Fri, January 26 – 10 Stories of The Day!
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:45h | UTC
1 – Acute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Myocardial Infarction after Influenza Infection (free)
Commentaries: Flu infection raises risk of heart attack in week after diagnosis – STAT (free) AND Flu Virus Can Trigger A Heart Attack – NPR (free) AND Flu increases the risk of heart attack – Reuters (free)
The researchers identified a six-fold increased risk of heart attack in the 7 days after a flu diagnosis.
Editorial: Just one cigarette a day seriously elevates cardiovascular risk (free)
Commentaries: CHD and stroke risk seriously elevated with just one daily cigarette – OnMedica (free) AND Smoking Even One Cigarette a Day Raises Cardiovascular Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Smoking Just One Cigarette a Day Carries Substantial Risks – Physician’s First Watch (free)
3 – Guideline: Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) (free)
Summary and commentary: New guidelines issued on contact precautions for C. diff, resistant infections – ACP Hospitalist (free)
4 – Guideline: International technical guidance on sexuality education: An evidence-informed approach – UNESCO (free PDF)
News release: UN urges Comprehensive Approach to Sexuality Education – UNESCO (free)
Commentary: UN issues more progressive guidelines on sex education – Devex (free)
Commentaries: Heart Rate Changes Over Time Hint at Higher Cardiovascular Risk – TCTMD (free) AND Increasing Heart Rate Over Time May Predict CV Events – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Commentaries: Caesarean section versus natural birth – an obstetrician examines a new review – The Conversation (free) AND Expert reaction to review paper looking at long-term risks and benefits of caesarean sections – Science Media Centre (free) AND C-sections linked to long-term risks and benefits – PLOS, via EurekAlert (free) AND Long-term risks and benefits of C-section revealed – Medical News Today (free)
“As a scientist, I can appreciate the effort made in conducting a systematic review on the topic, but as an obstetrician I worry that the results can be over-interpreted by patients – not to mention obstetricians and midwives – and caesarean section “marketed” as a safe way to avoid pelvic floor problems”. (from The Conversation)
Commentaries: Pre-surgery breathing physio halves risk of complications – OnMedica (free) AND Respiratory Training Before Surgery Significantly Reduces Risk of Postoperative Lung Complications – Medindia (free) AND Breath Training Before Surgery Halves Postoperative Pneumonia Risk – Medscape (free registration required)
9 – Cloning of Macaque Monkeys by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer – Cell (free)
Commentaries: These monkey twins are the first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly – Science (free) AND First monkeys cloned with technique that made Dolly the sheep – Nature (free) AND How afraid of human cloning should we be? – The Guardian (free)
Commentaries: Number of older people with four or more diseases will double by 2035 – OnMedica (free) AND Number of older people with four or more diseases will double by 2035 – Newcastle University (free) AND We’ll live longer but suffer more ill-health by 2035, says study – The Guardian (free)
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