoms – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Low risk allergy symptoms not linked to true penicillin allergy – 2 minute medicine (free)
Related article: Penicillin Allergy Is Not Necessarily Forever – JAMA (free)
New Choosing Wisely Canada List – Five Things Residents and Patients Should Question
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:28h | UTCNew Choosing Wisely Canada List: Medical Education: Residents: Five Things Residents and Patients Should Question (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA see Tweet)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6).
Sharing as the Future of Medicine
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:25h | UTCEditorial: Sharing Medicine – A JAMA Internal Medicine Series (free)
1st article: Sharing as the Future of Medicine – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Herpes Zoster Increases the Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:26h | UTCHerpes Zoster Increases the Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Does Shingles Increase the Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke? – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Shingles may up risk of heart attack, stroke – Reuters Health (free) AND Heart attack and stroke risk higher with shingles – OnMedica (free)
Wed, July 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!
5 Jul, 2017 | 00:29h | UTC
1 – Welcoming WHO’s new Director-General – Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (free)
See also: Vision statement by WHO Director-General (free) AND New WHO Priorities (free)
On 1 July 2017, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus started his 5-year term as WHO’s new Director-General.
Commentaries: Proton pump inhibitors associated with raised mortality – OnMedica (free) AND Longtime use of heartburn drugs linked to increased risk of death – NewsMedical (free) AND People taking heartburn drugs could have higher risk of death, study claims – The Guardian (free) AND Some heartburn drugs linked with higher risk of death – CBS News (free) AND PPIs Linked to Higher Risk for Death – Medscape (free registration required)
In a large observational study, PPI use was associated with increased mortality (HR 1.25; CI 1.23 to 1.28). PPIs were also associated with increased risk compared to H2 blockers (HR 1.24; CI 1.21 to 1.27). See more on the trade-offs of PPI therapy in our July 3rd issue (see #10)
3 – What I Wish I’d Known About My Knees – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related guideline: Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)
“There’s little evidence to support many of the procedures people undergo in the hopes of avoiding a knee replacement”. (RT @NYTHealth see Tweet)
4 – 5 Tips for Understanding Data in Meta-Analyses – Absolutely Maybe Blog, by Hilda Bastian (free) (RT @hildabast see Tweet)
5 – New Choosing Wisely Canada List: Medical Education: Residents: Five Things Residents and Patients Should Question (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA see Tweet)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6).
6 – Viewpoints in Precision Medicine:
Views and Reviews: Margaret McCartney: Are we too captivated by precision medicine? – The BMJ (free)
Related: Chief medical officer calls for gene testing revolution – BBC (free) AND Make DNA tests routine, says UK’s chief medical officer – The Guardian (free)
“Sally Davies calls for making genomic testing as common as blood tests to usher in the era of precision medicine to treat cancers and rare diseases” (from The Guardian).
“Precision medicine is also, paradoxically, a recipe for unhelpful early diagnosis, false alarms, poor sensitivity, and conflicts of interest” (from The BMJ).
7 – Allergy Testing in Children With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy Symptoms – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Penicillin Allergy in Children Substantially Overreported – Medscape (free registration required) AND No Penicillin Allergy Found in Most Kids with Non-Specific Symptoms – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Low risk allergy symptoms not linked to true penicillin allergy – 2 minute medicine (free)
Related article: Penicillin Allergy Is Not Necessarily Forever – JAMA (free)
8 – Herpes Zoster Increases the Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Does Shingles Increase the Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke? – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Shingles may up risk of heart attack, stroke – Reuters Health (free) AND Heart attack and stroke risk higher with shingles – OnMedica (free)
9 – Editorial: Sharing Medicine – A JAMA Internal Medicine Series (free)
1st article: Sharing as the Future of Medicine – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
10 – Essays on health: microbes aren’t the enemy, they’re a big part of who we are – The Conversation (free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
Microbes aren’t the enemy, they’re a big part of who we are
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:07h | UTCEssays on health: microbes aren’t the enemy, they’re a big part of who we are – The Conversation (free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)