“Never with animals or children […]
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals
NEJM 8 Feb 2007
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a frustrating diagnosis for doctors and patients, as a case discussion in this week’s JAMA illustrates: if you don’t want a pregnancy, go on the pill […]
BMJ 10 Feb 2007
This article describes how assisted suicide is actually carried out in two places where it is legal – Switzerland and Oregon. It will no doubt provoke a deluge of correspondence […]
Lancet 10 Feb 2007
The cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitors came out amidst a fanfare of publicity about their gastrointestinal safety, though from the start, a few discordant notes were sounded by cost/benefit analysts. […]
Ann Intern Med 6 Feb 2007
I write from a part of England where an academic department managed to get funds to investigate obstructive sleep apnoea long before it became a fashionable diagnosis, so lots of […]
Plant of the Week: Galanthus nivalis
The humble snowdrop is loved by every gardener. It heralds the end of winter, and grows in places which are hidden later in the growing season. […]
NEJM 1 Feb 2007
The petrol-fuelled motor car gives us comfortable mobility and independence, but at the cost of denaturing the entire landscape of the developed world, the future of our climate, the very […]
BMJ 3 Feb 2007
What is your advice to young doctors starting out on a generalist career? Get the MRCP, for a start – that guarantees class. Train for general practice, if you can […]
Lancet 3 Feb 2007
The amazing technical feat described in this paper may herald a new era of prosthetic limb function with sensory feedback – gory detail a-plenty in the illustrations, and optimistic speculation […]
Plant of the Week: Arbutus x andrachnoides
The “Killarney strawberry tree […]