Comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social responds to the feature "Reclaiming human care from surveillance capitalism" from our #BMJChristmas Issue.
Read the feature by @vmontori.bsky.social here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read the feature by @vmontori.bsky.social here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social responds to the feature "Reclaiming human care from surveillance capitalism" from our #BMJChristmas Issue.
Read the feature by @vmontori.bsky.social here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read the feature by @vmontori.bsky.social here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to respond to the opinion "Working with organised crime to improve health: a modest proposal" from our #BMJChristmas Issue 2025.
Read the opinion here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read the opinion here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to respond to the opinion "Working with organised crime to improve health: a modest proposal" from our #BMJChristmas Issue 2025.
Read the opinion here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read the opinion here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Everyone has a favourite edition of the British National Formulary.
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
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How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
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December 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Everyone has a favourite edition of the British National Formulary.
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
What does a doctor look like? Asking AI Sati Heer-Stavert considers whether AI generated images of doctors reflect the diversity of the medical workforce Inaccurate portrayals of doctors in the med...
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What does a doctor look like? Asking AI
Sati Heer-Stavert considers whether AI generated images of doctors reflect the diversity of the medical workforce Inaccurate portrayals of doctors in the media and everyday imagery can perpetuate stereotypes and distort how different groups within the medical profession are perceived. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) now allow the generation of realistic images of doctors who never existed. But how do AI generated images of doctors compare with workforce statistics? Do UK doctors appear different from their US counterparts? And does the identity of the NHS influence how doctors are depicted? To explore this, in December 2025 I used OpenAI’s ChatGPT (GPT-5.1 Thinking) to generate images of doctors across a range of common UK and US medical specialties.1 To limit the influence of previous image generations, saved memory was switched off and a fresh chat initiated for each …
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December 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We're in the Christmas BMJ this year! Reflecting on and weighing up the British National Formulary! #BMJChristmas @auralapothecary.pharmsky.app
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"Whenever a clinician needs information, we would expect the first port of call to be the BNF."
Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
#BMJChristmas
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Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
#BMJChristmas
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December 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We're in the Christmas BMJ this year! Reflecting on and weighing up the British National Formulary! #BMJChristmas @auralapothecary.pharmsky.app
@velindrecc.bsky.social @vcclibrary.bsky.social @bmj.com
@velindrecc.bsky.social @vcclibrary.bsky.social @bmj.com
"Whenever a clinician needs information, we would expect the first port of call to be the BNF."
Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Whenever a clinician needs information, we would expect the first port of call to be the BNF."
Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"The making of a statistician: Doug Altman" - just published in @bmj.com celebrating his 1 million citations and reflecting on his remarkable career and legacy. One of the most influential statisticians in modern medical research.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"The making of a statistician: Doug Altman" - just published in @bmj.com celebrating his 1 million citations and reflecting on his remarkable career and legacy. One of the most influential statisticians in modern medical research.
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#BMJChristmas #methodologymatters
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The week after the autumn clock change is associated with a reduction in demand for NHS services for sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression, and psychiatric conditions in England, finds this study
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December 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The week after the autumn clock change is associated with a reduction in demand for NHS services for sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression, and psychiatric conditions in England, finds this study
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#BMJChristmas
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Do daylight saving time clock changes affect our health? 🕰️
Our new study, published today in @bmj.com, using GP and hospital data for England, found that the autumn clock change may be beneficial for our health.
#BMJChristmas
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Our new study, published today in @bmj.com, using GP and hospital data for England, found that the autumn clock change may be beneficial for our health.
#BMJChristmas
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Autumn clock change linked to reduction in certain health conditions - BMJ Group
Study contributes to ongoing debate about England’s clock change policy The week after the autumn clock change is associated with a reduction in demand for NHS services for sleep disorders, cardiovasc...
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December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Do daylight saving time clock changes affect our health? 🕰️
Our new study, published today in @bmj.com, using GP and hospital data for England, found that the autumn clock change may be beneficial for our health.
#BMJChristmas
bmjgroup.com/autumn-clock...
Our new study, published today in @bmj.com, using GP and hospital data for England, found that the autumn clock change may be beneficial for our health.
#BMJChristmas
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Every day until Christmas, we're sharing a newly coined word from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social medical lexicon.
Some are thoughtful. Some are quietly humorous.
Today's word is Rosterosis
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Some are thoughtful. Some are quietly humorous.
Today's word is Rosterosis
#BMJChristmas
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December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Every day until Christmas, we're sharing a newly coined word from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social medical lexicon.
Some are thoughtful. Some are quietly humorous.
Today's word is Rosterosis
#BMJChristmas
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Some are thoughtful. Some are quietly humorous.
Today's word is Rosterosis
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Doug Altman was an internationally renowned statistician who served as The BMJ’s chief statistical adviser.
Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
#BMJChristmas
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December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Doug Altman was an internationally renowned statistician who served as The BMJ’s chief statistical adviser.
Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"As we invent the future of healthcare, we must assert that patients are not data clouds, care is not computation, and that to care is human."
A call to abolish the business logic of surveillance capitalism taking over healthcare
#BMJChristmas
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A call to abolish the business logic of surveillance capitalism taking over healthcare
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"As we invent the future of healthcare, we must assert that patients are not data clouds, care is not computation, and that to care is human."
A call to abolish the business logic of surveillance capitalism taking over healthcare
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
A call to abolish the business logic of surveillance capitalism taking over healthcare
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"This is not a dictionary of pathology. It is a shared language."
Today's word in @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon is Radiloom: The suspended moment between ignorance and revelation while an x ray loads
#BMJChristmas
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Today's word in @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon is Radiloom: The suspended moment between ignorance and revelation while an x ray loads
#BMJChristmas
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December 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"This is not a dictionary of pathology. It is a shared language."
Today's word in @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon is Radiloom: The suspended moment between ignorance and revelation while an x ray loads
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Today's word in @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon is Radiloom: The suspended moment between ignorance and revelation while an x ray loads
#BMJChristmas
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What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We looked through @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words and selected our favourites
Today's word is PlotTwistitis
#BMJChristmas
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We looked through @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words and selected our favourites
Today's word is PlotTwistitis
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We looked through @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words and selected our favourites
Today's word is PlotTwistitis
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We looked through @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words and selected our favourites
Today's word is PlotTwistitis
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The full Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming!
To get us in the festive mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue and respond.
Inspired by this article on the hidden health risks of Disney princesses 👸
bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the festive mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue and respond.
Inspired by this article on the hidden health risks of Disney princesses 👸
bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
December 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The full Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming!
To get us in the festive mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue and respond.
Inspired by this article on the hidden health risks of Disney princesses 👸
bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the festive mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue and respond.
Inspired by this article on the hidden health risks of Disney princesses 👸
bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
Unlocking medicine's unnamed moments, one word at a time. 💡
Discover today's addition to @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon.
Read the words so far at bit.ly/3MxgHUu
#BMJChristmas
Discover today's addition to @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon.
Read the words so far at bit.ly/3MxgHUu
#BMJChristmas
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Unlocking medicine's unnamed moments, one word at a time. 💡
Discover today's addition to @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon.
Read the words so far at bit.ly/3MxgHUu
#BMJChristmas
Discover today's addition to @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon.
Read the words so far at bit.ly/3MxgHUu
#BMJChristmas
The Christmas issue of The BMJ is almost upon us!
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to read last year's issue and respond to some articles.
Inspired by a look at the development of death cafes 🪦☕
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to read last year's issue and respond to some articles.
Inspired by a look at the development of death cafes 🪦☕
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Christmas issue of The BMJ is almost upon us!
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to read last year's issue and respond to some articles.
Inspired by a look at the development of death cafes 🪦☕
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to read last year's issue and respond to some articles.
Inspired by a look at the development of death cafes 🪦☕
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
"When our language shrinks, the human side of medicine begins to suffocate."
That's why @drmattmorgan.bsky.social started a medical dictionary. We're highlighting our favourites in the lead up to Christmas.
Today's word is Lifespill
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That's why @drmattmorgan.bsky.social started a medical dictionary. We're highlighting our favourites in the lead up to Christmas.
Today's word is Lifespill
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"When our language shrinks, the human side of medicine begins to suffocate."
That's why @drmattmorgan.bsky.social started a medical dictionary. We're highlighting our favourites in the lead up to Christmas.
Today's word is Lifespill
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
That's why @drmattmorgan.bsky.social started a medical dictionary. We're highlighting our favourites in the lead up to Christmas.
Today's word is Lifespill
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming soon!
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming soon!
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word appears
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word appears
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word appears
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word appears
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
A dictionary for medicine’s unnamed moments:
Every day The BMJ is unlocking one new word from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon.
Today's is Glovelock: That flash of panic when you can't get a glove off quickly
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Every day The BMJ is unlocking one new word from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon.
Today's is Glovelock: That flash of panic when you can't get a glove off quickly
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A dictionary for medicine’s unnamed moments:
Every day The BMJ is unlocking one new word from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon.
Today's is Glovelock: That flash of panic when you can't get a glove off quickly
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Every day The BMJ is unlocking one new word from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon.
Today's is Glovelock: That flash of panic when you can't get a glove off quickly
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
What new words can we coin to capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical dictionary.
Today's word is Exitcall: The pager going off just as you’re about to leave
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical dictionary.
Today's word is Exitcall: The pager going off just as you’re about to leave
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What new words can we coin to capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical dictionary.
Today's word is Exitcall: The pager going off just as you’re about to leave
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical dictionary.
Today's word is Exitcall: The pager going off just as you’re about to leave
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
As we count down to Christmas, we're revealing a new word every day from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical dictionary #BMJChristmas
Today's word is Devastdiscernment, submitted by Barry Pettit
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Today's word is Devastdiscernment, submitted by Barry Pettit
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December 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
As we count down to Christmas, we're revealing a new word every day from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical dictionary #BMJChristmas
Today's word is Devastdiscernment, submitted by Barry Pettit
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Today's word is Devastdiscernment, submitted by Barry Pettit
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We've selected our favourite words from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical dictionary.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
Today's word is Cursorcrawl
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Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
Today's word is Cursorcrawl
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December 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We've selected our favourite words from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical dictionary.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
Today's word is Cursorcrawl
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
Today's word is Cursorcrawl
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...