@stevensenior
Consultant in Public Health. Recovering civil servant. Lapsed neuroscientist. Ex-paper boy and former donut stand operator. Ultracrepidarian. Denizen of West Yorkshire. Opinions my own, re-posts are not endorsements.
Did you know?
In 2024, the govt had to rename the statutory enquiry process for DA deaths to ‘Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR)’* because suicide is the most common cause of death in domestic abuse cases.
(was Domestic Homicide Review)
I hope there are also extensive appendices and a long post script.
So many non-fic books are (sorry) just long magazine features...
I endorse this take approximately one hundred million percent.
Make Books Succinct Again.
Chris Whitty’s ‘tour de force’ at MJA Annual Lecture mjauk.org/2026/03/06/c...
i don't think most anti-vaccine parents are bad parents. we are drowning in medical misinformation. it's really hard! and a lot of these parents are more accurately described as vaccine hesitant than ideologically opposed. they have good faith questions that deserve to be answered with compassion.
Correlates well with more 'objective' measures though. Other measure also exist. But they tell the same story - healthy life hasn't kept up with overall lifespan, and the people who live longest also tend to spend the smallest fraction of their lives in poor health.
Ann Marie has your answer. It's a subjective measure and sensitive to variations in what people think 'good health' is. It tends to underestimate inequalities because people in communities where poor health is common define 'good health' differently.
Another consequence of inequality in Britain www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's a bit unfair but 'journalist asks why something isn't news and deftly avoids the conclusion that newspapers have a say in the matter' seems a bit much.
Unfair because he's at least doing something about that. But still.
"How well or sick you are depends on how rich you are. The NHS provides free healthcare, but it can’t pay your bills, free your flat of mould or keep your kids fed."
OTOH, incredible dating opportunities for men who see women as fellow humans deserving equal rights and respect
Suffrage historians to follow this #womenshistorymonth
go.bsky.app/KFT1jyc
Somehow I can agree with this while also maintaining that Yorkshire is "north".
This is a correct opinion.
No
1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
This is excellent. I would add that economics isn’t just about statistics but people’s lived experience and that requires ministers to take local government far more seriously than they are doing, because that is the part of the state that people encounter in their everyday lives.
Public health in action?
I wrote an entire feature just a few weeks ago on the unintended consequences of these scans 🙄
www.doctors.net.uk/news/celebri...
Motion to rename "How to Spend It" as the "More Money than Sense" section.
Sigh
Now someone needs to explain overdiagnosis, incidentalomas, lead time bias and why more indiscriminate scanning really isn't good.
Oh for the love of god. I know the FT employs people capable of critical thoughts. Such a shame none was deployed here.
One for @debscohen.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/bb46...
via @financialtimes.com
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Oof. I just read your post in the most uncharitable, pedantic way possible, and I gotta tell ya: it's not looking good for you.
Mines been playing up a week now. Hayfever in February! Global warming really has gone too far this time.
Anyone else's hayfever playing up? Because this doesn't seem fair at all.
Especially this one bsky.app/profile/smol...
These are good guidelines.
I have no Middle East expertise, AMA