Mon, October 15 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – WHO recommendations: non-clinical interventions to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: New WHO guidance on non-clinical interventions specifically designed to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections (free)

Related Cochrane Review: Non‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section (free review and summary)

2 – Series: Optimising caesarean section use – The Lancet (free articles and commentaries, registration required)

Commentaries: Caesarean section use has almost doubled globally since 2000 – The Lancet (free) AND C-section births rise rapidly to more than 20 percent worldwide – Reuters (free) AND Rate Of C-Sections Is Rising At An ‘Alarming’ Rate, Report Says – NPR (free) AND C-section deliveries nearly doubled worldwide since 2000, study finds – CNN (free) AND C-section births surge to ‘alarming’ rates worldwide – study – BBC (free)

3 – A blueprint for the primary prevention of cancer: Targeting established, modifiable risk factors – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)

Commentary: Comprehensive report says tobacco control must be highest priority in cancer control – American Cancer Society (free)

4 – Analysis: Treatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

5 – Opinion: Professional Societies Should Abstain From Authorship of Guidelines and Disease Definition Statements – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)

Commentaries: Professional Societies, Clinical Specialists, and Guidelines – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free) AND Turn Cardiology Guidelines Over to Outsiders – MedPage Today (free registration required)

John Ioannidis, MD. “questioned whether cardiovascular guidelines “homogenize biased, collective, and organized ignorance” through use of predominantly “insider” experts as authors.” (from MedPage Today)

6 – Diagnosis and management of non-dialysis chronic kidney disease in ambulatory care: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines – BMC Nephrology (free)

7 – KAAACI Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Cough in Adults and Children in Korea – Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research (free)

Related: Managing Patients with Chronic Cough (free CHEST guidelines on the subject)

8 – Supplement: Digital Health and Health Systems of the Future – Global Health: Science and Practice (free articles)

Source: International Health Policies Newsletter

9 – Association of Mechanical Bowel Preparation and Oral Antibiotics Before Elective Colorectal Surgery With Surgical Site Infection: A Network Meta-analysis – JAMA Network Open (free)

Invited Commentary: When Will the Surgical Community Acknowledge the Evidence Regarding Prophylaxis With Oral Antibiotics for Scheduled Colorectal Operations? (free)

“Bowel Preparation and Oral Antibiotics Before Elective Colorectal Surgery. Once again the combination of oral antibiotic and oral mechanical cathartic bowel preparation yields the lowest rates of surgical site infections” (via @SWexner see Tweet)

10 – Unapproved Pharmaceutical Ingredients Included in Dietary Supplements Associated With US Food and Drug Administration Warnings – JAMA Network Open (free)

Editorial: The FDA and Adulterated Supplements—Dereliction of Duty – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentaries: Nearly 800 dietary supplements contained unapproved drug ingredients, study finds – CNN (free) AND No Wonder It Works So Well – NPR (free) AND Hundreds of Dietary Supplements Are Tainted with Prescription Drugs – Scientific American (free) AND Hundreds of health, weight loss products contain unapproved ingredients: Study – UPI (free) AND Some dietary supplements contain potentially harmful drugs – Reuters (free)