Daily Archives: January 18, 2019
Cohort Study: Common Conditions Associated with Hereditary Hemochromatosis Genetic Variants
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:03h | UTCCommentaries: Haemochromatosis: disorder that causes body to absorb too much iron from food may be major cause of disease – The Conversation (free) AND Haemochromatosis is linked to more disease than previously thought – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Health impact of genetic ‘iron-overdose disease’ may have been underestimated – NHS News (free)
Fri, January 18 – 10 Stories of The Day!
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:08h | UTC
1 – Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems – The Lancet (free articles – registration required)
Summary: EAT-Lancet Commission Brief for Everyone (free)
Commentaries: New Diet Guidelines to Benefit People and the Planet: More Greens for All, Less Meat for Some – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New ‘planetary health diet’ can save lives and the planet, major review suggests – CNN (free) AND A bit of meat, a lot of veg – the flexitarian diet to feed 10bn – BBC (free)
Commentaries: Haemochromatosis: disorder that causes body to absorb too much iron from food may be major cause of disease – The Conversation (free) AND Haemochromatosis is linked to more disease than previously thought – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Health impact of genetic ‘iron-overdose disease’ may have been underestimated – NHS News (free)
Related: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free)
Commentaries: Nearly a fourth of outpatient antibiotics unneeded, study finds – CIDRAP (free) AND Nearly a quarter of antibiotic prescriptions for children and adults may be unnecessary – University of Michigan (free)
5 – Guideline: Prepregnancy counseling – Fertility and Sterility (free)
6 – How to get started in quality improvement – The BMJ (free)
7 – Ebola Has Gotten So Bad, It’s Normal – Foreign Policy (free)
Related: WHO expert: Ebola outbreak to continue at least 6 more months – CIDRAP (free)
8 – Summary: Hypertriglyceridemia Management According to the 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline – American College of Cardiology (free)
9 – Efficacy and safety of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Daily Aspirin Use May Do More Harm Than Good for Healthy People – Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (free)
Related Study: Aspirin Did Not Prevent Deaths or Disability in Healthy Older Adults (free study and commentaries)
10 – Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019 (free registration required)
Commentaries: Burnout Rises Above 50% in Some Specialties, New Survey Shows – Medscape (free registration required) AND No quick fix for physician burnout, depression – Reuters (free) AND More than half of physicians are burned out or depressed – HealthExec (free)
Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)
Related Research: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (link to abstract and commentaries)
Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:02h | UTCRelated: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free)
The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCFood in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems – The Lancet (free articles – registration required)
Summary: EAT-Lancet Commission Brief for Everyone (free)
Commentaries: New Diet Guidelines to Benefit People and the Planet: More Greens for All, Less Meat for Some – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New ‘planetary health diet’ can save lives and the planet, major review suggests – CNN (free) AND A bit of meat, a lot of veg – the flexitarian diet to feed 10bn – BBC (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Feeding a population of 10 billion people by 2050 with a healthy & sustainable diet will be impossible without transforming eating habits, improving food production & reducing food waste—new @EATForum–@TheLancet Commission #EATLancet #foodcanfixit https://t.co/TsRQiyhA09 pic.twitter.com/v2KtYu9pdS
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 16, 2019
ACOG Guideline: Prepregnancy Counseling
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:00h | UTCPrepregnancy counseling – Fertility and Sterility (free)
Study: Appropriateness of Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:01h | UTCCommentaries: Nearly a fourth of outpatient antibiotics unneeded, study finds – CIDRAP (free) AND Nearly a quarter of antibiotic prescriptions for children and adults may be unnecessary – University of Michigan (free)
Ebola Has Gotten So Bad, It’s Normal
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:58h | UTCEbola Has Gotten So Bad, It’s Normal – Foreign Policy (free)
Related: WHO expert: Ebola outbreak to continue at least 6 more months – CIDRAP (free)
How to Get Started in Quality Improvement
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:59h | UTCHow to get started in quality improvement – The BMJ (free)
Summary: Hypertriglyceridemia Management According to the 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:57h | UTC
Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:54h | UTCMedscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019 (free registration required)
Commentaries: Burnout Rises Above 50% in Some Specialties, New Survey Shows – Medscape (free registration required) AND No quick fix for physician burnout, depression – Reuters (free) AND More than half of physicians are burned out or depressed – HealthExec (free)
Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)
Related Articles: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (link to abstract and commentaries)
Meta-Analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:55h | UTCEfficacy and safety of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Daily Aspirin Use May Do More Harm Than Good for Healthy People – Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (free)
Related Study: Aspirin Did Not Prevent Deaths or Disability in Healthy Older Adults (free study and commentaries)