Daily Archives: September 19, 2017
Report: Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2017
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:32h | UTCNoncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2017 – World Health Organization (free)
News release: WHO launches new NCDs Progress Monitor (free)
Related WHO resources: Noncommunicable diseases: the slow-motion disaster – World Health Organization (free) AND Preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing environmental risk factors – World Health Organization (free) AND Other dimensions of the NCD crisis: from mental health, ageing, dementia and malnutrition to deaths on the roads, violence and disability (free) AND Tools for implementing WHO PEN (Package of essential noncommunicable disease interventions) (free) AND WHO’s work on NCDs (free)
Summaries with 10 key points to remember of the latest European Society of Cardiology Guidelines
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:32h | UTCSummaries with 10 key points to remember of the latest European Society of Cardiology Guidelines – Latest in Cardiology, American College of Cardiology
– 2017 ESC Guidelines for the Management of STEMI (free)
– 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for Management of Valvular Heart Disease (free)
– 2017 ESC Guidelines for PAD Diagnosis and Treatment (free)
– 2017 ESC Focused Update on DAPT in CAD (free)
See also our sellection of the most relevant articles and commentaries from the Meeting, #ESCCongress Part I, #ESCCongress Part II and #ESCCongress Part III
Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:34h | UTCCorticosteroids in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Therapy for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Chest (free) AND Adjunctive Systemic Corticosteroids for Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2015 Update – Scientific Reports (free)
Study: Association of Cigarette Price Differentials With Infant Mortality
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:30h | UTCCommentaries: Budget cigs linked to higher infant mortality: Stopping their sale could reduce deaths – Irish Health (free) AND The Fatal Toll of Cheap Cigarettes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Guideline: Ethics and the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:31h | UTCCommentaries: ACP reaffirms opposition to physician-assisted suicide – ACP Internist (free) AND ACP Reaffirms Position Against Physician-Assisted Suicide – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Review: Impact of Electronic Cigarettes on the Cardiovascular System
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:29h | UTC
Guideline: Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:28h | UTCTop Ten Things to Know: Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock (free PDF)
The Promise and Challenge of Liquid Biopsies
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:26h | UTCMedical News & Perspectives: Going With the Flow: The Promise and Challenge of Liquid Biopsies – JAMA (free)
Related: Emerging concepts in liquid biopsies – BMC Medicine (free) AND Can a ‘liquid biopsy’ detect cancer and save lives? – STAT (free)
Cancer’s Invasion Equation
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:27h | UTCCancer’s Invasion Equation – The New Yorker (free)
We can detect tumors earlier than ever before. Can we predict whether they’re going to be dangerous?
Cohort study: The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:24h | UTCThe cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer: an initial report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Survivors of Childhood Cancer Face Continuing Chronic Health Conditions – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Severe Health Problems Plague Survivors of Childhood CA – Medscape (free registration required) AND Comprehensive Study of Chronic Disease Reveals Vulnerability of Childhood Cancer Survivors – NewsWise (free)
Use of public defibrillators linked to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:25h | UTCUse of public defibrillators linked to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: The Effects of Public Access Defibrillation on Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Each minute of delay to defibrillation is estimated to reduce the probability of long-term survival by 10%” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Guideline: Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:24h | UTCAdolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification – Pediatrics (free) AND Clinical Guidance on Body Modification Among Youth – Journal Watch (free) AND When Adolescents Want Tattoos or Piercings – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Meta-Analysis: The Weekend Effect in Hospitalized Patients
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:21h | UTCThe Weekend Effect in Hospitalized Patients: A Meta-Analysis – Journal of Hospital Medicine (link to abstract – free full-text PDF via @unpaywall)
Commentary: Review finds evidence for weekend effect on mortality in hospitalized patients – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related article: Weekends affect mortality risk and chance of discharge in critically ill patients: a retrospective study in the Austrian registry for intensive care – Critical Care (free) AND Commentary: “Weekend effects” in intensive care units – On Medicine (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 18 September 2017
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 18 September 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:22h | UTCCommentaries: Alcohol increases cancer risk, but don’t trust the booze industry to give you the facts straight – The Conversation (free) AND Drinks industry distorts alcohol cancer risk: scientists – Reuters (free) AND Drinks industry downplaying alcohol-cancer link – The Guardian (free) AND Drinks industry accused of downplaying ‘alcohol-cancer risk’ – NHS Choices (free)
Viewpoint: Nutrition Counseling in Clinical Practice: How Clinicians Can Do Better
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:23h | UTCNutrition Counseling in Clinical Practice: How Clinicians Can Do Better – JAMA (free)
Systematic Review: Strategies to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:18h | UTCOriginal article: Clinician-targeted interventions to influence antibiotic prescribing behaviour for acute respiratory infections in primary care: an overview of systematic reviews – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Trends in standardized mortality among individuals with schizophrenia
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCCommentaries: Schizophrenia linked to threefold increase in death risk – Medical News Today (free) AND People with schizophrenia have threefold risk of dying – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)
Tue, September 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!
19 Sep, 2017 | 00:05h | UTC
1 – Report: Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Colorectal Cancer – American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) (Free PDF)
News release: New Report finds whole grains lower colorectal cancer risk, processed meat increases risk (free)
Infographic: Preventing Colorectal Cancer (free)
Almost half cases of colorectal cancer cases can be prevented by staying lean, eating healthy, and moving more.
2 – Guideline: Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Clinical Guidance on Body Modification Among Youth – Journal Watch (free) AND When Adolescents Want Tattoos or Piercings – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
3 – The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer: an initial report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Survivors of Childhood Cancer Face Continuing Chronic Health Conditions – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Severe Health Problems Plague Survivors of Childhood CA – Medscape (free registration required) AND Comprehensive Study of Chronic Disease Reveals Vulnerability of Childhood Cancer Survivors – NewsWise (free)
4 – Viewpoint: Nutrition Counseling in Clinical Practice: How Clinicians Can Do Better – JAMA (free)
Commentaries: Alcohol increases cancer risk, but don’t trust the booze industry to give you the facts straight – The Conversation (free) AND Drinks industry distorts alcohol cancer risk: scientists – Reuters (free) AND Drinks industry downplaying alcohol-cancer link – The Guardian (free) AND Drinks industry accused of downplaying ‘alcohol-cancer risk’ – NHS Choices (free)
Commentaries: Abortion via telemedicine as safe as seeing doctor in person – Reuters (free) AND Abortion Via Telemedicine Is Totally Safe, Study Says – HuffPost (free) AND Medical Abortion Via Telemedicine Found Safe – MedPage Today (free registration required)
7 – The Weekend Effect in Hospitalized Patients: A Meta-Analysis – Journal of Hospital Medicine (link to abstract – free full-text PDF via @unpaywall)
Commentary: Review finds evidence for weekend effect on mortality in hospitalized patients – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related article: Weekends affect mortality risk and chance of discharge in critically ill patients: a retrospective study in the Austrian registry for intensive care – Critical Care (free) AND Commentary: “Weekend effects” in intensive care units – On Medicine (free)
8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 18 September 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Commentaries: Schizophrenia linked to threefold increase in death risk – Medical News Today (free) AND People with schizophrenia have threefold risk of dying – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)
Original article: Clinician-targeted interventions to influence antibiotic prescribing behaviour for acute respiratory infections in primary care: an overview of systematic reviews – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)