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. […]
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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 […]
The long goodbye
All the hassling and waiting came to an abrupt end. My New Zealand Medical Council registration came through and I had a work visa within the hour. I fly tomorrow […]
Scots Poet of the Week: Robert Henryson
Whatever the merits of Burns’ verse, I think that its main purpose nowadays is to help Scots annoy the English. On these occasions of national display I try to exempt […]
JAMA 24 Jan 2007
We’ve known for some time that about a quarter of patients in hospital with coronary artery disease are depressed, and that this worsens their prognosis – hence those questions we […]