Richard Lehman’s journal review—29 March 2016
NEJM 24 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Flinty problem, leaden response 1101 John Snow, the arch-hero of epidemiology, died in 1858 a disappointed man. It was only after he had died […]
NEJM 24 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Flinty problem, leaden response 1101 John Snow, the arch-hero of epidemiology, died in 1858 a disappointed man. It was only after he had died […]
NEJM 17 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Unnecessary pessary 1044 “This randomized trial showed that placement of a pessary in girls and women who were pregnant with singletons and who had […]
NEJM 10 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Treating malaria in pregnancy 913 Here’s a tonic for those of us who lie abed with thoughts about the stupidity of the world and […]
NEJM 3 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Inducing for better outcomes? 813 This useful British trial was done with the ultimate aim of reducing stillbirth, which tends to happen more in […]
NEJM 25 Feb 2016 Vol 374 Aspirin with your cabbage? 728 Most people who undergo coronary artery surgery take aspirin. Nobody knew whether they should carry on or stop when […]
NEJM 18 Feb 2016 Vol 374 Testosterone, lust and rage 611 When the great poet WB Yeats reached the age of 67, he noticed a certain waning of his powers […]
NEJM 11 Feb 2016 Vol 374 The decline of Alzheimer’s 523 Let’s start off on a happy note, and think about dementia. On Saturday morning the BBC News website ran […]
NEJM 4 Feb 2016 Vol 374 Renal altruism 411 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Failing that, consider live […]
NEJM 28 Jan 2016 Vol 374 Venetoclax & CLL 311 Venetoclax is a wonderful name. I shall set up a burglar alarm company in Venice so that I can see […]
NEJM 21 Jan 2016 Vol 374 Share data or be damned OL The most important article this week also appears on the websites of JAMA, The BMJ, Annals of Internal […]