Christmas 2013
Every year at this time, some of the major medical journals publish special Christmas articles. The BMJ and the CMAJ offer some open access articles for our holiday reading.
From this year’s December issue of the British Medical Journal: Christmas 2013 Research
Food For Thought. Laughter and MIRTH (Methodical Investigation of Risibility, Therapeutic and Harmful): narrative synthesis
Were James Bond’s drinks shaken because of alcohol induced tremor? [ See a chart of Bond’s alcohol units per week, 1963-1965]
“Compulsive plague! pain without end!” How Richard Wagner played out his migraine in the opera Siegfried
The Brady Bunch? New evidence for nominative determinism in patients’ health: retrospective, population based cohort study
The CMAJ’s Holiday Reading [open access coming soon]
Unsubstantiated Theory: The story of a physician, his bowels and beer
Satire: The metamorphosis
Poetry: Problems: Adam had ‘em
Poetry: Firedrake
There are three open access articles in this year’s Medical Journal of Australia‘s Christmas Crackers:
The hobbit — an unexpected deficiency
O come, all ye faithful: a study on church syncope
Are bald men more virile than their well thatched contemporaries?
See older Christmas issue entries especially Christmas Songs for Christmas Eve
Source: ANNE T-V's BLOG - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: annietv600 Tags: Christmas Journal Issues Friday Fun Source Type: blogs
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