Medicine is both a passport and a visa, permitting access to unknown places and insights into places most will never see. […]
Month: June 2007
NEJM 31 May 2007 Vol 356
All my working life I have been ashamed at the way the NHS treats sciatica. A person – often a mother with young children, or the main family earner – […]
BMJ 2 Jun 2007 Vol 334
Well, blessed are the peacemakers, we must say of Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley, even if they took their time about it. In the meantime, a lot of people in […]
Lancet 2 Jun 2007 Vol 369
The “senior” medical journals have both published major trials of vaccines against human papillomavirus in the last month, and without pausing for breath the triallists now bring out a combined […]
Arch Intern Med 28 May 2007 Vol 167
A thousand patients have now taken part in 18 studies of bone-marrow derived cells for cardiac repair. This meta-analysis shows definite evidence of a repair effect, […]
Plant of the Week: Rosa Cécile Brϋnner
The scents of summer are beginning to hang in the warm air – honeysuckle, jasmine, and roses. This wonderful rose offers a fragrance both sweet and fresh. […]