Statins in pregnancy Bateman and co-workers report a well designed epidemiological study on statins in early pregnancy. Their analysis did not find a significant teratogenic effect from maternal use of […]
Month: March 2015
Sanna W Khawaja: At a crossroads in medical training
I am in the recruitment stage between interviews and offers. At this moment in time, when I look to August I can see myself as both in training and not […]
Carolyn Thomas: Yet another cardiac risk calculator?
To see for myself how reliable the new NHS heart disease risk calculator is, I completed all required fields exactly as I would have answered seven years ago. That was […]
Samir Dawlatly: Do I obsess too much about the NHS?
When I was a teenager, I was obsessed with playing guitar. I taught myself to play on my sister’s guitar, taking it off her when she came back from lessons. […]
Pallavi Bradshaw: Innovation doesn’t need a new law
At the end of last week, common sense prevailed. The decision was made that the Medical Innovation Bill would not get a second reading in the House of Commons, and […]
The BMJ Today: Prescribing on sparse evidence, homeopathy, and research methodology
How to prescribe when the evidence is lacking • Several observational studies have shown associations between using drugs with anticholinergic side effects—such as loperamide, loratadine, baclofen, amitriptyline, oxybutynin, or chlorphenamine—and […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—16 March 2015
NEJM 12 March 2015 Vol 372 1009 Stroke is a wonderfully straightforward word. When used in a medical context, everybody thinks of a sudden blow. It is something that needs […]
The BMJ Today: Treatments for inflammatory diseases
A combination of old drugs is not inferior to biologics for rheumatoid arthritis • Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors are safe and effective therapies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis resistant to […]
Neel Sharma: Those who can teach, those who can’t don’t
Recently I was left dumbfounded by a senior colleague who stated that the sign of a good medical educator is one who can do two things well: publish and deliver […]
Billy Boland: Psychiatry is full of story
I had a minor revelation at the weekend whilst talking about why I became a psychiatrist. It’s one of the careers that never fails to excite further questions when you’re […]