Asthma is a common, variable condition which in the UK is treated largely in primary care. Most adults who suffer from it don’t want to be using continuous treatment, but […]
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JAMA 16 May 2007 Vol 297
The origins of the English adjective “fit” are obscure, but over the last century it has come to mean “in good physical condition […]
BMJ 19 May 2007 Vol 334
Anyone mapping the patterns of diagnostic thinking in primary care must give a prominent place to the concept of alarm symptoms, often known as “red flags […]
Lancet 19 May 2007 Vol 369
One week after the New England Journal published the two FUTURE studies, The Lancet publishes three trials of a quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus types 6,11, 16 and 18. And […]
Arch Intern Med 14 May 2007 Vol 167
I suppose that I receive about half a dozen autoanalyser reports of serum phosphorus levels from my patients every day, but I can’t remember ever having made a clinical decision […]
Ann Intern Med 15 May 2007
At first glance, the message from the abstract of this paper is startling: an in-practice intervention can reduce 5-year mortality in seriously depressed elderly patients by 40%, entirely due to […]
Plant of the Week: Clematis “Warszawska Nike
The Monument to the Heroes of Warsaw 1939-45, which now stands in front of the beautiful rebuilt Grand Theatre, is known locally as “Nike […]
MTAS ’scrapped’ – but round 1 interviews remain
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced plans to drop the flawed Medical Training Application Service — but only from now on. Round 1 interview set up through MTAS and which […]
JAMA 9 May 2007 Vol 297
After myocardial infarction, areas of the myocardium may remain ischaemic without producing any symptoms – this is known as silent ischaemia and is revealed by sophisticated forms of stress imaging. […]
NEJM 10 May 2007 Vol 356
In the USA, there is much debate about compulsory vaccination of girls at the age of 11 or 12 against the most oncogenic strains of human papillomavirus (HPV). Opposition comes […]