Bethan Goulden
@bethangoulden.bsky.social
Rheumatology & GIM | @VersusArthritis Clinical Research Fellow @UCL | Obstetric Medicine & Women's Health | @UKOSS HLH in pregnancy https://tinyurl.com/35rht7bw
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Help us map science history for #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience. We've launched a new interactive map of landmarks across the UK connected to women from science history, and we want your suggestions.
Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Help us map science history for #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience. We've launched a new interactive map of landmarks across the UK connected to women from science history, and we want your suggestions.
Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
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👍 Positive news to see the launch of a new multidisciplinary team for #lupus in Wales 🏴 An important step towards a lifelong, joined-up approach to care.
About the Wales MSK Network and full newsletter ➡️ performanceandimprovement.nhs.wales/functions/ne...
About the Wales MSK Network and full newsletter ➡️ performanceandimprovement.nhs.wales/functions/ne...
February 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM
👍 Positive news to see the launch of a new multidisciplinary team for #lupus in Wales 🏴 An important step towards a lifelong, joined-up approach to care.
About the Wales MSK Network and full newsletter ➡️ performanceandimprovement.nhs.wales/functions/ne...
About the Wales MSK Network and full newsletter ➡️ performanceandimprovement.nhs.wales/functions/ne...
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Wonderful news to start 2026 with! Access to Obinutuzumab has been granted for patients living with lupus nephritis!
www.nice.org.uk/news/article...
www.nice.org.uk/news/article...
January 22, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Wonderful news to start 2026 with! Access to Obinutuzumab has been granted for patients living with lupus nephritis!
www.nice.org.uk/news/article...
www.nice.org.uk/news/article...
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No evidence taking #paracetamol in pregnancy raises risk of autism, ADHD, developmental issues
Ian Douglas says review "well-conducted" as excludes studies which don't take into account key differences between mothers who use or don't use paracetamol during #pregnancy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ian Douglas says review "well-conducted" as excludes studies which don't take into account key differences between mothers who use or don't use paracetamol during #pregnancy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy, says new evidence against Trump autism claims
Researchers say their gold-standard review should put an end to the debate over use of the common painkiller during pregnancy.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:27 AM
No evidence taking #paracetamol in pregnancy raises risk of autism, ADHD, developmental issues
Ian Douglas says review "well-conducted" as excludes studies which don't take into account key differences between mothers who use or don't use paracetamol during #pregnancy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ian Douglas says review "well-conducted" as excludes studies which don't take into account key differences between mothers who use or don't use paracetamol during #pregnancy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Very exciting to get the green light for the very first British Society for Rheumatology guideline on women's health! Please share with colleagues who may be interested in joining us 📨
www.rheumatology.org.uk/news/details...
www.rheumatology.org.uk/news/details...
Expanding our guidelines for pregnancy and reproductive health
www.rheumatology.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Very exciting to get the green light for the very first British Society for Rheumatology guideline on women's health! Please share with colleagues who may be interested in joining us 📨
www.rheumatology.org.uk/news/details...
www.rheumatology.org.uk/news/details...
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🚀 Registration for #EULAR2026 is OPEN!
🌍Join us in London, 3–6 June 2026, for the most inspiring event in rheumatology, where innovation meets collaboration.
Secure your place today: https://pulse.ly/zf6sf2zgpy
#EULAR #Rheumatology
🌍Join us in London, 3–6 June 2026, for the most inspiring event in rheumatology, where innovation meets collaboration.
Secure your place today: https://pulse.ly/zf6sf2zgpy
#EULAR #Rheumatology
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🚀 Registration for #EULAR2026 is OPEN!
🌍Join us in London, 3–6 June 2026, for the most inspiring event in rheumatology, where innovation meets collaboration.
Secure your place today: https://pulse.ly/zf6sf2zgpy
#EULAR #Rheumatology
🌍Join us in London, 3–6 June 2026, for the most inspiring event in rheumatology, where innovation meets collaboration.
Secure your place today: https://pulse.ly/zf6sf2zgpy
#EULAR #Rheumatology
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Some of your cells are not genetically yours — what can they tell us about life and death? www.nature.com/articles/d41... Thank you Lise Barneoud for this beautiful piece, and @Nature for highlighting microchimerism to the broader community. Happy 2026 everyone with hidden cellular guest!
Some of your cells are not genetically yours — what can they tell us about life and death?
A tiny population of cells that are passed across the placenta between mother and baby challenge basic tenets of human immunology.
www.nature.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Some of your cells are not genetically yours — what can they tell us about life and death? www.nature.com/articles/d41... Thank you Lise Barneoud for this beautiful piece, and @Nature for highlighting microchimerism to the broader community. Happy 2026 everyone with hidden cellular guest!
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#COVID19 vaccination before or during pregnancy was associated with lower risks of hospitalization, ICU admission, and preterm birth among those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Canada.
ja.ma/3XUEa4p
ja.ma/3XUEa4p
December 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#COVID19 vaccination before or during pregnancy was associated with lower risks of hospitalization, ICU admission, and preterm birth among those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Canada.
ja.ma/3XUEa4p
ja.ma/3XUEa4p
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RISE registry data were analyzed for trends in medication discontinuation by sex among patients with axSpA. Women with axSpA had a 24% & 25% higher risk of discontinuing TNFi & IL-17i than men with axSpA, but no sex differences were found for JAKi
AC&R
doi.org/10.1002/acr....
#Medsky
AC&R
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#Medsky
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
RISE registry data were analyzed for trends in medication discontinuation by sex among patients with axSpA. Women with axSpA had a 24% & 25% higher risk of discontinuing TNFi & IL-17i than men with axSpA, but no sex differences were found for JAKi
AC&R
doi.org/10.1002/acr....
#Medsky
AC&R
doi.org/10.1002/acr....
#Medsky
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Fantastic abstracts from MOMS2025 in Edinburgh are now available - showcasing innovation, collaboration, and cutting-edge work in maternal medicine. Read them here:
journals.sagepub.com/toc/obma/18/...
journals.sagepub.com/toc/obma/18/...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fantastic abstracts from MOMS2025 in Edinburgh are now available - showcasing innovation, collaboration, and cutting-edge work in maternal medicine. Read them here:
journals.sagepub.com/toc/obma/18/...
journals.sagepub.com/toc/obma/18/...
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🚨 New dates! Our next 'Omic data analysis and visualisation using R' bioinformatics training course will start Monday 9 March 2026 - running every weekday morning for two weeks.
Perfect for beginners & all online.
Half price for members! Register here: https://bit.ly/4oNRuTh
Perfect for beginners & all online.
Half price for members! Register here: https://bit.ly/4oNRuTh
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🚨 New dates! Our next 'Omic data analysis and visualisation using R' bioinformatics training course will start Monday 9 March 2026 - running every weekday morning for two weeks.
Perfect for beginners & all online.
Half price for members! Register here: https://bit.ly/4oNRuTh
Perfect for beginners & all online.
Half price for members! Register here: https://bit.ly/4oNRuTh
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Magnesium supplementation showed no significant impact on 24-hour risk of tachyarrhythmias, hypotension or death in critically ill patients with hypomagnesemia with serum values close to hospital thresholds. ja.ma/44KJUBu
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Magnesium supplementation showed no significant impact on 24-hour risk of tachyarrhythmias, hypotension or death in critically ill patients with hypomagnesemia with serum values close to hospital thresholds. ja.ma/44KJUBu
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🎧 Listen to authors @EMrobg, MBBS, and @jasonwasfy, MD, MPhil, discuss their articles from JAMA Internal Medicine with @IlanaRichman, MD MHS. ja.ma/48V2r0n
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎧 Listen to authors @EMrobg, MBBS, and @jasonwasfy, MD, MPhil, discuss their articles from JAMA Internal Medicine with @IlanaRichman, MD MHS. ja.ma/48V2r0n
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RCT: Among patients with #sepsis, a precision immunotherapy strategy targeting macrophage activation-like syndrome and sepsis-induced immunoparalysis improved organ dysfunction by day 9 compared to placebo.#CCRdownunder ja.ma/3MkSb95
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
RCT: Among patients with #sepsis, a precision immunotherapy strategy targeting macrophage activation-like syndrome and sepsis-induced immunoparalysis improved organ dysfunction by day 9 compared to placebo.#CCRdownunder ja.ma/3MkSb95
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Loving #BSI25, especially @ciurtinlab.bsky.social and @emmaschambers.bsky.social highlighting our paper in @jem.org is one of #ArthritisUK top research output of ‘25! If you have 5 minutes, give us a vote (number 5) below, sex differences in the immune system:
www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...
www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...
Research Highlight of the Year
Arthritis UK Research Highlight of the Year: celebrate the outstanding work that’s made a real impact over the past year.
www.arthritis-uk.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Loving #BSI25, especially @ciurtinlab.bsky.social and @emmaschambers.bsky.social highlighting our paper in @jem.org is one of #ArthritisUK top research output of ‘25! If you have 5 minutes, give us a vote (number 5) below, sex differences in the immune system:
www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...
www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...
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The vaccine is pretty astonishing. Just look at that green line.
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The vaccine is pretty astonishing. Just look at that green line.
Webinar: Taking medicines during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Paracetamol, vaccines, antidepressants, weight-loss drugs and more – our experts discuss risks and benefits, and fertility considerations
Friday 28 Nov 2025
12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m.
Online Event
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/events/webin...
Paracetamol, vaccines, antidepressants, weight-loss drugs and more – our experts discuss risks and benefits, and fertility considerations
Friday 28 Nov 2025
12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m.
Online Event
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/events/webin...
Webinar: Taking medicines during pregnancy and breastfeeding - Wellbeing of Women
Paracetamol, vaccines, antidepressants, weight-loss drugs and more – our experts discuss risks and benefits, and fertility considerations
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Webinar: Taking medicines during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Paracetamol, vaccines, antidepressants, weight-loss drugs and more – our experts discuss risks and benefits, and fertility considerations
Friday 28 Nov 2025
12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m.
Online Event
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/events/webin...
Paracetamol, vaccines, antidepressants, weight-loss drugs and more – our experts discuss risks and benefits, and fertility considerations
Friday 28 Nov 2025
12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m.
Online Event
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/events/webin...
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We are recruiting members of the public to help shape research on what it’s like to be pregnant, breastfeeding, or caring for a baby during an infection outbreak, like COVID. Read more about the project, who we are looking for, and how to apply here www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/help-sh...
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We are recruiting members of the public to help shape research on what it’s like to be pregnant, breastfeeding, or caring for a baby during an infection outbreak, like COVID. Read more about the project, who we are looking for, and how to apply here www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/help-sh...
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Remarkable impact: there were no reported cases of #cervicalcancer among women in Scotland who received the #HPV vaccine at the age of 12–13 in the 12 years following vaccination. Here’s a look at studies from around the world that show that #VaccinesWork to #StopCervicalCancer: bit.ly/489S33A
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Remarkable impact: there were no reported cases of #cervicalcancer among women in Scotland who received the #HPV vaccine at the age of 12–13 in the 12 years following vaccination. Here’s a look at studies from around the world that show that #VaccinesWork to #StopCervicalCancer: bit.ly/489S33A
Great Society of Acute Medicine podcast on HLH with Dr Jessica Manson. Pragmatic, clinically relevant introduction to the disease, and a nod to pregnancy induced HLH too
open.spotify.com/episode/3dpf...
open.spotify.com/episode/3dpf...
HLH (haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis)
open.spotify.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Great Society of Acute Medicine podcast on HLH with Dr Jessica Manson. Pragmatic, clinically relevant introduction to the disease, and a nod to pregnancy induced HLH too
open.spotify.com/episode/3dpf...
open.spotify.com/episode/3dpf...
A systematic review of disseminated HSV in pregnancy (including with HLH) - out now. Highlights non-specific symptoms of the disease in pregnancy & how an absence of lesions does not exclude HSV in the unwell, febrile pregnant patient.
#sepsis #HSV #HLH
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#sepsis #HSV #HLH
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A systematic review of disseminated HSV in pregnancy (including with HLH) - out now. Highlights non-specific symptoms of the disease in pregnancy & how an absence of lesions does not exclude HSV in the unwell, febrile pregnant patient.
#sepsis #HSV #HLH
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#sepsis #HSV #HLH
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Now published: The 2025 ACR Guideline for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
📄 Read the paper: acr.tw/47mkegj
ℹ️ See additional content and resources on this guideline at acr.tw/4mbHK4W
#Medsky #Rheumsky #Rheumatology
📄 Read the paper: acr.tw/47mkegj
ℹ️ See additional content and resources on this guideline at acr.tw/4mbHK4W
#Medsky #Rheumsky #Rheumatology
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Now published: The 2025 ACR Guideline for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
📄 Read the paper: acr.tw/47mkegj
ℹ️ See additional content and resources on this guideline at acr.tw/4mbHK4W
#Medsky #Rheumsky #Rheumatology
📄 Read the paper: acr.tw/47mkegj
ℹ️ See additional content and resources on this guideline at acr.tw/4mbHK4W
#Medsky #Rheumsky #Rheumatology
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Great news! Excited to announce the date and location of ISOM/MOMS2026.
QEII centre, London, UK
7-8th December 2026
Save the date! Share with friends! Plan your trip!
#ISOMMOMS2026
QEII centre, London, UK
7-8th December 2026
Save the date! Share with friends! Plan your trip!
#ISOMMOMS2026
October 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Great news! Excited to announce the date and location of ISOM/MOMS2026.
QEII centre, London, UK
7-8th December 2026
Save the date! Share with friends! Plan your trip!
#ISOMMOMS2026
QEII centre, London, UK
7-8th December 2026
Save the date! Share with friends! Plan your trip!
#ISOMMOMS2026
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Join us on October 29 for our upcoming webinar, “The Burning Question of Acetaminophen in Pregnancy.”
Open to both members and non-members — everyone is welcome!
🔗 Register here: sinaihealth.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Open to both members and non-members — everyone is welcome!
🔗 Register here: sinaihealth.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Join us on October 29 for our upcoming webinar, “The Burning Question of Acetaminophen in Pregnancy.”
Open to both members and non-members — everyone is welcome!
🔗 Register here: sinaihealth.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Open to both members and non-members — everyone is welcome!
🔗 Register here: sinaihealth.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Happy World Menopause Day. Reminder that as well as the impact of menopause on physical and mental wellbeing. Menopause also seems to be an immune-ageing event www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
Hormone replacement therapy may help restore immunity in menopausal women
www.qmul.ac.uk
October 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Happy World Menopause Day. Reminder that as well as the impact of menopause on physical and mental wellbeing. Menopause also seems to be an immune-ageing event www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...