Thu, September 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!
13 Sep, 2018 | 00:09h | UTC
1 – Guideline: Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
2 – European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (free PDF in several languages) (via @ECDC_TB and @Onisillos)
3 – Review: Arterial Hypertension: Diagnosis and treatment – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
4 – USPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Again Recommends Ointment to Prevent Gonococcal Eye Infection in Newborns – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF Reaffirms Ocular Prophylaxis for All Newborns – MedPage Today (free)
5 – New watch can help doctors monitor your heart in real time – American Heart Association News (free)
See also: The new Apple Watch, with FDA’s blessing, comes with an EKG app – STAT (free)
Related: USPSTF Statement: Screening with Resting or Exercise Electrocardiography (ECG) Not Recommended (free Guideline and commentaries) AND Wearable technology to screen for atrial fibrillation: does it raise more questions than it answers? (free commentaries) AND Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs (free commentaries)
6 – Overdiagnosis: causes and consequences in primary health care – Canadian Family Physician (free) (via @cantaskforce)
Related: Overdiagnosis across medical disciplines: a scoping review – The BMJ Open (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems – STAT News (free) AND Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free) AND Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken – Wonca (free PDF)
7 – FDA News Release: FDA takes new steps to address epidemic of youth e-cigarette use, including a historic action against more than 1,300 retailers and 5 major manufacturers for their roles perpetuating youth access (free)
Commentaries: FDA: we might have to ban some e-cigarettes to stop teens from vaping – VOX (free) AND FDA Intensifies Crackdown On E-Cigarette Sales To Teenagers – NPR (free)
“The agency is eyeing a crackdown on flavored e-cigs in the face of an “epidemic” of teen use.” (from VOX)
Related study: Outcomes after Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery (link to abstract)
9 – Report: Egg freezing in fertility treatment Trends and figures: 2010-2016 – Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) (free PDF)
Press release: Age is the key factor for egg freezing success says new HFEA report, as overall treatment numbers remain low (free)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to HFEA report on trends in egg freezing – Science Media Centre (free) AND Freeze eggs before 35 for a better chance of IVF success, says report – The Guardian (free)
10 – Factors Associated With Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: 1 in 4 Older Adults Prescribed a Benzodiazepine Goes on to Risky Long-Term Use, Study Finds – Michigan Medicine, via NewsWise (free) AND Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use Common Among Older Adults – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Factors Predicting Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Identified – Medscape (free registration required) AND Larger Number of Benzodiazepine Pills in Initial Prescription Associated With Long Term Use – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related: A Quiet Drug Problem Among the Elderly – The New York Times (free) AND Our Other Prescription Drug Problem – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Benzodiazepines: our other prescription drug epidemic – STAT (free) AND Deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists – Canadian Family Physician (free)