This week's compendium

Here’s this week’s compendium. This week…

1. the MJA published an Australian study showing bicycle helmets reduce the risk of serious head injury by 80% [1]. Thus the government should resist pressure to relax mandatory helmet legislation.

2. Steven Slater [2a] has a new job [2b]. Good for him.

3. Sweetheart Vivienne alerted me to an Age article emphasising the importance of heritage buildings in the city [3]. Yes – ‘when our heritage buildings are gone we can’t get them back’.

4. a meta-analysis in a Lancet paper concluded that steroid injection of tendon strains revealed a short-term benefit in tennis elbow, but otherwise no benefit [4]. So steroid injection should be used sparingly.

5. a US company introduced nail polish free of noxious chemicals [5]. A no-brainer. Hopefully it’ll be sold in Australia too.

6. Grammar Girl explained the difference between the meaning of ‘disinterested’ and ‘uninterested’ [6]. I hope you’re not uninterested in the difference.

7. Victorian premier Brumby promised a review of the Australian Grand Prix’s future beyond 2014 [7]. He said this eight days before an election. Ho hum.

8. darling Kate’s Foxs Lane blog [8a] jumped from the second-ranked blog in the world in the ‘Needlework’ category [8b], to number one [8c]. Naturally.

Finally, I wish you, dear Farmdoc’s Blog readers, a wonderful week.