Fri, June 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)

News Release: IDSA/ASM Lab Diagnosis Guide Helps Health Care Providers Navigate Rapidly Changing Landscape of Infectious Diseases Tests, Enabling Faster, Better Treatment – Infectious Diseases Society of America (free)

2 – Prospective external validation of the Predicting Out-of-OFfice Blood Pressure (PROOF-BP) strategy for triaging ambulatory monitoring in the diagnosis and management of hypertension: observational cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Reducing the need for 24-hour blood pressure monitors in general practice – University of Oxford (free)

The tool: freely available online here 

3 – Risk of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile in patients with a documented penicillin allergy: population based matched cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Penicillin-allergic patients may run bigger risk of MRSA, C diff – CIDRAP (free) AND Patients believed allergic to penicillin have increased risks of MRSA and C. difficile – Massachusetts General Hospital (free) AND Patients with Documented Penicillin Allergy at Higher Risk for MRSA, C. difficile – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)

4 – Perspective: Potential Policy Approaches to Address Diet-Related Diseases – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related: Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization (free) AND To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times (free articles, commentaries and reports) AND The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics (free series and commentaries)

5 – Perspective: What’s the Best Way to Treat Normal-Weight People With Metabolic Abnormalities? – JAMA (free for a limited period)

6 – Guidelines for the management of osteoporosis and fragility fractures – Internal and Emergency Medicine (free)

Related Guidelines: UK clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis – Archives of Osteoporosis (free) AND Treatment of Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women: A Clinical Practice Guideline Update from the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

7 – Chinese Society of Allergy Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis – Allergy Asthma & Immunology Research (free)

8 – Midlife contributors to socioeconomic differences in frailty during later life: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Frailty: from clinical syndrome to epidemiological construct? – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Old before your time? Scientists have put together five warning signs middle-aged people will suffer from frailness in retirement – Daily Mail (free) AND Five modifiable risk factors found to help reach healthy old age – OnMedica (free)

Related Study: Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies (link to abstract and commentaries)

9 – Oncological outcome after MRI‐based selection for neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in the OCUM Rectal Cancer Trial – British Journal of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Many patients with rectal cancer may not need chemoradiotherapy – eCancer News (free) AND Limiting Chemo to High-Risk Rectal Cancer Called Feasible – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND OCUM Trial: Some Rectal Cancers Need Only Surgery – Medscape (free registration required)

10 – Study Guide: Rip Current Heroes Study Guide – National Geographic (free PDF)

News Release: Rip Current Heroes Study Guide (Free)

Videos: Rip Current Heroes (free)

Related Reports: Preventing drowning: an implementation guide – World Health Organization (free) AND Global report on drowning: preventing a leading killer – World Health Organization (free) AND Hidden Hazards: An Exploration of Open Water Drowning and Risks for Children – Safe Kids Worldwide (free PDF)

Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter

“Each year they kill, on average, more lives in Australia than bushfires, floods, cyclones and sharks combined.
The global drowning prevention community is out to spread the word on identifying and escaping deadly rip currents with a public awareness campaign today. Check out a documentary and study guide focused on rip current science and survival strategies from National Geographic and Australia’s Rob Brander, a global expert in the field from UNSW Sydney”. (from Global Health NOW Newsletter)