Daily Archives: July 6, 2017
Thu, July 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!
6 Jul, 2017 | 00:57h | UTC
1 – Treating 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)
2 – Out 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 (free) (RT @MSF see Tweet)
See also other Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines and Reviews in our collection and ERAS Society Website.
Invited commentary: Ending HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C: what about people with severe mental illness? (free)
“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)
Source: 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.
Commentary: Long-term Metformin May Reduce Coronary Calcium – Medscape (free registration required)
“Metformin may protect against atherosclerosis in men with pre-diabetes and early diabetes” (RT @CircAHA see Tweet)
Commentary: Physical Activity Might Not Ward Off Dementia – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Contradicting previous evidence, this study did not show that physical activity has a protective effect against cognitive decline and dementia.
“Physical activity may not have an impact on your chances of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s but it will reduce a plethora of other risks…” (RT @KarenAl46890767 see Tweet)
The BMJ Opinion: Joann Elmore: When diagnostic uncertainty hits home (free)
Commentaries: Concern over huge diagnostic variability for melanoma – OnMedica (free) AND Pathologists Often Misclassify Melanoma – Physician’s First Watch (free)
9 – Perspective: Recognizing Sepsis as a Global Health Priority: A WHO Resolution – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
10 – Personal 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)