Hoong-Wei Gan

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Are you an experienced ACP interested in joining a dynamic (and fun!) #teamendo caring for children and young people with a variety of endocrine conditions? Apply to join us @greatormondst.bsky.social here: www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here...

Kate's candid admission on cancer treatment as it's 'difficult to function' The Princess of Wales opened up about the "life changing" long term effects of her cancer treatment today as she chatted to cancer patients and staff at the Colchester Hospital in Essex

“Everybody expects you to be better, but that's not the case at all”

Good to see her talk about this, highlighting why orgs such as @SUCCESS_Charity are so important. The messaging around “beating cancer” needs to stop as so many live with long-term #lateeffects.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...

Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce

Finally an admission - but it’s taken so long to report this?! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Nothing like seeing the planets in the night sky by naked eye: Mars and Jupiter

Always a pleasure to speak to my Dutch colleagues about hypothalamic obesity! #DEM2025

Nice to see the final “neuro” rare paediatric endocrine tumour guideline out in full! www.cclg.org.uk/guidelines/p...

Blessed Christmas and Happy Hannukah everyone! May we have more peace in 2025.

Pleased to see more medical accounts @esendocrinology.bsky.social @socendocrinology.bsky.social @endosocjournals.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social @nejm.org @naturerevendo.bsky.social all starting up on here!!!! When oh when can I shut down my Twitter account and still keep abreast of medicine?

In today’s NHS climate it almost always seems wrong to say you love your job. But tonight’s carol concert with SUCCESS Charity (successcharity.org.uk), a charity very close to my heart dedicated to childhood brain tumour survivors, reminded me what a privilege it is to care for them.

One of the brilliant things about my job are the opportunities to learn from and collaborate with colleagues from around the world 🇨🇱🇳🇴

In this last week I have seen:
A patient who wears hearing aids who plays multiple musical instruments
A patient who walks independently despite having had major hip surgery (one could not tell!)
A patient who is registered blind who plays the piano
All of whom are #cancersurvivors

The last 24 hours on this platform has been like moving house - finding old friends and making new ones, and getting rid of some of the accounts accumulated along the way which caused more angst than necessary (like moving house I guess)

National UK guidelines for the management of paediatric craniopharyngioma Although rare, craniopharyngiomas constitute up to 80% of tumours in the hypothalamic–pituitary region in childhood. Despite being benign, the close proximity of these tumours to the visual pathways, ...

National UK guidelines for the management of paediatric Craniopharyngioma www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

the man is wearing a suit and tie and clapping his hands . ALT: the man is wearing a suit and tie and clapping his hands .

Well done from alt Leo

L-Dopa Might Be Insufficient to Suppress Development of Prolactinomas in Dihydropteridine Reductase-Deficiency Patients Abstract. Dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR) deficiency is a disorder that prevents regeneration of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), causing hyperphenylalaninemia

The best learning comes from collaboration with colleagues from other specialties academic.oup.com/jcemcr/artic...

As we rebuild our community on this new platform, a reminder that there were only even eight distinct MedTwitter personalities. Bluesky will be no different.

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#PaedSky. Problem is networking with American colleagues

I’m just tired of the politicisation of Twitter. Largely use it for academic discussion, education, & dissemination which seems to be better done on here. And that is becoming increasingly drowned out on there. Downside of Bluesky is the distinct lack of presence of many academic and clinical orgs

Compassionate leadership helps to create psychologically safe working environments…health and care staff is affected by 8 key factors that can be organised into 3 core needs from @kingsfundlibrary.bsky.social

www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Honoured to be part of this collaborative article in The Lancet D&E on "Hypothalamic obesity: from basic mechanisms to clinical perspectives" with some people with much bigger reputations than me: authors.elsevier.com/c/1k5Jc7tNuc...

6.33 days? I.e take only the morning dose of TDS regimen on the last day.....🤣

It’s very sad. I have a template which I literally cut and paste and send to councils and schools for all the children with brain tumours I care for. And these are parents who already advocate so strongly for their children. Then there are those who don’t even know how to navigate the system…

I still remember green Pac-Man!

Right. Here we go. So far seems less Musky on here….