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Columnists
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Lupus
One topic leads to another. Before describing the little finger, digitus minimus, I found that I needed to discuss minimalism. Both led me to lupus minimus, which now brings me […]
Peter Brindley: Life and death—definitely a laughing matter
Today is Mum’s birthday. There will be much laughter and the stories will be brought out and passed around like treasures. It will be hilarious, ludicrous and wistful: much like […]
Richard Smith: Who is most likely to have side effects to flu vaccination?
A simple question that seems to be unanswered but should be answered, says Richard Smith […]
Lucinda Hiam and Martin McKee: The deepening health crisis in the UK requires society wide, political intervention
These are not just numbers, these are lives […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Lupus minimus and esthiomene
Latin adjectives mostly form regular comparatives and superlatives: for example, longus, longior, longissimus (long, longer, longest), a self-descriptive sequence; or sapiens, sapientior, sapientissimus (wise, wiser, wisest). But there are exceptions. […]
Kieran Walsh: Pharmacogenetics—the future is networks
Pharmacogenetics is an area of rapid growth in the UK and internationally. It offers enormous opportunities and challenges to healthcare professionals and healthcare systems. Just one single opportunity is the […]
Richard Smith: Donald Irvine—a medical leader who both failed and succeeded
On a train north I read Donald Irvine’s obituary in The BMJ, and memories flood into my mind. These memories are one of the gifts of age, preferable to T […]
Matt Morgan: Life and how to live it
I still remember the first time I heard the haunting American sound of Michael Stipe, the lead singer of the band R.E.M. I was 10 years old when my dad […]
Nick Hopkinson: American overdose
An addictive product which devastates lives is heavily promoted by an industry that underplays or denies its potential for dependence or risk of harm and buys political influence to oppose […]