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Ian McPhee
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Once a gasman - now retired (cancer sucks!!) Still concerned about/interested in, all things health related… especially workforce welfare.
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So easy to forget that new therapies, as marvellous as they might be, can present with a myriad side effects. 6/12 of Pembrolizumab and I’m now thyrotoxic, with +/- hypophysitis. Rx by a second specialty service has commenced. I’m hopeful of symptom resolution. #Sèzary
This “Test” has generated so much outstanding commentary… Head and shoulders above anything prior!
Brendon McCullum bought his five day test match game plan off Temu…
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Into my eighth decade today.

And I opine… youth is wasted on the young! 😎
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Social commentary just as relevant today! #StephenStills
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Barry White just up on the playlist. “Transported” straight away to a Frankfurt club -Chez Nous, 1974! Great times.
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Curiously, everyone knows what tRump is! 🍊💩
Trump: "Nobody knows what a magnet is"
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🇦🇪 World's most expensive coffee goes on sale at $1,000 a cup

Selling for nearly $1,000 a cup, a cafe in Dubai is offering the world's most expensive coffee, brewed from Panamanian beans sold at a premium price.
#AFPVertical
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
So, it’s Mamdani!

Perhaps there’s hope for the Blighted States?
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
If I could meet a favourite singer it would be Annie Lennox… the rest are all deceased, sadly!
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Uncertainty is ubiquitous in the practice of medicine. A new review characterizes clinical uncertainty and shows how teachers can guide learners to recognize, manage, and communicate uncertainty in practice. Read the full review: nej.md/43xKSQX

@gdhaliwal1.bsky.social #MedSky #MedEd
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So, @albomp.bsky.social , you (we) will be very much alone if you kowtow to the 🍊💩 stain. Just don’t!
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
October 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Pyrocumulus cloud above cane fire. Tweed Valley, NSW.
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A little mail to catch up on! 🤦‍♂️
October 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Mulberry kuchen… lecker 😋! 🙏 @liangrhea.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Ethylene glycol - antifreeze, definitely not antitussive!
October 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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ANZCA and FPM STATEMENT

Paracetamol use in pregnancy

We are aware of recent claims from the US questioning the safety of paracetamol use in pregnancy. These claims are not based on new evidence. Our full statement is here: tinyurl.com/5yye2npu
September 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Pregnant people should not be afraid to take Tylenol, experts say, rebuking unproven claims made by the Trump administration that it can cause autism. https://cnn.it/46xN3EZ
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Carney… one of the all-too-few good ones! 👇
Thank you, Secretary General António Guterres, for our meeting ahead of the #UNGA.
 
After 80 years, the United Nations remains a critical forum. In an increasingly divided world, it is only by collective effort that we can create lasting peace and prosperity.
September 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Holds just as true for Aus 🇦🇺 “Get big money out of politics”! #auspol
Kudos to Stephen Colbert on his Emmy win last night. It was a pleasure chatting with him a few weeks ago on The Late Show about how rampant inequality has brought us to this moment in American history — and what we can do to fix our politics.
September 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Who doesn’t love a carrot? #SpringerSpaniel
September 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Receiving international attention for all of the wrong reasons! #auspol
August 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Bush stone-curlew #birds #NorthernNSW 🇦🇺
August 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
August 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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🌟 Editor's Choice - August🌟

Pulmonary complications after intrathecal morphine administration: a systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression and trial sequential analysis

#AnSky #PainSky #MedSky

doi.org/10.1111/anae...
August 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
August 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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July 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM