Author Archives: Keith Barrington

Early Human Development, like some other journals, sometimes publishes conference proceedings.  In October 2009 a supplement was published with articles reflecting presentations made at a conference in Torino, in July 2010 another was published with articles written by presenters at a … Continue reading →

A story published in the PNEJM from a mother of a patient with epilepsy that was very difficult to treat who is also a physician, as is the father. Their boy eventually had seizure surgery, more than once. She ends … Continue reading →

I have mentioned Richard Lehman’s weekly journal review here before. This week’s edition starts with a critique of a trial published in the PNEJM, funded by a company that makes a new antiviral, the results show a reduction in virus … Continue reading →

This new Australian publication asks the question  in its title that many of us are asking. (Cundy TP, Gardener GJ, Andersen CC, Kirby CP, McBride CA, Teague WJ: Fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion (feto) for congenital diaphragmatic hernia in australia and new zealand: … Continue reading →

My recent post about Annie Janvier’s paper, which described the experiences of families who had an antenatal diagnosis of trisomy 13 or trisomy 18 generated a lot of comments (at least a lot for my blog). Many of them are … Continue reading →