NEJM 19 Nov 2015 Vol 373 Spooky RSV trial 2048 There’s a hint of Porton Down about this phase 1 study of an oral treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). […]
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals
Richard Lehman’s journal review—16 November 2015
NEJM 12 Nov 2015 Vol 373 SPRINTing to conclusions OL There’s no denying that the research event of the week has been the online publication of the SPRINT hypertension trial. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—9 November 2015
NEJM 5 Nov 2015 Vol 373 Now for the good news 1824 In the middle of the joy and uncertainty of pregnancy, you are told you have cancer. It happens […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—2 November 2015
NEJM 29 Oct 2015 Vol 373 Noddy meets oncology 1679 PARP stands for poly(adenosine diphosphate [ADP]–ribose) polymerase. For every child who grew up in England since the 1950s, it is […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—26 October 2015
NEJM 22 October 2015 Vol 373 Neatest knee trial 1597 “Whatever next. A patient centred, surgical RCT on a common operation with a thoughtful, patient centred editorial in the NEJM,” […]
Richard Lehman on prescribing spironolactone
The liveliest e-mail streams I have ever encountered are the ones which are currently coming out of the Overdiagnosis Group, set up by Margaret McCartney last year. The group is […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—19 October 2015
NEJM 15 Oct 2015 Vol 373 NEUROSIS about tiny babies 1497 The first paper in the NEJM this week has me flummoxed. Its acronym is NEUROSIS—who thought that was a […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—12 October 2015
NEJM 8 October 2015 Vol 373 1397 Famous as a pioneer of hypertension studies, Sir George Pickering (1904-1980) was a man of forceful opinions, and used to command the attention […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—5 October 2015
NEJM 1 Oct 2015 Vol 373 1307 What will happen to all the overweight children and young adults we see around us? The honest answer is that nobody knows. There […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—28 September 2015
NEJM 24 Sep 2015 Vol 373 1220 I suspect that good randomized trials of common procedures are difficult to do. Each French doctor probably has a favourite way of gaining […]