Narrative bias ('spin') is common in randomised trials and systematic reviews of cannabinoids for pain
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38227560/ via Andrew Moore et al

Florida Allows Doctors To Perform C-Sections Outside of Hospitals kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f… via Phil Galewitz Dr Ruth Ann Harpur Catherine Roy

Methods for pragmatic randomized clinical trials of pain therapies: IMMPACT statement iasp-pain.org/publications/p… via David Hohenschurz et al

Shared ownership has created new victims of precarious housing: What used to be a good deal compared with private renting has become a financial trap ft.com/content/18b931… via Hannah Fearn

Ha ha

OK #MedTwitter , let’s talk about medical training, the NHS, and where Advanced Practice might fit in.

This is my opinion from my experience as a paediatrician working in paediatrics and paeds ED, and based on my views of effective medical education.

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By turning the upper reaches of the public sector into pretend-businessmen, who spouted managerialese as the geyser of Yellowstone Park spouts hot water, all sense of transcendent public purpose was lost, except for dishonest rhetorical purposes.
salisburyreview.com/corruption-leg…

1/ We (Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, PhD 🇹🇹🏳️‍🌈 (he/him) &EJ Jardas) submitted a response to this Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Task Force. The pre-print is here: osf.io/preprints/psya…

The context is the Task Force to evaluate what to do with 'conversion therapy' papers in Behavior Therapy. The Task Force voted against retraction

Pranab Chatterjee Ash Paul ICMR Importantly, there is urgent public need for this data. People want 2 know (and it's their right to know, BB had a legal responsibility to do this analysis). So, it's research for which there is public demand/need, and which is legally/ethically required to be done.

Differential Outcomes of Placebo Treatment Across 9 Psychiatric DisordersA Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… via Tom Bschor et al

'Be Your Own Expert': Interpreting Clinical Trial Data medscape.com/viewarticle/be… via Bishal Gyawali

The new menstruation: Girls are getting their periods earlier and less regularly statnews.com/2024/05/29/ear… via Annalisa Merelli

What’s with the rise of “fact-based journalism”?
“To describe one form of journalism as ‘fact-based’ is 2 tacitly acknowledge there is also ‘non-fact-based journalism’ & there isn’t.” niemanlab.org/2024/05/whats-… via Philip Napoli et al Rema Nagarajan R. Prasad PriyankaPulla

The oil and gas industry has been lying about global warming for decades: accountability is long overdue theconversation.com/the-oil-and-ga… via Western Geography & Environment 's #GordonMcBean

All doctors are involved in teaching - but what is the easiest way to collect & collate feedback for portfolio/appraisal? Here is a simple setup (takes about 5-10mins to setup) which sig automates the process and makes it really easy. A Thread:
#meded #medtwitter #orthotwitter

We (mostly Tommy Gale) created a policy tracker for the election. I clearly miss my time in front of policy spreadsheets in 2019.
We hope it’s useful to see quickly what parties have (and have not) chosen to talk about. Quibbles and additions welcome.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

The game theory of strategic ambiguity explained with Seinfeld: Why we use ambiguous statements, innuendos, and hints optimallyirrational.com/p/the-game-the… via Lionel Page

Pharmacists in FRA to strike nationwide, demonstrate in major cities on May 30 crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2024/05… via GardaWorld Crisis24 Robin Conibere

Accounting for Competing Risks in Clinical Research jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… via Hein Putter et al

Schizophrenia and the bodily self sciencedirect.com/science/articl… via Vittorio Gallese et al Samei Huda Dr K Wildschut OLD AGE Psychiatrist 🏌🏽‍♂️ Oliver Delgaram-Nejad, PhD