In mid-2011, following the advice of Philip van Zyl of Get Social Media, I started writing a regular weekly blog to draw […]
Archive for 2023
The End of Mammography?
For the past sixty years, mammography – an X-ray of the breast – has been the “go to” method for […]
A Seminal Contribution to Scholarship
At the University of Cape Town (UCT), the degree of Doctor of Science in Medicine is the most senior doctorate […]
Frontiers of Medical Research: Artificial Intelligence
Regular readers of these weekly blogs will know that in 2023 I have covered numerous stories on artificial intelligence (AI). […]
Golden Clues to Cancer
My wife and I are the owners – sometimes called “pet parents” – of a golden retriever named Lila who […]
Now There’s a Great Idea!
During the past week, one of the regular readers of these blogs brought to my attention a company called Litmaps. Dubbed […]
Correcting Our Errors
Five years ago, I published two blogs about research misconduct, touching on the treatment of women with breast cancer. The first […]
Celebrating a Special Day
On Wednesday this week, 8 November 2023, three organisations – the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the European Society […]
The Minnies and Breast Imaging
It was 24 years ago that a new website called AuntMinnie.com was launched, providing interesting news on medical imaging. Apparently, the provenance for Aunt […]
WHO Focuses on AI Regulation
Four months ago, we drew attention to the Global Breast Cancer Initiative released by the WHO in which they laid out a roadmap to […]