Fri May 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!
17 May, 2019 | 07:04h | UTC
Commentaries: Low birthweight: will new estimates accelerate progress? – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND AND Too many babies are born too small – World Health Organization (free) AND 1 in 7 babies worldwide born with a low birthweight – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND UNICEF-WHO Low Birthweight Estimates: Levels and trends 2000-2015 – UNICEF (free) AND Countries must up their game to reduce low birth weights, warns UN-backed report – UN News (free)
Summaries: Scientific Statement on Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Top Things to Know:
Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation – American Heart Association (free)
News Releases: New Scientific Statement Explores Home-Based Cardiac Rehab Strategy – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Home-based cardiac rehabilitation is an option to overcome barriers of traditional cardiac rehabilitation – American Heart Association (free)
Commentaries: Home-based heart rehab may help patients who can’t get to clinics – Reuters (free) AND Home-Based Cardiac Rehab a “Reasonable Option” – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
See also: Healthy diet cuts risk of dying from breast cancer in older women – Reuters (free) AND Less fat, more fruit may cut risk of dying of breast cancer – Associated Press (free) AND Balanced, Low-Fat Diet Reduces Risk of Death From Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women – ASCO News Releases (free)
4 – Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake – Cell Metabolism (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Controlled study links processed food to increased calorie consumption – Cell Press (free) AND NIH study finds heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain – NIH News Releases (free) AND Ultra-processed foods lead to higher calorie consumption and weight gain – Reuters (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at processed food, calorie consumption and weight gain – Science Media Centre (free) AND Ultra-processed food causes weight gain – firm evidence at last – The Conversation (free)
5 – Five-Year Outcomes of Gastric Bypass in Adolescents as Compared with Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Early weight-loss surgery may improve type 2 diabetes, blood pressure outcomes – NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (free) AND Obesity surgery benefits may be bigger for teens than adults – Associated Press (free)
6 – Does Atelectasis Cause Fever After Surgery? Putting a Damper on Dogma – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
7 – How Much Alcohol Can You Drink Safely? – The New York Times Magazine (10 articles per month are free)
Related Articles: Alcohol Use and Burden for 195 Countries and Territories (free) AND Meta-analysis: Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption (free )
“The efficacy and safety of NOACs as thromboprophylaxis for AF and VHD are similar to those of warfarin.”
9 – Normal Body Temperature: A Systematic Review – Open Forum Infectious Diseases (free) (via @PaulSaxMD see Tweet)
See also: Interest “Tweetorial” about the definition of a fever (twitter thread)
10 – Association Between Incident Exposure to Benzodiazepines in Early Pregnancy and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Benzodiazepine Use in Early Pregnancy Increases Risk of Miscarriage, Study Suggests – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Assess benzodiazepines’ risk-benefit before use in early pregnancy – OnMedica (free) AND Benzodiazepine Use in Early Pregnancy Linked to Spontaneous Abortion – MPR (free)