Comme chaque fin d'année, le BMJ a publié son numéro de Noël 2015. Il faut du temps pour le parcourir ; les articles humoristiques sont mélangés avec de vraies études. Nous continuons notre lecture commencée hier.
- Comparaison des données de santé orale entre US et Angleterre : "The mean number of missing teeth was significantly higher in the US (7.31 (standard error 0.15)) than in England (6.97 (0.09)), while oral impacts were higher in England."… "The oral health of US citizens is not better than the English, and there are consistently wider educational and income oral health inequalities in the US compared with England."
- Présence de l'esprit de Noël dans le cerveau, étude MRI : "There is a “Christmas spirit network” in the human brain comprising several cortical areas. This network had a significantly higher activation in a people who celebrate Christmas with positive associations as opposed to a people who have no Christmas traditions and neutral associations…. Although merry and intriguing, these findings should be interpreted with caution."
- Une analyse a montré que les champions du monde cycliste gagnaient moins quand ils portaient leur maillot de champion du monde, et ce n'est pas une malédiction :"The cycling world champion is significantly less successful during the year when he wears the rainbow jersey than in the previous year, but this is best explained by regression to the mean, not by a curse."
- Témoignage de ceux qui ont traité le premier cas Ebola hors Afrique.
- Infections causées par les Zombies !
- Et demain The Brain Cake de Noël…
