A mediocre month

Well, the last couple of months have been a bit of a disappointment really, I've not come across anything to get excited about in the literature.  Thats not to say Ive not come across anything, but what Ive found hasn't exactly knocked my socks off or has left me very disappointed.  Some articles I have picked up thinking they are full of promise, only to find that the data they use is really quite shaky on closer examination, or their findings are not really too far beyond common sense.  These are some that I considered...