mutations of mortality

If the aims of treatment are to live as long as possible and as well as possible, it may be that these aims are not compatible. We can make ...

Pushing through the holly-prickle teeth Of the quick, ambitious wind, I trickle like the lock gates trickle, Shut against the higher level; ...

My grandmother lived in a small house without plumbing, electricity or gas. There was an outside lavatory shared between three houses and a ...

What about a long remission? There are lots of cases of acute leukemia that we can’t cure. Most people over 40 for a start. Does that mean w...

Is it to cure? We want to cure cancer. That was my ambition when I became a cancer doctor. Can cancer be cured? Clearly some cancers can. If...

In Athens I had the opportunity to question Dr Giagounidis who was heavily involved in the MDS Revlimid trial about the 11 deaths that occur...

At Athens alone. Some may recognise the phrase from Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 1. I was in Athens to atten...

I am fan of Michael Connelly. I have read all the Harry Bosch books and have just finished his latest, "The Lincoln Lawyer". It ex...

A precious people, dearly loved, Chosen by God for holiness; May Christ’s compassion clothe our hearts And fill our lives with gentleness. A...

Today I watched as my daughter was admitted to membership of the Royal College of Physicians of London. It took me back 35 years to when I w...

We will not let the world complain For hearts beating hard, for joy turned to pain, For tears shed to trickle in twos down the drain, For th...

It seems a strange question to ask; surely everybody with cancer needs treating? Let me tell you a story about prostate cancer. This has sud...

I finally got around to seeing the Spielberg/Cruise movie, albeit on DVD. I read the book45 years ago and saw the old film. This one has mod...

Charles Kennedy's battle with the bottle is out in the open. For him it is probably the first step on his road to recovery. I doubt that...

How rituximab kills CLL cells is not known for certain. It could do it by invoking direct apoptotic mechanisms. (Apoptosis = programmed cell...

All doctors are different and none of them are perfect, but there are characteristics that make some better than others. First, the doctor m...

Should you have a CAT scan as part of your diagnostic work up? A CAT scan uses a computer to produce pictures of what thin slices through yo...

The perfect off-break has drift and dip. The idea is to deceive the batsman into thinking that the ball will pitch closer to him than it wil...

Everyone has seen a marrow bone. The inside of a bone is colored red or yellow, depending on how much fat there is. On the butcher's sla...

Is it only me or do others find that the volume in movie theaters is set too loud? There is an imbalance between the speech and the music. A...