@davidiconway.bsky.social
academic, public health dentist, cancer epidemiologist, chair Socialist Health Association in Scotland
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Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals - Fellowship applications for 2026 now open!
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
Find out more - tinyurl.com/2r8c2van
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Josie - St Andrews University – Public Health consultant.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals - Fellowship applications for 2026 now open!
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
Find out more - tinyurl.com/2r8c2van
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmC...
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
Find out more - tinyurl.com/2r8c2van
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmC...
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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
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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e5jo2wxiyxyjcgwbjtjdblzo/bafkreiex5wkx73h5a2q3abqi7o6mxghu2ha2aa35vbtieapqitzlgbevwy@jpeg)
April 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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
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
UK Gov’s decision to cut International Aid is wrong on many levels & will have dire consequences for the world’s poorest.
Seeing it now impact on research & development collaborations with low & middle income countries as the UK National Institute for Health & Care Research NIHR haults Funding Call
Seeing it now impact on research & development collaborations with low & middle income countries as the UK National Institute for Health & Care Research NIHR haults Funding Call
March 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
UK Gov’s decision to cut International Aid is wrong on many levels & will have dire consequences for the world’s poorest.
Seeing it now impact on research & development collaborations with low & middle income countries as the UK National Institute for Health & Care Research NIHR haults Funding Call
Seeing it now impact on research & development collaborations with low & middle income countries as the UK National Institute for Health & Care Research NIHR haults Funding Call
Good to see early years supervised daily toothbrushing introduced in the most socioeconomically deprived areas in England.
We have been doing this on a universal not targeted basis in all nurseries in Scotland for the best part of 20 years www.childsmile.nhs.uk
We have been doing this on a universal not targeted basis in all nurseries in Scotland for the best part of 20 years www.childsmile.nhs.uk
March 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Good to see early years supervised daily toothbrushing introduced in the most socioeconomically deprived areas in England.
We have been doing this on a universal not targeted basis in all nurseries in Scotland for the best part of 20 years www.childsmile.nhs.uk
We have been doing this on a universal not targeted basis in all nurseries in Scotland for the best part of 20 years www.childsmile.nhs.uk
This is frightening stuff - literally Orwellian - in Orwell’s novel 1984, Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, his job js to erase and edit hostory texts.
Here in @bmj.com an anonymous scientist in the US federal research system is forced to do the same with science www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Here in @bmj.com an anonymous scientist in the US federal research system is forced to do the same with science www.bmj.com/content/388/...
More harm and chaos within the US federal research system
An anonymous scientist updates on the situation in the US
I work inside the US federal research system and The BMJ allowed me to publish an anonymous account of how science and certain populations ar...
www.bmj.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is frightening stuff - literally Orwellian - in Orwell’s novel 1984, Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, his job js to erase and edit hostory texts.
Here in @bmj.com an anonymous scientist in the US federal research system is forced to do the same with science www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Here in @bmj.com an anonymous scientist in the US federal research system is forced to do the same with science www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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‘O my friends, there are no friends’, 2011 by Sigalit Landau, memorial to 17 million Holocaust victims.
January 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
‘O my friends, there are no friends’, 2011 by Sigalit Landau, memorial to 17 million Holocaust victims.
Our Scottish Cancer Registry analysis shows that behind stable head & neck cancer incidence rates over the past 20 years, there are highly variable differential trends in anatomical subsites @clairepaterson.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social #MVLSCollege #GLAHNC
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39800346/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39800346/
Incidence Trends in Head and Neck Cancer Subsites: A National Population-Based Study (2001-2020) - PubMed
This analysis highlights that behind a stable HNC incidence rate over the past 20 years, there are differential trends among various anatomical divisions with an overall increasing burden of oropharyn...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Our Scottish Cancer Registry analysis shows that behind stable head & neck cancer incidence rates over the past 20 years, there are highly variable differential trends in anatomical subsites @clairepaterson.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social #MVLSCollege #GLAHNC
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39800346/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39800346/
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Ultra-processed food? Forever chemicals? Declining birth rates? What’s behind rising cancer in the under-50s?
Ultra-processed food? Forever chemicals? Declining birth rates? What’s behind rising cancer in the under-50s?
Research into the disease has never been more far-reaching, but there is little consensus as to what is causing the rocketing rates of diagnosis in young adults
In 2022, around 16% of the 20 million people with cancer worldwide were under 50. Cancer has…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Ultra-processed food? Forever chemicals? Declining birth rates? What’s behind rising cancer in the under-50s?
But it is a good tune…
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New Order - Blue Monday (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by New Order
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January 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
But it is a good tune…
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Great PhD opportunity with us at University of Glasgow Dental School
- Reducing oral health inequalities: improving participation of children with intellectual disabilities in the Childsmile supervised toothbrushing programme
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
- Reducing oral health inequalities: improving participation of children with intellectual disabilities in the Childsmile supervised toothbrushing programme
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences - MVLS Graduate School - PhD Research Opportunities - College Futures PhD Programme - Projects - Health Inequalities P...
www.gla.ac.uk
January 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Great PhD opportunity with us at University of Glasgow Dental School
- Reducing oral health inequalities: improving participation of children with intellectual disabilities in the Childsmile supervised toothbrushing programme
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
- Reducing oral health inequalities: improving participation of children with intellectual disabilities in the Childsmile supervised toothbrushing programme
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
Looking forward to hosting to international MPH students specialising in dental public health at Dental School @uofglasgow.bsky.social
‼️ Funding opportunity ‼️
The CORE programme 🌎 funds 4 training studentships for early career researchers to study for a Masters degree at @ucl-dph.bsky.social or Glasgow Dental School (& School of Health and Wellbeing)
thecoreprogramme.co.uk
The CORE programme 🌎 funds 4 training studentships for early career researchers to study for a Masters degree at @ucl-dph.bsky.social or Glasgow Dental School (& School of Health and Wellbeing)
thecoreprogramme.co.uk
The CORE Programme
thecoreprogramme.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Looking forward to hosting to international MPH students specialising in dental public health at Dental School @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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If you need a good podcast for your Sunday or Monday (depending where you are), give this a listen:
In Ep 4 of #OralHealthMatters, Richard Watt speaks to Lisa Jamieson and David Conway about nurturing the next generation of #oralhealth researchers
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In Ep 4 of #OralHealthMatters, Richard Watt speaks to Lisa Jamieson and David Conway about nurturing the next generation of #oralhealth researchers
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Oral Health Matters
Welcome to Oral Health Matters, a brand new podcast from the Dental Public Health Group at University College London and presented by eminent dental public health expert Professor Richard Watt.
In th...
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December 8, 2024 at 6:05 PM
If you need a good podcast for your Sunday or Monday (depending where you are), give this a listen:
In Ep 4 of #OralHealthMatters, Richard Watt speaks to Lisa Jamieson and David Conway about nurturing the next generation of #oralhealth researchers
@davidiconway.bsky.social
buff.ly/3AzVnb7
In Ep 4 of #OralHealthMatters, Richard Watt speaks to Lisa Jamieson and David Conway about nurturing the next generation of #oralhealth researchers
@davidiconway.bsky.social
buff.ly/3AzVnb7
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🚨 $710 Billion: Economic Burden of Oral Diseases 🚨
Oral diseases cost the world a shocking $710 billion annually. As highlighted by WHO and the World Economic Forum, this figure underscores the urgent need for decisive policy action.
See our article 👉 shorturl.at/t2KPF
Oral diseases cost the world a shocking $710 billion annually. As highlighted by WHO and the World Economic Forum, this figure underscores the urgent need for decisive policy action.
See our article 👉 shorturl.at/t2KPF
December 3, 2024 at 1:14 AM
🚨 $710 Billion: Economic Burden of Oral Diseases 🚨
Oral diseases cost the world a shocking $710 billion annually. As highlighted by WHO and the World Economic Forum, this figure underscores the urgent need for decisive policy action.
See our article 👉 shorturl.at/t2KPF
Oral diseases cost the world a shocking $710 billion annually. As highlighted by WHO and the World Economic Forum, this figure underscores the urgent need for decisive policy action.
See our article 👉 shorturl.at/t2KPF
Good to contribute to the discussion in this @thesundaytimes.bsky.social article on the case for Scotland to have water fluoridation
December 1, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Good to contribute to the discussion in this @thesundaytimes.bsky.social article on the case for Scotland to have water fluoridation