ECT really does save lives. Our new SR/MA shows reduced mortality in people receiving ECT versus a comparator treatment. We didn't show a reduction in suicides but you probably wouldn't expect to be able to.

Almost Japan in Norfolk this mornin.

New paper out in @journal_ad (led by Guy Gitlin-Leigh). @profrobhoward.bsky.social We conducted the first systematic review + meta-analysis on whether monoclonal antibody therapies for #Alzheimer’s (AD) & #Parkinson’s (PD) affect risk of depression. Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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BlueSky friends, forgive me for not posting much on here. I'm standing for President of the RCPsych in the elections next March. I'm still speaking and listening to friends and colleagues about what is important, but you can learn about what I would do if successful here: www.profrobhoward.com

Grey old view from the train this morning.

“Starmer’s one historic role is to stave off the far right”. Absobloodylutely.

Aminaerin@aminaerin.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Correct www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Beautiful autumn light on our morning walk with watchful roe deer.

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔 on.ft.com/3K05vhS

What a beautiful tribute to love and the power of AIDS research from Faye Landsman. Come join us next week to hear about the miracles HIV research has given the world. #saveaidsresearch @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social

@saveaidsresearch.bsky.social · 11mo ago

24 Hours to Save AIDS Research is sharing personal stories of the impact of HIV research. This moving testimonial from organizer Faye Landsman describes the profound role HIV research has played in her life. #saveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch

This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration of what happens when you don't. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil

Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election

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Layla. Not really happy on trains, even when she can travel First Class.

The fall of Mandelson is first cross-party celebration since the vaccine. Remain, Leave, right, left: united at last.

A very unenlightened attitude from a company marketing garden lighting.... #urbanfoxes @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

Everyone with a garden urged to make change to keep foxes out

Autumn is peak time for fox activity and if they establish territory now it can be hard to evict them

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Twitter still has impressive potential for interaction.

Here's what you need to know about the new MAHA report: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-ma...

A ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Goes Easy on the Food Industry

A childhood health report led by RFK, Jr., links poor diet, chemicals, inactivity and “overmedicalization” to worsening U.S. pediatric health

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BBC using the phrase 'approved asylum seekers' today. It's technically correct I suppose, but emotionally barren - taking a word that inspires sympathy and turning it into a dead administrative phrase. They are refugees.

Aldwych is ALWAYS exactly like this, rain and waiting forever for the right bus...

Paintings of London@paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Good morning! This week's theme is 'A-Z of London'. A is for Aldwych. ------ 'Aldwych, Bush House, Winter' by Michael Alford michaelalford.co.uk

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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At Lord Leicester’s secret beach hut in Holkham Woods. Lots of squirrels and rabbits this afternoon.

Happy post-lunch nap.

FDA ask for additional safety monitoring MRI between second and third infusions of lecanemab. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/al...

Alzheimer's Deaths Prompt FDA to Tighten Lecanemab Rules

Agency will require the drug's label to include earlier MRI to detect brain swelling

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Hedgerows already filled with autumn berries. Densest crop of sloes that I can remember.

Time to bring back abreaction as a treatment for functional neurological disorders? Great piece by Norman Poole in Brain. x.com/brain1878/st...

Brain on X: "Abreaction was once a common treatment for functional neurological disorder (FND) but has since fallen out of use. Norman Poole argues that abreaction is compatible with many findings from modern neuroscience, and should be tested as a treatment for FND. https://t.co/ziqNSx5WqL https://t.co/XehHuUA2YL" / X

Abreaction was once a common treatment for functional neurological disorder (FND) but has since fallen out of use. Norman Poole argues that abreaction is compatible with many findings from modern neuroscience, and should be tested as a treatment for FND. https://t.co/ziqNSx5WqL https://t.co/XehHuUA2YL

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Spiders make #webs with their silk, and use trapped #fireflies as glowing #bait [via Brit Eco Soc] 🧪👩‍🔬🕷️🕸️🪰💡 " findings confirm that captured fireflies left as bait increase the hunting success rate of the #spiders." www.britishecologicalsociety.org/spider-uses-... #tools #hunting #intelligence

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Spider uses trapped fireflies as glowing bait - BES is the largest scientific society for ecologists in Europe. We're working towards a world in which nature and people thrive.

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🧪 #publichealth With all the stops/restarts, firings/rehirings, grant terminations/non-terminations, and funding delays--even ignoring its anti-science stance--this is not a Department of Health and Human Services that is going to make America the least bit healthy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

White House Says New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, but She Refuses to Leave

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A key sentence summarizes a very real outcome. 🧪“Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc."

REVIEW | FREE TO READ THIS WEEK! 🧪 @clemmensenc.bsky.social‬ et al Incretin-based therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

Incretin-based therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases - Nature Metabolism

This Review summarizes preclinical and clinical evidence highlighting the potential of incretin-based drugs as treatments of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease.

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Bonobos keep track of groupmates even when they can’t see them Mental representation of the locations and identities of multiple hidden agents or objects by a bonobo 🏺🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Uncovers the rich representations of the social world shared by humans and other apes.

I applaud the Amer Acad of Pediatrics for clear guidelines on COVID vaccines for infants, in contrast to the current CDC leadership. This is an interview with Paul Offit, a courageous expert in pediatrics. 150 children died in the past year of COVID! Read that again. 🧪 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverging from CDC vaccine guidelines

The American Academy of Pediatrics released new COVID vaccination guidelines, and for the first time, they diverge significantly from the recommendations from the CDC. The changes leave parents with c...

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