Arch Intern Med 28 Nov 2011 Vol 171 1879 Recitative (Dido): Thy hand, Belinda! Darkness shades me – On thy bosom let me rest; More I would, but Death invades […]
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 28 November 2011
JAMA 23/30 Nov 2011 Vol 306 2221 “There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man,” intones Rod Serling in accents strange, “…we call it The Twilight […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 21 November 2011
JAMA 16 Nov 2011 Vol 306 2099 Steve Nissen became something of a hero of mine when he showed how bad data from pharma-funded studies had been used to mask […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 14 November 2011
JAMA 9 Nov 2011 Vol 306 1983 Replumbing the brain through a hole in the skull is an idea that sounds straight out of the heroic days of kill-or-cure surgery. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 7 November 2011
JAMA 2 Nov 2011 Vol 306 1874 The older you get, the more likely you are to have a haematological malignancy, and the less likely you are to be able […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 31 October 2011
JAMA 26 Oct 2011 Vol 306 1775 There is now pretty clear evidence that CT scanning to detect lung cancer in heavy smokers can save lives. This Dutch study shows […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 24 October 2011
JAMA 19 Oct 2011 Vol 306 There are definite green shoots of recovery in this week’s JAMA. Howard Bauchner hasn’t yet made the sweeping changes he’s promised, but there’s a […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 17 October 2011
JAMA 12 Oct 2011 Vol 306 1549 It has been a bad week for vitamin supplements. Worst hit, as usual, has been vitamin E. The SELECT trial began collecting 35 […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 10 October 2011
JAMA 5 Oct 2011 Vol 306 1461 American medicine is a mass of quirks and contradictions: like medicine anywhere else, but magnified by huge financial forces pulling in different directions. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 3 October 2011
JAMA 28 Sep 2011 Vol 306 1329 Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation reduces left ventricular load and improves outcomes in animal models of myocardial infarction. But in previous small human studies of […]