Daily Archives: September 13, 2017
Wed, September 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!
13 Sep, 2017 | 00:55h | UTC
1 – International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia (free) (RT @CritCareReviews see Tweet)
2 – Report: Preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing environmental risk factors – World Health Organization (free)
“We welcome new @WHO report, showing 23% of all deaths can be prevented through healthier environments” (RT @HealthandEnv see Tweet)
3 – Draft Recommendation Statement: Cervical Cancer: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Draft Recommendation Eliminates Cervical Cytology-HPV Cotesting for Women Over 30 – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF: Pap Test or HPV Test, Not Both, For Most Cervical Ca Screening – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND USPSTF Has New Draft Guidance for Cervical Cancer Screening – Medscape (free registration required) AND Age matters when it comes to screening for cervical câncer – STAT (free)
Author interview: Cost of Developing a Single Cancer Drug (free audio)
Invited commentary: A Much-Needed Corrective on Drug Development Costs (free)
Commentaries: R&D Costs For Cancer Drugs Are Likely Much Less Than Industry Claims, Study Finds – NPR (free) AND A new study undermines Big Pharma’s justification for charging high drug prices – Business Insider (free) AND What Does It Cost to Create a Cancer Drug? Less Than You’d Think – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
5 – Antiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free guideline and infographic)
6 – Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trials – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Taking Hormones for Menopause Doesn’t Raise Early Death Risk – The New York Times (free) AND Menopause hormone therapy not linked to premature death – Reuters (free) AND Menopause hormones don’t shorten lives, long follow-up says – STAT (free)
7 – Patient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline (free)
News release: New Guideline Aims to Improve Clinician Communication With Patients (free)
Original article: Laparoscopic and robotic-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localised prostate cancer – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Urinary and sexual quality of life-related outcomes appear similar”.
Commentary: Statins cut heart deaths in men by 28% finds study – NHS Choices (free)
Increased consumption of red and processed meat may be associated with higher risk of stroke.