There is currently a lot of talk about tit for tat, whether in the spheres of diplomacy or trade. Of course, when medical readers see the term “tit for tat”, […]
Jeff Aronson’s Words
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Austin Bradford Hill’s viewpoints
In my last two blogs I have used Austin Bradford Hill’s lecture, “The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?”, which he gave in 1965 to the Royal Society of Medicine’s […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Guidelines
Last week I discussed Austin Bradford Hill’s 1965 lecture, “The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?”, in which he outlined what he called “nine viewpoints” that he suggested could help […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Criteria
In 1965 Sir Austin (“Tony”) Bradford Hill, professor emeritus of medical statistics in the University of London, gave a lecture to the Royal Society of Medicine’s newly formed Section of […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Carnitine
Last week I discussed meldonium, which was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in January 2016 for use by sportsmen and women, because it supposedly increases blood flow and […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Meldonium
Meldonium is in the news again. It was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in January 2016 for use by sportsmen and women, because it supposedly increases blood flow […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Medical catachresis—ambiguity
Catachresis, the mistaken use of one term for another, can arise through confusibility, which I discussed last week, or through ambiguity. Ambiguity (Latin amb-, implying both ways, + agere to […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Medical catachresis—confusibility
Catachresis (Greek κατάχρησις, from χρῆσθαι to use, κατά giving a sense of perversion) is the mistaken use of one term for another. When not due to sheer ignorance, it can […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . The wheel of evidence
Last week I discussed the concept of teleoanalysis, in which different types of evidence from disparate sources are analysed either simultaneously or sequentially. To be clear, the term implies not […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Teleoanalysis
A meta-analysis is an analysis of analyses. Specifically, it is an analysis of the combined results of several studies, typically randomised clinical trials. However, other forms of evidence can be […]