The elective is the highlight of a medical student’s time at medical school. As keen trekkers, we decided to conduct a project in Nepal on the effects of altitude on […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review – 11 April 2011
JAMA 6 Apr 2011 Vol 305 1305 Postmenopausal oestrogen protects against breast cancer. Now there’s a headline I never thought I would write; and yet it’s the clear conclusion of […]
Research highlights – 1 April 2011
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 28 March 2011
JAMA 23-30 Mar 2011 Vol 305 1165 In 1941, there was a rumour that the Germans were buying up large quantities of bovine adrenal glands from Argentina so as to […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 21 March 2011
JAMA 16 Mar 2011 Vol 305 1119 “Chronic kidney disease is one of the most rapidly increasing chronic diseases in the United States. More than 20 million US adults have […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 14 March 2011
NEJM 10 Mar 2011 Vol 364 907 “Microalbuminuria is an early predictor of diabetic nephropathy and premature cardiovascular disease.” That’s the opening message of the ROADMAP trial, and it will […]
Research highlights – 11 March 2011
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 7 March 2011
JAMA 2 Mar 2011 Vol 305 913 A friend recently began a piece on outcomes research with Bishop Joseph Butler’s maxim, “Every thing is what it is, and not some […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 21 February 2011
JAMA 16 Feb 2011 Vol 305 I like to hold a torch for JAMA, and once even suggested to the BMJ that it should try to become more like this […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 14 February 2011
JAMA 9 Feb 2011 Vol 305 569 If I were a woman, the things I would most fear from breast cancer surgery would be arm lymphoedema and recurrence of the […]