Dear Prof. Peiyang: New articles: colleagues in your discipline have identified the following article(s) as being of interest: Article Title Discipline Rele- vance News- worthiness Effect of adding pharmacists to primary care teams on blood pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Care General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 6 5 Prophylactic botulinum type A toxin complex (Dysport(R)) for migraine without aura. Headache Special Interest - Pain -- Physician 4 4 Computer-navigated surgery in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: are radiographic outcomes better than conventional surgery?. Arthroscopy Surgery - Orthopaedics 7 5 Supervised exercises compared with radial extracorporeal shock-wave therapy for subacromial shoulder pain: 1-year results of a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Phys Ther Surgery - Orthopaedics 6 6 Vancomycin or metronidazole for treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: clinical and economic analyses. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 7 5 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 7 5 Gastroenterology 6 5 The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of long-term weight management schemes for adults: a systematic review. Health Technol Assess General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 6 4 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 6 4 Antidepressant medication use and future risk of cardiovascular disease: the Scottish Health Survey. Eur Heart J General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 6 5 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 6 5
Mad science? A documentary about the research of neuroscientist Robert White goes beyond his macabre head-transplant experiments to highlight his contributions to science By Hannah Waters Puzzle me this Why are placebos so mysterious? By Graeme Stemp-Morlock The evolution of credibility A new book on the practice of science explores the winding path of discovery, and much more By Frederick Grinnell Small video competition This year, Nikon’s Small World competition is accepting video entries, such as digital time-lapse photography By Richard P. Grant Fungus fights malaria? A genetically modified fungus that targets not mosquitoes, but the malaria parasites inside, could be a powerful tool for malaria eradication By Hannah Waters Supplemental or detrimental? Journals debate the value of supplemental materials By Michele Solis Down but not out Cells on standby are surprisingly busy By Richard P. Grant Opinion: When to hunt the rare Hunting can generate revenue to boost conservation efforts, but when should it be allowed for endangered populations? By Gary Luck Multicellular evolution not linear New genetic analyses show that multicellularity was gained -- and lost -- several times in the blue-green algae By Carrie Arnold Rewards of risk Secrets to scoring big money grants for innovative, out-of-the-box research By Megan Scudellari Mud made of fish poop Fish excrement found in seafloor sediment forces scientists to rethink the way they reconstruct earth's climate history By Hannah Waters Top 7 in biochemistry A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in biochemistry and related areas, from Faculty of 1000 By Jef Akst When stress is good Fast blood flow protects against atherosclerosis: implications for treatment By Christina M. Warboys, Narges Amini, Amalia de Luca, and Paul C. Evans
Dear Prof. Peiyang: New articles: colleagues in your discipline have identified the following article(s) as being of interest: Article Title Discipline Rele- vance News- worthiness Risk of gynaecological malignancies in cytologically atypical glandular cells: follow-up study of a nationwide screening population. BJOG Oncology - Gynecology 6 6 Locking intramedullary nails and locking plates in the treatment of two-part proximal humeral surgical neck fractures: a prospective randomized trial with a minimum of three years of follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am Surgery - Orthopaedics 6 6 Internet-based outpatient telerehabilitation for patients following total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 5 6 Effect of Renin-Angiotensin system blockade on calcium channel blocker-associated peripheral edema. Am J Med General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 6 6 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 6 6 Internal Medicine 6 6 Smoking Cessation Reduces Postoperative Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Am J Med Surgery - Thoracic 6 5 General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 6 4 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 6 4 Surgery - General 6 3 Anesthesiology 6 3
Dear Prof. Peiyang: New articles: colleagues in your discipline have identified the following article(s) as being of interest: Article Title Discipline Rele- vance News- worthiness Serum IgA rheumatoid factor and pyridinoline in very early arthritis as predictors of erosion(s) at two years: a simple model of prediction from a conservatively treated community-based inception cohort. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) Rheumatology 6 5 Multicenter phase III randomized trial comparing docetaxel and trastuzumab with docetaxel, carboplatin, and trastuzumab as first-line chemotherapy for patients with HER2-gene-amplified metastatic breast cancer (BCIRG 007 study): two highly active therapeutic regimens. J Clin Oncol Oncology - Breast 5 5 Impact of clopidogrel loading dose on clinical outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart Cardiology 5 5 Cognitive-behavioural therapy for persistent and recurrent psychosis in people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder: cost-effectiveness analysis. Br J Psychiatry Psychiatry 5 5 Deformational plagiocephaly: a follow-up of head shape, parental concern and neurodevelopment at ages 3 and 4 years. Arch Dis Child Pediatrics (General) 6 5 Foot orthoses in the prevention of injury in initial military training: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Sports Med Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 6 6 Surgery - Orthopaedics 5 5 Autologous platelets have no effect on the healing of human achilles tendon ruptures: a randomized single-blind study. Am J Sports Med Surgery - Orthopaedics 5 5 The accuracy of the physical examination for the diagnosis of midlumbar and low lumbar nerve root impingement. Spine Neurology 5 5 Surgery - Orthopaedics 5 4 Learning curves of the Airtraq and the Macintosh laryngoscopes for tracheal intubation by novice laryngoscopists: a clinical study. Anesth Analg Anesthesiology 5 5 Effect of real-time feedback during cardiopulmonary resuscitation outside hospital: prospective, cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Cardiology 5 4 Emergency Medicine 5 3 Clinical experience with vildagliptin in the management of type 2 diabetes in a patient population /=75 years: a pooled analysis from a database of clinical trials. Diabetes Obes Metab General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 5 5 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 5 5 Minimally invasive versus classic procedures in total hip arthroplasty: a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Clin Orthop Relat Res Surgery - Orthopaedics 6 5 Efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab for stage 3+ retinopathy of prematurity. N Engl J Med Pediatric Neonatology 5 5 Pain relief for reduction of acute anterior shoulder dislocations: a prospective randomized study comparing intravenous sedation with intra-articular lidocaine. J Orthop Trauma Emergency Medicine 5 5 Intensive versus conventional insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes patients undergoing D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a randomized controlled trial. World J Surg Endocrine 5 4 Intensivist/Critical Care 5 3 Use of beclomethasone dipropionate as rescue treatment for children with mild persistent asthma (TREXA): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Respirology/Pulmonology 7 6
Dear Prof. Peiyang: New articles: colleagues in your discipline have identified the following article(s) as being of interest: Article Title Discipline Rele- vance News- worthiness An integrated safety profile analysis of belatacept in kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation Surgery - Urology 6 7 Phase III Randomized Study Comparing Docetaxel Plus Trastuzumab With Vinorelbine Plus Trastuzumab As First-Line Therapy of Metastatic or Locally Advanced Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Breast Cancer: The HERNATA Study. J Clin Oncol Oncology - Breast 6 5 The albumin in acute stroke (ALIAS) multicenter clinical trial: safety analysis of part 1 and rationale and design of part 2. Stroke Neurology 4 4 A multi-center double-blind pilot comparison of onabotulinumtoxinA and topiramate for the prophylactic treatment of chronic migraine. Headache Neurology 6 4 Improving cardiovascular health at population level: 39 community cluster randomised trial of Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP). BMJ General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 5 6 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 5 6 Cardiology 4 4
Dear Prof. Peiyang: New articles: colleagues in your discipline have identified the following article(s) as being of interest: Article Title Discipline Rele- vance News- worthiness Written action plan in pediatric emergency room improves asthma prescribing, adherence, and control. Am J Respir Crit Care Med Allergy and Immunology 6 5 Perioperative intravenous lidocaine infusion for postoperative pain control: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Can J Anaesth Special Interest - Pain -- Physician 6 5 Effects of a home-based walking program on perceived symptom and mood status in postoperative breast cancer women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. J Adv Nurs Oncology - Breast 5 4 Can modifications to the bedroom environment improve the sleep of new parents? Two randomized controlled trials. Res Nurs Health General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 4 4 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 4 4 Axillary dissection vs no axillary dissection in women with invasive breast cancer and sentinel node metastasis: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Surgery - Oncology 6 6 Predictive accuracy of SYNTAX score for predicting long-term outcomes of unprotected left main coronary artery revascularization. Am J Cardiol Surgery - Cardiac 5 5
Dear Prof. Peiyang: New articles: colleagues in your discipline have identified the following article(s) as being of interest: Article Title Discipline Rele- vance News- worthiness Preoperative intra aortic balloon pumps in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Cochrane Database Syst Rev Surgery - Cardiac 5 5 Comparing the diagnostic performance of 2 clinical decision rules to rule out deep vein thrombosis in primary care patients. Ann Fam Med Internal Medicine 6 5 Early activation of intracranial collateral vessels influences the outcome of spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection. Stroke Neurology 6 3 Hospital Doctor/Hospitalists 4 4 Internal Medicine 4 4 Computed tomographic angiography and venography for young or nonhypertensive patients with acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke Neurology 6 5 Shockwave therapy for the treatment of chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy in professional athletes. Am J Sports Med Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 6 5 Effect of training traditional birth attendants on neonatal mortality (Lufwanyama Neonatal Survival Project): randomised controlled study. BMJ Obstetrics 6 5 Pediatric Neonatology 5 4 Everolimus for Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. N Engl J Med Gastroenterology 6 6 Renin-angiotensin system blockade and cognitive function in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease: analysis of data from the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND studies. Lancet Neurol Internal Medicine 6 6 General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 4 3 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 4 3 Effect of Timing of Chronic Preoperative Aspirin Discontinuation on Morbidity and Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Circulation Hematology/Thrombosis 6 5 Tranexamic acid to reduce blood loss after bilateral total knee arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized double blind study. J Arthroplasty Hematology/Thrombosis 6 5 Surgery - Orthopaedics 5 4 Lower extremity ulcer management: best practice algorithm. J Clin Nurs General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 5 4 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 5 4 Endocrine 5 4 Cost-Utility of Aspirin and Proton Pump Inhibitors for Primary Prevention. Arch Intern Med Cardiology 5 5 General Practice(GP)/Family Practice(FP) 5 3 General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US) 5 3 Hospice care delivered at home, in nursing homes and in dedicated hospice facilities: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence. Int J Nurs Stud Geriatrics 6 4 The Alberta Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention Trial: quality of life outcomes. Prev Med Oncology - Breast 5 4
Misconduct and adventure The Lab, a new interactive film from the Office of Research Integrity, is a fresh approach to research misconduct training By Hannah Waters Watching bears sleep A "heroic" five-month study reveals the secrets of black bear hibernation By Megan Scudellari Speaking of science Our monthly roundup of notable quotes from around the scientific community By The Scientist Staff Visual science Some sparkling examples of science illustration By Richard P. Grant Trading resistance via nanotubes? Bacteria may be able to exchange large molecules -- including those that confer antibiotic resistance -- via microscopic tubes, but some researchers are skeptical By Edyta Zielinska Contaminated genomes Human DNA sequences are found in nearly a quarter of the publically-available non-primate genomes, emphasizing the need for better quality control measures By Hannah Waters Light therapy, circa 1939 Before the damaging effects of UV radiation were widely appreciated, physicians saw the sun mostly as a source of healing By Cristina Luiggi Opinion: When the wells run dry The practice and funding of science may change drastically when humanity enters an era of energy crisis, in which cheap oil is but a distant memory By John Day Impure genius Lewis Cantley has made a career of turning chemical contaminants into groundbreaking discoveries By Karen Hopkin Top 7 from F1000 A snapshot of the highest-ranked articles from a 30-day period on Faculty of 1000 By Megan Scudellari Skin wounds trigger tumors Researchers show how stem cells in hair follicles can transform into cancer while helping to heal an injury By Carrie Arnold Top 7 in cell biology A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in cell biology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000 By Bob Grant Scientist to watch Anne-Claude Gingras: perfecting proteomics By Jef Akst