The cover of this week’s Lancet declares that “It is less contentious to promote abstinence and faithfulness than sex education, condoms, and safe abortion, but these are what is needed. […]
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Arch Intern Med 23 Oct 2006
In an early episode of Blackadder, our hero has to fend off the eager amorous attentions of a large hairy infanta from Spain, played by Miriam Margoyles. This study from […]
Lancet 4 Nov 2006
The Lancet rarely condescends to publish qualitative research, but this paper slips in because it calls itself a systematic review and deals with factors which shape young people’s sexual behaviour. […]
Fungus of the Week: Hydnum repandum
This easy-to-spot fungus has spines instead of gills, and is therefore known as the hedgehog in England. The French name for it, pied de mouton, is a fanciful description of […]
NEJM 2 Nov 2006
The National Epirubicin Adjuvant Trial (NEAT) was conducted in the Nation of England, while a very similar trial, BR9601, was conducted in Scotland. Both show that this agent reduces rates […]
JAMA 1 Nov 2006
How do you get someone to use their disabled arm after a stroke? Why, put the other one out of action. Not all the time of course, but for periods […]
JAMA 25 Oct 2006
Those interested in the hospital volume/quality debate may like to take a look at this study from the USA which shows that admission to the highest-volume centres there is strongly […]
NEJM 26 Oct 2006
This is a classic example of a certain kind of screening study—the sort that tells you how marvellous it is that we can now spot (in this case) lung cancerat […]
BMJ 28 Oct 2006
This study randomised primary care patients with osteoarthritis to six sessions of self-management instruction plus a booklet or just the booklet. At one year, there was no difference in scores […]
Lancet 28 Oct 2006
Here is an important case-control study which goes a long way towards proving that conjugate pneumococcal vaccine could save a great many children’s lives, especially in the developing world (see […]