Fri, June 1 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2018 – World Health Organization (free resources)

Related: World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco and Heart Disease – World Health Organization (free)

Commentary: Smoking down, but tobacco use still a major cause of death, disease – WHO – Reuters (free)

2 – Electronic cigarette use in youths: a position statement of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies – European Respiratory Journal (free)

News Release: Respiratory societies warn about electronic cigarette use in youth: World No Tobacco Day – CHEST (free)

3 – National, regional, and global prevalence of smoking during pregnancy in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Invited Commentary: A global perspective on smoking during pregnancy (free)

4 – Cancer screening in the United States, 2018: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)

See Also Cancer Screening Guidelines from Other Organizations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations (all free) AND Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care Published Guidelines (all free)

5 – Clinical practice guidelines for the management of central venous catheter for critically ill patients – Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

6 – Perspective by Bill Gates: Innovation for Pandemics – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Related: The Characteristics of Pandemic Pathogens: Improving Pandemic Preparedness by Identifying the Attributes of Microorganisms Most Likely to Cause a Global Catastrophic Biological Event – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (free PDF) AND Are we prepared for the looming epidemic threat? – The Guardian (free) The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic – TIME cover story AND The World Is Completely Unprepared for a Global Pandemic – Harvard Business Review (free) AND Seven reasons we’re at more risk than ever of a global pandemic – CNN (free) AND Video: Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat (free)

7 – Symptomatic Zika Virus Infection in Infants, Children, and Adolescents Living in Puerto Rico – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: New studies highlight Zika presentation in kids, veterans – CIDRAP (free) AND Postnatal Zika in Kids Marked by Mild Symptoms – MedPage Today (free registration required)

8 – Global mental health: five key insights which emerge from the data – Our World in Data (free)

9 – It’s time to rethink how much booze may be too much – VOX (free)

Related Meta-Analysis: Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption (free article, editorial and commentaries)

10 – Alcohol intake in relation to non-fatal and fatal coronary heart disease and stroke: EPIC-CVD case-cohort study – The BMJ (free)