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Blogs about Medicine & Health

10 blogs about Medicine & Health.

  1. The Chronicles of a Girl Worried AF
    My deeply personal account of living with OCD. By Alice. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Confidence
    I took a little break from sharing to get used to my new normal. A week ago I had to have some blood work done and for the first time in my memory I engaged …
    By Call Me Alice, 801 words
  2. Dr Alun Withey
    I am an academic historian of medicine and the body, and 2014 AHRC/BBC 'New Generation Thinker'. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
    Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of …
    By Dr Alun Withey, 927 words
  3. Evidently Cochrane
    Aims to make Cochrane evidence really accessible, and to encourage discussion about it, through weekly blogs, which usually feature new or updated Cochrane reviews on a health topic. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Goodbye Evidently Cochrane
    Well, dear readers, after 11+ years and almost 700 blogs, it's time to say goodbye. Many of you will know that Cochrane UK closes at the end of March 2024, with the loss of NIHR …
    By Sarah Chapman and Selena Ryan-Vig, 59 words
  4. In the Pipeline by Derek Lowe | Science | AAAS
    Derek Lowe’s editorially independent blog on drug discovery and the pharma industry. More info

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    A New Way to Kill Bacteria
    I'll say right up front that I don't know if this is truly going to work, but this recent paper has an antibiotic mechanism that I have never seen before, and those are always welcome. …
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  5. The Mental Elf
    Keeping you up to date with reliable mental health research, policy & guidance. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Antipsychotics and risk of violence and suicide in people diagnosed with personality disorders
    A group of MSc students from UCL summarise a study examining the links between antipsychotics, risk of violent crimes and suicidal behaviour in people diagnosed with a 'personality disorder'. The post Antipsychotics and risk of …
    By UCL Psychiatry MSc, 63 words
  6. NHS England » Blogs
    Latest blog posts from NHS England. 🇬🇧 More info

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    New chief nursing officer for England announced
    NHS England has today announced that Duncan Burton has been appointed as Chief Nursing Officer for England. A nurse of more than 25 years, Duncan was most recently Deputy Chief Nursing Officer where he led …
    By jboshell, 63 words
  7. Plenge Gen @rplenge
    Discovery Research | Better Health. By Robert Plenge. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Sequential immunotherapy for functional cures in autoimmunity
    Disclaimer: I am a full-time employee of Bristol Myers Squibb. When I practiced clinical rheumatology, I would often see patients with autoimmune conditions like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), or …
    By Robert Plenge, 220 words
  8. The Savvy Diabetic | Blog
    Visit the post for more. By Joanne Milo. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Savvy Updates 7/22/24: ALERT: Dexcom G7 & Geofencing, Sensulin Glucose-Responsive Insulin, Bulsai Infrared Sensor for Placing for Insulin Injections, iAPS/Trio DIY Insulin Algorithm, Replica Health Personalized Metabolic Healthcare, Free Lifetime US National Parks Pass
    Dexcom G7 & Geofencing: Travel Alert If you are a Dexcom G7 user or using MDI with connection to phone app, PLEASE READ: you are planning travel shortly away from your home country, and you …
    By thesavvydiabetic, 102 words
  9. Special Needs Jungle
    News, info, resources & informed opinion about Special Educational Needs, disability, children’s physical and mental health, rare disease. Campaigning to #FixSEND. 🇬🇧 More info

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    SEND is an existential threat to LAs’ financial sustainability; junking the SEND Tribunal is part of the answer, claims new report
    New article from Special Needs Jungle: By Tania Tirraoro and Sharon Smith Relax everyone, ISOS Partnership, the research darlings of local government, have fixed SEND for us all with a new offering, and what a …
    By Special Needs Jungle, 98 words
  10. virology blog
    About viruses and viral disease. By Vincent Racaniello. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Trial By Error: “Effort Preference”? WTF?
    By David Tuller, DrPH When I was a young gay man in the 1980s (I’m 67), a common term for sexual orientation was “sexual preference.” This phrase always struck me as weird. Preference? The urges …
    By David Tuller, 71 words