@johndwoods

One of Skep’s greatest hits: how Marty Makary made up the ‘preventable errors as third common cause of death’ trope into the BMJ

skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2016/05/are-...

#MedSky

Best of luck in the election!

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Writing. The Danger of Trying Too Hard to Please The author describes his experience using several artificial intelligence programs to assist in the process of editing or preparing manuscripts for publication. While the programs were very useful to...

Hilarious (and sobering) essay on the use of AI in medical research & manuscript writing

Read the whole thing!

John Daugirdas has been on the cutting edge of tech in meded before #MedEd was thing

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#MedSky #NephSky

@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."

Nigel Farage still insisting that he has "never ever, ever suggested anything other than the NHS should be free".

Here's what he's said in the past behind closed doors

Big news.

BREAKING: Democrat Mallory McMorrow just launched her Senate campaign in Michigan with this incredible video. This is amazing.

This is my statement for the election to Council of the @rcphysicians.

This is my election statement for the elections for Council of the @rcphysicians.bsky.social

Tim Walz Reveals The Hilariously Petty Way He Adds A 'Boost' To His Day Thanks To Musk We love to see it 😂

Get him Tim 😂😂😂

Tom - I totally agree. Really good choices. Please consider voting for Philip Pearson @respirologist.bsky.social , Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social and Barry Monk as well.

Nick- Best of luck! I’ll be voting for you and I’d encourage all FRCP’s to do likewise.

Honoured to be nominated for RCP Council by @drasifqasim.bsky.social @respirologist.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social
Time to get our college back on track. I strongly support @drasifqasim.bsky.social for PRCP and @drlkvaughan.bsky.social for VP.
#VoteAsifQasim #RCPtimeforchange

💥 Voting for the new @rcphysicians.bsky.social President opens on Monday. 💥

Here's why I believe @drasifqasim.bsky.social would be such a superb new president:

Decency.

Integrity.

Courage.

Candour

The deepest commitment to excellence in medicine.

The true #VoiceOfPhysicans.

#VoteAsifQasim

Another of the Donald’s wise financial decisions.

Checkmate.

You should see some of the PD prescriptions that I see in a cohort of >25,000 PD patients. Those put 2x HD to shame.

Inflation rose in January. Working people are struggling to make ends meet. Trump’s newly planned tariffs will make the problem worse. Let me explain. The Truth About Trump’s Tariffs

Who pays Trump's new tariffs?

Spoiler alert: it's not Canada, Mexico, or China.

It's YOU. https://youtu.be/AfVGUiet39E?si=UEYERynxqVk8ORMZ

US deliberately orchestrated Zelensky-Trump Oval Office clash, Friedrich Merz says "It was not a spontaneous reaction to interventions by Zelensky, but obviously a manufactured escalation in this meeting in the Oval Office," Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, said.

⚡️US deliberately orchestrated Zelensky-Trump Oval Office clash, Friedrich Merz says.

"It was not a spontaneous reaction to interventions by Zelensky, but obviously a manufactured escalation in this meeting in the Oval Office," Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, said.

I’ve been wondering the same thing about ASN.

18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.

A thread about 18F:

Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.

The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.

A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.

Again, this isn't about efficiency.

Starmer literally having Zelenskyy’s back today while trying to build bridges.

Somehow a huge relief to watch Starmer doing this so incredibly well.

Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored The sickest patients are supposed to get priority for lifesaving transplants. But more and more, they are being skipped over.

Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Roald Dahl's open letter re the death of his daughter from measles;

NKF Statement on Mass Staff Terminations at HHS

We urge the Administration and Congress to reconsider and roll back these actions immediately so potential cuts can be made in a thoughtful and safer manner. To do otherwise may result in absolute tragedy for the American people.

PRCP Election — Dr Asif Qasim, MA PhD FRCP Dr Asif Qasim candidate for election at President of the Royal College of Physicians - restoring the RCP as the Voice of Physicians

I guess only a few of my followers are Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London but, if you are, I’m strongly supporting @drasifqasim.bsky.social in the election for President. We desperately need a change and he is the person to make it happen

asifqasim.co.uk/prcp

Good choices!

The Trump administration should be careful what they wish for If Europe were to implement everything the US demanded of it last week, it would end up empowering Europe at the cost of US power

This is good open.substack.com/pub/minnalan...

No BP no pee pee 😊