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Wed, March 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!

21 Mar, 2018 | 00:13h | UTC

 

1 – Screening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Related Recommendation Statement: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force (free)

JAMA Editorials:  Sun Protection and Skin Self-examination and the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention (free) AND Should Pediatricians Be More Proactive in Counseling Children About Skin Cancer Risk? Implications of the USPSTF Recommendation Statement (free) AND The Potential of Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (free) AND USPSTF Recommendations for Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Throwing Shade on UV Radiation (free) AND The Value of Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Actions We Can Take Now and Guidance for the Future (free)

Author Interviews: Screening for Skin Cancer (free audio) AND USPSTF Recommendation: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (free)

Commentaries: Doctors endorse counseling of some kids, young adults to prevent skin cancer – Reuters (free) AND Evidence insufficient to make recommendation regarding visual skin examination by a clinician – The JAMA Network, via EurekAlert (free)

 

2 – Gender differences in the associations between age trends of social media interaction and well-being among 10-15 year olds in the UK – BMC Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Mental health risks to girls who spend more than an hour a day on social media – new study  – The Conversation (free) AND How much is too much? Does increasing use of social media having a damaging effect on young girls? – BMC Series Blog (free) AND Social Media May Be More Harmful To Girls Than Boys, Study Finds – Forbes (free)

See also a recent Pediatrics supplement: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (free articles) and related texts on Social Media and Mental Health (free articles and commentaries)

 

3 – Are we prepared for the looming epidemic threat? – The Guardian (free) (via @Onisillos)

Related: The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic – TIME cover story AND The World Is Completely Unprepared for a Global Pandemic – Harvard Business Review (free) AND Seven reasons we’re at more risk than ever of a global pandemic – CNN (free) AND Video: Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat (free)

 

4 – Cardiology World Erupts Into Controversy Over Change In Major Clinical Trial – Cardiobrief (free)

Related Article: Moving the Goalposts Into Unblinded Territory – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)

 

5 – Blood pressure-lowering treatment strategies based on cardiovascular risk versus blood pressure: A meta-analysis of individual participant data – PLOS Medicine (free)

Related study with similar conclusions: Impact of Cardiovascular Risk on the Relative Benefit and Harm of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“An intelligent approach towards blood pressure management: by the individual’s risk instead of just their measurements” (via @EricTopol see Tweet)

 

6 – Burden of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease in childhood cancer survivors: data from the German CVSS-study – European Heart Journal (free)

Commentaries: Survivors of childhood cancer are at great risk of heart problems in adulthood – eCancerNews (free) AND Higher heart risk for survivors of childhood cancer – OnMedica (free)

Related study: 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)

Related Guidelines and Reviews: Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy (free) AND Cardiotoxicity of anticancer treatments: Epidemiology, detection, and management – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)

 

7 – Extensive impact of non-antibiotic drugs on human gut bacteria – Nature (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: The overlooked side effect of many drugs – Nature Microbiology Community (free) AND Study: Non-antibiotic drugs affect gut bacteria, could promote resistance – CIDRAP (free)

 

8 – Pulse oximetry for diagnosis of critical congenital heart defects – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects – Cochrane Library (free)

Related study: Association of US State Implementation of Newborn Screening Policies for Critical Congenital Heart Disease With Early Infant Cardiac Deaths – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related guidelines: Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects: a European consensus statement – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association Position Statement on Pulse OximetryScreening in Newborns to Enhance Detection of Critical Congenital Heart Disease (free) AND Role of Pulse Oximetry in Examining Newborns for Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement from the AHA and AAP (free)

 

9 – European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS) expert consensus on arrhythmias and cognitive function: what is the best practice? (free)

Commentary: New Expert Statement on Arrhythmias and Cognitive Function – Medscape (free registration required)

 

10 – Association of Inhaled Corticosteroids and Long-Acting β-Agonists as Controller and Quick Relief Therapy With Exacerbations and Symptom Control in Persistent Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related Meta-Analysis: Association of Inhaled Corticosteroids and Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists With Asthma Control in Patients With Uncontrolled, Persistent Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Reviews Reveal Benefits of LAMAs, LABAs, and SMART in Asthma – Medscape (free registration required)

 


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