NEJM 14 April 2016 Vol 374 Fixing spinal stenosis 1413 Magnetic resonance imaging was like magic when it first appeared. Suddenly structures in the back that could only be guessed […]
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals
Richard Lehman’s journal review—11 April 2016
NEJM 7 April 2016 Vol 374 Prebirth steroids and baby lungs 1311 Most of you will be familiar with the logo of the Cochrane Collaboration, consisting of a blue circle […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—4 April 2016
NEJM 31 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Going Dutch with Lyme 1209 When you open a journal with New England in its name and read about Lyme disease, you somehow don’t […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—29 March 2016
NEJM 24 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Flinty problem, leaden response 1101 John Snow, the arch-hero of epidemiology, died in 1858 a disappointed man. It was only after he had died […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—21 March 2016
NEJM 17 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Unnecessary pessary 1044 “This randomized trial showed that placement of a pessary in girls and women who were pregnant with singletons and who had […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—14 March 2016
NEJM 10 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Treating malaria in pregnancy 913 Here’s a tonic for those of us who lie abed with thoughts about the stupidity of the world and […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—7 March 2016
NEJM 3 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Inducing for better outcomes? 813 This useful British trial was done with the ultimate aim of reducing stillbirth, which tends to happen more in […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—29 February 2016
NEJM 25 Feb 2016 Vol 374 Aspirin with your cabbage? 728 Most people who undergo coronary artery surgery take aspirin. Nobody knew whether they should carry on or stop when […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—22 February 2016
NEJM 18 Feb 2016 Vol 374 Testosterone, lust and rage 611 When the great poet WB Yeats reached the age of 67, he noticed a certain waning of his powers […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—15 February 2016
NEJM 11 Feb 2016 Vol 374 The decline of Alzheimer’s 523 Let’s start off on a happy note, and think about dementia. On Saturday morning the BBC News website ran […]