By JENNY BRYAN In the mid 1980s, when Joanna Lyall suggested writing a book about cancer for people living with the disease, patient-focused information was scarce. As a result, Penguin…
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It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Jerry Cowhig, a former chair and honorary secretary of the MJA. Jerry died suddenly at his home in Bristol…
Isabel Walker remembers an inspirational colleague: Former MJA member Judy Kirby, who died after a sudden illness in early June, aged 84, taught me one of the best lessons I…
Our chair Shaun Lintern wrote this article for The Sunday Times reflecting on the career and impact of Dr Michael Mosley. Everyone at the MJA sends their best wishes to…
Richard Warry: outrageously funny, hard-working and a brilliant editor Award-winning and much-loved BBC journalist Richard Warry has died suddenly at the age of 59. Colleagues and friends remember him and…
John Illman celebrates the life of Lindsay Knight, 1948-2023. When the first edition of Lindsay Knight’s book, Talking To A Stranger: A Guide to Psychotherapy, was published in 1986, the…
Caroline Richmond, who died on Christmas Eve, was an outspoken and fearless journalist as well as founder of HealthWatch, the charity dedicated to stop quacks and dodgy doctors preying on…
We have recently learnt that Deanna Wilson, a long-standing member of the MJA, who served on the Executive Committee for many years has died. Deanna worked, primarily on trade and…
Sir Colin Blakemore, an outstanding scientist, is celebrated for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of vision and neural plasticity, the process whereby brain cells reorganise themselves in response to…
Former Daily Express and Telegraph medical correspondent Clare Dover has died after a long illness. We have invited friends and colleagues to pay tributes to Clare who was renowned for…
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