My gastroenterologist readers, if any, (thank you) may recall that I led the team that developed a research study called EPISOD (Evaluating Predictors and Interventions in Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction). The results were published in 2014 (Cotton PB, Durkalski V, Romagnuolo J, et al. A multicenter, randomized trial of endoscopic sphincterotomy for suspected sphincter of […]
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Delighted to confirm that my 6th book about Fred and friends is now available at booksellers and Amazon in hardback, soft cover and ebook versions Signed and personalized copies are available here on this web site Enjoy their fun adventures, including a scary moment when white water rafting
New book about Fred the friendly snake Read More »
Signed and personalized print copies are now available at www.drpetercotton.com
Some pictures from my new book “When Fred the Snake and Friends go Camping” Read More »
Delighted to say that Fred #6 is now available in hardback, softcover and ebook formats Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1647042399 B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-fred-the-snake-and-friends-go-camping-peter-b-cotton/1137874660?ean=2940162733133 iTunes: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id1536163879Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/when-fred-the-snake-and-friends-go-camping
Fred going camping is now available! Read More »
Some may remember that I posted a piece called “Thinking about placebos and healing”. I thought it was just a few months ago, but it was actually in November 2018. It was stimulated by my surprise and confusion about the fact that most patients undergoing sham procedures in my EPISOD research study did remarkably well,
A medicine called “worse than cats” Read More »
Some of the adventures I have recounted in recent months happened while I was on the Consultant staff of The Middlesex Hospital in London (1973-86). You may wonder about the name, which could be misunderstood. It was called The Middlesex because it was in the County of Middlesex, now part of the city of London.
The Middlesex Hospital – what sort of a name is that? Read More »
The Medical University of SC is now offering its weekly Gastroenterology/Hepatology grand rounds virtually at 7am on Wednesdays. Tomorrow, David Whitcomb of Pittsburg will speaks about “Early and effective management of pancreatitis”. Next week I will present “How flexible endoscopy began”. Anyone wishing to participate can contact me or Cindy Peeples at [email protected]
Need some GI updates, with CME? Read More »
I am running short on anecdotes about royal patients, but do have some other royal connections, about which you are no doubt curious, and maybe envious. Let’s start with Kings. I was born in the little village of Kingstone, near Hereford, in the west of England. Note “Cotton’s Meadow”, which was indeed a meadow across
So many royal connections! Read More »
It is a stretch to call this one a royal patient, but it might amuse. For a while I was a member of the Royal Air Force volunteer reserve. I may have mentioned before that our whole family was into gliding, big time in my youth. When I got to Cambridge University I found, like
Royal and famous patients 7. A rash dilemma Read More »
A Bollywood mega star was in the news recently, having contracted and happily survived COVID19 Amitabh Bachchan had another close brush with mortality almost 40 years ago, having suffered an injury while filming on location. The severity of his illness led to uncontrolled bleeding, suspected to be coming from an acute stomach “stress ulcer”. I
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