Daffodils, ribbons, sponsored runs, and elegant balls. Peer pressure appeals to a higher nature and a little tugging at the heartstrings. But, its not all innocent fun, youth, and glamour. When people give to medical charities, they believe money is going to relieve the suffering of others. That little old lady who puts a few […]
Tag: research
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 20 June 2011
JAMA 15 June 2011 Vol 305 2419 Here is a study which may have major resource implications for you and your commissioning group, because it seems to show that there is no mortality benefit over 6.7 years in men who undergo bariatric surgery. You can relax: there will be no need to find money to […]
Research highlights – 17 June 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 papers and accompanying articles. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 6 June 2011
JAMA 1 June 2011 Vol 305 2184 Diabetes is a state of increased risk for many things, including fractures. The most striking thing I learnt from this study is that a man on insulin treatment has double the fracture risk for any given level of bone mineral density. The additional risk is less dramatic in […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 16 May 2011
JAMA 11 May 2011 Vol 305 1863 It’s hard to think of any physiological rationale for trying out a bolus dose of epoetin alfa following successful percutaneous intervention for myocardial infarction, but apparently it reduced infarct size in animal models, so this trial gave it to humans. It did not work; in fact it may […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 9 May 2011
JAMA 4 May 2011 Vol 305 1769 When I first started writing comments on the medical journals in 1998, coronary artery bypass surgery had become the commonest major operation in the developed world. The alternative was balloon angioplasty, though increasingly this was being augmented with the insertion of bare metal stents. And then, as most […]
Research highlights – 6 May 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 papers and accompanying articles. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 3 May 2011
JAMA 27 Apr 2011 Vol 305 1625 Obedience is no longer a fashionable concept, though it was once prized as the most essential virtue in religion and society (see Psalm 119 vv1-176, Dante’s De Monarchia, Hobbes’ Leviathan; look up the meaning of the Arabic word islam). Nowadays we go to endless lengths to persuade ourselves […]
Research highlights – 22 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 papers and accompanying articles. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 18 April 2011
JAMA 13 Apr 2011 Vol 305 1441 The old JAMAs were comfortable: they looked good and I looked forward to getting into them – there was a nice feeling, like fluffy cotton against the skin. But sadly the old garment is getting threadbare: I report on this week’s issue more out of a sense of […]