Tue, October 16 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder late birthdate effect common in both high and low prescribing international jurisdictions: systematic review – The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (free)

Commentary: Global study finds youngest in class more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD – University of Adelaide (free)

“Youngest kids in class much more likely get ADHD diagnosis than oldest. Bad News: Simple immaturity now turned into mental illness & treated with meds” (via @AllenFrancesMD see Tweet)

2 – Many Analysts, One Data Set: Making Transparent How Variations in Analytic Choices Affect Results – Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science (free) (via @f_g_zampieri)

“This is one of most important studies published this century. 29 teams used same data set to address same research question; estimated effect sizes ranged from 0.89 to 2.93 in odds-ratio units. Dramatic implications for observational research.” (via @hmkyale see Tweet)

3 – WHO Statement: Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)

Related: DR Congo: managing Ebola virus in war – The Lancet (free) AND Ebola experts from CDC were pulled from outbreak zone amid security concern – STAT (free) AND Ebola showed up in a war zone. It’s not going well – VOX (free) AND Experts Said A War Zone Ebola Outbreak Would Be A Nightmare. It’s Been Even Worse – HuffPost (free) AND DRC Ebola cases top 200 as security problems fuel the spike – CIDRAP (free)

4 – A pandemic killing tens of millions of people is a real possibility — and we are not prepared for it – VOX (free)

Related: Innovation for Pandemics (free perspectives and video on the subject)

5 – Ann Robinson’s research reviews, 15 October 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

6 – Demystifying serotonin syndrome (or serotonin toxicity) – Canadian Family Physician (free)

7 – Approach to the detection and management of chronic kidney disease: What primary care providers need to know – Canadian Family Physician (free)

8 – Oliguria in critically ill patients: a narrative review – Journal of Nephrology (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

9 – β-Blocker Use in Pregnancy and the Risk for Congenital Malformations: An International Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Beta-Blocker Use in First Trimester Seems Safe – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Beta-blocker Use in Pregnancy Doesn’t Up Birth Defect Risk, Study Suggests – TCTMD (free)

10 – Identity inference of genomic data using long-range familial searches – Science (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Most White Americans’ DNA Can Be Identified Through Genealogy Databases – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND How an Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND ‘We are increasingly exposed’: New studies show how easy it is to identify people using genetic databases – STAT (free) AND Supercharged crime-scene DNA analysis sparks privacy concerns – Nature (free)