Daily Archives: September 25, 2017
Draft Guideline: Most common ear infections should not be treated with antibiotics
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:28h | UTCNews release: Draft Guideline: Most common ear infections should not be treated with antibiotics, says NICE (free)
Commentaries: Common ear infections don’t need antibiotics, health watchdog says – The Guardian (free) AND Antibiotics not recommended for acute otitis, says NICE (free)
Olfaction and incident Parkinson disease
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:25h | UTCOlfaction and incident Parkinson disease in US white and black older adults – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Parkinson’s: Sniff test could predict risk up to a decade earlier – Medical News Today (free) AND Can a Smell Test Predict Parkinson’s? – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Scratch-and-sniff test could predict Parkinson’s even earlier – Michigan State University, via EurekAlert (free) AND Parkinson’s Disease May Be Diagnosed With Smell Test 10 Years Before Symptoms – Medical Daily (free)
Cohort Study: Low-Dose Aspirin Discontinuation and Risk of Cardiovascular Events
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:27h | UTCLow-Dose Aspirin Discontinuation and Risk of Cardiovascular Events: A Swedish Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Stopping Aspirin Hikes CV risk – Cardiobrief (free) AND Aspirin Discontinuation Tied to Increased Risk for CV Events – Physician’s First Watch (free)
This map shows how many years could be added to you life – if the air you breathe was less polluted
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:26h | UTCRelated: The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO – World Health Organization (free) AND Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 – The Lancet (free) AND Death in the Air: Air Pollution Costs Money and Lives – World Bank (free infographic and report)
Report: The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:21h | UTCThe path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: the Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa – The Lancet (free registration required)
Invited commentaries: Africa and health: a Commission to accelerate success (free registration required) AND Longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: perspectives and action of WHO AFRO (free registration required)
Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children at 4 and 6–12 Years of Age
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:25h | UTCCommentaries: Four questions to ask when reading or writing about water fluoridation and IQ – HealthNewsReview (free) AND High fluoride levels in pregnancy may lower offspring IQ – Medical News Today (free) AND Fluoride exposure in utero linked to lower IQ in kids, study says – CNN (free)
Randomized Controled Trial: Continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:23h | UTCContinuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (CONCEPTT): a multicentre international randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: In Pregnant Women with Type 1 Diabetes, Continuous Glucose Monitoring Linked to Better Outcomes – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND All pregnant women with type 1 diabetes should be offered continuous glucose monitoring – OnMedica (free)
Mon, September 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!
25 Sep, 2017 | 00:06h | UTC
1 – The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130 000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: the PURE study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Any type of physical exercise is good for the heart – NHS Choices (free) AND Physical Activity of Any Ilk Cuts CVD, Deaths in Global Study: PURE – TCTMD (free) AND Being active saves lives whether a gym workout, walking to work or washing the floor – McMaster University, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Don’t overthink your exercise: just 2.5 hours per week of any kind could help you live longer – VOX (free) AND A daily half hour’s exercise could prevent 1 in 12 early deaths, study shows – Reuters (free)
2 – The Mortality and Myocardial Effects of Antidepressants Are Moderated by Preexisting Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-Analysis – Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antidepressant use associated with higher risk of death – OnMedica (free) AND Antidepressants may raise death risk by a third – Medical News Today (free) AND Antidepressants Tied to a Significantly Increased Risk for Death – Medscape (free registration required) AND Antidepressants Associated with Significantly Elevated Risk of Death, Researchers Find – McMaster University, via NewsWise (free)
3 – Adherence Tradeoff to Multiple Preventive Therapies and All-Cause Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study Questions Incremental Benefit of Beta-Blockers After Acute MI – TCTMD (free) AND Beta blockers not needed after heart attack if other medications taken – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via Eurekalert (free) AND Adherence to medications post-MI is below 50%; beta-blockers offer little incremental benefit – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related study published recently: β-Blockers and Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Without Heart Failure or Ventricular Dysfunction – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (free)
5 – Homepage: Cardiomyopathy Compendium – Circulation Research
– Cardiomyopathies: An Overview, by Eugene Brawnwald (free)
– Classification, Epidemiology, and Global Burden of Cardiomyopathies (free)
– Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Genetic Determinants and Mechanisms (free)
– Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Genetics, Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Therapy (free)
– Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Surgical Myectomy and Septal Ablation (free)
– Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy (free)
– Inflammatory Cardiomyopathic Syndromes (free)
– Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Genetics, Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Therapy (free)
– Pediatric Cardiomyopathies (free)
– Modern Imaging Techniques in Cardiomyopathies (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Commentaries: Montelukast Tied to Psychiatric Adverse Events in Kids, Adults – Medscape (free registration required) AND Asthma Drug, Montelukast, Tied to Nightmares, Depression – Drugs.com (free)
7 – Effect of Post–Cesarean Delivery Oral Cephalexin and Metronidazole on Surgical Site Infection Among Obese Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Post-Cesarean Antibiotics Reduce Risk for Surgical Site Infections in Obese Women – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Antibiotics After C-Section Cut Infections in Obese Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Antibiotics cut infection risk in obese women after caesarean – OnMedica (free)
8 – Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis – Cochrane Library (free)
News release: Treatment for tuberculosis infection of the membrane around the heart (free)
“For HIV-negative patients, corticosteroids may reduce death. For HIV-positive patients not on antiretroviral drugs, corticosteroids may reduce constriction. For HIV-positive patients with good antiretroviral drug viral suppression, clinicians may consider the results from HIV-negative patients more relevant”.
9 – Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes With and Without Intravenous Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients: A Meta-Analysis – Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Better outcomes seen in patients who received IV thrombolysis before thrombectomy – ACP Hospitalist (free)
“The results support current guideline recommendations to give intravenous thrombolysis to eligible patients even if they are being considered for mechanical thrombectomy, according to the meta-analysis authors” (from ACP)
10 – Blood test and ECG may safely rule out heart attack – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Rapid Rule-out of Acute Myocardial Infarction With a Single High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Measurement Below the Limit of Detection: A Collaborative Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) and Commentary: High-sensitivity troponin T result may help rule out of myocardial infarction – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 25 September 2017
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:22h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 25 September 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Interventions to Reduce Suicide Risk Among Hospital Emergency Department Patients
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCModeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Suicide Risk Among Hospital Emergency Department Patients – Psychiatric Services (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Life-Saving Post-ER Suicide Prevention Strategies are Cost Effective – National Institute of Mental Health (free)
See also related meta-analysis and studies on strategies to prevent suicide in our August 11th issue (see #6 and #7)