Gritt Overbeck

Vi skal blive bedre til at bytte roller i akademia Når en nyklækket kandidat udgiver sit speciale som tidsskriftartikel, skifter rollerne. Det kan være en svær overgang for vejlederen – men hold op, hvor har vi godt af det. Her er tre gode råd til pro...

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MISINFORMATION.

Det er let at blive snydt, når forsøgsresultater præsenteres som relative effekter: er bare en af sandsynlighederne sjælden kan de mindste forskelle blive blæst op og give imponerende overskrifter. Det giver klik og reaktioner - og anledning til misinformation.

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FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts The FDA labs that test food to prevent illness have been affected by wider health and human services staff cuts

This undeniably looks like a blow to American public health in the making:

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What kind of response will this demand from the EU – is it time to play the chlorinated chicken card?

Skyldes fedme, at fedtvævet stjæler energi fra resten af kroppen? Det er en myte, at fedme alene kan forklares med overspisning og inaktivitet. Men hvad er så årsagen? Svaret findes måske i et tyvagtigt fedtvæv, der frarøver de kalorier, vi indtager, fra andre organ...

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Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and sci...

BMJ’s editorial sends a clear message: Political interference has no place in research. When scientists are pressured to retract papers for using “forbidden” terms like gender and LGBT, we must stand together for academic freedom and integrity.

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

How do young LGBT+ individuals experience interactions with their GP? @Christian Bonnén explored this in his master's thesis. Despite 1 in 8 primary care patients being LGBT+, research on the topic is sparse. The thesis was completed at the Center for General Practice. @ucph.bsky.social

I am preparing a teaching session on free AI tools for synthesizing medical literature. Personally, I use Scite.ai, and I’ve seen Consensus.app recommended by others. Do you have any favorite tools or recommendations to share?

Det er nærmest Kirby, der siger "whats the story, Johnny?"

What is Bluesky? Why tens of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform With a name that invokes freedom and a clean start and a design that promises to put control back in our hands, the Bluesky platform is attracting users away from Twitter/X en masse.

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Despite decades of interventions, the debate intensifies: should we focus on weight-loss meds or shift to weight-neutral strategies? Our review examines the benefits, risks, and gaps in research for both approaches. #HealthDebate #WeightNeutral #GLP1"

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The community of scientists and science-lovers is gathering on Bluesky, it seems. Have a look at lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...

Hvordan får vi vores kolleger her over på bluesky?

If Robert Kennedy Jr. becomes the next Secretary of Health and Human Services, we face a critical moment for public health. Now - more than ever - we must ensure that science remains at the core of health policy and decision-making.

#EvidenceBasedMedicine #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy