This week, Richard ponders a multitude of topics, including the usefulness of prognostic markers for heart failure, the pros and cons of aspirin, and the ins and outs of climate […]
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals
Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 11 May 2009
The medical eponymous genitive is only one of many things on Richard’s mind this week. He makes the distinction between Important Sounding Surrogate End Points (ISSEPs) and Patient Important End […]
Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 3 May 2009
A week of small increments than radical breakthroughs in the medical journal sees Richard break into poetry when faced with some particularly fanciful drug names… […]
Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 27 April 2009
This week Richard ponders continuity of care, hibernating myocardium, and whether gluten free bread came before gluten free pasta – or the other way round. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 19 April 2009
This week, Richard immerses himself in diabetes (“What a mess”), before covering an extensive range of subjects from the polypill to suicide, IQ, hyperhidrosis, and “irritable” bowels – all the […]
Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 14 April 2009
Human brown fat deposits and the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy are just two of the subjects touched on this week by Richard Lehman in his journal review, which also […]
Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 5 April 2009
From bed bugs via the Roman goddess of dawn – complete with Latin poetry – to Siberian bug bane: Richard takes us through the Big Four in his usual inimitable […]
Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 30 March 2009
We are very pleased that Richard Lehman is back with us after a break. As before, his ever popular journal blog will be published weekly. This week, Richard gets off […]
JAMA 22/29 Aug 2007 Vol 298
A question for all GP readers – where do you keep your paediatric sphygmomanometer cuff? Do you know if your practice actually has one? […]
NEJM 23 Aug 2007 Vol 357
The world’s largest swede weighed in at 171.56kg, according to a highly entertaining website mocking the rutabaga (which is the American word for this estimable root vegetable); […]