Daily Archives: September 15, 2017
Education and risk of coronary heart disease
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:17h | UTCc: mendelian randomisation study – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: Going to university may cut your risk of heart disease – NHS Choices (free)
Meta-analysis: More Intensive vs Less Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Chronic Kidney Disease
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:16h | UTCAssociation Between More Intensive vs Less Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering and Risk of Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3 to 5: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Intensive blood pressure lowering linked to decreased mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Intensive BP Lowering in Chronic Kidney Disease Associated with Lower Mortality – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Is Strict BP Control a Good Bet for CKD Patients? – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Systematic Review: Corticosteroid versus NSAIDs for the Treatment of Acute Gout
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:14h | UTCSource: EvidenceAlerts
Corticosteroids and NSAIDs did not have different effects on pain scores, but there was a higher risk of indigestion, nausea and vomiting with NSAIDs.
Review: Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of tachycardiomyopathy
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:15h | UTCPathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of tachycardiomyopathy – Heart (free)
Source: Critical Care Review Newsletter
Series: The World Bank and financing global health
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:13h | UTCNew Series: The World Bank and financing global health – The BMJ
World Bank’s financing, priorities, and lending structures for global health (free)
Universal health coverage, health systems strengthening, and the World Bank (free)
World Bank and the Global Financing Facility (free)
Earmarking for global health: benefits and perils of the World Bank’s trust fund model (free)
Health as a “global public good”: creating a market for pandemic risk (free)
Baines and Babar: Why medical practitioners should be interested in the World Bank (free)
Protocol for the management of psychiatric patients with psychomotor agitation
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:12h | UTCProtocol for the management of psychiatric patients with psychomotor agitation – BMC Psychiatry (free)
A range of anti-epilepsy drugs are effective as first-line treatment
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:10h | UTCA range of anti-epilepsy drugs are effective as first-line treatment – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Antiepileptic drug monotherapy for epilepsy: a network meta-analysis of individual participant data – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Osteoporosis drug treatment: duration and management after discontinuation
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:09h | UTC
Study: The effects of improving sleep on mental health (OASIS)
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:12h | UTCCommentaries: Sleep improvement by internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy might help prevent mental health disorders – The Lancet (free) AND Lack of sleep could contribute to mental health problems, researchers reveal – The Guardian (free) AND Tackling insomnia may be key to easing mental health issues – OnMedica (free)
Fri, September 15 – 10 Stories of The Day!
15 Sep, 2017 | 00:03h | UTC
2 – Education and coronary heart disease: mendelian randomisation study – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: Going to university may cut your risk of heart disease – NHS Choices (free)
3 – Association Between More Intensive vs Less Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering and Risk of Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3 to 5: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Intensive blood pressure lowering linked to decreased mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Intensive BP Lowering in Chronic Kidney Disease Associated with Lower Mortality – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Is Strict BP Control a Good Bet for CKD Patients? – MedPage Today (free registration required)
4 – Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of tachycardiomyopathy – Heart (free)
Source: Critical Care Review Newsletter
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Corticosteroids and NSAIDs did not have different effects on pain scores, but there was a higher risk of indigestion, nausea and vomiting with NSAIDs.
6 – New Series: The World Bank and financing global health – The BMJ
– World Bank’s financing, priorities, and lending structures for global health (free)
– Universal health coverage, health systems strengthening, and the World Bank (free)
– World Bank and the Global Financing Facility (free)
– Earmarking for global health: benefits and perils of the World Bank’s trust fund model (free)
– Health as a “global public good”: creating a market for pandemic risk (free)
– Baines and Babar: Why medical practitioners should be interested in the World Bank (free)
Commentaries: Sleep improvement by internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy might help prevent mental health disorders – The Lancet (free) AND Lack of sleep could contribute to mental health problems, researchers reveal – The Guardian (free) AND Tackling insomnia may be key to easing mental health issues – OnMedica (free)
8 – Protocol for the management of psychiatric patients with psychomotor agitation – BMC Psychiatry (free)
9 – A range of anti-epilepsy drugs are effective as first-line treatment – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Antiepileptic drug monotherapy for epilepsy: a network meta-analysis of individual participant data – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)