Daily Archives: September 3, 2017
Review: Reducing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease, Part 1: The Epidemiology and Risk Factors
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:23h | UTC
Guideline: noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:21h | UTCOfficial ERS/ATS clinical practice guidelines: noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Review: Reducing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease, Part 2: Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:22h | UTC
FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United States
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:19h | UTCFDA News Release: FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United States (free)
Commentaries: A $475,000 cancer drug: Wall Street sees ‘bargain’; patients see ‘completely broken’ system – HealthNewsReview (free) FDA Approves First CAR-T Cell Therapy for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia – National Institutes of Health (free) AND FDA Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475.000 – New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND The FDA Approves a Landmark Cancer Drug – The Atlantic (free)
“…is a cancer therapy that represents several things at once: a game-changing way to treat cancer through genetic engineering, a novel paradigm for the biotech business, and the latest turn in the debate over just how astronomically expensive a life-saving therapy can be”. (from The Atlantic)
Molluscum contagiosum is best left to clear by itself
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:13h | UTCMolluscum contagiosum is best left to clear by itself – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Interventions for cutaneous molluscum contagiosum – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Clinicians should advise people with a healthy immune system to leave molluscum contagiosum to clear by itself” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Review: Mechanical Ventilation
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:21h | UTCMechanical Ventilation: State of the Art – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Guideline: Psoriasis: assessment and management
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:20h | UTCPsoriasis: assessment and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
Study: Accelerometer-assessed sedentary work, leisure time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers during one year
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:16h | UTCCommentaries: Sitting for 20 minutes less a day won’t make you ‘more muscly’ – NHS Choices (free) AND Just 21 minutes less sitting improves health – Medical News Today (free)
Guideline: Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in Valvular Heart Disease
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:17h | UTCCommentary with highlights from the document: Appropriate Use Criteria Published for Valvular Heart Disease Imaging Tests – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
New Nutrition Study Changes Nothing (commentaries on the PURE study)
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:15h | UTCNew Nutrition Study Changes Nothing – The Atlantic (free) (RT @drjohnm see Tweet)
See original article and commentaries in our August 30 issue (see #1 and #2)
“Why the science of healthy eating appears confusing – but isn’t”