Daily Archives: June 14, 2018

Thu, June 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!

14 Jun, 2018 | 02:26h | UTC

 

1 – Effect of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Management on 12-Month Disability Among Adults With Severe Open Fracture of the Lower Limb: The WOLLF Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: High-tech treatment of open leg wounds no better than using regular dressings – University of Warwick (free) AND Negative-Pressure Therapy No Better for Open Fractures – Medscape (free registration required)

“Negative pressure wound therapy did not improve 12-month disability for patients with severe open fracture of the lower limb compared with standard wound dressing”

 

2 – Retraction and Republication: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Correspondence: Retraction and Republication: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet. N Engl J Med 2013;368:1279-90 (free)

Commentaries: That Huge Mediterranean Diet Study Was Flawed. But Was It Wrong? – New York Times (free) AND Errors Trigger Retraction Of Study On Mediterranean Diet’s Heart Benefits – NPR (free) AND Expert reaction to retraction and republication of study looking at Mediterranean diet and heart disease – Science Media Centre (free)

 

3 – Dietary and nutritional approaches for prevention and management of type 2 diabetes – The BMJ (free)

 

4 – Perspective: The Search for Cancer Treatment Beyond Mutant-Hunting – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

5 – Effect of Dengue Serostatus on Dengue Vaccine Safety and Efficacy – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Perspective: Trolleyology and the Dengue Vaccine Dilemma – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Study confirms higher risk of dengue in kids who got Sanofi vaccine – Reuters (free) AND Sanofi’s new dengue challenge: find a diagnostic that will make its vaccine safe to use – STAT (free)

 

6 – Ebola Situation Report: Ebola Virus Disease in Democratic Republic of Congo – World Health Organization (free)

Related: More suspected DRC Ebola cases amid enhanced surveillance – CIDRAP (free) AND ‘We are still at war’ with Ebola: WHO chief – Reuters (free) AND Speedy Ebola tests help contain Africa’s latest outbreak – Nature News (free)

 

7 – Thrombocytopenia in the ICU: disseminated intravascular coagulation and thrombotic microangiopathies—what intensivists need to know – Critical Care (free)

 

8 – Guideline: Cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract: assessment and management in people aged 16 and over – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)

 

9 – Integrative Therapies During and After Breast Cancer Treatment: ASCO Endorsement of the SIO Clinical Practice Guideline – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Commentary: Mozart, meditation and a yoga mat: Oncologists welcome integrative therapies for breast cancer – eCancer News (free)

 

10 – Association between systolic blood pressure and dementia in the Whitehall II cohort study: role of age, duration, and threshold used to define hypertension – European Heart Journal (free)

Commentaries: Dementia risk increased in 50-year-olds with blood pressure below hypertension threshold – European Society of Cardiology, via EurekAlert (free) AND Blood pressure below treatable threshold linked to heightened dementia risk – OnMedica (free) AND Studies: Higher blood pressure increases risk for dementia – UPI (free) AND High Blood Pressure at Age 50 Tied to Dementia Risk – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Dementia risk to 50-year-olds with raised blood pressure – study – The Guardian (free)

 

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