Tue January 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Urgent health challenges for the next decade – World Health Organization (free)

Commentary: ‘No shortcuts to a healthier world’: WHO chief sets out health priorities for the decade – UN News (free)

2 – Homepage: Achieving fair pricing of medicines – The BMJ (free articles)

Editorial: Can affordability and innovation coexist for medicines?

– Defining the concept of fair pricing for medicines

– Strategies to achieve fairer prices for generic and biosimilar medicines

– Pricing of pharmaceuticals is becoming a major challenge for health systems

– New business models for research and development with affordability requirements are needed to achieve fair pricing of medicines

– Price transparency is a step towards sustainable access in middle income countries

3 – Benefits of short-term or prolonged as compared to standard 1 year DAPT in patients with acute coronary syndrome treated with drug-eluting stents: a meta-analysis of 9 randomized trials – Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis (free)

4 – New possibilities on transplanting kidneys from hepatitis C virus positive donors: a Systematic Review – Transplantation Reviews (free)

Related: Favorable 1-Year Outcomes with Transplantation of HCV-Viremic Kidneys (studies and commentaries on the subject)

5 – You Are Unvaccinated and Got Sick. These Are Your Odds. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“Comparing the dangerous effects of three diseases with the minimal side effects of their corresponding vaccines.”

6 – New baby: fads, fashions and evidence for new parents – Evidently Cochrane (free)

7 – Work Up of Fatty Liver by Primary Care Physicians, Review – Annals of Medicine and Surgery (free)

8 – Efficacy and Safety of Lumateperone for Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

Editorial: The Potential Role of Lumateperone—Something Borrowed? Something New? – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)

9 – Association of Ticagrelor vs Clopidogrel With Major Adverse Coronary Events in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Brilinta Questioned for Acute Coronary Syndrome – MedPage Today (free registration required)

10 – Important Food Sources of Fructose‐Containing Sugars and Incident Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Dose‐Response Meta‐Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Commentary: Does sugar raise blood pressure? It depends where it comes from, researchers say – University of Toronto (free)