Daily Archives: October 10, 2017

Tue, October 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!

10 Oct, 2017 | 01:14h | UTC

 

1 – Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold – CHEST Expert Panel Report (free)

See also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)

 

2 – New NICE Guidelines on Guild Abuse, Neglect and Maltreatment

– Child abuse and neglect – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

– Child maltreatment: when to suspect maltreatment in under 18s – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

News release: Responding to child abuse and neglect – a view from NICE (free)

 

3 – Vitamin D supplementation to prevent asthma exacerbations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Vitamin D and asthma: a case to answer – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (free) AND Vitamin D may prevent asthma worsening for some – NHS Choices (free)

 

4 – Upstream watershed condition predicts rural children’s health across 35 developing countries – Nature Communications (free)

Commentaries: Healthy watersheds help stem deadly childhood diseases downstream – WWF Global (free) AND Global kids study: More trees, less disease – University of Vermont (free) AND More trees help water sanitation, reduce child deaths: study – Reuters (free)

 

5 – Adjunctive Bright Light Therapy for Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Midday Light Therapy May Improve Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Bipolar Disorder – Psychiatric News Allert (free) AND Bright Light Therapy Improves Bipolar Depression – Medscape (free registration required)

 

6 – Predicting 30-Day Mortality for Patients With Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department: A Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Tool may help accurately predict 30-day mortality for emergency department patients with acute heart failure – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Simple tool accurately predicts 30-day mortality for patients with acute heart failure in the ER – MedicalXpress (free)

See Calculator: MEESSI-AHF RISK MODEL

 

7 – The Painful Side Of Positive Health Care Marketing – NPR (free)

Related: I have cancer. This comic shows how much pressure I feel to be a hero – VOX (free) AND Why cancer is not a war, fight, or battle – CNN (free) AND He’s a Fighter – The Atlantic (free)

 

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 9 October 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

 

9 – Interventions to reduce harm in people who use tobacco. The latest Cochrane Evidence – Cochrane Tobbaco Edition (free summaries) (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)

Comprehensive resource on evidence-based interventions to reduce tobacco related harm.

 

10 – Female sex, early-onset hypertension, and risk of dementia – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: For women, high blood pressure in your 40s may be tied to increased risk of Dementia – American Academy of Neurology, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Women’s dementia risk increased by midlife hypertension – Medical News Today (free) AND Mid-adulthood hypertension linked to dementia risk in women – Clinical Advisor (free)

Related Study: Associations Between Midlife Vascular Risk Factors and 25-Year Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Cohort – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentaries: Midlife cardiovascular risk factors may increase chances of dementia – NIH News Releases (free) AND Midlife smoking, diabetes, and hypertension associated with late life dementia – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Heart disease risk in middle age tied to dementia later – Reuters (free)

 

---

Study links dental antibiotics to C diff cases

10 Oct, 2017 | 01:10h | UTC

Study links dental antibiotics to C diff cases – CIDRAP (free) AND Antibiotics for dental procedures linked to superbug infection – Infectious Diseases Society of America, via ScienceDaily (free)

Study Presented at #IDWeek2017

 

---

How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds

10 Oct, 2017 | 01:07h | UTC

How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds – The Wall Street Journal (free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)

“Research suggests that as the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens”

 

---

Research: Single-Tablet HIV Therapy

10 Oct, 2017 | 01:08h | UTC

Efficacy and safety of switching from boosted protease inhibitors plus emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate regimens to single-tablet darunavir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide at 48 weeks in adults with virologically suppressed HIV-1 (EMERALD): a phase 3, randomised, non-inferiority trial – The Lancet HIV (free)

Commentaries: Towards a universal second-line fixed-dose combination ART – The Lancet HIV (free) AND Single-Tablet ART: New Hope in HIV Therapy? All-in-one fixed dose combo proves safe, effective in EMERALD trial – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND EMERALD Trial: Week 48 Results Demonstrate Efficacy in Single-Tablet HIV Therapy – Infectious Diseases Advisor (free)

Study Presented at #IDWeek2017

 

---

Research: Women who get frequent UTIs may reduce risk by drinking plenty of water

10 Oct, 2017 | 01:09h | UTC

Women who get frequent UTIs may reduce risk by drinking plenty of water – Infectious Diseases Society of America, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Recurrent Cystitis? Drink More Water – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Drinking More Water Really Does Ward Off UTIs – LiveScience (free)

Study Presented at #IDWeek2017

 

---

Research: Impact of the Commercialization of Three Generic Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers on Adverse Events in Quebec, Canada

10 Oct, 2017 | 01:05h | UTC

Impact of the Commercialization of Three Generic Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers on Adverse Events in Quebec, Canada: A Population-Based Time Series Analysis – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)

Commentaries: Generic Blood Pressure Drugs May Be Tied to Increase in Adverse Events – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Generic ARBs Linked to Increased Adverse Events – TCTMD (free)

As in any observational study, association does not necessarily imply causation.

 

---

Research: Serum Calcium and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the General Population

10 Oct, 2017 | 01:02h | UTC

Serum Calcium and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the General Population – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Low serum calcium may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest – EurekAlert (free) AND Low calcium may raise cardiac arrest risk by twofold – Medical News Today (free)

 

---

Research: Anticoagulant Use and Risk of Ischemic Stroke and Bleeding in Patients With Secondary Atrial Fibrillation

10 Oct, 2017 | 01:03h | UTC

Anticoagulant Use and Risk of Ischemic Stroke and Bleeding in Patients With Secondary Atrial Fibrillation Associated With Acute Coronary Syndromes, Acute Pulmonary Disease, or Sepsis – JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Anticoagulation didn’t benefit patients with afib secondary to ACS, pulmonary disease, or sepsis – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND No Anticoagulation Benefit, High Bleeding Risk Seen in Patients With Secondary A-fib – TCTMD (free)

 

---