I don’t usually blog review articles.  However, this one is a thing of beauty - and that’s not a phrase I use lightly.   If there is one paper you read this month, it should be this one… more…

This post collects together the precis of the major articles - perspectives, leading articles and original articles - in the December 2007 issue.
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Perspective: Roderick, Ramanan and Finn look at the evidence for universal varicella vaccination in the UK.  Here.

Perspective: Gluckman describes the difficulties in describing disease populations during our evolving understanding of diseases.  Here.

Leading article: Elliman and Bedford review the negative impact of poor MMR uptake on the campaign to eliminate measles.  Here.

Leading article: Crawley and Davey-Smith review the evidence for the heritability of chronic fatigue.  Here.

A systematic review of the literature presents conclusions around oral injuries, and notes that isolated torn frenulum is not pathognomic of abuse.  Here.

In a questionnaire study of children from ethnic backgrounds in London, cultural perspectives had an impact on family understanding of asthma.  Here.

When different definitions of the metabolic syndrome are used, strikingly different prevalences are found in the same population.  Here.

In Scotland the incidence of empyema has risen over the last decade, independent of the incidence of pneumonia.  Here.