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Wed, April 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

25 Apr, 2018 | 00:49h | UTC

 

1 – A Randomized Trial of Early Endovenous Ablation in Venous Ulceration – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentary: Early treatment for leg ulcers gets patients back on their feet – Imperial College London (free)

 

2 – Committee Opinion: Optimizing Postpartum Care – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)

Commentary: Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner and More Often – ProPublica (free)

Source: Kaiser Health News Morning Brief

 

3 – Long-Term Effectiveness of Sigmoidoscopy Screening on Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Women and Men: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Sigmoidoscopy reduces colon cancer risk for men, but not women – American College of Physicians, via MedicalXpress (free) AND Sigmoidoscopy reduces colon cancer risk for men, but not women – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

 

4 – Heading Frequency Is More Strongly Related to Cognitive Performance Than Unintentional Head Impacts in Amateur Soccer Players – Frontiers in Neurology (free)

Commentary: Soccer Heading—Not Collisions—Cognitively Impairs Players – Albert Einstein College of Medicine (free)

Related Review: Effects of Soccer Heading on Brain Structure and Function – Frontiers in Neurology (free)

 

5 – Teaching Computers to “See” the Invisible in Living Cells – NIH Director’s Blog (free)

Original Study: In Silico Labeling: Predicting Fluorescent Labels in Unlabeled Images (free) AND Commentary: Scientists teach computers how to analyze brain cells – NIH News Release (free)

 

6 – Pasta Is Good For You, Say Scientists Funded By Big Pasta – BuzzFeed News (free)

 

7 – Domain Management Approach to Heart Failure in the Geriatric Patient: Present and Future – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free for a limited period) (via @monicaAGrinberg)

 

8 – Viewpoint: David Oliver: Tube feeding and deteriorating patients—guidelines can take us only so far – The BMJ (free)

Related Guidelines: American Geriatrics Society Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia Position Statement (free) AND ESPEN guideline on ethical aspects of artificial nutrition and hydration (free)

Related Reviews: Artificial nutrition and hydration in advanced dementia – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND End-of-life issues in advanced dementia: Part 1: goals of care, decision-making process, and family education – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND End-of-life issues in advanced dementia: Part 2: management of poor nutritional intake, dehydration, and pneumonia – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Advanced Dementia – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

 

9 – Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression Analysis of Cohort Studies – American Journal of Epidemiology (free)

Commentary: Prolonged acetaminophen use during pregnancy linked to increased ASD and ADHD risk – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, via EurekAlert (free)

 

10 – Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and childhood growth and overweight: results from a large Norwegian prospective observational cohort study – BMJ Open (free)

Commentaries: Fetal exposure to moderate/high caffeine levels linked to excess childhood weight gain – BMJ Open Blog (free) AND Caffeine in pregnancy linked to risk of child overweight – OnMedica (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at caffeine in pregnancy and weight gain in children – Science Media Centre (free)

 


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