Eleanor Kashouris

Towards a sociology of disease - PubMed We argue for a sociology of health, illness, and disease. Under the influence of Talcott Parsons, the social study of health began as medical sociology and then morphed into sociology of health and il...

Can’t believe I’ve not read this article before
Timmermans and Haas, 2008

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Enjoyed Lorenzo Servitje’s new piece on bacterial (rather than the more familiar viral) pandemic literature - including a case of UTI

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I LOATHE the screening though. And very hard to avoid given they’re dipping for protein anyway

Maybe in a sense just another vote against trimethoprim given the effect was limited. But faced recently with an obstetrician telling me I risked late term miscarriage for not treating asymptomatic bacteriuria (not blaming her given the evidence!), it’s another strike in balance of harms for me

UTI Antibiotic Therapy and Risk of Congenital Malformations This cohort study evaluates whether taking specific antibiotics (nitrofurantoin, fluoroquinolones, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and β-lactams) to treat a urinary tract infection (UTI) during the fir...

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#UTIsky

Woohoo registered for BSAmedsoc! 2/3 success rate for being employed by the host institution, my own bed adds a lot to my conference experience

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Yes exactly! IPC as a field is probably more practice focused to start with. Lots of ~interesting to sociologists~ stuff about sinks and sewers and where nurses keep their water bottles on shift

Tbf ‘wash your hands’ messaging is also this. There is so much more we could do though!

As in, messaging designed to modify the practices of patients/publics rather than trying to modify beliefs as a way to modify practice

Poster with a picture of a glass of water with title ‘it all starts with a glass of water’

Think this is the first and only time I’ve seen a AMR practice-based message in the wild #uti

Do you experience chronic or recurrent UTIs, or care for those who do? Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

@jameslindalliance.bsky.social priority setting survey for UTI, looking for responses from patients, clinicians and stakeholders. Pls help share to ensure a representative sample #UTISKY

@jennyrohn.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @gpollara.bsky.social

www.surveymonkey.com/r/UTI_PSP

NHS repeatedly failing in care of stroke patients, watchdog says Health ombudsman says number of last-resort investigations into care in England up two-thirds in four years

Great time to get involved in some stroke QI work

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Hello, I have just done so thank you.

Alanis Morisette’s song ‘Thank U’ a rare reference to how long term antibiotic use can be implicated in depression and pain. Such funny little drugs

As a constituent I would like to hear your reasons for your vote on the amendment on the police and crime bill

Care in Custody: From police matrons to forensics | Royal College of Nursing An online talk on the history of women in the police service and the role of nursing in forensics.

Quick plug for an event I'm speaking at tomorrow on forensic nursing. I'm specifically talking about past work on the introduction of FNEs into sexual offence interventions, but I'm sure I'll also comment on police custody. @kentishscribbler.bsky.social www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

My ~new to stroke~ research mind is still blown by the data availability in acute stroke! A very sharp and eye opening contrast from UTI in primary care

What is the clinical and cost-effectiveness of screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Pregnancy?

@nihr.bsky.social is offering funding to answer this... check out the call and share with networks please 🙏🏼

So important for #AMR & #AMS🤰💊👶

#IDsky
#ObSky

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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

There is no such thing as "biological sex"

Just saw someone reading your book sat on a skateboard in Eldon square bus station

Excited for a day full of diagnosis!
Welcoming lots of amazing researchers for a workshop on the sociology of diagnosis
@newcastleuni.bsky.social as part of my Mildred Blaxter Fellowship @fshi.bsky.social

The Evidence - The burning problem in women's health - BBC Sounds Why do we know so little about one of the most common health complaints?

My favourite part of this discussion was @angelahuttner.bsky.social clearly explaining the worry about antibiotic use is causing resistant organisms which might later harm *the same* patient.

But wow, how far we’ve come with this kind of attention for UTI!

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Picture of new metro trains at the platform of monument station on Tyne and Wear metro

Very exciting day on the Tyne and Wear metro!! First new trains since the network opened in the 70s I believe

Apparently the last olive harvest was fantastic compared to one before tho!! Good news for a change

Changed my mind lol- I think you’re right- this specialism is seen as too risky esp. in private practice so is worth handing over of clinical autonomy to Wes Streeting!

Also, hello! We met briefly at EASST right?

I hope clinicians see this as a threat to their professionalisation as much as PAs are. But it possibly tells us a lot about professionalisation that this issue is rarely raised in that way

Whenever I come across stories of people who suffer a UTI *every* time they have sex (which is a lot), I can’t help feeling that US medicine is light years ahead of us in thinking about what might help