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Bruce Biccard

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Congratulations @seyeabimbola.bsky.social

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 3d

So pleased to learn that @seyeabimbola.bsky.social has been promoted to full professorship!

Bravo, Seye! 🎉

Keep up the inspiring work!!

December 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD

@madhupai.bsky.social

Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity

www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds

Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%

www.theguardian.com

December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM

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British Journal of Anaesthesia

@bjajournals.bsky.social

2025 DAS guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult airway published today in the British Journal of Anaesthesia. #airway #difficultairway #intubation #anaesthesia #anesthesia

https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(25)00693-2/fulltext

November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM

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The Lancet

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The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report launches today!

📊 Most comprehensive assessment yet of climate/health connections
❤️‍🩹 Outlines priority actions for the protection of health amidst global turmoil

Get the details: tinyurl.com/y3hcjhv8 #LancetClimate25

Cover of the 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Climate change action offers a lifeline.

October 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM

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Kate Leslie

@katy-skier.bsky.social

My journey in anaesthesia research @bjajournals.bsky.social @thermh.bsky.social @anzca.bsky.social @anzcactn.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social topmedtalk.libsyn.com/perioperativ...

TopMedTalk: Perioperative Profiles - Kate Leslie

Andy Cumpstey interviews internationally renowned anaesthetist and researcher, Kate Leslie, Head of Research in the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Ho...

topmedtalk.libsyn.com

October 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM

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Anesthesia & Analgesia

@iarsjournals.bsky.social

Editorial "Bridging the Gap: The Challenge of Conducting Clinical Trials in Sub-Saharan Africa "

journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...

Anesthesiologists must advocate for sustainable investments in research capacity, infrastructure, & training while fostering collaborative partnerships

October 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM

Bruce Biccard

@brucebiccard.bsky.social

This is why the work of the African Perioperative Research Group #APORG is so important.

Anesthesia & Analgesia @iarsjournals.bsky.social · Oct 9

🌍 The review identified limitations such as small sample sizes, under-representation of high surgical burden disciplines, &poor reporting of outcomes. The clinical trial capacity is limited to a few countries/institutions, and quality remains poor

journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...

October 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM

Bruce Biccard

@brucebiccard.bsky.social

This is why the work of the African Perioperative Research Group #APORG is so important.

Anesthesia & Analgesia @iarsjournals.bsky.social · Oct 9

🌍 The review identified limitations such as small sample sizes, under-representation of high surgical burden disciplines, &poor reporting of outcomes. The clinical trial capacity is limited to a few countries/institutions, and quality remains poor

journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...

October 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM

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ScienceUpFirst

@scienceupfirst.bsky.social

It bears repeating. No, taking Tylenol during pregnancy does not cause autism. One study found a correlation, not a causation. Other research has found no clear link.

Acetaminophen is one of the few safe options for pain relief during pregnancy.

👉 scienceupfirst.com/science-101/...

A swirly line in the centre with a white box on top, Tylenol red background. Text: "There is no causal link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism. Reminder: correlation does not equal causation." #ScienceUpFirst

September 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM

Bruce Biccard

@brucebiccard.bsky.social

An excellent read.

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Sep 13

“If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?”

Paul Farmer

www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

Countering Failures Of Imagination: Lessons We Learnt From Paul Farmer

Few people in the field of global health have had a bigger impact than Paul Farmer. In this post, people from around the world summarize the biggest lessons they've learnt from his work and life

www.forbes.com

September 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM

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Atul Gawande

@agawande.bsky.social

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM

Bruce Biccard

@brucebiccard.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar

The avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Trump’s health chief is a grave risk to world health, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at ...

www.theguardian.com

August 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM

Bruce Biccard

@brucebiccard.bsky.social

Surgical health policy 2025–35 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
After Lancet Commission #GlobalSurgery. Messages
1. Unmet surgical need is rising
2. Postop deaths > major global disease burdens
3. Surgery strengthens health systems
4. Surgery expansion=economic benefit
5. Preparedness is lagging

Surgical health policy 2025–35: strengthening essential services for tomorrow's needs

Progress towards The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery's 2030 targets has been too slow and too patchy, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. The unmet need for surgery has continu...

www.thelancet.com

July 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM

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Ed Yong

@edyong209.bsky.social

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.

It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...