Just used ChatGPT to explain my HMRC tax calculation to me - brilliant! who needs accounting friends anymore….

Those of you who have had a close friend/loved one with depression, what would be your top tips for supporting them? Struggling with someone close to me. Thank you 🙏🏻

We needed some good news - this is a staggering breakthrough Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in UK gene therapy trial www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in UK gene therapy trial

Surgical procedure to treat devastating illness slowed progress of disease by 75% in patients after three years

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Back in polo necks and the heating on and it’s only September 🥶

It turns out the 'death' of printed newspapers is turning everyone mental. Printed newspapers don't demand attention. Printed newspapers don't follow you around. Printed newspapers don't prod you in the ribs and demand you respond. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

Why more and more people are tuning the news out: ‘Now I don’t have that anxiety’

Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidance

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New living clinical practice guideline: Cardiovascular, kidney related, and weight loss effects of therapeutics for type 2 diabetes See our #BMJInfographic for a visual summary of the recommendations www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Adopting a mindset of learning transforms hardship from a punishment into a lesson. This makes you resilient and endlessly adaptable. #MedSly

Sorry albumin, ICU pharmacists ACTUALLY reduce mortality 🤓👏💊 journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/f...

Effect of Comprehensive Medication Management on Mortality... : Critical Care Medicine

ional, propensity-matched cohort study. Setting: Adult ICUs at the Oregon Health Sciences University. Patients: Consecutive adults admitted to an ICU greater than or equal to 24 hours between Ju...

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Plus the metaanalysis is also live now www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... From @lonniepyne.bsky.social et al Watch out for the #NephJC discussion in September

Safety and efficacy of steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in patients with kidney failure requiring dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Our findings suggest that steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists have little to no effect on cardiovascular mortality in patients requiring dialysis. There is insufficient information on the...

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Spironolactone does not work for dialysis ACHIEVE published in @thelancet.com @lastwalsh.bsky.social and colleagues www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Coming soon to a #NephJC near you

Spironolactone versus placebo in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis (ACHIEVE): an international, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

Among patients receiving maintenance dialysis, spironolactone 25 mg daily orally did not reduce the composite outcome of cardiovascular mortality and hospitalisation due to heart failure compared with...

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Day 2/3 oncall for ITU. It’s depressing how much Costa has me in a chokehold for ‘just a little treat’ during these bank holidays.

Witnessed my first cardiac arrest yesterday. I guess it was bound to happen at some point in my line of work. But still. Nothing can prepare you for that 😓

Not your average summer holiday reading. Second time revisiting this brilliant book. @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social

Off to wedding 2/5 for this year on Friday…….and 3/5 on Saturday. 😅 What a busy but special time of life!

🚨 Exciting news! Our very own Aural Apothecary host Jamie Hayes has taken to the @TEDx stage 🎤 🎥 Prescription to Ocean: The Hidden Impact of Medicines A must-watch on how what we prescribe can shape our environment. Watch here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=swCL...

Prescription to Ocean: The Hidden Impact of Medicines | Jamie Hayes | TEDxSwansea

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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I believe we really are in an age of wonder drugs at the moment. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Finerenone with Empagliflozin in Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes | NEJM

Limited evidence exists to support the simultaneous initiation of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and finerenone, a nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, in persons with chr...

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Henry Marsh lays out what he thinks are the paths for the NHS to survive, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social: A) A dedicated health tax B) A hybrid insurance system C) Making wealthier people pay to use the NHS observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

‘I worked in the NHS for decades – here’s how to fix it’

Britain’s demoralised doctors and nurses must be rallied with better job satisfaction and fair pay

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Best of luck to the new resident doctors who started today. I still remember my first days very vividly! Ask for help if you need it, we have all been there and if they forget kindly remind them! #BLACKWEDNESDAY

Neurotoxicity of sedative drugs: a matter of concern in adults? CCR Journal Watch - tracking the critical care literature daily https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/journal-watch

How do you deal with feeling constantly under appreciated or compared to another colleague at work? Feel like some people are never satisfied!

If you are a Londoner I hope you will become completely obsessed with this game as I have! ttps://metrodle.com

The most relaxing summer evenings are a round of Pilates followed by returning to dinner outside in the garden. Simply sublime after a long day at work!

‘If—as I do—you view social media as of little value but are also—as I am—mildly addicted to it then Bluesky is the best because it is the worst.’ open.substack.com/pub/rbnmcken...

Why Bluesky Is the Best Social Media Platform

I’m an academic philosopher.

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Happy 77th birthday NHS. Wishing you many more birthdays ❤️

Sodium bicarbonate use in ICU patients with metabolic acidosis was linked to a 1.9% mortality reduction at 30 days, with benefits seen across key subgroups including those with acute kidney injury and severe acidosis. zurl.co/Uok4E

Also I want to know the psychology behind why I absolutely hate presenting with a passion, to the point where I have to psych myself up the whole week even for a 10 min talk. Yet everyone around me says I’m so good at it, why does this happen?? 😂

Celebrating the end of a pretty stressful week made up of difficult patients, on-call and a presentation to many senior pharmacists today, cheers to the weekend!

I’ve learnt a lot about Toxicology and antidotes this past week. Enough to fill my CPD for the year 😂

On-call for the next 3 nights. Hoping for peace and quiet 🫣