Fri September 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Twin and triplet pregnancy – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

2 – Antiarrhythmics for maintaining sinus rhythm after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Antiarrhythmics for maintaining sinus rhythm (normal heartbeat) after reversing atrial fibrillation (correcting an irregular heartbeat) – Cochrane Library (free)

3 – Five-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of Treatments for Varicose Veins – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: QoL Better With Laser Ablation, Surgery for Varicose Veins – Drugs.com (free) AND Laser and Surgery Rule for Varicose Veins – MedPage Today (free registration required)

4 – Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated With Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Hospitalized Patients – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Often Inappropriately Treated With Antibiotics – Medscape (free registration required)

5 – American Society for Clinical Pathology: Thirty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely (free)

Commentary: “Choosing Wisely” Calls Out Inappropriate Testing in Patients with Diarrhea or Hepatitis C – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

6 – Ann Robinson’s journal review, 5 September 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

7 – HbA_1c level as a risk factor for retinopathy and nephropathy in children and adults with type 1 diabetes: Swedish population based cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Microvascular benefits of lowest HbA1c target in type 1 diabetes questioned – Medwire News (free) AND How blood sugar levels affect risks in type 1 diabetes – University of Gothenburg (free) AND HbA1c levels of 6.5-7.0 percent may be optimal for adults and children with T1D – Univadis (free registration required)

8 – Risks of ischaemic heart disease and stroke in meat eaters, fish eaters, and vegetarians over 18 years of follow-up: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Vegetarian diets and health (free)

Commentaries: Vegetarian Diet Linked to Lower Heart Disease, But Higher Stroke Risks – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Vegetarians and pescatarians have lower risk of CHD – OnMedica (free) AND Expert reaction to study on meat-eating, fish-eating and vegetarian diets and risk of heart disease and stroke – Science Media Centre (free)

9 – Designing better sugary drink taxes – Science (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

News Release: Taxing Sweetened Drinks by the Amount of Sugar Could Cut Obesity & Boost Economic Gains – NYU (free) AND Experts Say Tax the Sugar—Not the Size—Of Drinks for Healthier Outcomes – AAAS (free) AND A New Soda Tax Strategy Directly Addresses the Real Cost of Sugar – Inverse (free)

Related: Meta-Analysis: Impact of Sugar‐sweetened Beverage Taxes on Purchases and Dietary Intake (free study and resources on the subject)

10 – Potential impact on prevalence of obesity in the UK of a 20% price increase in high sugar snacks: modelling study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Taxing confectionery, biscuits, and cakes to control obesity (free) AND

Commentaries: Snack tax may be more effective than a sugary drink tax to tackle obesity – The BMJ (free) AND What next for fiscal interventions to prevent obesity? – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Taxing sugary foods would cut prevalence of obesity – OnMedica (free) AND Snack tax may be more effective than a sugary drink tax to tackle obesity – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)

Related: Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization (free) AND  The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics (free series and commentaries) To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times (free policies, articles and commentaries) AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies (free study and commentaries) AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases (free study and commentary) AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities (free)