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NEJM 29 Oct 2015 Vol 373 Noddy meets oncology 1679 PARP stands for poly(adenosine diphosphate [ADP]–ribose) polymerase. For every child who grew up in England since the 1950s, it is […]

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NEJM 22 October 2015 Vol 373 Neatest knee trial 1597 “Whatever next. A patient centred, surgical RCT on a common operation with a thoughtful, patient centred editorial in the NEJM,” […]

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The liveliest e-mail streams I have ever encountered are the ones which are currently coming out of the Overdiagnosis Group, set up by Margaret McCartney last year. The group is […]

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NEJM 15 Oct 2015 Vol 373 NEUROSIS about tiny babies 1497 The first paper in the NEJM this week has me flummoxed. Its acronym is NEUROSIS—who thought that was a […]

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NEJM 8 October 2015 Vol 373 1397 Famous as a pioneer of hypertension studies, Sir George Pickering (1904-1980) was a man of forceful opinions, and used to command the attention […]

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NEJM 1 Oct 2015 Vol 373 1307 What will happen to all the overweight children and young adults we see around us? The honest answer is that nobody knows. There […]

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NEJM 24 Sep 2015 Vol 373 1220 I suspect that good randomized trials of common procedures are difficult to do. Each French doctor probably has a favourite way of gaining […]

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NEJM 17 Sep 2015 Vol 373 1095 Well, here’s a paper that nearly caused me to stop breathing. It was certainly followed by a sharp intake of breath. Cheyne-Stokes breathing […]

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NEJM 10 Sep 2015 Vol 373 997 Are any readers looking for a nice short term research project in evidence based medicine? Here you have it. On 1 September, the […]

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NEJM  3 Sep 2015  Vol 373 895   The cool new look is beige and fat. Understanding beige fat may be the beginning of the end of obesity in humans. Or […]

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