As of today, I will be making my FT blog posts to the FT Health blog at http://blogs.ft.com/healthblog/ where readers can read about and comment on the science, policy, management, technology, business and delivery of healthcare. I will also be posting entries to my personal blog, which is currently under construction (rumours that my webmaster […]
Continue Reading →The fashion for genes
Over the past few weeks, I have been offered massages, gym visits, vitamin supplements, make-up tips and consultations with cosmetic surgeons. All these generous invitations came from PR companies keen to create a media glow for their clients’ products. Since an awful lot of column inches seem to be devoted to genome testing at the […]
Continue Reading →The Prince of Wails
…and his Foundation for Integrated Health. An excellent analysis of a recent meeting held at the King’s Fund in London at David Colquhoun’s website.
Continue Reading →Free pens, free lunch, and drug reps
I may not have seen a pharmaceutical rep for over five years, but still the branded pens they gift to medics continue to infiltrate my house and my handbag. I conciously throw out the drug company pens I find, but they just seep back in: every time I lose my own plain biro, there is […]
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