Monthly Archives: July 2013

Galileo Galilei

Posted on 21 July 2013 by Keith Barrington

As you have may have guessed from the reduced frequency of my posts, I am on vacation! I am actually in Tuscany, in a beautiful villa close to Empoli, which is about 20 kilometers from Florence. A couple of days … Continue reading →

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More SUPPORT controversy

Posted on 16 July 2013 by Keith Barrington

The BMJ has just published an ‘Observations’ piece, with the tag line ‘The Washington Brief’ which would make you think that it is a news item. It is, in contrast, a very biased recounting of some of the controversy raised … Continue reading →

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Singing for Cystic Fibrosis

Posted on 16 July 2013 by Keith Barrington

My nephew, Charles Barrington, wrote and performed a song to mark Cystic Fibrosis week 2013. If you appreciate it, send some cash to your local CF charity!

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EPO, re-introducing confusion

Posted on 4 July 2013 by Keith Barrington

I thought that routine erythropoietin (EPO) treatment of preterm infants had been thrown out of the window. It is well known that EPO levels are low in preterms after birth, which is part of the multifactorial pathophysiology of anaemia of … Continue reading →

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