JAMA 27 June 2012 Vol 307 2595 Of all the things that made me glad to retire from general practice two years ago, pay for performance must top the list. […]
Tag: research
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 11 June 2012
JAMA 6 June 2012 Vol 307 2269 As I near my fifteenth year of writing comments on the medical journals every weekend, I sometimes envy columnists who can write their […]
Sarah Woolnough: Good news for research in the UK
The regulation and governance of clinical research continues to be a key discussion for the clinical research community. Last year, following increasing pressure the government and regulators began to look […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 28 May 2012
JAMA 23 May 2012 Vol 307 2161 Daytime sleepiness is one of the main reasons for treating obstructive sleep apnoea, another one being the risk of cardiovascular events and hypertension […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 21 May 2012
JAMA 16 May 2012 Vol 307 Do we all live on the same planet? I’m nearing the end of an amazing year at Yale, surrounded by superlatively intelligent people working […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 10 April 2012
JAMA 4 Apr 2012 Vol 307 1394 A special dread settles on me this week as I know I am going to have to write about breast cancer screening. But […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 2 April 2012
JAMA 28 Mar 2012 Vol 307 1257 Medical conferences exist to affirm everything that hinders the progress of medicine as a compassionate and honest enterprise. They are a showcase for […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 27 February 2012
JAMA 22 Feb 2012 Vol 307 813 When an Italian team of physicists reported that they had detected neutrinos travelling faster than light, the televisual physicist Jim Al-Khalili promised to […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 20 February 2012
JAMA 15 Feb 2012 Vol 306 669 This week’s star Viewpoint piece is about The Unintended Consequences of Conflict of Interest Disclosure. It seems to me that twenty-first century medicine […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 30 January 2012
JAMA 25 Jan 2012 Vol 307 373 Here’s the kind of study that’s all too rare in the medical literature: an important interventional trial that is not funded by pharma. […]