has just been written. I have been approached by several suppliers over the last few months asking for advertising of their health related products or “even better”, guest posts on this site. Never mind that these are things which usually come with very little evidence attached – and the answer is of course no. To […]
Continue Reading →Interview: Prof David Colquhoun
Professor David Colquhoun is a professor of molecular pharmacology at University College London. Since starting his blog – now at http://dcscience.net/ – several years ago, to protest between the merger of Imperial College and UCL, he has gone on to blog about the perils of alternative medicine, the importance of science, and education. Aged 72, […]
Continue Reading →Matters of life, death, and knickers
This week’s BMJ carries a review I’ve written on Iona Heath’s new book ‘Matters of Life and Death: Key Writings’. Dr Heath is a GP in London and is someone whose attitude towards medicine I’ve admired for many years. This book has made me think hard about what it is that doctors are meant to […]
Continue Reading →Welcome
Hello. I am a GP in Glasgow and write the Second Opinion column in the FT magazine. My column used to be in the FT Weekend Life and Arts Section, and can be found here . I am hoping that this blog will be a forum for discussion of some of the myriad problems in healthcare, especially […]
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