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Sunbeds should be banned in UK, skin cancer experts say
Sunbeds should be banned in UK, skin cancer experts say
Campaigners urge ministers to close tanning salons across country over dangers posed by UV radiation
Sunbeds are so dangerous they should be banned in the UK, cancer experts and campaigners say.
They have urged ministers to order the closure of the thousands of tanning salons operating across Britain, using public funds to compensate owners if necessary. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sunbeds should be banned in UK, skin cancer experts say
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Classic antivax:
Overstate adverse events, ignore disease risk.
Now rife in official ACIP recs🤦♂️💔
Febrile seizure risk (no long-term effects, occur after ANY fever) for MMRV ≈ 1/2K-4K.
SSPE risk for unvaxed infants, assuming survived acute measles, ~1/600. UNIVERSALLY FATAL.
Overstate adverse events, ignore disease risk.
Now rife in official ACIP recs🤦♂️💔
Febrile seizure risk (no long-term effects, occur after ANY fever) for MMRV ≈ 1/2K-4K.
SSPE risk for unvaxed infants, assuming survived acute measles, ~1/600. UNIVERSALLY FATAL.
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Classic antivax:
Overstate adverse events, ignore disease risk.
Now rife in official ACIP recs🤦♂️💔
Febrile seizure risk (no long-term effects, occur after ANY fever) for MMRV ≈ 1/2K-4K.
SSPE risk for unvaxed infants, assuming survived acute measles, ~1/600. UNIVERSALLY FATAL.
Overstate adverse events, ignore disease risk.
Now rife in official ACIP recs🤦♂️💔
Febrile seizure risk (no long-term effects, occur after ANY fever) for MMRV ≈ 1/2K-4K.
SSPE risk for unvaxed infants, assuming survived acute measles, ~1/600. UNIVERSALLY FATAL.
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In patients with localized colorectal cancer and PIK3CA hotspot mutations in exon 9 or 20, daily low-dose aspirin resulted in a significantly lower recurrence rate than placebo. ALASCCA phase 3 trial results: nej.md/4mpKXNp
#MedSky #Oncology
#MedSky #Oncology
September 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In patients with localized colorectal cancer and PIK3CA hotspot mutations in exon 9 or 20, daily low-dose aspirin resulted in a significantly lower recurrence rate than placebo. ALASCCA phase 3 trial results: nej.md/4mpKXNp
#MedSky #Oncology
#MedSky #Oncology
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We can prevent liver cancer from day 1.
September 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We can prevent liver cancer from day 1.
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Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"
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Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
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www.theguardian.com/football/202...
England - are they the new United? 😉🤔🙄
England - are they the new United? 😉🤔🙄
Cheikh Sabaly’s clincher condemns England to sobering defeat by Senegal
England were beaten by African opposition for the first time at the City Ground in Nottingham with Cheikh Sabaly’s late strike sealing a 3-1 Senegal victory
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
England - are they the new United? 😉🤔🙄
England - are they the new United? 😉🤔🙄
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The man who has stated “don’t take medical advice from me” has disbanded the cdc vaccine advisory panel of experts to be replaced by new people with no details as yet as to how they will be selected. Rfk wrote about this in am op-ed. This is extremely worrisome 🧵🧪 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr to remove all members of CDC panel advising on US vaccines
Health secretary says he’s getting rid of members sitting on panel of vaccine experts and reconstituting the committee
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The man who has stated “don’t take medical advice from me” has disbanded the cdc vaccine advisory panel of experts to be replaced by new people with no details as yet as to how they will be selected. Rfk wrote about this in am op-ed. This is extremely worrisome 🧵🧪 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left?
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left?
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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Is the BBC giving too much airtime to Reform UK? With me in the studio to discuss this are Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin.
June 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is the BBC giving too much airtime to Reform UK? With me in the studio to discuss this are Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin.
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Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82
Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82
American songwriter lit up generations of dancefloors with his group Sly and the Family Stone
Sly Stone, the American musician who lit up generations of dancefloors with his gloriously funky and often socially conscious songwriting, has died aged 82.
“After a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues, Sly passed away peacefully, surrounded by his three children, his closest friend and his extended family,” a family statement reads. “While we mourn his absence, we take solace in knowing that his extraordinary musical legacy will continue to resonate and inspire for generations to come.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82
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👉You don’t need a finger up the bum to test for prostate cancer. The first step is a simple blood test you can get free from your GP.
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
👉You don’t need a finger up the bum to test for prostate cancer. The first step is a simple blood test you can get free from your GP.
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
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Zia Yusuf has only been working hard for 11 months and claims to be exhausted. The people he's going to be hounding in local councils have been attempting to cover multiple jobs over the past 14 years. They know exhaustion. Hopefully they won't be too exhausted to tell him to f* off. #r4today
June 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Zia Yusuf has only been working hard for 11 months and claims to be exhausted. The people he's going to be hounding in local councils have been attempting to cover multiple jobs over the past 14 years. They know exhaustion. Hopefully they won't be too exhausted to tell him to f* off. #r4today
Just listening to news on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social - announcement re winter fuel, who has the sound bite? Some sewer pipe two bob Trump, leading a minority fringe party with 5 MPs - not balanced and makes no sense.
June 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Just listening to news on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social - announcement re winter fuel, who has the sound bite? Some sewer pipe two bob Trump, leading a minority fringe party with 5 MPs - not balanced and makes no sense.
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Experts predicted that A.I. would steal radiology jobs. But at the Mayo Clinic, they have begun using it as a tool to sharpen images, automate routine tasks, identify medical abnormalities, predict disease and also serve as “a second set of eyes.”
Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Experts predicted that A.I. would steal radiology jobs. But at the Mayo Clinic, they have begun using it as a tool to sharpen images, automate routine tasks, identify medical abnormalities, predict disease and also serve as “a second set of eyes.”
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Happy Birthday to David Byrne, lead singer and guitarist of the Talking Heads, born on this day in 1952, Dumbarton, Scotland
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Earliest Live Video, Live at CBGB's,1975)
#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #davidbyrne #talkingheads #history #otd
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Earliest Live Video, Live at CBGB's,1975)
#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #davidbyrne #talkingheads #history #otd
May 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Happy Birthday to David Byrne, lead singer and guitarist of the Talking Heads, born on this day in 1952, Dumbarton, Scotland
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Earliest Live Video, Live at CBGB's,1975)
#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #davidbyrne #talkingheads #history #otd
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Earliest Live Video, Live at CBGB's,1975)
#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #davidbyrne #talkingheads #history #otd
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It's tragic that someone who doesn't understand vaccines runs the HHS and now someone who doesn't understand RCTs will run the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. This will be an absolute train wreck.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/06/v...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/06/v...
Vinay Prasad tapped to run FDA center that regulates vaccines, gene therapies
Vinay Prasad will be the next director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, after Peter Marks was forced out.
www.statnews.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's tragic that someone who doesn't understand vaccines runs the HHS and now someone who doesn't understand RCTs will run the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. This will be an absolute train wreck.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/06/v...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/06/v...
Greeted by Bullfinch in the garden this morning
May 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Greeted by Bullfinch in the garden this morning
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This April, 19 young people’s charities came together for Teenage and Young Adult Cancers (15-24) awareness.
The focus was on using innovation to tackle unique challenges in TYA cancer.
A great example of collaboration!
#innovation
#collaboration
#TYA
UKONS (UK Oncology Nursing Society)
The focus was on using innovation to tackle unique challenges in TYA cancer.
A great example of collaboration!
#innovation
#collaboration
#TYA
UKONS (UK Oncology Nursing Society)
April 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
This April, 19 young people’s charities came together for Teenage and Young Adult Cancers (15-24) awareness.
The focus was on using innovation to tackle unique challenges in TYA cancer.
A great example of collaboration!
#innovation
#collaboration
#TYA
UKONS (UK Oncology Nursing Society)
The focus was on using innovation to tackle unique challenges in TYA cancer.
A great example of collaboration!
#innovation
#collaboration
#TYA
UKONS (UK Oncology Nursing Society)
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Bowel cancer awareness continues in April. This piece of kit could save your life.
When invited, take up the offer of a kit through screening centres in Scotland, N.Ireland, England & Wales. You can also request a kit at your respective centre.
It’s an invite you can’t ignore.
#detectcancer
When invited, take up the offer of a kit through screening centres in Scotland, N.Ireland, England & Wales. You can also request a kit at your respective centre.
It’s an invite you can’t ignore.
#detectcancer
April 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Bowel cancer awareness continues in April. This piece of kit could save your life.
When invited, take up the offer of a kit through screening centres in Scotland, N.Ireland, England & Wales. You can also request a kit at your respective centre.
It’s an invite you can’t ignore.
#detectcancer
When invited, take up the offer of a kit through screening centres in Scotland, N.Ireland, England & Wales. You can also request a kit at your respective centre.
It’s an invite you can’t ignore.
#detectcancer