Daily Archives: January 19, 2018
Fri, January 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!
19 Jan, 2018 | 01:42h | UTC
1 – The 2017 Update of the German Clinical Guideline on Epidemiology, Diagnostics, Therapy, Prevention, and Management of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Patients: Part 1 – Karger, Urologia Internationalis (free) (via @CIDRAP_ASP see Tweet)
2 – Detection and localization of surgically resectable cancers with a multi-analyte blood test – Science (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Simple blood test detects eight different kinds of cancer – Nature News (free) A new blood test can detect eight different cancers in their early stages – The Conversation (free) AND CancerSEEK: Blood Test That Detects Eight Common Cancers – Medscape (free registration required) AND Scientists Edge Closer To A Blood Test To Detect Cancers – NPR (free) And Blood test could use DNA to spot early-stage cancers, study shows – The Guardian (free)
3 – Perspective: Redefining Hypertension: Assessing the New Blood-Pressure Guidelines – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: AAFP Decides to Not Endorse AHA/ACC Hypertension Guideline – American Academy of Family Physicians (free)
4 – Video: Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat (free) (via @RSTMH see Tweet)
Related: The World Is Completely Unprepared for a Global Pandemic – Harvard Business Review (free) AND Is It Possible to Predict the Next Pandemic? – The Atlantic (free) AND Stopping Pandemics Before They Start – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Editorial: A new powerful drug to combat river blindness (free)
Author interview: Dietary Inflammatory Potential and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Men and Women (free)
Commentary: Why certain diets may increase your cancer risk – VOX (free)
7 – The Best Response to Medical Errors? Transparency – AAMC News (free)
Related: The Michigan Model: Medical Malpractice and Patient Safety at UMHS (free)
8 – Patient reminder and recall interventions to improve immunization rates – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Boosting vaccination rates with reminders: new Cochrane evidence – Evidently Cochrane (free) AND Sending out reminders/recalls can drive up immunisation rates – OnMedica (free) AND Patient Reminders Improve Vaccination Rates in Primary Care – Physician’s First Watch (free)
9 – Video: Early Palliative Care: a video for health and care professionals – University of Edinburgh (free) (via @OUPMedicine see Tweet)
Related: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free summary and original article) AND How Early Palliative Care May Benefit Patients With Incurable Cancer – ASCO Post (free)
Related guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free)
“Before starting a medication to treat a new medical condition, consider whether this condition could be a drug-related adverse event. Specifically, consider whether this could represent a prescribing cascade”.