Tue July 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – WHO recommends dolutegravir as preferred HIV treatment option in all populations – World Health Organization (free)

2 – WHO recommendations for international traffic related to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)

Commentary: The evidence on travel bans for diseases like Ebola is clear: they don’t work – Vox (free)

Related: WHO Declares New Ebola Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (free statement and commentaries)

3 – Clinical practice guideline on peri- and postoperative care of arteriovenous fistulas and grafts for haemodialysis in adults – Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (free)

4 – Guideline on diagnostic procedures for suspected hypersensitivity to beta-lactam antibiotics – Allergo Journal International (free)

5 – Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

6 – Recent trends in the age at diagnosis of colorectal cancer in the US National Cancer Data Base, 2004‐2015 – Cancer (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Colon cancer cases rising among adults under 50 – UPI (free) AND More colorectal cancer cases are being diagnosed in younger patients – Wiley (free)

Related Studies: Another Study Shows Increased Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Adults Aged 40 Through 49 Years (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Two Studies Point to Increase in Colorectal Cancer Incidence in Young Adults (link to abstract and commentaries)

7 – Diagnosing the Onset of Menopause – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Clinical Review Audio: Diagnosing Menopause (free)

8 – Association Between Plant-Based Dietary Patterns and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Following a healthy plant-based diet may lower type 2 diabetes risk – JAMA Internal Medicine (free) Eating a plant-based diet might help prevent type 2 diabetes, study suggests – CNN (free) AND Healthy plant-based diets could reduce diabetes risk, study says – UPI (free) AND Expert reaction to study on the vegetarian diet and diabetes risk – Science Media Centre (free)

9 – Music versus midazolam during preoperative nerve block placements: a prospective randomized controlled study – Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Music may offer alternative to preoperative drug routinely used to calm nerves – BMJ (free) AND Music ‘calms nerves before surgery’ as well as sedative – BBC (free) AND Music could offer alternative to sedatives – OnMedica (free)

10 – Association of Genetic and Environmental Factors With Autism in a 5-Country Cohort – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)

Editorial: The Architecture of Autism Spectrum Disorder Risk: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go From Here? (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Genetic factors are primary cause of autism, study finds – UPI (free) AND Study provides ‘strongest evidence’ yet for autism being a genetic condition – News Medical (free) AND A new study reinforces the conclusion that autism is primarily genetic – Science Based Medicine (free)