Thu, May 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission – The Lancet (free)

News Release: Guttmacher-Lancet Commission Proposes a Bold, New Agenda for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights – Guttmacher Institute (free)

Executive Summary: Accelerate Progress: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All – Guttmacher Institute (free)

Invited commentaries: Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: an urgent need to change the narrative (free) AND Addressing the unfinished agenda on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the SDG era (free) AND Defining sexual and reproductive health and rights for all (free)

Commentaries: Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life – Bhekisisa (free) AND Gender-based violence must be at the heart of global health agenda: expert comment – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)

2 – Prophylactic vaccination against human papillomaviruses to prevent cervical cancer and its precursors – Cochrane Library (link to abstract and summary – $ for full-text)

News Release: Does HPV vaccination prevent the development of cervical cancer? Are there harms associated with being vaccinated? – Cochrane Library (free)

Scientific Expert Reaction: Cochrane Review on HPV vaccine for cervical cancer prevention in girls and women – Cochrane Library (free)

Commentaries: HPV vaccine ‘safe and effective’, says review – NHS Choices (free) AND Experts welcome new evidence on HPV jab efficacy and safety – OnMedica (free)

3 – High-Dose Versus Low-Dose Pitavastatin in Japanese Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease (REAL-CAD): A Randomized Superiority Trial – Circulation (free)

With a median follow-up of 3.9 years, high-dose as compared with low-dose pitavastatin significantly reduced the risk of the primary end point (4.3% vs 5.4%; NNT = 90), a composite of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal ischemic stroke, or unstable angina requiring emergency hospitalization.

4 – Implications for paediatric shock management in resource-limited settings: a perspective from the FEAST trial – Critical Care (free)

Original article: Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

5 – Call for public comments on the draft WHO Guidelines: Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty intake for adults and children – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Eat less saturated, trans fats to curb heart disease: WHO – Reuters (free) AND Eat Less Saturated and Trans Fats, World Health Organization Says – Consumer Reports (free) AND ‘Bad’ fats targeted in new global health guidelines – UN News (free)

“Adults and children should consume a maximum of 10 percent of their daily calories in the form of saturated fat such as meat and butter and one percent from trans fats to reduce the risk of heart disease, the World Health Organization said on Friday” (from Reuters)

6 – Effect of post-discharge virtual wards on improving outcomes in heart failure and non-heart failure populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)

Commentary: Hospital-to-home transitional care reduces deaths, readmissions for heart failure – Cardiovascular Business (free)

7 – Correction to: 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association – Stroke (free PDF)

Commentaries: AHA Rescinds Large Sections of New Stroke Guidelines – Medscape (free registration required) AND AHA/ASA retracts large portion of new stroke guidelines – Cardiovascular Business (free)

8 – Editorial: All science should inform policy and regulation – PLOS Medicine (free) (via @RasoiniR)

9 – Association of Preprocedural Fasting With Outcomes of Emergency Department Sedation in Children – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Preprocedural Fasting Not Necessary for Children in ED – Medscape (free registration required) AND Pre-Sedation Guidelines for Kids May Be Too Strict – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Related: NPO for sedation? Don’t swallow the myth – First10Em (free)

10 – Association Between Psychological Interventions and Chronic Pain Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: Association Between Psychological Interventions and Chronic Pain Outcomes in Older Adults (free)

Commentaries: Psychological interventions can help treat chronic pain in seniors – UPI (free) AND Not All In Your Head: Psychological Therapies Not a Panacea for Pain – MedicalResearch.com (free)