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Wed, July 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!

5 Jul, 2017 | 00:29h | UTC

 

1 – Welcoming WHO’s new Director-General – Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (free)

See also: Vision statement by WHO Director-General (free) AND New WHO Priorities (free)

On 1 July 2017, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus started his 5-year term as WHO’s new Director-General.

 

2 – Risk of death among users of Proton Pump Inhibitors: a longitudinal observational cohort study of United States veterans – The BMJ Open (free)

Commentaries: Proton pump inhibitors associated with raised mortality – OnMedica (free) AND Longtime use of heartburn drugs linked to increased risk of death – NewsMedical (free) AND People taking heartburn drugs could have higher risk of death, study claims – The Guardian (free) AND Some heartburn drugs linked with higher risk of death – CBS News (free) AND PPIs Linked to Higher Risk for Death – Medscape (free registration required)

In a large observational study, PPI use was associated with increased mortality (HR 1.25; CI 1.23 to 1.28). PPIs were also associated with increased risk compared to H2 blockers (HR 1.24; CI 1.21 to 1.27). See more on the trade-offs of PPI therapy in our July 3rd issue (see #10)

 

3 – What I Wish I’d Known About My Knees – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related guideline: Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)

“There’s little evidence to support many of the procedures people undergo in the hopes of avoiding a knee replacement”. (RT @NYTHealth see Tweet)

 

4 – 5 Tips for Understanding Data in Meta-Analyses – Absolutely Maybe Blog, by Hilda Bastian (free) (RT @hildabast see Tweet)

 

5 – New Choosing Wisely Canada List: Medical Education: Residents: Five Things Residents and Patients Should Question (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA see Tweet)

See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6).

 

6 – Viewpoints in Precision Medicine:

Views and Reviews: Margaret McCartney: Are we too captivated by precision medicine? – The BMJ (free)

Related: Chief medical officer calls for gene testing revolution – BBC (free) AND Make DNA tests routine, says UK’s chief medical officer – The Guardian (free)

“Sally Davies calls for making genomic testing as common as blood tests to usher in the era of precision medicine to treat cancers and rare diseases” (from The Guardian).

 “Precision medicine is also, paradoxically, a recipe for unhelpful early diagnosis, false alarms, poor sensitivity, and conflicts of interest” (from The BMJ). 

 

7 – Allergy Testing in Children With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy Symptoms – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Penicillin Allergy in Children Substantially Overreported – Medscape (free registration required) AND No Penicillin Allergy Found in Most Kids with Non-Specific Symptoms – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Low risk allergy symptoms not linked to true penicillin allergy – 2 minute medicine (free)

Related article: Penicillin Allergy Is Not Necessarily Forever – JAMA (free)

 

8 – Herpes Zoster Increases the Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Does Shingles Increase the Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke? – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Shingles may up risk of heart attack, stroke – Reuters Health (free) AND Heart attack and stroke risk higher with shingles – OnMedica (free)

 

9 – Editorial: Sharing Medicine – A JAMA Internal Medicine Series (free)

1st article: Sharing as the Future of Medicine – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

 

10 – Essays on health: microbes aren’t the enemy, they’re a big part of who we are – The Conversation (free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)

 


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