Daily Archives: July 31, 2017
Mon, July 31 – 10 Stories of The Day!
31 Jul, 2017 | 01:39h | UTC
1 – World Hepatitis Day (28 July 2017) – World Health Organization Campaign (free)
News release: Eliminate hepatitis: WHO (free)
WHO Updated Factsheets (free): Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis D and Hepatitis E
2 – Tenofovir reduces mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Systematic review with meta-analysis: the efficacy and safety of tenofovir to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus – Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
3 – The clinical practice guideline for the management of ARDS in Japan – Journal of Intensive Care (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter (free)
Commentary: Doctors frustrated that electronic records steal time from patients – Reuters (free)
Related guideline: Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians (free)
5 – Why you really should take your full course of antibiotics – The Conversation (free)
Commentary against a recent article in the BMJ arguing the antibiotic course has had its day
Commentaries: The FDA just took a radical step to cut nicotine in cigarettes so they’re not addictive – VOX (free) AND FDA Proposes Reducing Nicotine In Cigarettes – NPR (free) AND FDA Targets Cigarettes in Broadening of Fight Against Addiction – Bloomberg (free text and video) AND FDA announces plans to slash nicotine levels in cigarettes – STAT News (free) AND FDA plans to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels – The Guardian (free)
“Woooow. FDA wants to cut the nicotine in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels. This is a public health power move” (RT @onceuponA see Tweet)
7 – Interventions for the prevention of recurrent erysipelas and cellulitis – Cochrane Library (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Ongoing Antibiotic Prophylaxis Helps Prevent Cellulitis Recurrence – Medscape (free registration required)
8 – Alcohol drinking patterns and risk of diabetes: a cohort study of 70,551 men and women from the general Danish population – Diabetologia (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Drinking Alcohol 3 to 4 Days a Week Tied to Lowest Risk for Diabetes – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Moderate drinkers less likely to develop diabetes – OnMedica (free) AND Regular alcohol consumption could cut diabetes risk, study finds – The Guardian (free) AND Diabetes Risk May Be Lowest Drinking 3 to 4 Days Per Week – Medscape (free registration required)
Observational data suggests moderate alcohol consumption may have a possible protective effect against diabetes.
9 – Effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of pain in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Diclofenac 150 mg/day is the most effective NSAID available at present, but are the cardiac and renal risks worth it? Paracetamol does not seem to work for this condition.
10 – Peer review is a black box. Let’s open it up – STAT News (free)
Related commentaries: Exposing peer review – Research Information (free) AND More than just being open: giving control to authors and credit to peer reviewers – F1000Research blog (free) AND The peer-review system for academic papers is badly in need of repair – The Conversation (free) AND Manipulating the peer review process: why it happens and how it might be prevented – LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog (free) AND ‘You never said my peer review was confidential’ — scientist challenges publisher – Nature News (free)