December 2nd, 20190470We are entering the festive season when many (not all) celebrate the end of another year and the advent of Christmas.
Regular readers will know that I enjoy a glass...
November 18th, 201901090The selection criteria, has changed a bit over the years but medicine still draws from the most intelligent members of society.
However, there are different types of...
November 4th, 20190501Many quotes are attributed to Albert Einstein. He may or may not have said them all. One that I suspect he said, or if not would be happy for it to be attributed, is...
October 21st, 20190594Here is a disturbing study finding. Breathing air has a 100% association with death. Every person who has died has breathed air during their lives. Clearly, we need...
October 7th, 201901145Here is a statement of the obvious. The only thing that we should inhale into our lungs is air. Interestingly, an observational study could conclude that there is a 100%...
September 23rd, 20190840The opioid crisis in the USA has entered the next phase. Purdue Pharmaceuticals, which manufactured OxyContin is looking towards Chapter 11 bankruptcy. An Oklahoma court...
September 9th, 20190582There is a fantastic quote by Mark Twain which says “To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail”. To the medical profession, every problem can look like...
August 26th, 20190768Much is made of the evidence base of modern medicine. It is certainly the case that many trials are done and that to bring a pharmaceutical to market requires trial...
August 12th, 20190720Some weeks one wonders if we are living in a Monty Python sketch. There has been the case of a person in Canada who identifies as a woman but has had no surgery,...
The Practice of Medicine
