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Addenbrookes (ACE III) as Gaeilge Comhghairdeas Aoife, Elaine JB @DSIDCDementia, ní fhaca mé go dtí seo. agus an fáth go bhfuil sé tábhachtach.... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Alterations & Preservations: Practices & Perspectives of SLPs re. the Intervention of Thickened Liquids (TL) for Swallowing Problems. International findings suggest that fewer respondents are regularly using TL. By @arlenemccurtin et al. on.asha.org/3QqYaro @SIGPerspectives

This letter was not published in the Times Sir, The European Study of Prostate Cancer Screening after 23 years follow up, demonstrated an excess of 27/1000 prostate cancers in the screened group compared with the untested controls. Mortality from prostate cancer was 1.4% in the screened group compared with 1.6% in the control group, a difference of 2/1000. During this period, close on 50% of all participants died of other causes. The authors conclude, "The associated risks of overdiagnosis and unnecessary interventions remain considerable. Future screening strategies should focus on risk-based approaches to minimize these harms while maintaining the benefits." Nowhere does the paper say screening for prostate cancer would save thousands. Professor Michael Baum

A halloween special revisited sciencedirect.com/science/articl… and Antoine Wiertz's L'inhumation précipitée

As always i kicked off with Robert Hutchison’s petition to God which my teachers at the London Hospital Whitechapel tattooed into my brain. #MentoredbyaMadman #RoyalLondonHospital ⁦@bialfoundation⁩

Co-decision-making is the middle of the three new tiers of support in the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. It's a new and challenging concept and the capacity test for assessors is complex. My take and personal views just out..

Sample Size Calculation in Scientific Studies 🏎️ frontiersin.org/journals/medic…

How to Choose the Right Statistical Test

Mirko has been a great President in the last 2 years. He will be a hard act to follow

imj.ie/in-room-survei… Our take on (sometimes surreptitious) monitoring cameras in residents' rooms: it is complicated, ethically and legally challenging and no panacea for poor care.

@GideonCaplan @ANZDA_delirium @AmerDelirium @EDA_delirium @LADIG_Delirium Fascinating results and an amazing achievement to conduct an RCT in this population!

Exciting FIRST result of new treatment for delirium! Long-acting intranasal insulin for the treatment of delirium—a randomised clinical trial academic.oup.com/ageing/article… @ANZDA_delirium @AmerDelirium @EDA_delirium @LADIG_Delirium

link.springer.com/article/10.100… Comment on implications of Egawa et al (Int Urol Nephrol (2025)) which found a severity-dependent association between dysphagia and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in older patients.

What does your library mean to you? For Consultant Physician @STOKee62, it’s “a greatly underappreciated service that significantly improves my ability to provide up-to-date, evidence-based care.” Now it’s your turn 👉 Comment below and tell us what YOUR library means to you!

@CelineOConnor12 Unless families commit to intensive involvement, the 24-hour care need usually leads to nursing facility “placement,” where round-the-clock but thinly-stretched staff give the illusion of 24-hour care though care from all nursing staff averages under 2 hours per person per day”

@CelineOConnor12 Not enough and not essential. He might almost have added "needs 24 hour care". As the great Rosalie Kane (Kane & Cutler, Gerontologist 2015) noted: “The phrase “24-hour care” is a powerful slogan [when discussing the need for long-term care]…

Love this story of how peoples wishes to stay in their home can be supported. Being forced into nursing homes against their will to returning home to the support of the community. #NunsOnTheRun #SisterAct3 bbc.com/news/articles/…

This is brilliant (and doesn't just apply to psychiatry)

As I read some health policies/ guidelines... “When you communicate clearly, people can see your ideas might be wrong or banal,” he says. “That’s scary. So jargon becomes a shield.” catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-ma…