Mon, April 16 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies – The Lancet (free)

Editorial: Thresholds for safer alcohol use might need lowering (free)

Commentaries: Drinking a pint of beer may lower your life expectancy by the same amount as smoking a cigarette – new research – The Conversation (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at drinking alcohol, life expectancy and alcohol limits – Science Media Centre (free) AND More than six weekly glasses of wine could curb life expectancy by up to five years – OnMedica (free) AND Consuming more than five drinks a week could shorten your life – University of Cambridge, via ScienceDaily (free) AND How much alcohol is too much? A new study says it’s found the number – PBS News Hour (free)

2 – Short-term Elevation of Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Acute Lower Respiratory Infection – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Brief SExposure to Tiny Air Pollution Particles Triggers Childhood Lung Infections – Intermountain Medical Center, via NewsWise (free) AND Spikes in air pollution can heighten risk of chest infections, research suggests – The Guardian (free) AND Air Pollution May Pose Serious Risks to Young Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Short-Term Pollution Spikes Trigger Lung Infections in Young Kids – MedPage Today (free registration required)

3 – Primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: 2018 Canadian consensus guidelines – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Related guideline: Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

4 – New affordable hepatitis C combination treatment shows 97 percent cure rate – Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, via EurekAlert (free)

Related: Non-profit’s $300 hepatitis C cure as effective as $84,000 alternative – The Guardian (free) AND Hepatitis C: simplified curative treatments can drive global scale-up – World Health Organization (free)

5 – Association of Survival With Adherence to the American Cancer Society Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Survivors After Colon Cancer Diagnosis: The CALGB 89803/Alliance Trial – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Helping Colorectal Cancer Survivors Benefit From Changing Lifestyle Behaviors: Implementation Science and Private Industry Collaboration to the Rescue (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Colon Cancer Patients Who Follow a Healthy Lifestyle Have Longer Survival – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Adherence to ACS Guidelines Linked to Survival in Colon Cancer – Physician’s Briefing (free)

6 – Sedentary behavior associated with reduced medial temporal lobe thickness in middle-aged and older adults – PLOS One (free)

Commentaries: Sitting Is Bad for Your Brain – Not Just Your Metabolism or Heart – University of California – Los Angeles, via NewsWise (free) AND Could Too Much Sitting Possibly Make Your Brain Thinner? – Forbes (free)

7 – n−3 Fatty Acid Supplementation for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Omega-3s From Fish Oil Supplements No Better Than Placebo for Dry Eye – NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI), via NewsWise (free) AND Fish oil capsules don’t help dry eye symptoms, study finds – STAT (free) AND Fish oil supplements ineffective against dry eye – Reuters (free)

8 – The Clinical Trial Is Open. The Elderly Need Not Apply – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: Cardiac Patients in Trials Don’t Reflect Real-World Populations (link to abstract and commentaries on the subject)

“There’s a shocking lack of data on effective treatments for older people. So what do doctors do? Make guesses”. (via @NYTHealth see Tweet)

9 – Gallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene? – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)

“Consider laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis, expectant management for asymptomatic cases”.

10 – Effectiveness of a long-lasting piperonyl butoxide-treated insecticidal net and indoor residual spray interventions, separately and together, against malaria transmitted by pyrethroid-resistant mosquitoes: a cluster, randomised controlled, two-by-two factorial design trial – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Insecticide-resistant malaria vectors must be tackled – The Lancet (free) AND Advanced insecticidal nets protect against malaria, study shows – CIDRAP News Scan for Apr 12, 2018 (free) AND ‘Resistance breaking’ mosquito net provides children with greater protection against malaria – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)

“The novel net nearly halves malaria infection rate in Tanzanian children compared to standard long-lasting pyrethroid nets” (from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)