Daily Archives: October 29, 2017
Systematic review: antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:37h | UTCOriginal article: Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Guideline: Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:40h | UTCResponding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused (free)
World leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:38h | UTCWorld leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’ – The Washington Post (free)
Guideline: Screening for Lung Cancer
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:32h | UTCNews release: American College of Chest Physicians unveils new lung cancer screening guidelines at CHEST 2017 (free)
Perspective: HIV Drug Resistance
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:39h | UTCHIV Drug Resistance: An Emerging Threat to Epidemic Control – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Research: Pregnancy, thrombophilia, and the risk of a first venous thrombosis
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:36h | UTC“Women with antithrombin, protein C, or protein S deficiency or with homozygous factor V Leiden should be considered for antepartum or postpartum thrombosis prophylaxis, or both”.
Terbinafine is probably first choice oral drug for fungal toenail infection
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:31h | UTCTerbinafine is probably first choice oral drug for fungal toenail infection – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Oral antifungal medication for toenail onychomycosis – Cochrane Library (free)
Research: Payments by US pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to US medical journal editors
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:33h | UTC“Industry payments to journal editors are common and often large, particularly for certain subspecialties. Journals should consider the potential impact of such payments on public trust in published research”.
Guidelines on the management and treatment of portal hypertension
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:27h | UTC
Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:29h | UTC
Research: Less dementia with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:25h | UTCLess dementia with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation – European Heart Journal (free)
Commentaries: Blood-thinning drugs appear to protect against dementia in AF patients – OnMedica (free) AND Blood-thinning drugs ‘can reduce risk of dementia by up to 48%’ – The Guardian (free) AND Oral Anticoagulants Tied to Less Dementia in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Research: Surgery for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Children
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:24h | UTCSurgery for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Children – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: First test of anti-epilepsy surgeries in children shows dramatic benefit – Reuters (free) AND Surgery Cuts Seizures in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Eeffect of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on stillbirth, birth outcomes, and infant mortality
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:26h | UTCCommentaries: Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation: benefits beyond iron-folic acid alone – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND Multiple micronutrient supplements to mothers improve survival for newborn girls – Harvard School of Public health (free)
Related systematic review: Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy – Cochrane Library (free summary)
Research: Depression and mortality in a longitudinal study
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:10h | UTCDepression and mortality in a longitudinal study: 1952–2011 – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
Commentaries: Depression strongly linked to higher long-term risk of early death for both women, men – ScienceDaily (free) AND Depression raises risk of early death – Medical News Today (free) AND Depression tied to shorter lifespan – Reuters (free)
Review: The Practice and Implications of Finding Fluid During Point-of-Care Ultrasonography
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:21h | UTCRelated JAMA Video: Finding Fluid With Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (free)
Guideline: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:22h | UTCGuideline: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Implants and Intrauterine Devices – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
News release: LARC and Reproductive Choice (free)
Commentary: New Guidelines on LARC Released by ACOG – Medscape (free registration required)
Systematic review: Aerosol delivery during invasive mechanical ventilation
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:05h | UTCAerosol delivery during invasive mechanical ventilation: a systematic review – Critical Care (free)
Is It Possible to Predict the Next Pandemic?
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:09h | UTCIs It Possible to Predict the Next Pandemic? – The Atlantic (free)
“Large initiatives are underway to pinpoint the next big viral threats—but some virologists believe the task is too hard”.
Research: Prognostic Effect and Longitudinal Hemodynamic Assessment of Borderline Pulmonary Hypertension
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:08h | UTCCommentary: Borderline Pulmonary Hypertension Tied to Mortality Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guideline: Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:01h | UTCRelated 2017 Guidelines: Type 2 diabetes in adults: management – NICE Guideline (free) AND Pharmacologic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: Synopsis of the 2017 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free) AND Oral Pharmacologic Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Clinical Practice Guideline Update From the American College of Physicians (free)
Research: Robotic-Assisted vs Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:57h | UTCEffect of Robotic-Assisted vs Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery on Risk of Conversion to Open Laparotomy Among Patients Undergoing Resection for Rectal Cancer: The ROLARR Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Study: Association of Robotic-Assisted vs Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy With Perioperative Outcomes and Health Care Costs, 2003 to 2015 – JAMA (free)
Commentaries: Comparison of Outcomes for Robotic-Assisted vs Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures – The JAMA Network (free) AND Robotic docs can boost surgery time and cost – Science News (free) AND Robot-assisted surgery for kidney removal associated with longer operating times, higher cost – Stanford Medicine (free) AND Robotic-assisted surgery: more expensive, but not always more effective – Reuters (free)
Research: Statin use and risk of developing diabetes
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:03h | UTCCommentaries: Statins increase the risk of developing diabetes in at-risk people – Medical News Today (free) AND Statin use link to heightened type 2 diabetes risk in some people – OnMedica (free)
Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:00h | UTCRelated article: Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review – The Lancet Global Health (free)
Commentary: New research highlights worldwide risk of HIV, Hepatitis C epidemics – University of New South Wales, via ScienceDaily (free)
Guideline: Cardiovascular Health in African Americans
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:53h | UTCNews releases: African Americans live shorter lives due to heart disease and stroke – AHA / ASA Newsroom (free) AND New report raises concerns about the cardiovascular health of African-Americans – AHA News (free)
Commentaries: Blacks Face Higher Mortality from Heart Disease, Stroke – Cardiobrief (free) AND Heart health disparities take toll on African-Americans – Reuters (free)
Research: “Magic mushrooms” for treatment-resistant depression
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:54h | UTCPsilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms – Scientific Reports (free)
Recommended Commentary: Magic mushrooms: Some reporters buy magical notion of ‘reset’ button for depression – Health News Review (free)
Other Commentaries: Magic mushrooms ‘reboot’ brain in depressed people – study – The Guardian (free) AND Magic mushrooms can ‘reset’ depressed brain – BBC News (free)