Tue, September 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Report: Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Colorectal Cancer – American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) (Free PDF)

News release: New Report finds whole grains lower colorectal cancer risk, processed meat increases risk (free)

Infographic: Preventing Colorectal Cancer (free)

Almost half cases of colorectal cancer cases can be prevented by staying lean, eating healthy, and moving more.

2 – Guideline: Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification – Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: Clinical Guidance on Body Modification Among Youth – Journal Watch (free) AND When Adolescents Want Tattoos or Piercings – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

3 – The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer: an initial report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Survivors of Childhood Cancer Face Continuing Chronic Health Conditions – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Severe Health Problems Plague Survivors of Childhood CA – Medscape (free registration required) AND Comprehensive Study of Chronic Disease Reveals Vulnerability of Childhood Cancer Survivors – NewsWise (free)

4 – Viewpoint: Nutrition Counseling in Clinical Practice: How Clinicians Can Do Better – JAMA (free)

5 – How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer – Drug and Alcohol Review (free)

Commentaries: Alcohol increases cancer risk, but don’t trust the booze industry to give you the facts straight – The Conversation (free) AND Drinks industry distorts alcohol cancer risk: scientists – Reuters (free) AND Drinks industry downplaying alcohol-cancer link – The Guardian (free) AND Drinks industry accused of downplaying ‘alcohol-cancer risk’ – NHS Choices (free)

6 – Safety of Medical Abortion Provided Through Telemedicine Compared With in Person – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free PDF)

Commentaries: Abortion via telemedicine as safe as seeing doctor in person – Reuters (free) AND Abortion Via Telemedicine Is Totally Safe, Study Says – HuffPost (free) AND Medical Abortion Via Telemedicine Found Safe – MedPage Today (free registration required)

7 – The Weekend Effect in Hospitalized Patients: A Meta-Analysis – Journal of Hospital Medicine (link to abstract – free full-text PDF via @unpaywall)

Commentary: Review finds evidence for weekend effect on mortality in hospitalized patients – ACP Hospitalist (free)

Related article: Weekends affect mortality risk and chance of discharge in critically ill patients: a retrospective study in the Austrian registry for intensive care – Critical Care (free) AND Commentary: “Weekend effects” in intensive care units – On Medicine (free)

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 18 September 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

9 – Trends in standardized mortality among individuals with schizophrenia, 1993–2012: a population-based, repeated cross-sectional study – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: Schizophrenia linked to threefold increase in death risk – Medical News Today (free) AND People with schizophrenia have threefold risk of dying – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)

10 – Strategies to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Clinician-targeted interventions to influence antibiotic prescribing behaviour for acute respiratory infections in primary care: an overview of systematic reviews – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)