Daily Archives: August 8, 2017
Use of Molecular Tools to Identify Patients With Indolent Breast Cancers With Ultralow Risk
8 Aug, 2017 | 00:19h | UTCUse 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)
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.
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)
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)
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)