Harry Keen, 1925–2013

Commentary: professor Harry Keen, clinician, epidemiologist, diabetologist, basic scientist and defender of the UK National Health Service.

Harry Keen is arguably the grandfather of diabetes epidemiology, establishing himself at a time when neither specialty was regarded as either interesting or important. He was born in 1925 and qualified in medicine from St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in 1948, shortly before the inauguration of the National Health Service, for which he acquired and retained a strong loyalty. After house jobs a...

A Commitment to Serve: In Remembrance of Richard R. Rubin, PhD, CDE (1943–2013) and Harry Keen, MD (1925–2013)

In the 17 years that I have managed the Diabetes Care Editorial Office, my staff and I have assisted thousands of authors, editors, and reviewers. We have become friends with more of them than we could begin to count. Sadly, we recently lost two especially dear friends, Richard R. Rubin, PhD, CDE, and Harry Keen, MD. Richard lost his battle with cancer on March 25; Harry died unexpectedly on Ap...

Commentary on 'What is the point: will screening mammography save my life?' by Keen and Keen

Commentary on Keen and Keen 'What is the point: will screening mammography save my life?' BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2009.

A keen eye for risk.

A 56 year old woman was referred to the rapid access chest pain clinic with stable angina pectoris. Her only cardiovascular risk factor was a family history of atherosclerosis, with her mother suffering from myocardial infarction at 50. Her body mass index was 20 kg/m and the main abnormality on examination was the eye sign shown in . Fasting serum cholesterol and low density lipoprotein were b...

Industry toxicologists keen on reducing animal use.