Thu, September 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!
27 Sep, 2018 | 02:07h | UTC
Editorial: New Promise for Vaccines against Tuberculosis (free)
Commentaries: New TB vaccine protects half of people with latent infection – NBC Health News (free) AND Experimental vaccine shows promise in preventing TB – MedicalXpress (free)
Commentaries: Aspirin could play key role in treating some cancers – UPI (free) AND Could aspirin play role in treatment of cancer? – Cardiff University (free)
Commentary: Comparing Laparoscopic Lavage vs Resection for Perforated Diverticulitis – Medscape (free registration required)
4 – Temporal trends in muscular fitness of English 10-year-olds 1998–2014: An allometric approach – Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Fall in strength and fitness of 10-year-olds, study shows – BBC (free) AND Ten-Year-Olds Are Weaker Today Than They Were 16 Years Ago – HuffPost (free) AND British study reveals fall in muscle strength of 10-year-olds – The Guardian (free)
Original Commentary: Amarin fish oil capsule shows dramatic benefit for cardiovascular patients, potentially upending market – STAT (free)
6 – Conventional Autopsy versus Minimally Invasive Autopsy with Postmortem MRI, CT, and CT-guided Biopsy: Comparison of Diagnostic Performance – Radiology (free for a limited period) (via @EricTopol)
Commentary: Minimally invasive autopsy improves postmortem diagnoses – Radiology Society of North America (free)
Related Systematic Review: Non-invasive or minimally invasive autopsy compared to conventional autopsy of suspected natural deaths in adults – European Radiology (free)
7 – Effect of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Health, Psychological Well-being, and Sleep-Related Quality of Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period) (via @EricTopol)
Commentary: Insomnia symptoms, overall health improve with online insomnia program – Northwestern University (free)
“Overall, little or no relation was found between the USNWR ranking of the medical school from which a physician graduated and subsequent patient mortality or readmission rates.”
9 – Modifying the consistency of food and fluids for swallowing difficulties in dementia – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)
Summary: Modifying the consistency of food and fluids for swallowing difficulties in dementia (free)
“We are uncertain about the immediate and long-term effects of modifying the consistency of fluid for swallowing difficulties in dementia”
10 – Healthy dietary indices and risk of depressive outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies – Molecular Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Plant-rich diets may help prevent depression – new evidence – The Conversation (free) AND Eating a Mediterranean diet ‘may lower your risk of depression’ – NHS Choices (free) AND Expert reaction to observational studies on diet and depression – Science Media Centre (free) AND Mediterranean diet could prevent depression, new study finds – CNN (free)
“The current evidence is not sufficient to prove plant-rich diets can prevent depression as most of the evidence so far simply shows that those with poorer mental health eat worse, so it may be that those more prone to depression also choose less health” (from CNN)