Fri, October 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!
20 Oct, 2017 | 01:31h | UTC
1 – Levels & Trends in Child Mortality – UNICEF (free PDF)
News release: Levels and Trends in Child Mortality (free)
Commentaries: 7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality, new report says – The World Bank (free) AND New child mortality estimates show that 15,000 children died every day in 2016 – The World Bank (free) AND ‘Unconscionable’: 7,000 babies die daily despite record low for child mortality – The Guardian (free)
2 – Report: The Lancet Commission on pollution and health (Report, Executive Summary, Video, Audio and Comments – free registration required)
Commentaries: Report: Pollution Kills 3 Times More than AIDS, TB And Malaria Combined – NPR (free) AND Pollution linked to one in six deaths – BBC (free)
Commentary: New diarrhea guidelines stress implications of molecular tests – CIDRAP (free)
Commentaries: High Blood Pressure Is a Risk Factor For Mitral Regurgitation – Medical Research (free) AND High Blood Pressure May Raise Mitral Regurgitation Risk – TCTMD (free) AND Inevitable or preventable? High blood pressure linked to mitral regurgitation – Cardiovascular Business (free)
“In patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure HFNC was not associated with a difference in mortality compared to Noninvasive ventilation or standard oxygen”
7 – Imaging Studies Offer New Insights Into Inflammation In CV Disease – Cardiobrief (free)
Original article: Colchicine Therapy and Plaque Stabilization in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Preliminary evidence that colchicine may reduce coronary plaque”.
8 – Evidence-based guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: New Ebola guidelines address immediate supportive care – CIDRAP (free)
Commentaries: CDC Offers New Guidance on Diagnosing and Managing Zika in Infants – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Commentaries: H7N9 study finds virus poised to become more lethal, resistant to treatment – CIDRAP (free) AND H7N9 influenza is both lethal and transmissible in animal model for flu – University of Wisconsin–Madison (free) AND Will the World’s Most Worrying Flu Virus Go Pandemic? – The Atlantic (free)