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Blogs about Medicine & Health

9 blogs about Medicine & Health.

  1. 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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    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
  2. 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
  3. 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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    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 …
    By Derek Lowe, 469 words
  4. The Mental Elf
    Keeping you up to date with reliable mental health research, policy & guidance. 🇬🇧 More info

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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
  5. NHS England » Blogs
    Latest blog posts from NHS England. 🇬🇧 More info

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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 …
    By jboshell, 67 words
  6. Plenge Gen @rplenge
    Discovery Research | Better Health. By Robert Plenge. 🇺🇸 More info

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    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
  7. The Savvy Diabetic | Blog
    Visit the post for more. By Joanne Milo. 🇺🇸 More info

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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
  8. 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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    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
  9. virology blog
    About viruses and viral disease. By Vincent Racaniello. 🇺🇸 More info

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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