So you want to do your “own research”...? A biostatistician shares a step-by-step method for researching health questions like a scientist: theconversation.com/how-to-do-yo...
Anna Dearman
@annadearman.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary mental health researcher | Population genetics and epigenetics | 41yo PhD student & ex Senior Research Officer @ Uni of Essex | MSc Bioinformatics @ QMUL | Ex lab person @ Cambridge | Own views
I love working with biodata, but ultimately THIS is what we mustn't lose sight of 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Have your say on the draft NICE Guideline for PMOS docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say on the draft NICE Guideline for PMOS
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) was renamed to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) in May 2026. NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), who is responsible for producing...
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A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds
A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds
Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’ Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump’s administration and trans issues because of growing concerns about their personal safety, with newsrooms accused of “normalising” the risks they face. Hundreds of journalists from across the UK have anonymously disclosed increasing nervousness over their security. Some have reported avoiding or altering coverage on certain topics due to intimidation, leading to self-censorship and “a narrowing of the public conversation”. Continue reading...
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L’artiste irakien Mokhallad Habib transforme les cicatrices de la guerre en messages créatifs d’espoir 👏
I'm constantly baffled by papers and online courses from the 2020s which cite candidate gene studies from the 2000s (genetics and epigenetics) when talking about mental health and stress.
⚠️ The loss of European Union (EU) nurses from the NHS caused more than 3,700 additional hospital deaths in the three years after the Brexit referendum, according to researchers. Utterly heartbreaking.
Loss of EU nurses after Brexit 'responsible' for more than 3,700 deaths
The loss of EU nurses from the NHS caused over 3,700 additional hospital deaths in the three years after Brexit, accordi
nursingtimes.net
I'm extremely pleased to share my first PhD study, in preprint form! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Evaluating the performance of polygenic indices of neuropsychiatric conditions and brain endophenotypes in four UK population samples
Neuropsychiatric polygenic indices (NPGIs) are used as genetic predictors of poor mental health. However, NPGIs are also associated with environmental factors which could affect mental health in adult...
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Evaluating the performance of polygenic indices of neuropsychiatric conditions and brain endophenotypes in four UK population samples https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.07.26357467v1
I'm extremely pleased to share my first PhD study, in preprint form! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Evaluating the performance of polygenic indices of neuropsychiatric conditions and brain endophenotypes in four UK population samples
Neuropsychiatric polygenic indices (NPGIs) are used as genetic predictors of poor mental health. However, NPGIs are also associated with environmental factors which could affect mental health in adult...
medrxiv.org
🚨 Prevention and systems-thinking klaxon 🚨 "The Bradford zone was followed by a reduction of about 25% in GP visits for heart and breathing problems and survey data shows that the central London zone was followed by a reduction in the likelihood of a person taking sick leave."
Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
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It's pretty disgraceful that there has been absolutely no mention of this from the Prime Minister. It's increasingly clear that some attacks, correctly, warrant disgust, emergency measures and days of media coverage. Others seem to be met with silence.
Manchester Evening News @manchestereveningnews.co.uk · 2mo agoBolton imam Hassan Patel, 42, lives at the property with his wife, four young children and his nephew
BREAKING - Parliamentary Standards Commissioner will launch an investigation into Farage's £5m donation.
Sign the @compassoffice.bsky.social open letter urging progressive leaders to cooperate at the next election: actionnetwork.org/forms/unite-...
Unite the Progressive Majority to Build a Better Britain!
Most people want a fairer society, a working democracy, a protected planet. So why split the vote & let the far-right in to destroy it all? That's why I've signed this open letter urging progressive l...
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What is PCOS, what are the symptoms and treatment, and why is it being renamed PMOS?
What is PCOS, what are the symptoms and treatment, and why is it being renamed PMOS?
Polycystic ovary syndrome is being relabelled polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome to correct the misconception that it is solely a gynaecological disease that creates ovarian cysts. Here’s what you need to know about the condition
theguardian.com
Reform UK Resigned, lost seat, sacked. Since the local elections 2026 Lost Seat Mike Morris Clarence Mitchell Resigned Daniel Devaney Stuart Prior Jay Cooper Suspended Ashley Monk Jo Monk Ben Rowe #ReformShitshow
Reform UK councillor quits days after winning seat at Essex County Council over alleged racist posts
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Since genes encode proteins, let's spend a few years talking about whether outcomes are "proteomic" instead of "genetic", and see whether this fosters humility and nuance when talking about such things 🧐
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
My first first-author paper is part of a special edition of Brain, Behavior and Immunity - Health. Editorial available now! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Editorial on the Special Issue “Emerging PNI research: future leaders in focus – second edition”
Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) research is a thriving field that integrates the growing knowledge about the complex interactions between neuroendocrine m…
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Zack Polanski will use a major speech on his economic policy to describe the UK as a country where successive governments have turned it from a manufacturing economy to one where the basics of life have been privatised and are rented back at crushing cost. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Basics’ of life in Britain have been sold for profit, says Polanski
Exclusive: England and Wales Greens leader outlines economic policy including help to meet rising energy costs and water re-nationalisation
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"if a party is offering to tackle the cost of living crisis and is showing moral consistency in international human law, that's probably a party worth voting for" 💚
Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5mo agoCharlie Stayt, "A lot of people think those leaflets are the nasty side of politics" Zack Polanski, "Genocide is quite nasty"
Britain loses more than £75bn every year to poverty. Lost output. NHS strain. Lower productivity. The Nicolson Report asks: why is prevention still framed as unaffordable? Tom Burgess reports eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...
