Dan Lewer

@danlewer, @tdbrothers and colleagues explain why risk factors for health outcomes shouldn't be studied by putting several independent variables into a regression model and identifying which are statistically significant in a new Methods Primer. bit.ly/3JC6G7u

Among people who use heroin, tobacco smoking and illegal drugs cause a similar number of premature deaths buff.ly/tIC0Fqp @danlewer @TattanBirch @Sharon_ACox

📷 We did some life table modelling among people who use heroin. Tobacco smoking causes as many premature deaths in this group as illegal drugs. Yet public health policies overlook smoking: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… New research with @Sharon_ACox and @TattanBirch

@JAMAOnc Isn't this mostly changing/improved diagnostic practices and screening?

Viewpoint: The rise in early-onset cancers in individuals under 50 may be explained by accelerated biological aging, with aging and cancer sharing common mechanisms. ja.ma/3Hdx1Hb

Authors include @pwidpride, @tdbrothers, @VivProf, and others who probably already left Twitter

(5) My favourite find was the article "Treatment of hospitalized narcotic addicts" from the Illinois Medical Journal, 1970. archive.org/details/imjill…. This deserves an essay of its own

We've just published a scoping review of projects that aim to improve opioid agonist therapy (eg. methadone) in acute hospital settings: This journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/a…. This is part of our excellent iHOST project (lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr…). A couple of findings ...

@JanekirbyPA @PA Thanks, that would be great, I don't think I can DM you, but if you DM me I'll give you my email address.

@danlewer @PA Thanks for your message. The analysis is by NHS England, I requested the figures from them. I have the figures but not the coding information. Email me if you’d like what I have

My analysis for @PA on hospital admissions due to a lack of vitamins. In today’s Guardian, Mirror, Telegraph and Times, plus online theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

@elonmusk You seem like a very unhappy person

In most cases, the word “homeless” is a lie. It’s usually a propaganda word for violent drug addicts with severe mental illness.

@bmj_latest If it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Before you stock up on dark chocolate read this response from @mendel_random ieureka.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/12/04/dar…

Please do find me at @danlewer.bsky.social

Inflation is usually measured the change in prices compared to one year previously. Therefore, a reducing but still positive inflation figure often means REDUCING pricing month-on-month. A positive inflation figures does not always mean prices are going up.

Let's talk about the "5%" model. You just can't contribute meaningfully to a research project with 5% of your time. If you have 20 parallel projects, you literally just go to meetings and do nothing.

@PabloVidalRibas I follow this logic too, but I also wonder what we're paying the journals for

Yes, the system is broken & needs solutions (eg. pay referees most cited, but there are more). I am an author and a reviewer too, I hear you. I am not the journal. As for now, If I keep submitting, I will also keep reviewing. I don´t think it´s fair to just play the 1st part.

I am editor in a journal. The last time a reviewer accepted my invitation to review was June 29. Currently, I have a ms with 22 invitations (I´ve had more), none accepted. Is it just me? Am I the only one reviewing ms for everyone else? (And yes, I came here to complain)

@danlewer it is a dark and twisted tongue, made as a mockery to all that is beautiful