Mon, July 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Guidelines On The Management Of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Intensive Care Society (free PDF) (via @CritCareReviews)

Related Guidelines: The clinical practice guideline for the management of ARDS in Japan – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free)

2 – WHO Manual: Preventing disease through a healthier and safer workplace – World Health Organization (free PDF)

Source: International Health Policies Newsletter

3 – Clinical Update: Long-acting Reversible Contraception—Highly Efficacious, Safe, and Underutilized – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Clinical Review Audio: Return of the IUD: Long-acting Reversible Contraception Is Safe and Effective (free)

4 – Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“Would you take a multivitamin if it contained 10 teaspoons of sugar? No. Then why are you drinking juice?” (via @NYTHealth see Tweet)

5 – Effect of Screening With Primary Cervical HPV Testing vs Cytology Testing on High-grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia at 48 Months: The HPV FOCAL Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: For Women Over 30, There May Be A Better Choice Than The Pap Smear – NPR (free) AND Study Suggests HPV Test More Accurate Than Pap Smear for Cervical Cancer Screening – AJMC (free) AND HPV testing could be more accurate than smear tests for initial screening of cervical cancer – NHS Choices (free)

6 – The health benefits of the great outdoors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of greenspace exposure and health outcomes – Environmental Research (free) (via @Mental_Elf and @AllenFrancesMD)

Commentary: It’s official — spending time outside is good for you – University of East Anglia, via ScienceDaily (free)

7 – A Systematic Review of the Effects of Hyperoxia in Acutely Ill Patients: Should We Aim for Less? – BioMed Research International (free)

Related Meta-Analysis:  Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

8 – Disease Outbreak News: Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)

Related: Ebola virus outbreak likely over in Congo, WHO says – NBC News (free) AND Good news: the Ebola outbreak in DRC is contained – VOX (free)

9 – Use of ‘smart drugs’ on the rise – Nature (free)

Related: A ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs – ACP Internist (free) AND Growing use of smart drugs by students could be a recipe for disaster – The Conversation (free) AND Brain Hackers Seeking Peak Performance Use Risky Chemical Cocktails: “Smart drugs” are not clinically proven and could be dangerous – Scientific American (free) AND Universities must do more to tackle use of smart drugs, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley – The Washington Post (free) AND Professors take same ‘smart drugs’ as students to keep up with workloads, claims academic – Independent (free)

10 – Association of Prenatal Exposure to Population-Wide Folic Acid Fortification With Altered Cerebral Cortex Maturation in Youths – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

Commentaries: Folic acid linked to healthy brain development through childhood – Reuters (free) AND Folic Acid Fortification May Have Role in Sustaining Mental Health – AJMC (free) AND Prenatal Exposure to Folic Acid Appears to Promote Healthy Brain Development – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Perinatal Folic Acid May Protect Against Serious Mental Illness in Young People – MedicalResearch.com (free)