Fri, November 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Multicenter Trial of a Combination Probiotic for Children with Gastroenteritis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related Study: Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG versus Placebo for Acute Gastroenteritis in Children – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Two studies find probiotic therapy ineffective against stomach flu, diarrhea – Reuters (free) AND Probiotics no help to young kids with stomach virus – Washington University in St. Louis (free) AND Probiotics Found To Be Ineffective For Easing Symptoms Of Kids’ Stomach Bugs – NPR (free)

2 – Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis, 1990–2016: results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2016 Study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Invited Commentary: Global burden of tuberculosis: where we are and what to do – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Related: Global Tuberculosis Report 2018 – World Health Organization (free report and commentaries)

3 – Rotating night shift work and adherence to unhealthy lifestyle in predicting risk of type 2 diabetes: results from two large US cohorts of female nurses – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Night shifts worsen diabetes risk for unhealthy women – OnMedica (free) AND Night shifts and unhealthy lifestyle linked to particularly high risk of type 2 diabetes – MedicalXpress (free) AND Unhealthy nurses working irregular night shifts at high diabetes risk – Nursing Times (free)

4 – Food sources of fructose-containing sugars and glycaemic control: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled intervention studies – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Sugary Drinks Are More Harmful To Diabetics Than Sweetened Foods, According To Large-Scale Research Review – IFLScience (free)

5 – Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Thoracentesis: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)

6 – Evaluation of the clinical outcomes of telehealth for managing diabetes: A PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis – Medicine (free)

7 – Effect of diet protein restriction on progression of chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)

8 – Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use during early pregnancy and congenital malformations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of more than 9 million births – BMC Medicine (free)

9 – Associations Between Breast Cancer Survivorship and Adverse Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review – JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (free)

Commentary: Adverse Mental Health Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors – The ASCO Post (free)

“There is compelling evidence of an increased risk of anxiety, depression and suicide, and neurocognitive and sexual dysfunctions in breast cancer survivors compared with women with no prior cancer.”

10 – Depression, antidepressants, and the risk of non-valvular atrial fibrillation: A nationwide Danish matched cohort study – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

Commentary: Depressed people have an increased risk of atrial fibrillation – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Study: Depressed patients see up to 7-fold higher risk for AFib – Cardiovascular Business (free)