If I wanted to protect the most prestigious and highly paid jobs for the social groups who usually hold them I'd probably design an education system that discouraged poorer children from studying the entry qualifications for these jobs as early as possible..

Is there now ZERO journalistic integrity in science reporting? This is not a study - this is a non peer-reviewed opinion piece written by four people with no background in science (at least one of whom is shilling supplements and 'neutraceuticals').

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

At least 80% responsibility for ill health in old age down to individual, says study

This just seems like the wrong end of the telescope to me. Review should be into barriers to employment, not diagnosis. I really *do* have a fine motor condition, but in the 21st century this poses absolutely no barrier to me working in 90 per cent of jobs in the UK.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 9mo ago

Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar

The stuff you find when you actually read the RCTs in a systematic review... This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.

I'm at #ADPHConf25 , and someone just brought up the fact that the term 'nanny state' was coined 60 years ago in the Spectator. Got me thinking about how removed from everyday life you have to be to automatically use the word 'nanny' to mean 'person who told me what to do when I was a child'.

Really looking forward to speaking about intersectionality in our approach to abortion access at the @bsacp.org.uk conference later today - do come along and say hi if you're there!

So...we're just letting this happen again, are we?

"It doesn't work reliably, so just don't use it for anything, like, super important" is a wild thing to say about your own product

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last yr.

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions www.theverge.com/news/761338/...

Interesting paper - semaglutide increases healthcare costs despite lowering incidence of some high-cost outcomes. Preventative technologies often don't produce the cashable savings that they're marketed on, but this usually isn't a barrier to investment. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Health Care Expenditures With Semaglutide

This cohort study evaluates changes in cardiovascular risk factors and health care expenditures after initiation of semaglutide.

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As someone who grew up in a family that was obsessed with football, young me could never have imagined the journey that women's football has taken to get this point. Huge congratulations to the #Lionesses ⚽️

It's maddening to me how much Covid is at the root of so many of today's crises and we just...don't talk about it? Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up

More powerful evidence that race is not genetic (from AllofUs) But “The screening of [NIH] scientists’ communications contrasts with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s promise to foster a culture of free speech.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...

Massive NIH study challenges use of race as a proxy for genetic ancestry in research

A large government study shows that Americans’ self-reported race is a poor proxy for their genetic ancestry.

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Today's @ukhsa.bsky.social report shows a ⬇️in gonorrhoea infections - a testament to the hard work of public health teams and their commissioned sexual health services - but there is still work to be done. 👀Read our response ➡️ www.adph.org.uk

UK Health Security Agency@ukhsa.bsky.social · last yr.

We have published new data on sexually transmitted infections in England: 📈 Syphilis diagnoses continued to rise 📉 Gonorrhoea cases dropped overall, with the biggest reduction in young people (15 to 24)

#HealthInequalities: Stark social divides in #InfectiousDisease admission rates in England, study finds UK Health Security Agency says people in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital as those in least deprived. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Stark social divides in infectious disease admission rates in England, study finds

UKHSA says people in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital as those in least deprived

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Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵

Today, we've published new @healthfoundation.bsky.social / @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social showing the public supports bolder policy approaches to tackle alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food. 1/n www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...

This is probably obvious to all who follow me here, but when a very contagious infection leads to rare terrible outcomes (measles, COVID), it can both be devastating at a population level, & also most patients will recover without therapy, which makes any therapy look like it works, anecdotally.

Meg Tirrell@megtirrell.bsky.social · 2y ago

RFK Jr says he talked to two frontline doctors treating measles patients in Texas, seeing "almost miraculous and instantaneous recovery" with an unproven regimen of a steroid, antibiotic & cod liver oil One of those doctors, Richard Bartlett, was disciplined by the Texas Medical Board in 2003 (1/2)

I stand in solidarity with all of my colleagues who do health equity research. This work matters for the communities we serve. This week has been catastrophic for grant cancelations and our communities are hurting terribly. Please share and stand with us in solidarity.

Tax and benefit policies have cut incomes since the election, with low-to-middle income households being the most affected. Households in the bottom half of the income distribution will lose on average 1.4 per cent of their income, compared to 0.7 per cent for households in the top half.

“We’re seeing a rise in broken legs being diagnosed.” The discourse about this would not be about ‘over-diagnosis’, but about investigation into why this was happening, prevention and support. Perhaps we could do the same for other diagnoses.

Public health is almost always characterised as 'bureaucracy' when one of these organisational changes happens, but it's particularly galling after living through a pandemic where policy analysis and expert decision making was so clearly necessary as part of the frontline response.

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · last yr.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of abolishing NHS England I find the language Starmer used *troubling* It's exactly what a future populist extreme govt would say to justify removing independence from institutions. Also - back office staff, management & planning are very important functions!

✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗) ‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The opinion piece that I was commissioned to write as part of the BMJ's "Racism in Medicine" special issue was published today! Do have a read.

The BMJ@bmj.com · 2y ago

Racial inequity stretches across the entirety of reproductive health. To tackle inequities, we must understand intersectionality and the complex, structural drivers of inequality, writes @dsolomon.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy, said that the NHS and UK government “can’t just overlay tech on a failing service”. Full story 👉 ow.ly/iQxl50V054A

‘AI can’t just be overlaid on a failing health service’

Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy, said that the NHS "can't just overlay tech on a failing service”.

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Our Vice President Alice Wiseman is quoted in the BMJ investigation on tactics used by industry to overturn council attempts to prevent new fast food outlets. “It’s very undermining in the role of local government in being able to shape a healthy environment". bit.ly/4hNQAmH

McDonald’s triumphs over councils’ rejections of new branches—by claiming it promotes “healthier lifestyles”

The fast food giant used a GP to support appeals against planning decisions in some deprived areas with the worst rates of food related ill health in England. Then it threatened councils with bills fo...

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Calorie labels on menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders. A new study from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social published in the BMJ Public Health found that people with eating disorders changed their behaviours if presented with calorie labels on a menu. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/calorie...

Calorie labels on menus could make eating disorders worse

Calorie labels on restaurant menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders, according to a new study.

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"Society is convinced weight is under an individual’s control and so the sense that I had brought this on myself—and the developing baby—was overwhelming." Sue Fletcher-Watson describes the pressures of constant monitoring in a pregnancy deemed high risk www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Interesting to see the parallels between the arguments against congestion charging in NYC and London. Particularly the (erroneous) idea that people who use public transport are more affluent than people who drive. How has this idea held on, despite it not making logical sense? Cars are expensive!!

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Anyone clutching pearls about the impact of congestion pricing on lower-income people is either ill-informed or concern trolling.

We HAVE solved social care. Our soluition is 'you don't get any local government'.

Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · 2y ago

I mean I never expected them to fix social care to begin with I’ll be honest