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27th January 2025

The BMJ: 27th January 2025

Adolescent menstrual health must go beyond pads

Collaboration is key in managing endometriosis

Diagnosis and management of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD)

Diagnosis and management of endometriosis: summary of updated NICE guidance

Frozen versus fresh embryo transfer in women with low prognosis for in vitro fertilisation treatment

Intensive care unit acquired weakness and physical rehabilitation in the ICU

Ozempic babies: are weight loss drugs leading to unintended pregnancies?

Trump and the tech bros: demagogues of harm to human and planetary health

JAMA: 28th January 2025

Atrial fibrillation: a review

HepB-CpG vs HepB-alum vaccine in people with HIV and prior vaccine nonresponse (BEe-HIVe)

Testing and evaluation of health care applications of large language models: a systematic review

Transcriptomic profiles in nasal epithelium and asthma endotypes in youth

The Lancet: 1st February 2025

Annual versus less frequent mammographic surveillance in people with breast cancer aged 50 years and older in the UK (Mammo-50)

Hidradenitis suppurativa (review)

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus nivolumab in microsatellite instability-high metastatic colorectal cancer (CheckMate 8HW)

Suspected and confirmed mpox cases in DR Congo: a retrospective analysis of national epidemiological and laboratory surveillance data, 2010–23

New England Journal of Medicine: 30th January 2025

Continuation versus interruption of oral anticoagulation during TAVI

CRISPR-based therapy for hereditary angioedema

Deciding whether to accept an unvaccinated child into a pediatric practice

Lentiviral gene therapy with CD34+ hematopoietic cells for hemophilia A

Oral regimens for rifampin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-susceptible tuberculosis

Sport-related concussion

Tirzepatide for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity

20th January 2025

The BMJ: 20th January 2025

A change in voice (practice review)

Dapagliflozin plus calorie restriction for remission of type 2 diabetes: multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial

How to make remote consultations safer

The pressure and shame of a high risk pregnancy

Relative efficacy of prehabilitation interventions and their components: systematic review with network and component network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

Sacrificing patient care for prevention: distortion of the role of general practice

JAMA: 21st January 2025

Early intervention in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis and myocardial fibrosis (EVOLVED)

Expanded newborn screening using genome sequencing for early actionable conditions

Oral muvalaplin for lowering of lipoprotein(a)

The Lancet: 25th January 2025

Coronary CT angiography-guided management of patients with stable chest pain: 10-year outcomes from the SCOT-HEART randomised controlled trial in Scotland

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody positivity on infection and hospitalisation rates in immunosuppressed populations during the omicron period (MELODY)

Radiotherapy toxicities: mechanisms, management, and future directions

Stopping of adalimumab in juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (ADJUST)

New England Journal of Medicine: 23rd January 2025

Abelacimab versus rivaroxaban in patients with atrial fibrillation

FAIRS — A framework for evaluating the inclusion of sex in clinical algorithms

Intraosseous or intravenous vascular access for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Nutrition in medicine: the physiology of hunger

Perioperative chemotherapy or preoperative chemoradiotherapy in esophageal cancer

A randomized trial of drug route in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

13th January 2025

The BMJ: 13th January 2025

The efficacy and safety of thymosin α1 for sepsis (TESTS)

Improving maternity provision for incarcerated women in the UK

Intra-arterial tenecteplase after successful endovascular recanalisation in patients with acute posterior circulation arterial occlusion (ATTENTION-IA)

Short term complications of conisation and long term effects on fertility related outcomes in Denmark

JAMA: 14th January 2025

Association of severe maternal morbidity with subsequent birth

Diagnosis and treatment of polycythemia vera: a review

Inhaled reliever therapies for asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for severe isolated tricuspid regurgitation (Tri.Fr)

The Lancet: 18th January 2025

Acute kidney injury (review)

Appendicectomy versus antibiotics for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children

Durvalumab with or without bevacizumab with transarterial chemoembolisation in hepatocellular carcinoma (EMERALD-1)

Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections

Transarterial chemoembolisation combined with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab versus dual placebo for unresectable, non-metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (LEAP-012)

New England Journal of Medicine: 16th January 2025

APOL1 bi- and monoallelic variants and chronic kidney disease in West Africans

Fracture prevention with infrequent zoledronate in women 50 to 60 years of age

Identification and treatment of alcohol use disorder

Survival with trastuzumab emtansine in residual HER2-positive breast cancer

Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement for asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis

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