Roger Poole
Roger Poole is a retired community pharmacist
Recent stories
A fascinating look at the history of toxicologySubscription
Toxicology in the middle ages and renaissance, edited by Philip Wexler
An examination of how the prescription painkiller addiction epidemic explodedSubscription
Drug dealer, MD, by Anna Lembke
A Lonely Planet-style guide to going into hospitalSubscription
‘Going into hospital? A guide for patients, carers and families’ by Oliver Warren, Bryony Dean Franklin and Charles Vincent. Pp ix+297 Paperback £14.99, e-book £9.99. Oxon: Eastdown Publishing; 2015. ISBN 978 0 9933122 0 5.
Illustrating disease in the 19th century Subscription
Reliable source of oral health informationSubscription
Looking at the history of antibiotic resistanceSubscription
Lightweight account of hospital managementSubscription
Bad pharma (Book review)Subscription
Recent blog posts
Hi-tech and low-tech applications for origami
Using basic paper folds to make intricate designs has a wide range of scientific applications, including making paper batteries and origami stents.
The importance of collecting dirt
Several important drugs have been identified from soil samples. Researchers in the USA are currently analysing new samples of dirt for potential therapeutics.
Video microscope to avert life-threatening serious adverse drug reaction
A new smartphone-based microscope can help to identify the presence of one species of parasitic worm when a patient is being treated for another, to help prevent drug complications.
