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Fri, July 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!

21 Jul, 2017 | 02:46h | UTC

 

1 – Report: HIV drug resistance report 2017 – World Health Organization (free)

News release: WHO urges action against HIV drug resistance threat (free)

Commentaries: HIV drug resistance could undermine progress in AIDS battle: WHO – Reuters (free) AND Drug-Resistant HIV Is On the Rise – TIME (free)

 

2 – Report: Ending AIDS: Progress Towards the 90-90-90 Target – Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (free PDF)

Fact Sheet: Latest Statistics on The Status of The Aids Epidemic – UNAIDS (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)

Related editorial: The global HIV/AIDS epidemic—progress and challenges – The Lancet (free)

Commentary: For first time in history, half of all people with HIV are getting treatment – Science (free) (source: GlobalHealthNOW newsletter)

 

3 – Parkinson’s disease in adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guideline (free)

 

4 – Antiplatelet Regimen for Patients With Breakthrough Strokes While on Aspirin: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Adjusting Antiplatelet Regimen Could Decrease Risk For Stroke Patients on Aspirin Monotherapy – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

Meta-analysis of cohort studies: in patients who experienced an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack while on aspirin monotherapy, the addition of or a switch to another antiplatelet agent, versus aspirin monotherapy, was associated with a 32 percent reduction in the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (HR 0.68; 0.54–0.85) and 30 percent reduction in recurrent strokes (HR, 0.70; 0.54–0.92). Additional randomized trials would better clarify the best antiplatet regimen for these patients.

 

5 – Antidepressants during pregnancy and autism in offspring: population based cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Prenatal antidepressant use and risk of autism (free)

Commentaries: Antidepressants and pregnancy: study didn’t find they actually cause autism – The Conversation (free) AND Antidepressant use in pregnancy linked to autism in children – OnMedica (free) AND Study finds slight autism risk link to antidepressants in pregnancy – Reuters (free)

 

6 – Effect of diet and physical activity based interventions in pregnancy on gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes: meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised trials – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Diet and exercise in pregnancy (free)

Commentaries: Risk of caesarean reduced by healthy diet and physical activity during pregnancy, study finds – NewsMedical (free) AND C-Section Risk Reduction Linked to Healthy Lifestyle – MedPage Today (free)

 

7 – The Effects of Public Access Defibrillation on Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Bystander CPR Best Hope for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest? – Medscape (free registration required)

See related article on Bystander Efforts and 1-Year Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in our May 4th issue (see #2)

 

8 – Report: Dementia prevention, intervention, and care – The Lancet (free registration required)

Commentaries: Experts: 1 in 3 cases of dementia preventable, nonmedical therapies ideal for dementia – University of Southern California, via EurekAlert (free) AND One Third of Dementia May Be Preventable With Lifestyle Change – Medscape (free registration required) AND Over a Third of Dementia Cases Tied to Modifiable Risk Factors – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Living healthily, learning more could cut dementia cases by a third – Reuters (free) AND Lifestyle changes could prevent a third of dementia cases, report suggests – The Guardian (free)

 

9 – The Uncertain Future of Genetic Testing – The Atlantic (free)

“Bringing genetics into medicine leads to more accuracy, better diagnosis, and personalized treatment—but for some, gene testing has only resulted in unanswered questions”.

 

10 – An emergency department protocol to restore circulation doesn’t improve outcomes in septic shock – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Early, Goal-Directed Therapy for Septic Shock — A Patient-Level Meta-Analysis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 


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