Daily Archives: August 8, 2017

Use of Molecular Tools to Identify Patients With Indolent Breast Cancers With Ultralow Risk

8 Aug, 2017 | 00:19h | UTC

Use of Molecular Tools to Identify Patients With Indolent Breast Cancers With Ultralow Risk Over 2 Decades – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: ‘Ultralow-Risk’ Breast Cancers Can Skip Endocrine Therapy – Medscape (free registration required) AND Tumor Test Helps Identify Which Breast Cancers Don’t Require Extra Treatment – NPR (free)

 

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Tue, August 8 – 10 Stories of The Day!

8 Aug, 2017 | 00:05h | UTC

 

1 – Optimal timing of an invasive strategy in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomised trials – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Optimal Timing of an Invasive Strategy in NSTE-ACS Patients – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

An early invasive strategy does not reduce mortality compared with a delayed invasive strategy in most patients with NSTE-ACS, but seems to reduce mortality in high-risk patients.

 

2 – Outbreak-Related Disease Burden Associated with Consumption of Unpasteurized Cow’s Milk and Cheese, United States, 2009–2014 – Emerging Infectious Diseases (free)

Commentaries: Raw milk: a superfood or super risky? – The Guardian (free) AND Raw milk and cheese cause 840 times more illnesses than pasteurized products – STAT News (free)

 

3 – State of The Art Review: Advances in the diagnosis of pneumonia in children – The BMJ (free)

 

4 – Longer sleep is associated with lower BMI and favorable metabolic profiles in UK adults: Findings from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey – PLOS One (free)

Commentary: Short sleep linked to body mass, waist size – Reuters Health (free)

 

5 – simple guide to CRISPR, one of the biggest science stories of the decade – VOX (free) (RT @Students4BE see Tweet)

 

6 – Association of Resistance Exercise, Independent of and Combined With Aerobic Exercise, With the Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)

Commentaries: Metabolic syndrome: An hour of resistance training per week may cut risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Resistance Training Tied to Lower Risk for Metabolic Syndrome – Physician’s First Watch (free)

 

7 – Factors Associated With Achieving a Body Mass Index of Less Than 30 After Bariatric Surgery – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Opting for Weight-Loss Surgery at Lower BMIs May Be Best for Patients’ Health, Study Suggests – University of Michigan, via NewsWise (free) AND Delayed Weight Loss Surgery Tied to Worse Outcomes – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Weight-loss surgery may work better when patients aren’t too obese – Reuters (free) AND With bariatric surgery, a patient’s starting weight makes a difference, study finds – STAT (free)

 

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 7 August 2017 – The BMJ Blogs (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

 

9 – Review: Environmental/lifestyle factors in the pathogenesis and prevention of type 2 diabetes – BMC Medicine (free)

 

10 – Review: Subclinical thyrotoxicosis: prevalence, causes and choice of therapy – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)

 

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