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Krish Vedavanam
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Old Age Psychiatrist and GP.
Interested in compassionate care, addressing health inequalities, nutrition, books, the world around us.
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trishaelliott.bsky.social
Another editorial from this week’s @bmj.com.

By Kate Pickett and David Taylor Robinson.

A wealth tax in the UK could raise £60bn a year to tackle widening inequalities.

Perhaps we can no longer afford NOT to do it?

Link here:
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

#MedSky
#Inequalities
#SDOH
#WealthTax
The UK's health and social care services are increasingly strained by rising demands and widening health inequalities. The government has decided to cut welfare benefits for people with disability,' with the minister for intergovernmental relations defending the cuts by saying you can't "tax and borrow your way out of the need to reform (the] state." This is in the world's sixth largest economy, where private fortunes continue to grow. Could taxing wealth be a viable approach to address these critical challenges and promote equity across the population? In simple terms a wealth tax is a tax on a person's or a business's assets, such as their cash and bank holdings, land, and other real estate. There are many ways to tax wealth, including one-off windfall taxes (for example, on a bank or fossil fuel profits) and annual taxes on assets." Proponents argue that wealth taxes are more equitable and reduce inequality, and are therefore justifiable in terms of social justice alone, that they are a counterweight to unfair economic advantages and excessive influence of the wealthy in politics.
April 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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trishaelliott.bsky.social
Having a brother with a disability undoubtedly influenced my approach to working as a doctor.

Here’s my @bmj.com piece on scary hospitals, who aren’t good at looking after people with this sort of issue.

#NationalSiblingsDay
#DuchenneMuscularDystrophy
#MedSky

blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/03/...
Patricia Cantley: We must remember how scary hospitals can be for our patients - The BMJ
We need to do everything we can to redress the imbalance between patients in hospital and healthcare professionals My Mum always told me to be wary of doctors, a statement [...]More...
blogs.bmj.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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trishaelliott.bsky.social
And here’s another big question, posed by @helensalisbury.bsky.social & @elspethdavies.bsky.social

Overdiagnosis of physical vs mental health issues affect different sectors of the population disproportionately.

Are we stigmatising some of our most disadvantaged citizens here?

#SocialInequalities
Breast cancer overdiagnosis disproportionately affects more affluent groups in our society who are more likely to respond to invitations for screening and testing. 10 11 In focusing particularly on the "overdiagnosis" of people who rely on the welfare state because they live in a state of significant distress, we risk stigmatising some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the UK
April 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
krishvedavanam.bsky.social
Excellent, measured discussion via @helensalisbury.bsky.social “it’s notable that there’s been little public conversation about overdiagnosis of physical health conditions”
April 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social
This, I’m afraid, is what “we’re going to be tougher on asylum seekers than the other lot” leads to
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Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum
Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum
Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to return
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
krishvedavanam.bsky.social
“With the US retreating from its historical leadership in global science and public health, Europe has an opportunity and a responsibility to fill the void”

💯 @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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azeem-majeed.bsky.social
Improving care coordination, communication and training for healthcare professionals, alongside reducing systemic delays, are essential steps toward providing more effective care for people in Europe living with dementia. Our review in BMC Geriatrics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Barriers for access and utilization of dementia care services in Europe: a systematic review - BMC Geriatrics
Background Dementia is a group of chronic diseases characterised by cognitive impairment that progressively disrupts daily functioning and requires increasing levels of healthcare, social support, and...
link.springer.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
krishvedavanam.bsky.social
🤩 popped.org.uk
POrtal for Patient and Public Engagement in Dementia research
Weclome to Popped! This platform invites you to share your thoughts on research projects aimed at improving dementia care.
popped.org.uk
March 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
krishvedavanam.bsky.social
Useful consensus guidelines in #MCI from #VerónicaCabreira and colleagues including @profrobhoward.bsky.social and @suvankarpal.bsky.social

neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/7/1/...
Development of a diagnostic checklist to identify functional cognitive disorder versus other neurocognitive disorders
Background Functional cognitive disorder (FCD) poses a diagnostic challenge due to its resemblance to other neurocognitive disorders and limited biomarker accuracy. We aimed to develop a new diagnosti...
neurologyopen.bmj.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
March 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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katewomersley.com
For any women out there who experienced/are experiencing (sending 💜) severe nausea/vomiting in pregnancy pls consider filling in this anonymised survey for a research project led by Dr Melanie Nana. She is the clinical academic making real change re. HG here in the uk forms.gle/u6GNNAhX5WqS...
Establishing the cost of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy (NVP) and Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Survey
Calling all women who are currently suffering with NVP or HG, or who have previously suffered with NVP or HG. We would like to invite you to take part in this survey about your experiences of Nausea...
forms.gle
February 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
krishvedavanam.bsky.social
Great thread from @walaszek.medsky.social 👇🏽
walaszek.medsky.social Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.medsky.social · Feb 18
1- I am continuing to document various NIH webpages describing the impact of NIH-funded research.

Next up: Improving Health > Education and Prevention

www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...

#medsky
Improving Health: Education and Prevention Please refer to subsequent posts for details
February 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
krishvedavanam.bsky.social
You are absolutely correct @trishaelliott.bsky.social - @bmj.com has a large array of open access articles and is committed to increasing access

bmjgroup.com/bmj-increase...

In this age where access to good quality research is declining it’s worth knowing this!!
February 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
krishvedavanam.bsky.social
Great article by @helensalisbury.bsky.social - thanks for sharing and making more accessible @trishaelliott.bsky.social
trishaelliott.bsky.social Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · Feb 15
From this month’s @bmj.com, an astute piece by @helensalisbury.bsky.social on how the government (in this case in England, but applicable elsewhere too) needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to preventing ill health.

Link here:
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Article by Dr Helen Salisbury. Excerpt here: Last week the Public Accounts Committee produced an excoriating report on the financial sustainability of the NHS in England.1 It criticised the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England for their complacency, lack of ideas, failures in financial planning, and wildly optimistic assumptions about productivity. The stated ambition of these bodies is to improve the nation’s health through three major shifts: from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from treatment to prevention—but how these changes will happen has yet to be elaborated. The shift from treatment to prevention is arguably hampered by the DHSC’s view that providing more resources for prevention is “not a substantive part of the solution.” This is partly right, in that issues such as obesity, inactivity, and poor air quality lie outside the remit of health and require action from other government departments. But money is needed, and this year’s 5% reduction in the public health grant used by local authorities to run services that are directly concerned with preventing ill health (including health visiting and drug and alcohol services) is a concrete example of the mismatch between the ambition to improve prevention and the reality experienced by patients and staff in those services. The DHSC also offers the helpful suggestion that “there is a role for GPs to advise patients” about lifestyle—perhaps being unaware that we already do this, all day, every day, in between treating heart failure, diagnosing cancers, and reassuring the worried well. It’s also worth noting that getting GPs to offer advice on exercise has been shown not to be an effective use of our time.
February 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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drericding.bsky.social Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · Feb 15
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them

The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired and lost access to their govt email accounts.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.
www.nbcnews.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
krishvedavanam.bsky.social
What does this mean for UK data when Palantir technologies has secured NHS contracts??
carolecadwalla.bsky.social Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Feb 10
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.

It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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matthewbroome.bsky.social
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Nazi - Live
Chumbawamba · Showbusiness! (Live) · Song · 1995
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February 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
With water and other bills rising, and the Welsh population ageing, assistance for older people is needed now more than ever. Here are three sources of support | Age Cymru

@bylines.cymru
Support for older people in Wales – water bill advice, care home toolkit, dementia advocacy
With water and other bills rising, and the Welsh population ageing, assistance for older people is needed now more than ever. Here are three sources of support
bylines.cymru
February 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
krishvedavanam.bsky.social
So interesting to learn that Deepseek achieved very similar outcomes to Open Ai and other generative AIs using a different (and much cheaper) strategy.
carolecadwalla.bsky.social Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Feb 2
NEW: Last week Trump announced 'Stargate' a $500bn AI sci-fi inspired plan to boost US economy. This week, I turn the spotlight on the man who stood behind Trump, lesser-known tech bro, Larry Ellison, his special friend Tony Blair & how they're coming for the UK too
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Artificial Ignorance
Donald Trump and Keir Starmer star in a new version of Dumb & Dumber.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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sbmost.bsky.social
Cognitive psych is often traced back to the 1950s.
Psychology is often traced to Wundt's lab in 1879.
Textbooks speak of "proto-psychologists" like Fechner & Helmholtz in the 1800s... Westerners all.

Have you heard about Ibn al-Haytham, whose work predated them by 100s of years?

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January 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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eye-surgeon-eve.bsky.social
Advancing diversity isn’t about sidelining merit but addressing inequities that often prevent true merit from being recognised. Diversity programmes address systemic bias and discrimination

#equity #diversity #inclusion #belonging #EDI #DEI #mythofmeritocracy #bias #discrimination #systemicracism
January 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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azeem-majeed.bsky.social
The UK is preparing for a new era of Alzheimer's care with blood-based diagnostic biomarkers. These tests could revolutionise how we diagnose and treat this devastating disease. Learn more in our article in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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January 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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neuranna.bsky.social
My commentary on the do's and don'ts of cognitive evaluations in LLMs is now out in Nature Human Behavior:

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

posting here with a figure that didn't make it into the final draft and is now instead a boring table :P

#CogSci #LLMs #AI
(same content as the table in the paper)
January 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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pgcgenetics.bsky.social
1/n Our multi-ancestry #GWAS meta-analysis of major depression is now published in @cellpress.bsky.social.

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

A thread 🧵:
Article screenshot of a genome-wide association study of major depression published in the journal Cell
January 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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sebwalsh.bsky.social
Comparison of PAFs, PIFs, and national and subnational population-level policies, for dementia risk reduction in 🇮🇹.

A tour de force of a paper from Simone Salemme and colleagues

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Preventing dementia in Italy: Estimations of modifiable risk factors and public health implications
Dementia is a major global public health challenge, with over 50 million cases in 2020, projected to reach 152 million by 2050. Effective prevention s…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM