9 blogs
about Medicine & Health.
Dr Alun Withey
I am an academic historian of medicine and the body, and 2014 AHRC/BBC 'New Generation Thinker'.
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The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: …
By Dr Alun Withey, 988 words
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.
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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
In the Pipeline by Derek Lowe | Science | AAAS
Derek Lowe’s editorially independent blog on drug discovery and the pharma industry.
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Proteins And Their Charges
We're still learning about how proteins interact with small molecules, with each other, and with the solutions that they sit in. Witness this recent paper, which quantifies an effect that has been showing up in …
The Mental Elf
Keeping you up to date with reliable mental health research, policy & guidance.
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Keep on movin’… Even small doses of physical activity can lower our risk of depression
Elli Kypraiou considers a systematic review published in JAMA Psychiatry, which suggests that relatively small doses of physical activity were associated with substantially lower risks of depression. The post Keep on movin’… Even small doses …
By Elli Kypraiou, 65 words
NHS England » Blogs
Latest blog posts from NHS England.
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NHS sets out measures to improve the working lives of doctors
In a huge push to improve the lives of tens of thousands of postgraduate doctors, NHS England is pledging to enhance choice and flexibility with rotas, while reducing payroll errors and the financial burden of …
Plenge Gen @rplenge
Discovery Research | Better Health.
By Robert Plenge.
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Updated 7 months ago
Increasing R&D productivity: “Bullseye, Aim, Fire!”
At the beginning of the summer, I had the opportunity to join the team at Royalty Pharma for a great event at MIT (link here). It was an interesting time for me as I was …
By Robert Plenge, 219 words
The Savvy Diabetic | Blog
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By Joanne Milo.
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Savvy Updates, 4/22/24: Statements of Insulin Shortages, FDA Drug Shortages, GLP-1s for T1D, Red Light Therapy Reduces BG, Best Low-Carb Yogurts
JDRF Statement and Update on Insulin Shortage by JDRF.org/press-releases, April 2024. JDRF is aware that, unfortunately, individuals are having trouble filling their prescriptions for 10mL Humalog, 10mL Insulin Lispro, and 10mL Novolog vials. It is …
By thesavvydiabetic, 119 words
Special Needs Jungle
News, info, resources & informed opinion about Special Educational Needs, disability, children’s physical and mental health, rare disease. Campaigning to #FixSEND.
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Parent campaigners: We must suspend the SEND Safety Valve programme: Here’s why, and how
New article from Special Needs Jungle: with Rachel Filmer, Stop Safety Valve campaign Imagine you’re a builder, called to quote on a crumbling, damp-ridden house. You do an in-depth assessment of the issues and calculate …
By Special Needs Jungle, 84 words
virology blog
About viruses and viral disease.
By Vincent Racaniello.
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Trial By Error: Australian GP Group Recommends “Incremental Physical Activity” for “CFS/ME” Patients
By David Tuller, DrPH What’s going on with Aussie members of the graded exercise therapy cult? (Oops!—I meant the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, a trade and professional organization. Sorry!) In 2019, I wrote …
By David Tuller, 85 words