Fri July 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!
19 Jul, 2019 | 09:56h | UTC
Related Guidelines: Crohn’s disease: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Crohn’s Disease in Adults – The American Journal of Gastroenterology (free)
2 – Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Original Guideline: 2018 AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free)
Related Guidelines: Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke – The BMJ (free) AND Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke Management (free)
3 – Effect of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure on Cardiovascular Outcomes – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Hypertension From Top to Bottom: Don’t Ignore Diastolic BP – TCTMD (free) AND Both Systolic and Diastolic BP Affect CV Outcomes – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
4 – Incentives for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library (free)
Summaries: Can rewards help smokers to quit in the long term? – Cochrane Library (free) AND Featured Review: Incentives for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library (free)
Commentaries: Helping smokers quit: financial incentives work – The Conversation (free) AND NHS could save billions by offering cash reward to quit smoking – The Guardian (free)
5 – Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Smoking Reduction in France – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: No evidence that e-cigarettes help long-term smoking cessation – OnMedica (free) AND Study: E-cigarettes can help smokers quit, but have higher rate of relapse – UPI (free) AND Adults who vape are more likely to quit cigarettes, study finds – CNN (free)
Related Randomized Trial: E-Cigarettes vs. Nicotine-Replacement Therapy – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract and commentaries)
Related Guidelines and Reports: Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free) AND E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products: evidence review – Public Health England (free) AND E-cigarettes: balancing risks and opportunities – British Medical Association (free PDF) AND Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction – Royal College of Physicians(free summary and PDF)
6 – Perspective: The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies – The New Yorker (a few articles per month are free)
“New “living drugs”—made from a patient’s own cells—can cure once incurable cancers. But can we afford them?”
Commentaries: Persistent HIV in central nervous system linked to cognitive impairment – NIH News Release (free) AND HIV-infected cells persist in cerebrospinal fluid, linked to poorer neurocognitive performance – University of North Carolina School of Medicine (free)
8 – Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 18 July 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
9 – Anticoagulation in the cirrhotic patient – JHEP Reports (free)
Related: The Complex Role of Anticoagulation in Cirrhosis: An Updated Review of Where We Are and Where We Are Going – Digestion (free) AND Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Cirrhotic Patients: Current Evidence and Clinical Observations – Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (free) AND Anticoagulation in cirrhosis: a new paradigm? – Clinical and Molecular Hepatology (free)
10 – Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Safety of Testosterone Replacement Therapy Among Aging Men with Low Testosterone Levels: A Cohort Study – American Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) can increase men’s risk of stroke and heart attack – Elsevier (free)