Top medicine articles for January-February 2013

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for January-February 2013:

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False - PLOS Medicine http://buff.ly/Tca847

New York City Ties Doctors’ Income to "Quality of Care" http://buff.ly/WTwDdm

"After a string of digital dating disasters, Amy Webb dug into the data…and found her husband" - WSJ http://buff.ly/10thOqi

Know Thyself—Via Gadgets and Apps - a new self-tracking movement is afoot http://buff.ly/10ti8Fo

A Cycle of Contamination - and Cancer - That Won’t End - NYTimes http://buff.ly/X6ZsUo

Malpractice Risks With NPs and PAs in Your Practice http://buff.ly/10Gl5m4

Online Professionalism Investigations by State Medical Boards: First, Do No Harm http://buff.ly/10GozFe

A 13-item score based on readily available risk factors predicted risk for 3-year mortality in heart failure http://buff.ly/10GoFgd

No evidence to support the use of vitamin and antioxidant supplements for prevention of cardiovascular diseases http://buff.ly/10GoNMH

Eight Questions About Physician-Rating Websites - JMIR 2013 http://bit.ly/12ifjXA

Diabetics can eat right after using insulin: study http://buff.ly/X2JVXp

Why are we seeing a large increase in type 1 diabetes in young children? http://buff.ly/X2K790

Concerns About A.D.H.D. Practices, Amphetamine Addiction, and tunnel-like focus the medicines provide - NYTimes http://buff.ly/X8SpMo

Successful and Schizophrenic - NYTimes http://buff.ly/YuLHVW

They may be difficult to pronounce, but pharmaceutical companies are returning to drug names starting with X and Z http://buff.ly/X8SYpH

WHO recommends that adults consume less than 2 grams of sodium (5 grams of salt) from food daily http://buff.ly/WOAg8F

Use of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) supplements is associated with development of kidney stones http://buff.ly/WOArku

A variety of sledding injuries associated with late night partying and alcohol - BMJ http://buff.ly/14DVh8t

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Top medicine articles for December 2012-January 2013

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for December 2012-January 2013:

Among former Olympic athletes, engagement in disciplines with high intensity exercise did not bring a survival benefit http://buff.ly/UmY9Ur

Non-benzodiazepine hypnotics (Z drugs - eszopiclone, zaleplon, zolpidem) are effective for treatment of adult insomnia http://buff.ly/UZC1g9

Bringing surgical history to life | BMJ http://buff.ly/UZCeQC -- Things change fast in surgery. Within a single generation, ways of operating that had been stable for decades have been overturned. New drugs have revolutionized what were once “surgical” conditions, and minimally invasive procedures have driven many “open” operations to the verge of extinction.

Dabigatran Shouldn't Be Used in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves http://buff.ly/UmXToo

Confront medical errors - The University of Michigan Health System pioneered the three principle approach of “disclose, apologize, offer” more than a decade ago. http://buff.ly/UZDeV0

One Question That Changed the Cleveland Clinic Organization:
"How do you teach empathy?" CEO explains: http://buff.ly/V1ntgi

Too Young to Have a Heart Attack, at 48 - NYTimes http://buff.ly/UvpYKd

The Perils of Yoga for Men - torn muscles, damaged ligaments, dislocated joints, broken bones http://buff.ly/UwxhBp

Doctor Sued for Following a 'Do Not Resuscitate Order (found not liable by the jury) http://buff.ly/UZzYZH

Consequence of prescription-pain-pill epidemic: babies born dependent on drugs such as oxycodone http://buff.ly/V80BvE

50% of new experimental treatments prove to be better than established treatments, but few are much better http://buff.ly/PLDqJt

Exercise Minutes Per Week as a Vital Sign? http://buff.ly/11aAHxp

Asleep at the Wheel: 'Drowsy Driving' affects 4% of survey responders http://buff.ly/11aAQRg

Some U.S. Few Medical Schools Now Offering 3-Year Degrees http://buff.ly/WrCSoC

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Top medicine articles for December 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for December 2012:

Unlock the value of medical case reports: Search 17,507 cases from 167 journals http://buff.ly/RVN3qb

Routine Antibiotics Before Dental Procedures Not Recommended for Those with Implants (new ortho guidelines) http://buff.ly/UZBJ93

Stand-Up Desks (and recumbent bikes) Gaining Favor in the Workplace http://buff.ly/VdpYdY

Adderall, a Drug of Increased Focus for N.F.L. Players http://buff.ly/VdqecV

A color-coded map of the world’s most and least emotional countries http://bit.ly/Ytxx6B

Is There a Relationship Between Chronic Periodontitis and Erectile Dysfunction? http://buff.ly/YNgYCH

Internal Medicine Residents Are Reluctant to Pursue Primary Care Careers - JAMA http://buff.ly/Vjm6YV

Life expectancy rises as fine particle air pollution drops http://buff.ly/YNhsZD

Within 2 years of retiring, 3 out of 4 NFL players will be one or more of the following: alcohol or drug addicted; divorced; financially distressed/bankrupt. Suicide rate for men who have played in the N.F.L. is nearly 6 times the national average. http://buff.ly/YNhDUH

Not only are men more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, they have a higher chance of dying from the disease http://buff.ly/VpbDuU

As doctors grow older, hospitals begin requiring them to prove they’re still fit - Wa Post http://buff.ly/S3uobS

50% of UK's white population, up to 90% of black and Asian population may have vitamin D deficiency - BBC http://buff.ly/ZnMck0

Only 10% of a person's recommended daily vitamind D amount is found naturally in food. Eating more fish and getting out in the sun a bit more won't make much of a difference to your vitamin D levels - BBC http://buff.ly/12oF71C

Cleveland Clinic Diagnoses Health-Care Act - WSJ http://buff.ly/Ucs8hQ

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Top medicine articles for December 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for December 2012:

50- 75% of human pathogens, including the modern day scourges malaria and HIV, are zoonotic in origin http://buff.ly/VbEQJO -- Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis http://buff.ly/YzMIek -- More than 60% of human infectious diseases are caused by pathogens shared with wild or domestic animals http://buff.ly/YzMOmn -- A journey of zoonotic discovery http://buff.ly/YzMZxX

Ticks and Turkey - Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) http://buff.ly/YzN5pe

New treatment for head lice effective with one dose and no combing (ivermectin) http://buff.ly/SMb8hG -- Topical 0.5% Ivermectin Lotion for Treatment of Head Lice — NEJM http://buff.ly/SMdOvE -- Topical Ivermectin Lotion for Head Lice - NEJM blog http://buff.ly/SL40PS

Hunting Down Huntingtin - first disease with gene mapped to a chromosome, and yet 30 yrs later, treatments don't exist http://buff.ly/SMdZHb

The Most Important Article in NEJM History - “Insensibility during Surgical Operations Produced by Inhalation” http://buff.ly/SMewcj

Sugary drinks linked to higher stroke risk in women - 83% higher risk, according to Reuters http://buff.ly/SPWAO6

Retail clinics may cut into primary care - convenient, but may take a bite out of the traditional Dr-Pt relationship http://buff.ly/SRSrqr

Eating in restaurants tied to higher calorie intake | Reuters http://buff.ly/SPX3zH

Multivitamin Use Does Not Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Men http://buff.ly/SPX6vm

Patients beginning diabetes treatment with sulfonylureas carry 20% greater risk for cardiovascular events vs. metformin http://buff.ly/SRT3fC

With the new PCSK9 inhibitors and statin, "you can get virtually everyone to the cholesterol goal” - NYTimes http://buff.ly/SSB6NO

Dealing With Doctors Who Accept Only Cash - NYTimes http://buff.ly/UYEZQv

Where a baby might be luckiest to be born in 2013? After crunching numbers, Switzerland is comfortably in the top spot http://buff.ly/V0Yat8

Natural family planning - effectiveness of typical use is 76%, according to AFP http://buff.ly/V9mtoS

Diagnosis and management of gonococcal infections - 2012 AFP update http://buff.ly/YvJUyW

Diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism - 2012 AFP update http://buff.ly/V9mzN3

Antibiotic use in acute upper respiratory tract infections. http://buff.ly/YvKixg

'Chemo Brain' Real, Not Just Patient’s Imagination (study) http://buff.ly/V9n6P5

US children (8 months to 8 years) are exposed to nearly 4 hours of background television on a typical day http://buff.ly/V9oxx8

Doctors describe growing pressure to meet the financial goals of their new hospital employers by performing unnecessary tests and procedures. Today, 39% of doctors nationwide are independent, down from 57% in 2000 http://buff.ly/YBjbRy

Role of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay in screening new immigrants for tuberculosis infection http://buff.ly/VcF0Rc

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Top medicine articles for December 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for December 2012:

How doctors on social media are changing the face of medicine - Twitter takes the debate worldwide http://buff.ly/PSRmBv

"The Family Doctor, Minus the M.D." - NYTimes keeps pushing the idea of "The Nurse as Family Doctor" http://buff.ly/R1rbn9

Air travel and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a new algorithm for pre-flight evaluation http://buff.ly/RMN37n

Long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) http://buff.ly/RMNa2C

Among patients with CAD, CHF or HTN, continuing selective beta blockers during COPD hospitalisation appears to be safe http://buff.ly/RMOJO5

Hepatitis—Do you “C” it? Many infected adults do not know they have HCV http://bit.ly/URgBFx

Do Mentors Know Who They Are Mentoring? Columbia University Medical Center reviews the evidence http://bit.ly/URgVUC

Discovery of “vitamin” D began with childhood rickets. Nonskeletal effects of this hormone are now recognized http://bit.ly/URhdLk

The prevalence of eating breakfast daily was low in boys (47%) and girls (45%). Skipping meals, mainly breakfast, is associated with worse glucose and lipid levels in obese children and adolescents. http://bit.ly/URhGgF

Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in U.S. is 34%, 47% in Middle East. Risk factors: diabetes mellitus, HTN, CAD, obesity, stress, depression http://bit.ly/URjVAC

Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors use for ED in U.S.: 16% of men buy PDEi over the Internet (68% without prescription) http://bit.ly/URkvON

The Cost of Living Longer: The average rent at assisted-living facilities in U.S. is now $3,486 per month. The price of a private room at a nursing home is now $248 a day http://on.wsj.com/VSQ3Fs

Certain phrases in Latin carry both historic and modern significance. Top 10 Latin phrases for hospitalists: http://buff.ly/S2dCpa

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Top medicine articles for November/December 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for November/December 2012:

The Smartphone in Medicine: A Review of Current and Potential Use Among Physicians and Students http://buff.ly/THrvOA

Shocking News: Intraaortic Balloon Pumps May Not Help in Myocardial Infarction with Cardiogenic Shock http://buff.ly/QVzggF

What Your Breath Reveals: Each Patient Has a Unique Breath 'Fingerprint' That Doctors Could Use to Diagnose http://buff.ly/Ravmkd

Rilonacept for Colchicine-Resistant or -Intolerant Familial Mediterranean Fever http://buff.ly/QWJV76

Lowering LDL levels with statin reduces major vascular events regardless of baseline risk http://buff.ly/QWKuxU

Radical prostatectomy and observation did not differ for mortality in localized prostate cancer http://buff.ly/QWLbqM

The Mini-Cog had sensitivity similar to the longer 3MS for detecting cognitive impairment or dementia http://buff.ly/PQkDwL

Risk stratification schemes predict ischemic stroke and bleeding in AF - CHA2DS2-VASc score had 100% sensitivity but only 6% specificty http://buff.ly/QWLu4Z

Deep-Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease - NEJM summary http://buff.ly/QWNIkR

Update on the management of chronic kidney disease - AFP 2012 http://buff.ly/PQlEol

Chronic fatigue syndrome: diagnosis and treatment - 2012 update from AFP http://buff.ly/QWOePV

Diagnosis and treatment of acne - 2012 AFP update http://buff.ly/QWOmit

Why Some Physician Practices Are Wildly Successful - Medscape http://buff.ly/RFD3Nc

"End-run" lawsuits can blindside physicians. Administrative claims against doctors are likely to rise under the Affordable Care Act - amednews http://buff.ly/S6KU9a

Patients who read doctor notes feel more in control of their health http://buff.ly/RgGPPg

Older patients join crowd consulting "Dr. Internet" http://buff.ly/PNeD7Y

Doctors follow own advice for healthy living http://buff.ly/QYHPDY

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Top medicine articles for November 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for October-November 2012:

Medical licensure: State lines pose daunting barriers - amednews. 20% of U.S. physicians hold medical licenses in multiple states http://buff.ly/T90VNP

“There is a much better opportunity to find a smoking gun" through EMR, says malpractice attorney http://buff.ly/PZP8hT

Avocado Sales Are Rising, as Consumers Buy Into the Fruit as a Source of 'Healthy Fats' - WSJ http://buff.ly/P4Cvz3

Will meaningful use spur growth of patient portals? Stage 2 of meaningful use rules require that 5% of a physician’s patients access their records online http://buff.ly/NxtVvs

In New York, Poor Smokers Spend 25% of Income on Cigarettes http://buff.ly/PZRCwN

Facing anti-malaria nets, mosquitoes alter habits by changing their hours of "peak aggression" http://buff.ly/PZRVrc

"Sonic Hedgehog Is Neuroprotective in the Cavernous Nerve with Crush Injury". Not your everyday headline http://buff.ly/PZTmpK

Monthly administration of 100 000 IU of vitamin D did not reduce the incidence or severity of URTIs in healthy adults http://buff.ly/PNdxo8

Venous leg ulcers can be healed with a spray formulation of allogeneic neonatal keratinocytes and fibroblasts http://buff.ly/PNdOaB

Social media is an efficient and effective method for physicians to keep up-to-date http://buff.ly/TEHaxW

The role of aldosterone receptor antagonists in the management of heart failure: An update http://buff.ly/PNgYv7

Immune thrombocytopenia in adults: An update http://buff.ly/PNh6Lb

Vitamin D supplements do not prevent or reduce the severity of colds in adults without a frank vitamin D deficiency http://buff.ly/QNdpIc

Gout Guidelines Issued http://buff.ly/PNkO7E

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Top medicine articles for November 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for October-November 2012:

Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Doesn't Decrease Risk of Major Cardiovascular Disease Events http://goo.gl/RFO39

Comparison of Physician-, Biomarker (FeNO)-, Symptom-Based Adjustment of ICS in Adults With Asthma: No Difference http://buff.ly/SerAlH

Randomized controlled trial of political messages delivered to 61 million Facebook users http://goo.gl/Q0QAi

Health Care Social Media List is now hosted by Mayo Clinic http://mayocl.in/QdWGxg and http://mayocl.in/QdWGNO

Sinus Surgery Lawsuit Against ENT - case appears to suggest that informed consent does not provide legal protection http://buff.ly/SeqB57

Clinical Practice Guideline for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis: 2012 Update http://bit.ly/U5TqCq

Risk factors for adolescent depression: family history, parental conflict, poor peer relationships, negative thinking http://goo.gl/gWqF8

The good old ways: Doctors and hospitals are rediscovering a few ideas from the 1990s, says The Economist http://goo.gl/yZt0q

In North America, prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome is 5-10% with peak prevalence from 20-39 years of age http://goo.gl/2NlS4

Syphilis: a reemerging infection. Point-of-care immunochromatographic strip testing can be used for screening http://goo.gl/jzvAl

Fighting neglected tropical diseases in the southern United States | BMJ http://goo.gl/ZUprT

46% of American adults take prescription drugs; the average is 4 prescriptions. Reliance on multiple drugs is no longer confined to older Americans: 25% of those ages 18-39 take 2 prescription drugs http://goo.gl/Jfq31

Bowel Obstruction From Ingested Water-Absorbing Ball http://goo.gl/F5uv0 and http://goo.gl/PWtY3

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Top medicine articles for October 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for October 2012:

Worldwide, 31% of adults are physically inactive, ranging from 17% in southeast Asia to 43% in Americas and eastern Mediterranean. The proportion of 13-15-year-olds doing fewer than 60 min of moderate physical activity per day is 80% http://goo.gl/3W6os -- The pandemic of physical inactivity: Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide - The Lancet http://goo.gl/dL2uE -- Elimination of physical inactivity would increase the life expectancy of the world's population by 7 months http://goo.gl/mbUos -- Why are some people physically active and others not? Genetic factors contribute to propensity to be physically active http://goo.gl/jHuIk -- Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world - The Lancet - http://goo.gl/eHniD

Snorkelling-related deaths in Australia: cardiac, surface drowning, drowning after prolonged breath-hold diving, trauma http://goo.gl/VT0Bs

Nearly half of U.S. doctors struggle with burnout: study http://goo.gl/T3fnx

Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are associated with increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection http://goo.gl/wLi5v

Interactive atlas by CDC shows data about HIV, AIDS, hepatitis, TB, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis http://goo.gl/aizZS and http://goo.gl/VYztM

Looking at human beings as ecosystems of collaborating/competing species could change practice of medicine http://goo.gl/3LX9R

Prevalence of Celiac Disease in U.S.: 0.7% (1 in 141), rare among minorities but affects 1% of non-Hispanic whites http://goo.gl/1qFwE

Future doctors will need to correct the postmodern tendency toward immune dysregulation http://nyti.ms/SG6nX7

The Search for a Baldness Cure: Vitamin D to Coax Dormant Follicles to Grow Hair http://goo.gl/82s4a

YouTube for information on rheumatoid arthritis - at least 30% of videos were misleading. A wakeup call? http://goo.gl/Rjzdv

From physician frustration to physician satisfaction. "Oh we’re not gonna take it anymore", sings AMA http://goo.gl/SSWdQ

6 tips for marketing a practice outside social media - amednews http://goo.gl/AwGZ8

Many hospitals recruiting doctors continually. Contact them even if there isn't a job listing, say experts http://goo.gl/v8Oy7

EHR Report 2012: Physicians Rank Top EHRs http://buff.ly/QHeMqU

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Top medicine articles for September 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for August 2012:

More than 30% of hospital patients have test result pending/not reviewed by the time they're discharged http://goo.gl/CCBxr

Corneal snowflakes due to IgG-kappa multiple myeloma - The Lancet images http://goo.gl/FvGBM

Biliary ileus - The Lancet images http://goo.gl/Iv18H

Erectile Dysfunction (ED) as a Reliable Proxy of General Male Health Status regardless of the etiology of ED http://goo.gl/y3kjA

Higher BPA Levels, More Heart Disease? http://goo.gl/10UUi

More Self-Control as a Child, Lower BMI as Adult (study) http://goo.gl/FElcw

FDA approved the first generic version of Actos (Pioglitazone) to treat adults with type 2 diabetes http://goo.gl/kUq9k

Mississippi has the highest proportion of obese adults at 35%, and Colorado has the lowest at 21% (survey) http://goo.gl/JDD6C

"GSK drug halves attacks in hard-to-treat asthma" - anti-IL5 antibody mepolizumab for eosinophilic asthma http://goo.gl/Be6IU

New Epinephrine Auto-Injector Talks Patients Through Injection Process, has a 5-sec countdown, signaling lights http://goo.gl/rYJZI

Autoinflammatory syndromes: Fever is not always a sign of infection - CCJM http://goo.gl/uTc2X

Genetic counselors: Your partners in clinical practice - CCJM http://goo.gl/ZkJb4

Atrial fibrillation: New drugs, devices, and procedures - CCJM http://goo.gl/O0AQN

The demise of the stethoscope as a metaphor of the “hyposkillia” of our times - CCJM http://goo.gl/xu5qS -- An argument for reviving the disappearing skill of cardiac auscultation - CCJM http://goo.gl/59ikK

Dark chocolate can help decrease blood pressure by 2-3 mmHg http://goo.gl/xTnn1

Eating egg yolks as 'bad as smoking' - NHS Choices blog reviews the evidence http://goo.gl/IosBG

30% of new prescriptions never get filled. Will smart pills boost drug compliance? http://goo.gl/omhjJ

Small practices may be least able to take new Medicaid patients - NJ Medicaid physicians get paid 37% of Medicare rates http://goo.gl/g3RLN

4 ways for practices to benefit from a social media presence: Offer information beyond the appointment, Raise physician profiles, Influence online search, Marketing toolkit http://goo.gl/5mAz4

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Top medicine articles for August 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for August 2012:

Sanofi Announces FDA Approval for Auvi-Q, First Voice-guided Epinephrine Auto-injector http://goo.gl/4GfPr

Medical Journal of Australia: "Clearly, we overestimate our ability to correctly deploy tests and interpret results" http://goo.gl/q8da8

Drug Resistance Claims Another Gonorrhea Treatment: the oral cephalosporin cefixime http://goo.gl/tR2LW

Social media continues to excel at reaching patients and medical peers http://goo.gl/odKGo

New drugs, procedures, and devices for hypertension : The Lancet http://goo.gl/IbwbL

Data challenge the concept that raising of plasma HDL cholesterol will reduce risk of myocardial infarction http://goo.gl/67eZF

10 Ways to Make EMR Meaningful and Useful http://goo.gl/KimDJ

Tiger snake (Notechis spp) envenoming: Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-13) | Medical Journal of Australia http://goo.gl/YCzRg

Bias in clinical history significantly influenced the accuracy of ECG interpretation http://goo.gl/JjRd6

9 Smartphone Apps to Improve Your Medical Practice http://goo.gl/nUjNP -- 15 Smartphone Apps to Improve Your Practice http://goo.gl/s3dnR

How to Raise Successful (and Happier) Children - NYTimes http://buff.ly/MT4BRr

When metformin alone is insufficient, consider adding a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, linagliptin - Lancet http://goo.gl/bdMkG

Ciprofloxacin for 7 days versus 14 d. in women with acute pyelonephritis: Short courses should be favored - Lancet http://goo.gl/oU3uC

Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood increases subsequent risk of leukemia and brain tumors - Lancet http://goo.gl/44feV

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Top medicine articles for August 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for August 2012:

Contrary to marketing, there is no evidence that sports drinks are essential adjunct for anyone doing exercise - BMJ http://goo.gl/h6kg9

To drink or not to drink to drink during exercise - BMJ reviews the evidence http://goo.gl/vKGX0

Mythbusting sports and exercise products - BMJ: color of urine does not reflect hydration http://goo.gl/8q1Wc

Round table on the problems with sports product evidence - BMJ video:



Health-care law driving doctors away from small practices, toward hospital employment - Washington Post http://goo.gl/Uvb7f

Top 5 reasons why the independent physician practice is dying http://goo.gl/DMZGw

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is risky and costly - BMJ http://goo.gl/vYD9D

Brain MRI in COPD: In stable nonhypoxemic COPD there is white/gray matter disturbance, cognitive dysfunction? http://buff.ly/MnAIIN

A "New" Way to Prevent Hip Fractures: Cataract surgery may help prevent disabling hip fractures http://buff.ly/MnBw0h

Whooping Cough Comeback: more than twice as many cases of pertussis this year compared to last year http://buff.ly/PrZp0Z

Gout risk goes up as waistline expands: "The heavier you are, the greater your odds of getting gout" http://buff.ly/MnC9a9

Consider Cosmetics and Folk Remedies as Causes for Unexplained Lead Poisoning - CDC http://buff.ly/Ps0yWv

Dieting vs. Exercise for Weight Loss - NYTimes http://buff.ly/MnCJoo -- Weight loss predictor - A validated dynamic mathematical energy balance model that predicts weight change http://buff.ly/Ps1r1f

Find your Olympic athlete body structural match - BBC http://goo.gl/MhluY - Other calculators: http://goo.gl/K3akg

Doctors tend to enjoy classical music, while lawyers prefer jazz - Medical Journal of Australia http://goo.gl/OVjl5

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Top medicine articles for July-August 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for July-August 2012:

Where are you on the global fat scale? BBC calculator: http://goo.gl/ZnI6D

Drug cheating at the Olympics: who, what, and why? 7% of elite athletes admitted to doping ~ 1000 people at each Games http://bit.ly/Mcc1bz

Risk of pneumonia decreased with use of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors - BMJ meta-analysis http://goo.gl/dE9Ks

One Doctor’s Prescription to Avoid Social Media Overload http://goo.gl/bdtPU

Cents and Sensitivity - Teaching Physicians to Think about Costs - NEJM http://goo.gl/aUQE3

How fat is fat? The Lancet compares CTs with visceral fat vs. subcutaneous fat deposits http://goo.gl/iO9sa

Increasing contraceptive use in developing countries has cut the number of maternal deaths by 40% - The Lancet http://goo.gl/hHjIO

Qsymia is the second new drug for obesity approved by the FDA in the last month, after Belviq http://goo.gl/wCqi7

Mass General knocks Johns Hopkins out of the top hospital spot it's held for 21 years, while at the same time Cleveland Clinic is closing in on Mayo Clinic - U.S. News & World Report's 2012 list of the best U.S. hospitals http://goo.gl/URpei

Feedback of DNA based risk assessments does not motivate behaviour change - BMJ http://goo.gl/3HaRy

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Top medicine articles for July 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for July 2012:

Participation in sport is associated with a 20-40% reduction in all-cause mortality. Exercise is a fifth vital sign! http://goo.gl/gyxYf

Renal denervation to treat resistant hypertension: Guarded optimism - CCJM http://goo.gl/svAvZ

Dengue: A reemerging concern for travelers. There is no antiviral treatment - CCJM http://goo.gl/gY6DO

POLST: An improvement over traditional advance directives - CCJM http://goo.gl/NhhbX POLST = Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment

Tonsillectomy changes: More children are operated for sleep disordered breathing and fewer for recurrent pharyngitis http://goo.gl/UXTfO

Bariatric surgery provides sustained weight loss, major improvements in severely obese individuals with diabetes type 2 http://goo.gl/OkV61

Twitter Use at American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meetings: 14-40 doctors generated 29% of meeting dialogue http://goo.gl/fw94I

Tweeting the Meeting: An In-Depth Analysis of Twitter Activity at Kidney Week 2011 - PLoS ONE http://goo.gl/eOmLO

Is your cat hosting a human suicide parasite? Toxoplasma gondii in chicagotribune http://goo.gl/oMW8M

How safe is your hospital? Consumer Reports magazine rates best (and worst) hospitals http://goo.gl/uHcTh

Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals, and Extremists Are Happiest of All - NYTimes http://goo.gl/h67w9

Chronic hyperglycaemia and microvascular disease contribute to cognitive dysfunction, mental and motor slowing in both DM 1 and 2 http://goo.gl/hTTcK

5-10% of people per year with prediabetes will progress to diabetes (same proportion converts back to normoglycemia) http://goo.gl/oYbTk

Suicide is second to only accidental death as the leading cause of mortality in young men across the world. High-lethality methods of suicide are preferred by young men: hanging and firearms in high-income countries, pesticide poisoning in the Indian subcontinent, and charcoal-burning in east Asia. Lancet, 2012, http://goo.gl/DqMfF

Ethics of mitochondrial donation discussed in The Lancet http://goo.gl/JAVFC

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) was discovered during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, after an outbreak of unexplained hepatitis at a military camp. A pooled faecal extract from affected soldiers was ingested by a member of the research team. He became sick, and the new virus (named HEV), was detected in his stool by electron microscopy. Globally, HEV is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis. http://goo.gl/vkaGB

The seventh cholera pandemic began in 1961 and still affects 3-5 million people each year, killing 120 000 http://goo.gl/bz07X

Psychiatry's identity crisis - The Lancet http://goo.gl/XfsM6

Paralympic medicine - Lancet review - 20 sports at Summer Paralympic Games, 5 at Winter Paralympic Games http://goo.gl/rpJhI

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Top medicine articles for June-July 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for June-July 2012:

Should You Put Sunscreen on Infants? It’s best not to use sunscreen on infants under age 6 months - FDA http://buff.ly/LxmJ0u

Guillain-Barre Syndrome - NEJM review http://buff.ly/LxmC55

Long-term use of low-dose azithromycin as an attractive adjunct treatment option for COPD http://buff.ly/LAoNVi

71% of doctors believe quality of healthcare will deteriorate over the next 5 years (19-page survey summary, PDF) http://goo.gl/Sl0wd

Americans' confidence in the U.S. medical system is around the historical average of 39% http://goo.gl/KoTqI

FDA Approves Diet Pill Belviq http://bit.ly/LCvE0o

What is So Good About Growing Old: mind gets sharper at a number of vitally important abilities http://goo.gl/6xI8M

A Lithium Battery in a Hotdog: the picture burns itself into mind - keep out of reach of small children http://buff.ly/LSmPBS

People who remember being pushed or slapped as children more likely to have depression or anxiety later in life http://goo.gl/oTt7p

Physical Punishment Has Long-Lasting Consequences on Children's Mental Health (study) http://buff.ly/LKGrl6

GSK once-daily lung drug LAMA/LABA (umeclidinium/vilanterol) showed positive results in COPD http://goo.gl/s1o0P

1 in 5 Nurses is Depressed - 18% of hospital-employed nurses have depression; twice the rate of the general public http://goo.gl/aioSn

The Medication Generation: Many young people today have now spent most of their lives on antidepressants - WSJ http://on.wsj.com/LLDuVE

Publishing a medical journal is a very profitable activity, says former BMJ Editor-in-Chief and provides examples http://goo.gl/QeaKS

Health Care Mandate Puts a "Cranky Uncle" in Every Exam Room - NYTimes http://goo.gl/v0PpH

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Top medicine articles for June 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for June 2012:

Open access to research is inevitable, says Nature editor-in-chief http://goo.gl/N3OEU

Diagnosis, treatment, and management of echinococcosis | 2012 BMJ review http://goo.gl/r65Nd

How to be a cool headed clinician. Imperturbability is an essential characteristic for doctors, but how compatible is it with empathy? BMJ http://goo.gl/X7l5y

A doctor's guide to E/M coding - How to minimize lost revenue and likelihood of an audit - ModernMedicine http://goo.gl/RT6OC

Forgotten notebooks shed light on controversial discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic to cure TB http://goo.gl/1au0m

Apps for the Traveler With Medical Issues - NYTimes http://goo.gl/vFJzE

Statin Use Linked to Fatigue in Randomized Trial http://goo.gl/4xv0I and http://goo.gl/U2cMh

Thiazolidinedione use is associated with increased risk for diabetic macular edema http://goo.gl/1O0Tz

"Superbug" gonorrhea, becoming untreatable, accounts for 10% of STDs in Europe - doubling since last year http://goo.gl/y5aWr

Rapid Saliva Test for Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR) http://goo.gl/LEsMO and http://goo.gl/GCean

Journal offers flat fee for ‘all you can publish’ Whereas PLoS ONE charges $1,350 per paper, PeerJ users pay $299 http://goo.gl/0kArd

Ipratropium linked to increased risk of stroke in COPD, especially with concomitant use of SABAs or theophylline http://goo.gl/CEr25

Chagas Disease is “The New HIV/AIDS of the Americas” claims the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases http://goo.gl/1P1qu

Cleveland Clinic summit on Patient Experience shares presentation slides - a must-read for those interested in #HCSM http://goo.gl/EnMbK

Doctors are using electronic records more - but liking them less - Washington Post http://buff.ly/Lpb8SY

Only 6.7% of office-based physicians routinely email with patients http://buff.ly/PPdusu

5 Key Benchmarks That Could Make or Break a Physician Practice http://buff.ly/LpbskH

90% of patients prefer web-based access to health information and education. 88% want to receive email reminders when it is time for preventive or follow-up care. 72% would like to use online services to book, change or cancel physician appointments. http://buff.ly/L0jjQS

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Comments from Twitter:

Mike Cadogan @sandnsurf: Another great collection of the top #hcsm articles in medicine June 2012 via @DrVes litfl.com/LdO8X4

@DrVes: @sandnsurf @hjluks I'm glad you liked the summary http://casesblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-medicine-articles-for-june-2012.html - it's helpful to collect the article tweets for later reference.

Top articles in medicine in June 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in June 2012:

Risky Music-Listening Behavior Associated with Health-Risk Behavior: alcohol, drugs and unsafe sex (study) http://goo.gl/eoUfL

Study: Couples get health benefits simply from sleeping in the same bed - WSJ http://goo.gl/PBlPJ

Love's initial romantic phase lasts anywhere from 18 months to 3 years, experts say, then it ends - WSJ http://goo.gl/2x1mS

5 Minute Medicine Video Series by Internal Medicine at McMaster University http://bit.ly/KidaPU

Aspiring to Make MDR-TB Nevermore: Delamanid for Multi-drug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis - NEJM http://goo.gl/b7rQ8

The risks and benefits of social media for cardiologists - theheart dot org interview with @doctorwes http://goo.gl/TUfxj

Radiation from 2-3 head CTs in children triple the risk for brain tumors (5-10 CTs triple risk for leukemia) http://goo.gl/xs2ZH - Source: Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: a retrospective cohort study - The Lancet http://goo.gl/teqnX

Inhibiting Hedgehog Pathway in Basal-Cell Cancer: Vismodegib is effective but 50% stop treatment due to adverse events http://goo.gl/966X5

Small-molecule inhibitor of the hedgehog pathway Vismodegib showed 58% response rate in advanced basal-cell cancer http://goo.gl/sJfm1

Another therapeutic option for Multidrug-Resistant TB: Delamanid nitro-dihydro-imidazooxazole inhibits mycolic acid http://goo.gl/zUhYY

Hospital mortality is complex and should be used cautiously in evaluating quality of care. Last 10 years marked by diminishing returns, with growth in costs far outpacing reductions in inpatient mortality http://goo.gl/T16W3

Churchill had a doctor's approval for "medicating with a minimum 250 cc alcohol at meal times" - “This is to certify,” the doctor writes — this in the midst of Prohibition — “that the postaccident convalescence of the Hon. Winston S. Churchill necessitates the use of alcoholic spirits especially at meal times.” The quantity, the doctor continues, is “naturally indefinite,” but the “minimum requirements would be 250 cubic centimeters,” or just over 8 ounces. Archives in NYT http://goo.gl/Yc9cr

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Top articles in medicine in June 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in June 2012:

Cancer rates worldwide are expected to increase by 75% by 2030 http://goo.gl/Wu8i9

Zinc could be useful adjunct treatment in infants with probable serious bacterial infection - The Lancet http://goo.gl/Hgqs7

To screen or not to screen for prostate cancer? Fewer than 2% of Johns Hopkins doctors plan to follow the recommendations and stop ordering PSA screening - Lancet http://goo.gl/5Nkha

Dark chocolate could work as prevention therapy of cardiovascular disease - BMJ's exercise in wishful thinking: http://goo.gl/Om6kq

UV protection and sunscreens: What to tell patients - CCJM http://goo.gl/yhRH4 -- Related reading: How to avoid damaging ultraviolet light - CCJM launches "Patient Page" similar to JAMA http://bit.ly/MkL6Ae

NYTimes asks experts what they want from the future: "permanent sunblock that embeds in skin ~ Lasik eye surgery" ?! http://goo.gl/TnHZa -- Related: 32 Innovations Will Change Your Tomorrow - underwear with sensors tells how hard you’re working your quadriceps muscles http://goo.gl/EWRuX

Psoriasis: Evolving treatment for a complex disease - CCJM 2012 review, free full text http://goo.gl/Sc9Uy

Acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults: CCJM 2012 review, free full text http://goo.gl/XKYQR

"Walmart clinics go live in the cloud": retail giant pushes healthcare providers to make diagnoses over the internet http://goo.gl/P51NW

A Single Inhalation of Laninamivir Works in Children With Influenza (study) http://goo.gl/BxgRs

Inhaled Hypertonic Saline (3%) mixed with albuterol reduces length of stay and admission rate for wheezing children http://goo.gl/g9cFH

College freshman at age 9, medical degree at 21 - Dr. Yano is the youngest student to get an M.D. from UChicago http://goo.gl/qkqNh -- Disclaimer: I am an assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at UChicago and have met Dr. Yano in our clinic.

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.

Top articles in medicine in June 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in June 2012:

Fatty acids in formula don't make babies smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX - Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids http://goo.gl/1WVjY

Electronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (study) http://goo.gl/vm2mR

Being sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (study) http://goo.gl/Ub9hu

Study: Older People Have Special Smell, but It's Not Unpleasant as Stereotype Implies http://goo.gl/7bHfv

If we're going to think of exercise as a therapeutic intervention, like all interventions there will be adverse effects http://goo.gl/unjJS

DrotAA in Septic Shock - graph clearly shows lack of benefit from rh activated protein C, drotrecogin alfa http://goo.gl/bCktn

The Emerging Threat of Untreatable Gonococcal Infection - what to do if allergic to PCN and cephalosporins? NEJM http://goo.gl/fwFq3

Gallup tracks the U.S. Mood daily, only 41% were happy on June 7, 2012 http://goo.gl/Pn0lz

Drowning - free NEJM review of the current concepts, 2012 http://goo.gl/xSqLu

Intensive Enough? Intensive care units (ICUs) began in the 1950s, staffing models continue to be controversial http://goo.gl/2rZNk

Men vs. Women: Whose Offices Are Germier? Study confirms suspicion: Men Are "Greater" Source of Bacteria Than Women http://goo.gl/JkzF5

Residents' Response to Duty-Hour Regulations: 41% reported worsened education - NEJM http://goo.gl/leaC4

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.

Top articles in medicine in May 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in May 2012:

The primary care doctor is a rapidly evolving species - and in the future could become an endangered one - NEJM http://goo.gl/BPcVB

Japanese rail workers have to pass a daily smile scan. Even a faux smile may increase happiness - Lancet http://goo.gl/DKwD9

Mental Illness: "Checklist diagnoses" cost less in time and money but fail compared to comprehensive evaluation - NEJM http://goo.gl/uOmcd

Only 50% of people with major depression in the general population receive any treatment for depression http://goo.gl/IfCCq

Natalizumab-Associated Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) - NEJM lists the risk factors http://goo.gl/J71JA

Azithromycin and the Risk of Cardiovascular Death - NEJM: 7 additional cardiovascular deaths per 1 million courses; patients in the highest decile of risk for cardiovascular disease had an estimated 245 additional cardiovascular deaths per 1 million courses. http://goo.gl/QITcP

Coffee consumption was inversely associated with total and cause-specific mortality. Whether this was a causal or associational finding cannot be determined - NEJM http://goo.gl/0EMJF

The Right Way to Try to Buy Happiness: By using money to create memories with your family, build things with your hands or even sleep more, you stand a pretty good chance of being happier. http://goo.gl/FO2I5

Up to 21% of adults will develop tinnitus - 2% of population have severely impaired quality of life because of it http://goo.gl/q1Yuc

Aspirin Prevents the Recurrence of Venous Thromboembolism, with no increase in risk of major bleeding - NEJM http://goo.gl/3sqDu

Women who worked the night shift were 40% more likely to develop breast cancer http://goo.gl/VQPQt

Hyperglycemia on admission predicts death in patients with community acquired pneumonia without pre-existing diabetes http://goo.gl/edAwQ

How can I treat toenail fungus? Ask Doctor K from Harvard Medical School http://goo.gl/9pdj9

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