JAMA 21 Sep 2011 Vol 306 1205 I don’t know why spammers have me down as so interested in imitation Rolex watches and erectile function: neither is particularly true. But […]
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 19 September 2011
JAMA 14 Sep 2011 Vol 306 1089 In medicine, always expect the counterintuitive. For some time it has been known that removing more lymph nodes at the time of bowel […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 12 September 2011
JAMA 7 Sep 2011 Vol 306 952 This is a themed issue on Medical Education, a domain where giant forces compete for the minds of highly selected young people, and […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 5 September 2011
NEJM 1 Sep 2011 Vol 365 787 Studies of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest require heroic feats of organization and generally provide survival-to-discharge rates around 7%. In this randomized trial, the research […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 30 August 2011
JAMA 24-31 Aug 2011 Vol 306 840 Every GP knows that some patients who are admitted to hospital come out without their usual medication and take this as an indication […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 23 August 2011
JAMA 17 Aug 2011 Vol 306 711 Randomized controlled trials of new interventions have become something of a rarity in JAMA of late, so I was interested to see this […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 15 August 2011
Arch Intern Med 8/22 Aug 2011 Vol 171 The order in which I place these journals does not reflect merit, but dates back to 1998 when I first made some […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 8 August 2011
JAMA 3 Aug 2011 Vol 306 493 This issue of JAMA is devoted to war and violence, things that most of us have not experienced. Those who do experience them, […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 1 August 2011
JAMA 27 July 2011 Vol 306 The management of early invasive breast cancer has evolved gradually though improved understanding of its natural history together with improved deployment of chemotherapy and […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 25 July 2011
JAMA 20 July 2011 Vol 306 277 As I try to write, much of America lies torpid in a heat wave approaching 40 degrees centigrade. This issue of JAMA, like […]