Daily Archives: November 6, 2017
Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:43h | UTCEuropean Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults – European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS)
Commentary: New EACS treatment guidelines – Aidsmap (free) AND EACS updates HIV guidelines for adults – Healio (free registration required)
Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among health care personnel
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:41h | UTCCommentaries: 4 in 10 healthcare professionals work when they’re sick, risking patients – HealthCare Finance (free) AND Four in 10 Healthcare Personnel Work While Sick – Medscape (free registration required) AND Four in 10 HCPs Work While Experiencing Flu-Like Illness, Says Survey – MPR (free)
Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:40h | UTCCardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition – The Lancet (free registration required)
Research: Effect of Sertraline on Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:43h | UTCEditorial: Treating Depression in Patients With Advanced CKD: Beyond the Generalizability Frontier (free)
Commentary: Standard Antidepressant May Not Help Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease – UT Southwestern Medical Center, via NewsWise (free)
“Not only doesn’t help treat moderate depression, sertraline causes worse nausea (NNH=8) & diarrhea (NNH=10)” (RT @AnilMakam see Tweet 1 and Tweet 2)
Testing for chronic hepatitis B and C: a global perspective
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:39h | UTCTesting for chronic hepatitis B and C: a global perspective – BMC Infectious Diseases (free)
Choosing Wisely: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:34h | UTCChoosing Wisely: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – American Society for Clinical Pathology (free)
Commentary: More Lab Tests Deemed Inappropriate – Medscape (free registration required)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Research: Frequent sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and the onset of cardiometabolic diseases
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:35h | UTCCommentaries: Just two sugary drinks per week may raise type 2 diabetes risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Sugar-sweetened drinks raise risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome – The Endocrine Society, via EurekAlert (free)
Systematic Review: Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:30h | UTCGlucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis – Cochrane Library (free)
Original article: Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“We found no evidence of a difference between glucocorticosteroids and placebo or no intervention on all-cause mortality, health-related quality of life, and serious adverse events during treatment”.
Review: What We Know About Tuberculosis Transmission
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:33h | UTCWhat We Know About Tuberculosis Transmission: An Overview – The Journal of Infectious Diseases (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Research: Fiber Intake and Survival After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:32h | UTCFiber Intake and Survival After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis – JAMA Oncology (free)
Commentaries: Is Eating Fiber After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Associated with Lower Death Risk? – The JAMA Network (free) AND Higher Fiber Intake After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Improved Survival – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Mon, November 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!
6 Nov, 2017 | 00:03h | UTC
1 – European Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults – European AIDS Clinical Society (free)
Commentary: New EACS treatment guidelines – Aidsmap (free) AND EACS updates HIV guidelines for adults – Healio (free registration required)
Editorial: Treating Depression in Patients With Advanced CKD: Beyond the Generalizability Frontier (free)
Commentary: Standard Antidepressant May Not Help Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease – UT Southwestern Medical Center, via NewsWise (free)
“Not only doesn’t help treat moderate depression, sertraline causes worse nausea (NNH=8) & diarrhea (NNH=10)” (RT @AnilMakam see Tweet 1 and Tweet 2)
Commentaries: 4 in 10 healthcare professionals work when they’re sick, risking patients – HealthCare Finance (free) AND Four in 10 Healthcare Personnel Work While Sick – Medscape (free registration required) AND Four in 10 HCPs Work While Experiencing Flu-Like Illness, Says Survey – MPR (free)
4 – Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition – The Lancet (free registration required)
5 – Testing for chronic hepatitis B and C: a global perspective – BMC Infectious Diseases (free)
Commentaries: Just two sugary drinks per week may raise type 2 diabetes risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Sugar-sweetened drinks raise risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome – The Endocrine Society, via EurekAlert (free)
7 – Choosing Wisely: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – American Society for Clinical Pathology (free)
Commentary: More Lab Tests Deemed Inappropriate – Medscape (free registration required)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
8 – What We Know About Tuberculosis Transmission: An Overview – The Journal of Infectious Diseases (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
9 – Fiber Intake and Survival After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis – JAMA Oncology (free)
Commentaries: Is Eating Fiber After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Associated with Lower Death Risk? – The JAMA Network (free) AND Higher Fiber Intake After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Improved Survival – Physician’s First Watch (free)
10 – Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis – Cochrane Library (free)
Original article: Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“We found no evidence of a difference between glucocorticosteroids and placebo or no intervention on all-cause mortality, health-related quality of life, and serious adverse events during treatment”.