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NEJM 14 Jan 2016 Vol 374 SDM: no looking back 104 There are two interesting Perspective pieces in this week’s NEJM, both about individualizing care. The first is about shared […]

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NEJM 7 Jan 2016 Vol 374 Predicting next week’s PET 13 This week begins with a toughie. Diagnostic test studies are always tricky to analyse. What matters to you as […]

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NEJM 24 & 31 Dec 2015 Vol 373 Second cancers after Hodgkin’s cure 2499 Hodgkin’s disease was one of the first cancers to move from invariably fatal to routinely curable. […]

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NEJM 17 Dec 2015 Vol 373 Chilling brain trauma 2403 Traumatic brain injury is the commonest cause of permanent disability in Europeans under the age of 40, and its incidence […]

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NEJM 10 Dec 2015 Vol 373 Pacific treatments for scabies 2305 Wow. Here is the ultimate cluster randomised trial: an island randomised trial. First find your islands in the vastness […]

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NEJM 3 Dec 2015 Vol 373 CPR with or without breaks 2203 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac arrest outside hospital carries a mortality risk of more than 90%. It is usually […]

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NEJM 26 Nov 2015 Vol 373 “Artificial cell” for diabetes 2129 “Home use of an artificial beta cell in type 1 diabetes” conjures up a vision of some huge cellular […]

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NEJM 19 Nov 2015 Vol 373 Spooky RSV trial 2048 There’s a hint of Porton Down about this phase 1 study of an oral treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). […]

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NEJM 12 Nov 2015 Vol 373 SPRINTing to conclusions OL There’s no denying that the research event of the week has been the online publication of the SPRINT hypertension trial. […]

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NEJM  5 Nov 2015  Vol 373 Now for the good news 1824   In the middle of the joy and uncertainty of pregnancy, you are told you have cancer. It happens […]

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