Caroline Gauthier

@c-gauthier.bsky.social

Anesthesiology/ICU Public health Epidemiology Biostatistics - Brussels Belgium Europe

The startling safety data from two new reviews on maternity services might be expected to trigger immediate measures for improvement. But other reviews have failed to stop the crisis. @kamranabbasi.bsky.social looks at the lack of progress so far in Editor's Choice

Natural birth ideology and the unavoidable challenge of avoidable harms

The startling safety data from two new reviews on maternity services might be expected to trigger immediate measures for improvement. However, the likelihood is that nothing will change quickly. The r...

bmj.com

💬 Editorial: Screening for presymptomatic #Type1Diabetes in children is feasible and identifies early-stage disease regardless of family history, supporting expansion of population screening and early intervention. ja.ma/4xDdDt9

JAMA article titled 'A New Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis Paradigm,' an Editorial by Jamie L. Felton, MD, and Emily K. Sims, MD. Published Online: May 21, 2026. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2026.6454.

Jesus Christ in heaven are they ever going to get anything built in Brussels in the next 5 years - if it's not legal recourse against a couple of disappearing parking spots to improve road safety, or the regularisation of road works carried out years ago, certain people keep losing their minds.

Rond-point Louise à une bande : Boris Dilliès monte personnellement au front et demande à Elke Van den Brandt de faire marche arrière

Boris Dilliès a demandé formellement à Elke Van den Brandt de ne pas entreprendre les travaux prévus au rond-point Louise. Il est, pour rappel, prévu de...

dhnet.be

I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"

Welcome to the thrilling Quarterfinal round of the 2025 Headline of the Year contest! (🎆🎆) Mostly proceeded according to seeds, but second seed Resolved and Unresolved had a close scare with the Drunk Raccoon. Let's review the results so far:

Pretty Obvious	973
Salmon-Hat Kelp Massage	359
	
Man Rescued Twice	781
Tortoise Mile/Month	489
	
Leaked Memo on Leaks	914
Grass Butt Chimp Fashion	407
	
18000 waters	470
Flood Museum Flooded	835
	
Police Are Scrambling	773
Long Meetings	486
	
Cat Buttholes Touch All	437
Louvre Password: Louvre	825
	
Emerges With Girlfriend	821
Pregnant/Not pregnant	412
	
Drunk Raccoon Passes Out	578
Resolved and Unresolved	770

A 🧵 on #AIDS in the 80s/90s: I was 15 when I first had sex with a man. I’d snuck off to London’s Heaven nightclub with the express intent of ridding myself of my ‘gay virginity’, a goal I achieved easily with a visiting American photographer. 1/13

A black and white photo of me at 17. I’m wearing a baggy grey jumper and for some reason a leather cap.

UK and Belgium both have Budgets this week with comparable fiscal challenges. Interesting to compare and contrast the process and durability of the outcomes under FPTP and proportional (plus compulsory voting) electoral systems.

"Mice seem to assist pregnant females when they get into difficulty giving birth, with experienced mothers being the most helpful. This is thought to be the first official sighting of such assistance in non-primates, and so expands our knowledge of caregiving behaviours across the animal kingdom."

Mouse 'midwives' help their pregnant companions give birth

Scientists have observed mice helping each other when they encounter difficulties during birth, prompting a rethink of caregiving among rodents and other animals

newscientist.com