Posted in Clinical review, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ 2008;336:658-662 (22 March),
Clinical Review;
By: Christopher J McDermott, clinical senior lecturer and honorary consultant neurologist, Pamela J Shaw, professor, University of Sheffield.
Summary points
Motor neurone disease is relatively uncommon, with an annual incidence of 2 in 100 000; general practitioners may expect to see one or two cases during their career.
The cause of motor neurone disease [...]
Posted in Clinical review, RISKS, Research, Science, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, drug companies, health, news on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
BMJ 2008;336:532-534 (8 March)(published 27 February 2008)
By: Jeanne Lenzer, medical investigative journalist, New York.
New generation antidepressants aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
That seems to be the central message in the meta-analysis published this week by Irving Kirsch and colleagues in PLoS-Medicine, and it was this message that made the headlines.
Kirsch’s conclusion follows on the [...]
Posted in Clinical review, INFECTIONS, Practice, Research, bmj, diagnosis, health on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ 2008; (16 February).
Practice by: Dr Rebecca Greenhalgh, radiology specialist registrar et al, University College Hospital, London.
Imaging plays an important role in elucidating the cause of anal pain when the diagnosis is not clinically apparent.
Endoanal ultrasound is an increasingly available, relatively inexpensive, quick and safe technique providing high resolution images of the anal sphincter [...]
