JAMA 3 Apr 2013 Vol 309 1355 With the runaway success of the Alltrials petition, it may seem as if everyone in the world has now agreed on the need […]
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals
Richard Lehman’s journal review—2 April 2013
JAMA 27 Mar 2013 Vol 309 1241 Have you ever heard of someone who’s recently had a heart attack going off and having 40 infusions of disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, ascorbate, […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—25 March 2013
JAMA 20 Mar 2013 Vol 309 1125 Is aliskiren a good drug for heart failure? Despite the negative result of this Novartis-funded trial (ASTRONAUT), I think the answer is probably […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 March 2013
JAMA 13 Mar 2013 Vol 309 997 Obstructive sleep apnoea is very, very common. In the preamble to this Australian study, a third of the adult population is accused of […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—11 March 2013
JAMA 6 Mar 2013 Vol 309 887 The Greek for belt is zoster, while the Latin for girdle is cingulum. Add Greek for creeping (or snake) and you get herpes […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—4 March 2013
JAMA 27 Feb 2013 Vol 781 781 Heart failure divides into two broad classes: the first is caused by damage to the myocardium and is associated with reduction in the […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—25 February 2013
JAMA 20 Feb 2013 Vol 309 689 Long back in the last century, I was a hysterectomy robot. This was the lowest form of life in a London teaching hospital […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 February 2013
JAMA 13 Feb 2013 Vol 309 559 Last week I had a go at the editors of the NEJM and The Lancet for publishing misleadingly reported pharma funded trials, in […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—11 February 2013
JAMA 6 Feb 2013 Vol 309 453 Stone the crows, a great little study from Oz that will change your practice at a stroke. They recruited 212 patients with intermittent […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—4 February 2013
JAMA Intern Med 28 Jan 2013 Vol 173 93 One of the chief glories of this journal (formerly called the Archives) lies in the articles labelled LESS IS MORE, which […]