Samir Shah
@samirshah.bsky.social
Chief Clinical Information Officer, Old Age Psychiatrist & Dementia specialist (NELFT) | Started https://Dorothy.app | Digital Health Consultant | Winner WISH World Innovation in Healthcare Award |
Location : London
Status : Held hostage by a toddler
Location : London
Status : Held hostage by a toddler
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Turnout in the NYC mayoral election is the highest since 1993.
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Turnout in the NYC mayoral election is the highest since 1993.
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We in the UK will work out far too late that this is a bad thing.
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
November 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
We in the UK will work out far too late that this is a bad thing.
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The fun thing about having a small team working with you is you can say "hey you're spending this week digging for stolen mobile phones in London flowerbeds, I promise you it's a thing". www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
London's thieves are burying phones in flowerbeds
The police don't take much interest in returning the stolen devices when they're dug up — so London Centric decided to do it.
www.londoncentric.media
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The fun thing about having a small team working with you is you can say "hey you're spending this week digging for stolen mobile phones in London flowerbeds, I promise you it's a thing". www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
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Your daily reminder that the government continues to commercially support an individual who wants to destroy it through fascist violence.
Elon musk: ‘Civil war in Britain is inevitable. Just a question of when.’
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Your daily reminder that the government continues to commercially support an individual who wants to destroy it through fascist violence.
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"While public concern often focuses on youth violence, today, a man aged 31 to 50 is more likely to be admitted to hospital with a violence-related injury than a boy aged 11 to 17."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
London: safer than ever. Because we all need reminding of good news!
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
London: safer than ever. Because we all need reminding of good news!
‘Lawless London’ is safer than it’s been in decades
Official data suggests the capital may be safer than at any time in the past half century, comfortably beating other major cities
observer.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"While public concern often focuses on youth violence, today, a man aged 31 to 50 is more likely to be admitted to hospital with a violence-related injury than a boy aged 11 to 17."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
London: safer than ever. Because we all need reminding of good news!
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
London: safer than ever. Because we all need reminding of good news!
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Exposure to sugar early in life: a natural experiment among >63,000 @uk_biobank participants: rationing of sugar was associated with less cardiovascular risk in adulthood www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Exposure to sugar rationing in first 1000 days after conception and long term cardiovascular outcomes: natural experiment study
Objective To examine whether exposure to sugar rationing during early life is associated with a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in adulthood.
Design Natural experiment study.
Settin...
www.bmj.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Exposure to sugar early in life: a natural experiment among >63,000 @uk_biobank participants: rationing of sugar was associated with less cardiovascular risk in adulthood www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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"They need us more than we need them"
Today, the entry/exit system gets underway.
This new digital border system will streamline travel, enhance security, and improve the efficiency of border controls for non-EU nationals entering or exiting the EU.
Full implementation is planned for 10 April 2026.
More info → link.europa.eu/mnYbcy
This new digital border system will streamline travel, enhance security, and improve the efficiency of border controls for non-EU nationals entering or exiting the EU.
Full implementation is planned for 10 April 2026.
More info → link.europa.eu/mnYbcy
October 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"They need us more than we need them"
Some really fun evolution to the Dorothy dementia app x.com/dorothy_app/... pls rt😀
Dorothy App on X: "Dorothy is AI app that provides dementia caregiving advice for professional and family members. Describe the challenging situation and get care plan (Do now, Say this, Try later, Watch out for) in seconds. Try at https://t.co/FNTepxiR2Z https://t.co/39RlQpiyRk" / X
Dorothy is AI app that provides dementia caregiving advice for professional and family members. Describe the challenging situation and get care plan (Do now, Say this, Try later, Watch out for) in seconds. Try at https://t.co/FNTepxiR2Z https://t.co/39RlQpiyRk
x.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Some really fun evolution to the Dorothy dementia app x.com/dorothy_app/... pls rt😀
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This is my flag.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is my flag.
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open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Wrote about my first trip to a tech event in a while where I found some fascinating tech on the @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social stand. I found the show hard to navigate and exhausting which perhaps explains why I accidentally posted this last night not this morning!
Innovating for Alzheimer's
Ten minutes into London Tech Week, my first big tech event for a while, and I had had enough.
open.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Wrote about my first trip to a tech event in a while where I found some fascinating tech on the @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social stand. I found the show hard to navigate and exhausting which perhaps explains why I accidentally posted this last night not this morning!
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🎉 I am thrilled to launch the Dementia Journeys website - a new digital platform sharing powerful stories from carers, & exploring what better end-of-life dementia care looks like based on research from the UCL/KCL EMBED-Care programme
👉 www.dementia-journeys.com
#DementiaActionWeek 1/8
👉 www.dementia-journeys.com
#DementiaActionWeek 1/8
www.de
May 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🎉 I am thrilled to launch the Dementia Journeys website - a new digital platform sharing powerful stories from carers, & exploring what better end-of-life dementia care looks like based on research from the UCL/KCL EMBED-Care programme
👉 www.dementia-journeys.com
#DementiaActionWeek 1/8
👉 www.dementia-journeys.com
#DementiaActionWeek 1/8
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
Amazing result from Canada. It looks like the world can continue to thrive with centrist liberal democracies.
www.ft.com/content/5f9a... Mark Carney’s Liberals win pivotal Canadian election
www.ft.com/content/5f9a... Mark Carney’s Liberals win pivotal Canadian election
Mark Carney’s Liberals win pivotal Canadian election
Former Bank of England governor capitalises on anti-Trump sentiment to secure mandate for his party
www.ft.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Amazing result from Canada. It looks like the world can continue to thrive with centrist liberal democracies.
www.ft.com/content/5f9a... Mark Carney’s Liberals win pivotal Canadian election
www.ft.com/content/5f9a... Mark Carney’s Liberals win pivotal Canadian election
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Why are we not doing this? Never seen a more "no brainer" policy. Even people who are the most strongly opposed to immigration tend not to object to top scientists coming here.
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities
Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Why are we not doing this? Never seen a more "no brainer" policy. Even people who are the most strongly opposed to immigration tend not to object to top scientists coming here.
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Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners:
- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court
- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court
- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
April 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners:
- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court
- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court
- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
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Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is modulated by exercise and likely other lifestyle factors.
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
April 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is modulated by exercise and likely other lifestyle factors.
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
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Use of digital technology and reduced risk of cognitive impairment, results of a meta-analysis of over 410,000 adults average age 69 years, from 57 studies
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Use of digital technology and reduced risk of cognitive impairment, results of a meta-analysis of over 410,000 adults average age 69 years, from 57 studies
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Three minutes from me on why the Trump tariff “Brexit dividend” idea is the weirdest take of the year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c98A...
Why Brexit has NOT saved Britain from Trump's Tariffs
YouTube video by The News Agents
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Three minutes from me on why the Trump tariff “Brexit dividend” idea is the weirdest take of the year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c98A...
Great talk about how EPR satisfaction is not EPR dependent rather approach and training. Poor implementation a major factor for #physicianburnout @thmswebb.bsky.social 🩺🖥️ #rcpsychdata25
April 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Great talk about how EPR satisfaction is not EPR dependent rather approach and training. Poor implementation a major factor for #physicianburnout @thmswebb.bsky.social 🩺🖥️ #rcpsychdata25
Excellent talk by Ian McCafferty from Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Turst creating safe remote doctor roles- zero applicants to eleven, one consultant funded to three ! 🩺🖥️ #rcpsychdata25
April 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Excellent talk by Ian McCafferty from Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Turst creating safe remote doctor roles- zero applicants to eleven, one consultant funded to three ! 🩺🖥️ #rcpsychdata25
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Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We need to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us.
This may have been the biggest moment for European security since 1991.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...