Daily Archives: November 19, 2018

Mon, November 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!

19 Nov, 2018 | 00:45h | UTC

 

1 – Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care and its association with hospital admission: longitudinal study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Tackling potentially inappropriate prescribing (free)

Commentary: Half of older patients exposed to potentially inappropriate prescribing – MedicalXpress (free)

 

2 – Twenty Year Trends and Sex Differences in Young Adults Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction: The ARIC Community Surveillance Study – Circulation (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Heart attacks are becoming more common in younger people, especially women – AHA News (free) AND Greater Need for Cooperative Care in Women’s Heart Health, Two Studies Suggest – TCTMD (free)

 

3 – Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Individuals With a Family History of Nonhereditary Colorectal Cancer or Adenoma: The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Banff Consensus – Gastroenterology (free)

 

4 – Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis Among Privately Insured Patients – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Treating the Patient With Appendicitis, Not Just the Appendicitis (free)

Related Randomized Trial: Antibiotic Therapy Alone Seems Reasonable for Uncomplicated Appendicitis (link to abstract, commentaries and resources on the subject)

 

5 – Diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

 

6 – No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression – Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (free PDF)

Commentary: Is Social Media Making You Depressed and Lonely? – MedicalResearch.com (free)

 

7 – Clinically Diagnosing Pertussis-associated Cough in Adults and Children: Chest Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)

Commentary: CHEST Guidelines for Clinical Diagnosis of Pertussis-Associated Cough – Pulmonology Advisor (free)

 

8 – Omega‐3 fatty acid addition during pregnancy – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Omega-3 fatty acid addition during pregnancy – Cochrane Library (free)

Commentaries: Omega-3 in pregnancy reduces the risk of premature birth: new evidence – Evidently Cochrane (free) AND Omega-3 supplements in pregnancy reduce the risk of premature birth – The Conversation (free)

 

9 – Dietary fat: From foe to friend? – Science (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Dietary fat is good? Dietary fat is bad? Coming to consensus – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free)

 

10 – Human Resting Energy Expenditure Varies with Circadian Phase – Current Biology (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: How many calories do you burn? It depends on time of day – Cell Press (free) AND Study: Calories burned depend on time of day – UPI (free) AND What time of day do we burn the most calories? – Medical News Today (free) AND Here’s When Your Body Burns the Most Calories, According to a New Study – TIME (free) AND Eat Carbs in the Morning, Fat at Night? – MedicalResearch.com (free)

 

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