by GHIC | Dec 1, 2016 | 2016 Blog posts
Treatment Choices, Treatment Failures I am writing this blog on the last day of the year – an eventful year both in politics and, for me, in medicine. For me the highlight of the year was the opening of the Graham Hughes Autoimmune Diseases clinic in Madeira. This...
by GHIC | Nov 1, 2016 | 2016 Blog posts
Good and bad! November saw the publication of the 2ndedition of my book “Hughes Syndrome. A patient’s Guide”. Wonderful improvement, stories of two of my patients – one from the Scottish Isles, and one from Romania. The first patient from the Scottish Isles...
by GHIC | Oct 1, 2016 | 2016 Blog posts
In October, the European Lupus Meeting was held in Venice. Professor Shoenfeld and I were asked to give the opening lectures at the conference. My talk was on “The Challenges of 2020”. As far as Hughes Syndrome is concerned, there are still major challenges – the...
by GHIC | Sep 1, 2016 | 2016 Blog posts
What a summer! At least for those of us here in Kent – almost no rain for the whole of August and September! September and October are traditional months for conferences – at least in the world of medicine. For me, that meant two meetings, one in Ireland and one in...
by GHIC | Aug 1, 2016 | 2016 Blog posts
What a beautiful August! And what a difference a month makes! I generally regard August as early Autumn rather than summer. Not this year! For me it was good to be back at work after my illness. This month, September, is the start of the academic year, usually...
by GHIC | Jul 1, 2016 | 2016 Blog posts
A month of highs and lows. After the awful, grey June, at least the weather brightened up. Lows included the terrorist outrages in France. After the lorry massacre on the Promenade de Anglais in Nice, I emailed my colleague, Professor Eric Rosenthal, Consultant...
