Daily Archives: February 13, 2019 | LinksMedicus Free Medical News & Perspectives

Wed, February 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!

13 Feb, 2019 | 02:18h | UTC

1 – News Release: New WHO-ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people – World Health Organization (free)

Report: Safe listening devices and systems: a WHO-ITU standard – World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union (free PDF)

Toolkit: Toolkit for safe listening devices and systems – World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union (free PDF)

2 – Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorials: Implementing the USPSTF Recommendations on Prevention of Perinatal Depression—Opportunities and Challenges (free) AND Perinatal Depression: Recommendations for Prevention and the Challenges of Implementation (free)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression (free audio)

Commentaries: Depression During and After Pregnancy Can Be Prevented, National Panel Says. Here’s How. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND To Prevent Pregnancy-Related Depression, At-Risk Women Advised To Get Counseling – NPR (free)

“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians provide or refer pregnant and postpartum persons who are at increased risk of perinatal depression to counseling interventions. (B recommendation)”

3 – Urine Sediment Examination in the Diagnosis and Management of Kidney Disease: Core Curriculum 2019 – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (free for a limited period)

4 – Severe toxicity from checkpoint protein inhibitors: What intensive care physicians need to know? – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

5 – The Case of the Scientific Ruse – EMNerd (free)

“February 7th 2019 marked an auspicious day in the history of the NEJM and its relationship with the pharmaceutical industry.”

6 – Combined hormonal contraceptives for heavy menstrual bleeding – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Combined hormonal contraceptives for heavy menstrual bleeding – Cochrane Library (free)

7 – Intensive blood pressure reduction with intravenous thrombolysis therapy for acute ischaemic stroke (ENCHANTED): an international, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint, phase 3 trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering With Intravenous Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke Did Not Improve Functional Outcomes – Practical Neurology (free) AND Tighter BP Control No Better in Acute Stroke – MedPage Today (free registration required)

8 – Association Between Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Mortality Among Middle-aged Adults in France – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Ultra-processed foods push death risk up by 14 percent, study says – UPI (free) AND Do ‘heavily processed’ foods increase the risk of an early death? – NHS Choices (free)

9 – Use of Active Surveillance or Watchful Waiting for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer and Management Trends Across Risk Groups in the United States, 2010-2015 – JAMA (free)

Commentaries: Study finds upsurge in ‘active surveillance’ for low-risk prostate cancer – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (free) AND Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance Increasing in the US – Renal & Urology News (free) AND Conservative management of low-risk prostate cancer increasing in USA – medwire News (free) AND More men with low-risk prostate cancer are forgoing treatment, study finds – CNN (free)

10 – Best practice in Active Surveillance for men with prostate cancer: A Prostate Cancer UK consensus statement – BJU International (free PDF)

Related Randomized Trial: Radical Prostatectomy vs. Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer (link to abstract and commentaries)

USPSTF Statement: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression

13 Feb, 2019 | 02:09h | UTC

Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorials: Implementing the USPSTF Recommendations on Prevention of Perinatal Depression—Opportunities and Challenges (free) AND Perinatal Depression: Recommendations for Prevention and the Challenges of Implementation (free) AND Attention to Prevention—Can We Stop Perinatal Depression Before it Starts? (free)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression (free audio)

Commentaries: Depression During and After Pregnancy Can Be Prevented, National Panel Says. Here’s How. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND To Prevent Pregnancy-Related Depression, At-Risk Women Advised To Get Counseling – NPR (free)

“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians provide or refer pregnant and postpartum persons who are at increased risk of perinatal depression to counseling interventions. (B recommendation)”

New WHO Standard Aims to Prevent Hearing Loss Among 1.1 Billion Young People

13 Feb, 2019 | 02:12h | UTC

News Release: New WHO-ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people – World Health Organization (free)

Report: Safe listening devices and systems: a WHO-ITU standard – World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union (free PDF)

Toolkit: Toolkit for safe listening devices and systems – World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union (free PDF)

Review: Urine Sediment Examination in the Diagnosis and Management of Kidney Disease

13 Feb, 2019 | 02:06h | UTC

Urine Sediment Examination in the Diagnosis and Management of Kidney Disease: Core Curriculum 2019 – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (free for a limited period)

Related Commentary on Twitter

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— AJKD (@AJKDonline) February 12, 2019