Richard Lehman’s journal review—5 November 2012
NEJM 1 Nov 2012 Vol 367 1677 Cancer screening campaigns—getting past uninformative persuasion is a topical subject on both sides of the Atlantic. Nobody writes better about it than Steven […]
NEJM 1 Nov 2012 Vol 367 1677 Cancer screening campaigns—getting past uninformative persuasion is a topical subject on both sides of the Atlantic. Nobody writes better about it than Steven […]
JAMA 24-31 Oct 2012 Vol 308 1660 Medicine is full of surprises, but sometimes things are just the way you thought they were. Back in 1973, I was taught that […]
JAMA 17 Oct 2012 Vol 308 1545 “Between 1988 and 2010, favorable trends in lipid levels have occurred among adults in the United States.” That may seem pretty amazing, but […]
JAMA 10 Oct 2012 Vol 308 1433 A Viewpoint piece by three Dutch radiologists explores the possible added benefits that could arise if developed countries introduced lung cancer screening using […]
JAMA 3 Oct 2012 Vol 308 1333 Can vitamin D prevent the common cold? The answer is almost certainly yes, depending on baseline levels. If you run a trial in […]
Arch Intern Med 24 Sep 2012 Vol 172 Of Exercise I sing, and that benignant sweat Which from six thousand diabetic brows Exudes. My pen, Hygeia, speed! To save That […]
JAMA 19 Sep 2012 Vol 308 1122 This week’s JAMA is devoted to obesity. It’s a bit like global warming: we can see it happening around us, we can foresee […]
JAMA 12 Sep 2012 Vol 308 981 “Considering the cost, invasiveness, inpatient requirement, and morbidity of bariatric surgery, a truly intensive nonsurgical comparison group is not only justifiable but also […]
JAMA 5 Sep 2012 Vol 308 869 Cancer, multiple sclerosis, stroke: do you want your patients to get the benefit of new drugs for these conditions as soon as possible? […]
NEJM 30 Aug 2012 Vol 367 787 Most medical research is boring and irrelevant. We take that for granted: most clinicians only read research papers if they urgently need to, […]