Thu, August 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!
10 Aug, 2017 | 01:19h | UTC
1 – Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm – NICE Guideline (free)
2 – Sleep Disorder Diagnosis During Pregnancy and Risk of Preterm Birth – Obstetrics & Gynecology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sleep Disorders in Pregnancy Linked to Preterm Birth – Medscape (free registration required) AND Insomnia linked to premature birth in study of 3 million mothers – Nature News (free)
“Women with sleep disorders were about twice as likely to deliver babies more than six weeks early” (from Nature News)
Commentaries: Marijuana associated with three-fold risk of death from hypertension – European Society of Cardiology, via Science Daily (free) AND Marijuana use holds three-fold blood pressure death risk: study – Reuters (free) AND Marijuana Use Tied to Death from Hypertension, Study Suggests – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Marijuana ‘may be worse than cigarettes for cardiovascular health’ – Medical News Today (free)
4 – The verdict: is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it? – The London School of Economics and Political Science (free) (RT @CLAHRC_West and @CebmOxford)
Researchers can no longer ignore social media.
5 – What do hypnotics cost hospitals and healthcare? – F1000 Research (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
“A best estimate is that U.S. costs of hypnotic harms to healthcare systems are on the order of $55 billion, but conceivably might be as low as $10 billion or as high as $100 billion”.
6 – Treating subclinical thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy probably has no benefit – NIHR Signal (free) (RT see Tweet)
Related: Subclinical Hypothyroidism – NEJM Resident 360 (free) AND Levothyroxine Shows No Benefit in Older Adults with Subclinical Hypothyroidism – Physician’s First Watch (free)
“Treating subclinical thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy probably has no benefit” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
7 – Gadolinium deposition in the brain: summary of evidence and recommendations – The Lancet Neurology (free registration required)
Commentaries: Gadolinium deposition: practical guidelines in the face of uncertainty – The Lancet Neurology (free registration required) AND MRI Contrast Agents Accumulate in the Brain – Case Western Reserve University, via NewsWise (free)
8 – A systematic review to identify and assess the effectiveness of alternatives for people over the age of 65 who are at risk of potentially avoidable hospital admission – BMJ Open (free) (RT @NIHR_DC)
Alternatives to hospital admission for people aged over 65 years can be safe and reduce costs across a range of acute and chronic conditions.
9 – All-Cause and Specific-Cause Mortality Risk After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Patients With and Without Diabetes (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Gastric Bypass Sharply Lowers Death Risk for People With Diabetes, Study Finds – AJMC (free)
Case-control study suggests the procedure may reduce the risk of death in patients with diabetes.
10 – Tai Chi for Risk of Falls. A Meta-analysis – Journal of The American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Meta-Analysis: Tai Chi Keeps Seniors from Falling – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Tai chi may help reduce rate of falls in older and at-risk adults – News Medical (free)
‘Can reduce fall rates by almost half during the first year’ (from MedPage Today)