A little shameless self promotion here.
Was honoured to be asked to write the environmental health chapter for the MedSci 101 textbook Core Concepts in Health (5th Ed).
It came out last week.
Definitely a stretch for me, something I've never done.
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It was an excellent experience, relearning and reviewing all the important issues of our time. In particular, trying to tease out which bits of information was important enough for budding learners to absorb.
here's hoping this makes for solid fundamental for future leaders/doctors.
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@cape-acme.bsky.social
My response to those who view AI in qualitative research in polarised terms.
I argue for the AI enthusiasts and the conscientious objectors to meet in the middle and deliberate.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SNHUC...
A poem about suicidal empathy
Just out: a fascinating collection of autobiographical essays by psychiatrists about how their personal struggles have intersected with their professional identity.
Editor Glenn Roberts is one of the pioneers of narrative-based approaches to psychiatry and psychotherapy.
personally-speaking.com
Home from SCS. Got free books. Missed my bed. Time to sleep 😴
After a convocation speech he gave about practicing kindness went viral, the writer George Saunders earned a public reputation for goodness — a narrative that he resists. On “The Interview,” Saunders explains how he’s just as flawed as anyone else. Read, watch or listen. trib.al/ZWKt6Gc
Researchers are investigating whether GLP-1 drugs can help blunt cravings for nicotine, alcohol and opioids.
go.nature.com/496UaW0
To all our fans, all the best for 2026! Looking forward to more cricketing fun the world over in the next twelve months.
Resolutions Omar Sakr Tomorrow, I will address my flaws. Tomorrow, I will set the future to my tiller. Tomorrow, I will free Palestine single-handed. Tomorrow, I will save the coral reef. Tomorrow, I will destroy the saint within and leave only the human. Tomorrow, I will free myself of small delusions and entertain only the grand. Tomorrow I set my sights on kissing the moon's dusty cheek, if she will have me. Tomorrow, I will finally replace the old water tank. Tomorrow, I murder the mould in my house. Tomorrow, I adequately thank all who have lent me a hand, a kind word, a meal. It will take a thousand years. Tomorrow I live for a thousand years of gratitude. Tomorrow, I write a less embarrassing poem. Tomorrow, I scour my ego until it is perfect, small and shiny as a pickled egg. Tomorrow, remind me, won't you, to order my thoughts into a practical and functional list. Tomorrow, when my son is free of cancer, O tomorrow, then I will be able to plan.
Resolutions.
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
Thank you for your poetry. Caring thoughts to you, Hannah the baby and Nayirr.
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
Medical misinformation and social media go hand in hand now. After a rousing chat with @caulfieldtim.bsky.social about his new book, I wrote my thoughts on a five-steop guide to recognizing and resisting medical misinformation. vajenda.substack.com/p/a-five-ste...
"A Five-Step Guide to Combating Misinformation on Social Media
#1: The Road to Misinformation is Paved with Supplements
#2 Read Before You Share
#3 Be Extra Mindful with Health Halos
#4 Check the Scientific Consensus
#5 Did the Post Make You Feel Like You Scored a Touchdown?"
#Misinformation ⬇️
'*Little* words, *little* statements make such a huge impact'. 👏
Fabulous podcast from @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social
Miss Maria Satchi, Miss Tharani Nitkunan and Miss Tina Rashid with advice for everyone (not just women).
#MedSky #GenderEquity #ILookLikeASurgeon
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John le Carre, with a giant blurb by JB Priestly on the front.
When you got a good blurb and you want to show it off. cc @nickharkaway.com!
As Zohran Mamdani wins the New York election, check out our @empirepoduk.bsky.social special, an interview with his father, my friend the wonderful Professor Mahmoud Mamdani on his family's history in East Africa & their journey to America. Zohran zindabad!
share.google/RS4MWp65kxNy...
#KillerTunes
#MusicChallenge
Day 17: Sadako (The Ring)
The Moody Blues - Watching And Waiting
“These papers lay out for the first time a comprehensive description of health in the post-pandemic world.”
📄 A Lancet Editorial provides an overview of 3 new articles, presented at the @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yke8vh56 #WHS2025 #GDBStudy @ihmeuw.bsky.social
“Opportunity depends on our health […] This Commission identifies adverse foods and adverse food environments as the often unacknowledged barrier to health, opportunity, and justice.” - Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, opens the 2025 EAT–Lancet launch.
Livestream here ➡️ bit.ly/3VKhnaz
A long-awaited consensus statement on inflammation and heart disease
"We have thus entered an era when the evidence linking inflammation with ASCVD is no longer exploratory but is
compelling and clinically actionable."
@jaccjournals.bsky.social open-access
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
We’re hiring! We’re looking for two RAs to study neuroplasticity in sight loss, sight rescue and development in children and adults @ucl.ac.uk using a wide range of neuroimaging and behavioral methods. Please help spread the word! Apply by 16 Oct! t.ly/q3aYe #neurojobs #NeuroSkyence
A passion for prevention – meet Denise Lyons, President of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association.
www.croakey.org/a-passion-fo...
#PHCmatters
#HealthReform
#ScopeOfPractice
Today we pay a visit to Freya Stark, the woman who made travel writing intimate rather than imperial.
“To awaken quite alone in a strange town,” she wrote, “is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.”
themadridreview.com/f/a-visit-to...
#travel #travelling #travelwriter #travelblog
everyone who believes that AI will fix democracy: Read this piece by @himself.bsky.social @hahrie.bsky.social
knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...
A tenet of Fascism is keep repeating lies and people will become so confused about what is the truth that they’ll start to believe them. We all have a responsibility to keep repeating the truth in the face of politically-motivated lying. Don’t just roll your eyes, speak up.
This week's audio long read: How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe even AI
Scientists are searching for awareness in all its possible forms — insights from human brains could inform that quest.
go.nature.com/4n2Jk8T
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