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Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · yesterday

Researchers warn social media driving harmful misuse of Alzheimer’s blood tests

Researchers warn social media driving harmful misuse of Alzheimer’s blood tests

Exclusive: Alzheimer’s blood tests should not be used on their own and risk leading people to believe they are inevitably going to develop dementia Researchers have warned that social media may be misleading healthy people into taking Alzheimer’s blood tests, causing severe anxiety over biological markers that may never actually cause dementia. Blood-based biomarker tests, such as p-tau217 and p-tau181, detect biological signs of changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease, which is a progressive brain disorder and the leading cause of dementia. Continue reading...

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Gemma Altinger@gemmaaltinger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our systematic review on Default Nudges is one of BMJ Quality and Safety Top 10 papers of 2025! 🏆 Blog post here blogs.bmj.com/qualitysafet... Paper here qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl... @jefflinder.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social

Effectiveness of clinician-directed default nudges on reducing overuse of tests and treatments in healthcare: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of clinician-directed default nudges for reducing overuse of tests and treatments. Design A systematic review was conducted to synthesise evidence from randomi...

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Raffael Heiss@raffaelheiss.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Excellent BMJ investigation by Deborah Cohen on how social media is importing US-style prescription drug marketing into the UK and Europe. Delighted to contribute a few thoughts. Worth a read. 👇

Deb Cohen@debscohen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Prescription drug ads to consumers are banned in UK & EU. But those rules were written for TV, & newspapers - not Insta, TikTok & YouTube. Social media has enabled importation of US style ads - as we've see with the GLP1s. And don't know the cost. Me for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol@capcbristol.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Use of a rapid microbiological point-of-care test for respiratory infections did not lead to an expected overall reduction in same-day antibiotic prescribing in #PrimaryCare. Results of the RAPID-TEST clinical trial published in @jamainternalmed.com. 👉 Read the news: tinyurl.com/y3x3hv29

2026: Study questions usefulness of rapid microbiological respiratory test | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol

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Jolyn Hersch PhD@jolynhersch.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Women’s screening preferences shift after being informed about the 2024 USPSTF breast cancer screening guideline - new paper by @tamarparmet.bsky.social @ldscherer.bsky.social @kirstenmccaffery.bsky.social me & others www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073839912600114X?dgcid=coauthor

Women’s screening preferences shift after being informed about the 2024 USPSTF breast cancer screening guideline

In 2024 the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) revised its breast cancer screening (BCS) guidelines to recommend that all women scr…

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Wiser Healthcare@wiserhealthcare.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A world-first NUDG-ED trial address low-value care in emergency departments for low back pain, led by Wiser Healthcare Researchers Gemma Altinger, Adrian Traeger, Sweekriti Sharma, and Chris Maher, was published in #CMAJ this week. Doi: doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...

Behavioural nudges to reduce low-value care for low back pain in the emergency department (NUDG-ED): a 2 × 2 factorial, pragmatic cluster randomized trial

Background: Low-value care exposes patients to unnecessary risk and wastes scarce health resources. We aimed to determine if patient- or clinician-directed nudges could reduce low-value care for low b...

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Wiser Healthcare@wiserhealthcare.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Published today in The Lancet Primary Care 36% reduction in overused pathology test combinations achieved by showing 5,900+ GPs how their ordering patterns compared to peers & guidelines DOI: 10.1016/j.lanprc.2026.100140 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Nationwide audit and feedback to reduce overuse of pathology tests among high-requesting general practitioners in Australia: a factorial, cluster-randomised, controlled trial

Audit and feedback provided nationwide to high-requesting Australian GPs substantially reduced overall requests for ten commonly overused pathology test combinations when compared with no intervention...

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Jolyn Hersch PhD@jolynhersch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Motivation-informed digital reminders were no more effective than standard reminders for trial task completion in a randomized Study Within A Trial (SWAT) by Dee Ackermann @katyjlbell.bsky.social me @monikajanda.bsky.social et al now out in @jclinepi.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Motivation-informed digital reminders were no more effective than standard reminders for trial task completion in a randomized Study Within A Trial (SWAT)

Digital reminders are widely used in clinical trials, but their design is rarely evidence-based. We evaluated the effectiveness of two types of digita…

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Wiser Healthcare@wiserhealthcare.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A world-first NUDG-ED trial address low-value care in emergency departments for low back pain, led by Wiser Healthcare Researchers Gemma Altinger, Adrian Traeger, Sweekriti Sharma, and Chris Maher, was published in #CMAJ this week. Doi: doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...

Behavioural nudges to reduce low-value care for low back pain in the emergency department (NUDG-ED): a 2 × 2 factorial, pragmatic cluster randomized trial

Background: Low-value care exposes patients to unnecessary risk and wastes scarce health resources. We aimed to determine if patient- or clinician-directed nudges could reduce low-value care for low b...

doi.org

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 6mo ago

Influencers are spruiking these three tests on social media, but they risk doing more harm than good

Influencers are spruiking these three tests on social media, but they risk doing more harm than good

Experts warn of ‘over-diagnosis’ dangers as social media prompts the worried well to seek out unnecessary and expensive scans and blood tests * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Medical tests are marketed on social media as a way to empower people to take control of their health, but experts are warning to be wary of the harms influencers don’t mention. Three controversial tests – full-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, blood tests for testosterone levels and the Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) or “egg-timer” test, which surveys a woman’s egg count – are the focus of a campaign backed by the University of Sydney based on its own research trying to combat misinformation online. Continue reading...

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Sydney Health Literacy Lab@sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au · 6mo ago

⚠️ Debunking misleading medical tests ⚠️ A new campaign from @sydney.edu.au will myth bust the need for full body MRI, AMH and testosterone testing for prevention. This research-driven campaign led by Dr Brooke Nickel encourages looking for #EvidencenotInfluence www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Influencers are promoting these three health tests – but they risk doing more harm than good

Experts warn of ‘over-diagnosis’ dangers as social media prompts the worried well to seek out unnecessary and expensive scans and blood tests

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