Fri, August 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Aug, 2017 | 00:08h | UTC
1 – The association of depression at any time to the risk of death following coronary artery disease diagnosis – European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Having depression and heart disease could double death risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Death risk doubles for heart patients with depression – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related: AAFP Guideline for the Detection and Management of Post–Myocardial Infarction Depression – Annals of Family Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Gout Patients Run Higher Risk of Kidney Stones – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Gout associated with elevated risk for kidney stones – MedWire News (free)
“60% increased risk of first-time nephrolithiasis versus general population, with little protection from allopurinol” (from MedPage Today)
3 – Efficacy, safety, and effect on sexual behaviour of on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in men who have sex with men: an observational cohort study – The Lancet HIV (free registration required)
Commentaries: PrEP on demand or every day? – The Lancet HIV (free registration required) AND HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis can be taken as needed – Reuters (free)
“four doses of PrEP around the time of sexual activity cut the risk of HIV by 97 percent” (from Reuters Health)
4 – Interventions for emergency contraception – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Methods of emergency contraception (free)
See also a recent study showing CPAP does not reduce cardiovascular events in our July 13th issue (see #2)
“CPAP is effective in improving health-related quality of life in OSA, and Mandibular Advancement Devices may be just as effective, but further RCTs comparing the two treatments are required”.
6 – Strategies to prevent death by suicide: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – British Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Brief Intervention and Contact (BIC) to prevent suicide – Dave Cesarini, via Medium (free)
Related article: Effectiveness of brief intervention and contact for suicide attempters: a randomized controlled trial in five countries – Bulletin of the World Health Organization (free)
Source: Psychiatry Research Review
“The WHO BIC is a promising suicide prevention strategy. No other intervention showed a statistically significant effect in reducing suicide”.
7 – Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population: The ED-SAFE Study – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – Free Full Text PDF via @unpaywall)
Commentaries: Intervention Phone Calls May Save The Lives Of Suicidal Patients, Reduce New Attempts, Trial Finds – Medical Daily (free) AND National study shows interventions like telephone calls can reduce suicides – EurekAlert (free) AND Intervention Curbs New Suicide Attempts in At-Risk ED Patients – Medscape (free registration required)
Source: Psychiatry Research Review
“Patients who received a multifaceted intervention that included follow-up telephone calls resulted in a 30 percent reduction in future suicide attempts” (from Medical Daily)
8 – The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Public Health (free) (RT @equitylist see Tweet)
Invited commentary: Inequality and intergenerational transmission of complex adversity (free)
Editorial: Our greatest untapped resource (free)
9 – Diet and Risk of Cholecystectomy: A Prospective Study Based on the French E3N Cohort – American Journal of Gastroenterology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Fewer gallbladder surgeries with Mediterranean diets – Reuters (free)
Commentaries: Cognitive decline could be reduced with a Mediterranean-style diet – Medical News Today (free) AND Mediterranean-style diets linked to better brain function in older adults – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary (free)