Tuck-Kay Loke
@orpheus68.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. Musician. Medic.
"Life is hard enough, so keep it simple"
"Life is hard enough, so keep it simple"
Why vaccinate? The ups and downs of the pertussis story in UK
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Why vaccinate? The ups and downs of the pertussis story in UK
Home-based FENO measurements- may be difficult to justify in clinical practice? #btswinter2025
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Home-based FENO measurements- may be difficult to justify in clinical practice? #btswinter2025
Aspirational, but still more work needed to address inequalities of access to diagnostics
Today, we’re calling on the UK #LungCancer community to join us in making our new survival ambition a reality.
35 by 35: by 3035 we want 35% of people with lung cancer still alive 5 years after diagnosis.
www.uklcc.org.uk
#UKLCC2025
35 by 35: by 3035 we want 35% of people with lung cancer still alive 5 years after diagnosis.
www.uklcc.org.uk
#UKLCC2025
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Aspirational, but still more work needed to address inequalities of access to diagnostics
October 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am desperately saddened by the news of what happened in Manchester today. Deep down, however, I believe there is more that binds us together than separates us as a society. #love #manchester #uk
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I am desperately saddened by the news of what happened in Manchester today. Deep down, however, I believe there is more that binds us together than separates us as a society. #love #manchester #uk
30th Hintze Lecture: Professor Janna Levin & Professor Sir Roger Penrose www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/30th-...
30th Hintze Lecture: Professor Janna Levin & Professor Sir Roger Penrose
Professor Janna Levin & Professor Sir Roger Penrose will deliver the 30th Hintze Lecture: Black holes in the cosmos
www.physics.ox.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
30th Hintze Lecture: Professor Janna Levin & Professor Sir Roger Penrose www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/30th-...
I don't understand why there aren't more musicians on Bluesky? Where have they been?
August 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I don't understand why there aren't more musicians on Bluesky? Where have they been?
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Why read it? The trial provides clear evidence for the benefits of Azithromycin in patients with #asthma on LABA/ICS who continue to exacerbate. There is also a nice forest plot for fans of clear data communication! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #RespEd #pulmsky #medsky #lungsky
December 3, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Summer's offering (allium sphaerocephalon)
June 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Summer's offering (allium sphaerocephalon)
Two days of excellent workshops hosted by AstraZeneca. New insights into treating asthma and COPD. #NRLF25 #asthma #lunghealth
June 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Two days of excellent workshops hosted by AstraZeneca. New insights into treating asthma and COPD. #NRLF25 #asthma #lunghealth
The last of this season's tulips. Such a happy flower
May 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The last of this season's tulips. Such a happy flower
Worth pondering
Why we think physician associates in the UK are a failed experiment. #healthpolicy #medsky
independentsage.substack.com/p/physician-...
independentsage.substack.com/p/physician-...
Physician Associates in the UK: a failed experiment?
Profs Trish Greenhalgh and Martin McKee discuss the latest evidence on the use of PAs in the UK
independentsage.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Worth pondering
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Just amazing
Just amazing
Biologist whose innovation saved the life of British teenager wins $3m Breakthrough prize
Prof David Liu is among the winners of 2025’s ‘Oscars of science’, with honours also going to researchers for landmark work on multiple sclerosis, particle physics and ‘skinny jabs’
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Just amazing
Just amazing
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More awful public health news. “The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of lives over the past quarter century”
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
More awful public health news. “The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of lives over the past quarter century”
5 years ago today, lockdown became legally enforceable in the UK. Today, the nation is still paying the price of not locking down earlier.. #covid #hindsight
March 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
5 years ago today, lockdown became legally enforceable in the UK. Today, the nation is still paying the price of not locking down earlier.. #covid #hindsight
Took me a long time to realise that just being is good enough
March 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Took me a long time to realise that just being is good enough
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📢 Join the British Thoracic Society
Be part of a community driving change in respiratory medicine. Access discounted education, research, and opportunities to make a difference.
🔗 Learn more and join: Join today: buff.ly/3PBJgyb
#BTSMembership #RespiratoryHealth
Be part of a community driving change in respiratory medicine. Access discounted education, research, and opportunities to make a difference.
🔗 Learn more and join: Join today: buff.ly/3PBJgyb
#BTSMembership #RespiratoryHealth
March 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📢 Join the British Thoracic Society
Be part of a community driving change in respiratory medicine. Access discounted education, research, and opportunities to make a difference.
🔗 Learn more and join: Join today: buff.ly/3PBJgyb
#BTSMembership #RespiratoryHealth
Be part of a community driving change in respiratory medicine. Access discounted education, research, and opportunities to make a difference.
🔗 Learn more and join: Join today: buff.ly/3PBJgyb
#BTSMembership #RespiratoryHealth
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It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
In this global game of mirrors, let us never forget who the true aggressor is
February 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In this global game of mirrors, let us never forget who the true aggressor is
JAMA we salute you!
Bibbins-Domingo K, Bonow RO, Bressler NM, et al. Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public. JAMA. Published online February 20, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.2405
Bibbins-Domingo K, Bonow RO, Bressler NM, et al. Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public. JAMA. Published online February 20, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.2405
February 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
JAMA we salute you!
Bibbins-Domingo K, Bonow RO, Bressler NM, et al. Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public. JAMA. Published online February 20, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.2405
Bibbins-Domingo K, Bonow RO, Bressler NM, et al. Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public. JAMA. Published online February 20, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.2405
The epitomisation of a dog's life. Happy Valentine's!
February 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The epitomisation of a dog's life. Happy Valentine's!
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🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Abandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayal
In 1964, the Declaration of Helsinki created a set of universal ethical principles to protect human participants in health research.1 Described as “the cornerstone of research ethics,”2 these principl...
www.bmj.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
February 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
