When politics interferes with the vaccine surveillance process, we move to emotion informing beliefs and decisions, writes Terry Maguire In the 1960s, US President Johnson…

VACCINE HESITANCY WILL INCREASE AS WE EXTEND BEYOND THE HIGH-RISK GROUPS, WRITES TERRY MAGUIRE Medical scientists are more positive than they have been for months.…

There is a worrying trend towards ignoring facts and free speech in favour of self-righteousness over Covid-19, writes Terry Maguire Listening to a local morning…

Terry Maguire ponders what may become a permanent fixture — virtual CPD meetings for pharmacists News that RoI’s medicines regulator has granted an OTC licence…

Terry Maguire reflects on the scant reasons to be cheerful arising from the statistics in the recently-published pharmacy workforce review 2019 Never aspiring to be…

Terry Maguire chews the fat on the powers behind the obesity epidemic UK PM Boris Johnson contracted Covid-19 back in March and suffered significant symptoms,…

Terry Maguire looks more closely at the evidence for statin use, including the potential side-effects I came to statin treatment in a bizarre way. I…

A certain drug stands out in a recent report on the medicines used and abused in Northern Ireland, writes Terry Maguire Publication of the Statistics…

Terry Maguire looks at the evidence for the usefulness of mask-wearing and the type of face-coverings that are most efficient My daughter, who studied fashion…

When it comes to when and how we should reopen the economy, there are very few dispassionate voices but the data is emerging, writes Terry…

There’s a certain type of person who takes advantage of the Covid-19 crisis, writes Terry Maguire “The good lack all conviction and the worst are…

A little misinformation is a dangerous thing, writes Terry Maguire One aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic is the steep rise in associated myths. This is…

Plague panic – Terry Maguire on how the media’s behaviour can exacerbate the panic associated with Covid-19

Terry Maguire wonders if we are missing the role of cyclizine in the increasing number of opioid-related deaths He waited until I had assembled and…

Terry Maguire outlines his vision for pharmacy in 2020, drafted in 1995, and reflects on what has come to pass   George Orwell and Stanley…

George Orwell and Stanley Kubrick were never exposed to this risk of humiliation. When 1984 arrived, the author was long dead and when 2001 dawned…

The subject of death and dying should not be taboo and there needs to be more honesty around the topic from healthcare professionals, writes Terry…

Terry Maguire considers the onslaught of information and claims about the supposed benefits of CBD products Over the 35 years of my career, it has…

Terry Maguire recalls a bizarre encounter in his pharmacy involving a drug user, a large pot plant, an irate shop-owner and a deeply suspicious character…

Terry Maguire assesses the pros and cons of a ‘sin tax’, the post-Brexit landscape in terms of public health, and how pharmacists can make a…

Terry Maguire tries to balance the need for effective pain relief against the ever-growing opioid epidemic  Tim Brown’s self-effacing claim that he’s just a simple…

Terry Maguire discovers the joys of walking for mental and physical health and describes how he took the ad-hoc formation of a group of like-minded…

Terry Maguire argues that addiction is not a ‘disease’, but rather an extreme manifestation of a standard brain repertoir Addiction NI, the local charity that…