OUT NOW: Check out our new @climatemajority.bsky.social report on Climate Popularism, which explores how to break the grip of right-wing populism through a new politics of crisis resilience. www.climatemajorityproject.com

Declare the climate crisis a Public Health Emergency of International Concern - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Declare the climate crisis a Public Health Emergency of International Concern

Climate change is shaping health in the 21st century. In the past few weeks alone, Nepal has faced unprecedented flash floods, and multiple countries have experienced deadly heatwaves and catastrophic...

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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint

If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.

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Elegant editorial by Tyler Seibert: Radiotherapy dose intensification for high-risk prostate cancer—what is gained? - The Lancet Oncology www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Radiotherapy dose intensification for high-risk prostate cancer—what is gained?

Can a modest increase in radiotherapy dose make a difference for a patient with high-risk prostate cancer? In The Lancet Oncology, Christophe Hennequin and colleagues present results from the GETUG-AF...

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As a doctor, I say this: before we even consider assisted dying, fix how we care for the most vulnerable | Zubir Ahmed

A person’s wish to die can be shaped by whether they have access to proper palliative care – and too many do not, says Labour MP and transplant surgeon Zubir Ahmed

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Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal | Zoe Williams

On a panel show last week, everyone in the audience wanted to talk about the climate emergency, but the lines rolled out by a Tory MP simply dissolved on contact with reality, writes Zoe Williams

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For World Bicycle Day: Cycling = multitasking. #WorldBicycleDay

Thank you to the MPs who have joined the Parliamentary Call this week for a government-led televised emergency briefing on the climate and nature crisis. The public deserves to know. Find out if your MP has joined the call by entering your postcode here: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #PEBuk

Coverage of #APCCC26 🇨🇭 by @OncoAlert 🚨 Day Two Bone protection in patients with HSPC starting on long-term ADT and in patients with mCRPC Presenter Dr. Matthew Smith 🇺🇸 n men with prostate cancer and bone metastases, prevention of skeletal-related events (SREs) depends on disease stage.

How to get around by @davewalker.bsky.social for @cyclinguk.bsky.social

It just struck me that if Trump does take over Greenland he might change the name of Nuuk to Trumpton.

📣 Updated ESMO #ClinicalPracticeGuideline on local & locoregional #ProstateCancer: ✅New imaging modalities: Improved diagnosis, staging & risk stratification ✅Updated algorithms: less over-Tx & fewer side-effects #Oncology #UroOncology #CancerCare #ESMOGuidelines 🔗 https://ow.ly/jwA650XLs1q

For this year's #BMJChristmas issue, we invite you to read @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's selection of 25 medical neologisms crafted for the experiences of doctors and healthcare workers. Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the link ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Delighted to have been invited to speak at @careforthedying.bsky.social webinar. Can we discuss progressive illness & dying without extinguishing hope? I think we can. I think we do. Join us to ponder on Dec 11th, noon -1pm GMT. It's online, & free to attend. Info ⬇️

International Collaborative for Best Care for the Dying Person@careforthedying.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join our free webinar on Dec 11 2025 12-1pm GMT (1-2pm CET), as @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social explores the ways in which honest, compassionate conversations can reshape hope at the end of life ⬇️ 🔗 www.bestcareforthedying.org/webinars #eolc #PalliativeCare #hapc #hpm #hpmglobal @eapcvzw.bsky.social

This lucid editorial on prostate cancer screening is worth reading: Early Detection of Prostate Cancer — Time to Fish or Cut Bait | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

Early Detection of Prostate Cancer — Time to Fish or Cut Bait | NEJM

Approaches to early detection of cancer often seem contentious, but the big-picture view is actually one of remarkable consensus. All major guideline groups recommend the Papanicolaou smear, mammog...

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Does the news reflect what we die from?

"We would regard it as a positive step if oncologists were discouraged from accepting personal payments from Pharma." 💯 Let's stop pretending industry COI is a good thing! Must-read commentary from Ian Tannock, Saroj Niraula in @ascocancer.bsky.social JCO-OP. ascopubs.org/doi/full/10....

Conflict of Interest: Moving From Disclosure to Avoidance | JCO Oncology Practice

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Sad you didn’t get along tonight to our Living with the Planet Late? Check out the rest of the season which includes several events you can watch online www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/seasons/livi...

Living with the planet season

Delve into some of today's most urgent challenges and explore the latest research around biodiversity loss, nature recovery, the future of food and environmental justice. Living with the Planet will e...

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One of the many joys of commuting by bike: stopping to watch the sunrise

🚨New Simply Oncology Podcast Out 28.8.25 Calling all #ProstateCancer We discuss the challenges of managing patients with rising PSA after prostatectomy. We talk to the excellent @ccparker.bsky.social who has led the RADICALS trial. @royalmarsden.org@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @icr.ac.uk

@simplyoncology.bsky.social August Menu Specials🥗 Starter - Dr Anthony Cunliffe Language of Oncology Main Course #ClinicalTrials with Dr Mohini Varughese Catch of the day -Early phase trials with @oncocook.bsky.social 🎙️Desert- Post RALP Mx with Prof @ccparker.bsky.social A tasty month!!

The UK’s flagship health research programme promises breakthroughs, but beneath an NHS branded facade, critics are asking who really benefits from this vast database, heavily backed by industry and government. @mgtmccartney.bsky.social and I investigate www.bmj.com/content/390/...

My take on the Leng review. Still some confusion as PAs can't make diagnoses but can see patients after triage - which is not diagnosis bmj.com/cgi/content/...

Helen Salisbury: Physician assistant roles in general practice after the Leng review

After some delay, Gillian Leng’s report on physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) in the NHS was published on 16 July.1 Her remit was to look at the safety and effectiveness of th...

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My @bmj_latest piece this week Hard to distil 150 pages to 800 words - can never cover it all. So i will do a follow up on implications for medical workforce David Oliver: The NHS 10 year plan—more a set of ambitions than a plan www.bmj.com/content/390/...

David Oliver: The NHS 10 year plan—more a set of ambitions than a plan

The government’s 10 year plan for England’s NHS, Fit for the Future , was published on 3 July.1 But can it deliver the goal set in its title? Is it an actual plan or more a set of ambitions, and what ...

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Science News@scinews.bsky.social · last yr.

This review discusses the contemporary management of all stages of prostate cancer, enabling holistic individualization of treatment, and describes the promise of future research to further improve outcomes. Open Access acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/...

NEW STUDY: A new study “confirms what many riders already know—cycling to work makes you healthier, more productive, and even reduces sick days.” “The most active cyclists chalked up 531 fewer sick days per 100 person-years compared to non-cyclists.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

Study Shows Bike Commuting Is Still the Smartest and Healthiest Way to Get to Work

For urban cyclists navigating city streets every day, the benefits of bike commuting often speak for themselves

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NHS has a major problem - it has a leak - retention crisis 18,000 UK-trained doctors have left to work abroad That's nearly one in seven UK-trained drs, representing a 50% increase since 2008 Imagine investing £𝟮𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗿 dr, only for it to benefit another country That’s UK workforce planning

Happy to share our review on hypo- and ultra-hypofractionation for prostate cancer radiotherapy, just published in Seminars in Radiation Oncology @alison-tree.bsky.social @harshanigreen.bsky.social Full-text link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lFrI3lXQo...

“a switch to electric vehicles, electric stoves and heat pumps will make us happier and healthier”

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GPs really would appreciate easy and efficient routes to ask advice from consultant colleagues - but getting a complicated list of instructions isn't appreciated, and nor is having our referrals rejected with the offer of 'guidance' instead. doi.org/10.1136/bmj....