Richard Lehman’s journal review—30 March 2015
NEJM 26 Mar 2015 Vol 372 1193 Is the NEJM preaching Socialism? “We believe that all financial incentives and logistic barriers to providing the least expensive drug, among drugs equivalent […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review—23 March 2015
NEJM 19 Mar 2015 Vol 372 1093 “All bacteria will be susceptible to common cheap antibiotics by 2050” is not a headline you will see in any newspaper. But I’d […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—16 March 2015
NEJM 12 March 2015 Vol 372 1009 Stroke is a wonderfully straightforward word. When used in a medical context, everybody thinks of a sudden blow. It is something that needs […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—9 March 2015
NEJM 5 Mar 2015 Vol 372 893 “A Precious Jewel—The Role of General Practice in the English NHS” is an essay by Martin Marshall from University College, London. It is […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—2 March 2015
NEJM 26 February 2015 Vol 372 803 It’s hard to imagine a world without chocolate, potatoes, tomatoes, avocados, sweet peppers, and chilli peppers. Since the 16th century, one or more of […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—23 February 2015
NEJM 19 Feb 2015 Vol 372 703 In our syphilis lecture at medical school we were told that immigrants coming to the United States of America in bygone days were […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—16 February 2015
NEJM 12 Feb 2015 Vol 372 601 A couple of months ago I went all Edgar Allen Poe about clones in the bone marrow—clones, bones and groans in fact. Watching […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—9 February 2015
NEJM 5 Feb 2015 Vol 372 519 Refractory angina seems to be common in cardiac clinics but not in primary care. When all the drugs have failed, and revascularization is […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—2 February 2015
NEJM 29 January 2015 Vol 372 407 A Canadian trial tells us a bit more about how to treat raised blood pressure in pregnancy. If women already have elevated BP […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—26 January 2015
NEJM 22 Jan 2015 Vol 372 331 “Approximately one in four extremely premature infants born at 22 to 28 weeks of gestation does not survive the birth hospitalization; mortality rates […]