Mon, August 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Guideline: Nutrition support for adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE – UK) (free)

2 – Free online courses starting today:

– Community Change in Public Health – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera

– Health for All Through Primary Health Care – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera

– Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface – University of Geneva and Coursera

– Childbirth: A Global Perspective – Emory University and Coursera

– An Introduction to Population Health – University of Manchester and Coursera

– Global Adolescent Health – University of Melbourne and Coursera 

– Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health – University of Sidney and Coursera

3 – ANMCO Position Paper: long-term follow-up of patients with pulmonary thromboembolism – European Heart Journal (free)

4 – Too Many Meds? America’s Love Affair With Prescription Medication – Consumer Reports (free)

See more on “Deprescribing” in our May 8^th issue (see #4), May 9^th issue (see #7) and May 15^th issue (see #2), and also a related article on Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy (free)

“Yes. Way Too Many Meds. Think De-prescribe”. (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)

5 – Design Thinking for Doctors and Nurses – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

6 – Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – The Atlantic (free)

Long read… very interesting.

7 – A comprehensive guide to the new science of treating lower back pain – VOX (free)

“Mainstream medicine has failed people with chronic back pain”

8 – Modifiable Risk Factors for Incident Heart Failure in Atrial Fibrillation – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Risk for Incident Heart Failure in Atrial Fibrillation – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

“Lose weight, treat hypertension & diabetes, stop smoking: That’s how we might prevent heart failure” (RT @JACCJournals see Tweet)

9 – 2017 consensus of the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society on stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation – Journal of Arrhythmia (free)

10 – The global crackdown on parents who refuse vaccines for their kids has begun – VOX (free)

See more on mandatory vaccination in our May 29^th (see #6) and July 12^th (see #5) issues

“Countries like Italy and Australia are tired of measles outbreaks — so they’re moving to fine anti-vaccine parents”.