Daily Archives: October 24, 2018

Wed, October 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!

24 Oct, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – ACTIVE: A technical package for increasing physical activity – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: WHO launches ACTIVE: a toolkit for countries to increase physical activity and reduce noncommunicable diseases (free)

 

2 – Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorials: Challenges and Opportunities for Studying Routine Screening for Abuse (free) AND Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults in the Health Care Setting—Beyond Screening (free)

 

3 – Efficacy and safety of cefazolin versus antistaphylococcal penicillins for the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a systematic review and meta-analysis – BMC Infectious Diseases (free)

 

4 – Perspective: Superfoods Are a Marketing Ploy – The Atlantic (free) (via @edyong209 and @onisillos)

 

5 – Perspective: The Problem With Probiotics – The New York Times (free)

Related: Probiotic Safety—No Guarantees (free perspective)

“There are potential harms as well as benefits, and a lot of wishful thinking and imprecision in the marketing of products containing them.”

 

6 – Perspective: The Price of Knowledge: Industry-Sponsored Studies in the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine – TCTMD (free)

 

7 – Deep neural network improves fracture detection by clinicians – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (free)

“How to reduce emergency doctor misinterpretation of wrist X-rays for fracture by nearly 50%? Deep learning AI, of course” (via @EricTopol see Tweet)

 

8 – Association of Frequency of Organic Food Consumption With Cancer Risk: Findings From the NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort Study – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Organic Foods for Cancer Prevention—Worth the Investment? – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period) AND Organic food and cancer – Science Media Centre (free) AND Organic foods tied to slightly lower cancer risk – Reuters (free)

 

9 – Atezolizumab and Nab-Paclitaxel in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Not So Fast With Immune Therapy For Breast Cancer – Forbes (free) AND Immunotherapy drugs show some promise against breast cancer – STAT (free)

“…the benefit for most women was small, raising questions about whether the treatment is worth its high cost and side effects.” (from STAT)

 

10 – Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism During Pregnancy: A Multicenter Prospective Management Outcome Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Algorithm Rules Out Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Algorithm Validated for Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis in Pregnancy – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 

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