Laura Ratcliffe

Festive London and Greenwich 🎄

Taking the reigns — NephJC In April 2014, Swapnil and I launched NephJC—and within weeks we were overwhelmed by the sheer work of running a twice-monthly, Twitter-based journal club. Fortunately, we also had a deep bench of fri...

An announcement

www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11...

#NephJC

@kidneyboy.bsky.social and moi hand over the @nephjc.bsky.social reigns to @nephroseeker.medsky.social & @brianrifkin.bsky.social

The 2025 #NephMadness logo dropped

#kidneywk

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Sunday sunshine

Beautiful moon!

Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks, first draft!

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hollyhocks reaching for the sky!

A classical drive: Road rumble strips play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in UAE emirate of Fujairah A highway in Fujairah, UAE, now plays Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as cars drive over special rumble strips.

apnews.com/article/uae-...

Other places to hear Beethoven's Ninth include St Albans tonight!

Nephrologists deported
Grants defunded
NIDDK folded into National Institute of body parts
AHRQ demolished
Now this…

When are our organizations going to speak up?

#NephSky

Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine Trump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militaries

‘It is hard to imagine any president dismantling it’

Sad, but true words

@judith-levine.bsky.social
On the ICE expansion as the US becomes a thug-state, in @theguardian.com.

Libertarians rejoice /s

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BMA members and staff are joined by members of the emergency services for a memorial event, 20 years after the 7/7 bombings.

Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 bombings struck London.

On that day, 52 people were killed, with many more injured.

We remember all those who lost their lives and were – and continue to be – impacted by the events of that day.
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

Happy solstice! Amazing swim with black squirrels keeping watch!

Peonies in bloom

St Albans giants waiting for next week's parade!

Looking forward to a fab evening of Vivaldi, Purcell and Haydn!

Feels close. Hopefully will rain soon. Amazed that crops can grown in such dry soil.

Creative collage showing St Albans Cathedral with trees in the foreground

Exhilarating music, inspirational performers – celebrating the organ and so much more. The 33rd St Albans International Organ Festival and Competitions will take place from 7 to 19 July 2025. organfestival.com/the-festival/

Just made it for the evening chorus and sunset!

Frailty in Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease and... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology aim was to validate KFRE by frailty status and assess whether model performance could be improved by using cystatin based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations and to assess the impact...

KFRE underestimates risk in people with CKD and frailty

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Hear music that was made to soar — in a space built to carry it.
Listen and feel Vivaldi, Haydn & Purcell echoing through the nave of St Albans Cathedral with the brilliant St Albans Bach Choir on Saturday 14 June, 7.30pm.
🎟️https://bit.ly/4k0BrQf
~
@stalbansbachchoir.bsky.social
#Summer #Music

❗Registration is now open for the Young Adult Kidney Group annual residential weekend! This free event is for young people aged 18-30 who have a kidney condition.

Find out more & sign up for 2025 here 👇👉 kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...

Registration closes on Thurs 26 June

Illuminated - The Organ Symphony - BBC Sounds Five peoples' stories about their relationship with an internal organ - set to music.

What would the kidney sound like, expressed as orchestral music?

Fascinating programme about the Organ Symphony, which "brings to life the stories of five people and their relationship with one of their vital organs."

loftusmedia.co.uk/project/the-...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Glorious full moon this evening

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Lorundrostat Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension | NEJM Aldosterone dysregulation contributes to hypertension. Lorundrostat is an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, but data on its efficacy and safety in patients with hypertension are limited. In this mult...

The ASIs have arrived

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Aldosterone synthase inhibitors - first one to finish the phase 3 line

#Lorundrostat #Hypertension

Bluebells at Kew