Graham Hitman

So grateful to our former Diabetic Medicine editors Profs Hitman, Heller and Holt, @ today’s DM Board #EASD2025. Decades of leadership to ensure our journal continues to thrive and grow.

Lancet link authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S22… posted take aways backwards! 5. The absolute benefits of statin therapy in reducing cardiovascular risk outweigh the excess risks of diabetes associated with the small increase in glycaemia induced by statin therapy

4. The majority of new diagnoses of diabetes occur in people with baseline glycaemic markers that are close to the diagnostic threshold for diabete

3. The risk of new-onset diabetes is higher in individuals with baseline glycaemic markers that are close to the diagnostic threshold for diabetes

2. Statin therapy increases the risk of new-onset diabetes, with low-intensity or moderate-intensity statin regimens resulting in a 10% relative increase and high-intensity statin regimens resulting in a 36% relative increase compared to placebo.

Great paper that I had the privilege of being on the writing committee on statins and risk of diabetes 1 of 5 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S22…

I am heartbroken and furious at the same time for the women of Iran and Afghanistan. Iranian woman lashed 74 times yesterday for the crime of removing her hijab in public. This is shocking and barbaric. A young woman named Roya Heshmati shared her horrific ordeal of receiving 74 lashes for refusing to cover her hair. Despite her punishment, she remained defiant, refusing to wear the hijab during and after her lashing. Singing courageously, “In the name of women, in the name of life, the chains of slavery have been torn apart.” At the same time, Taliban arrested women of Afghanistan for “bad hijab”. I call on all women across the globe to condemn this barbaric laws, and show their solidarity with the women of Iran and Afghanistan, who are suffering under the Taliban and Islamic Republic. This is 21st century, and we need global unity to END gender apartheid regimes. Read part of Roya’s story: “This morning, I faced my sentence of 74 lashes for defying the mandatory hijab. Accompanied by my lawyer, I entered the District 7 prosecutor’s office, deliberately removing my hijab. Ignoring the officials’ orders to cover up, I stood my ground. An officer threatened additional punishment if I didn’t comply, but I refused to wear the hijab. Defiantly, I was handcuffed and led to a basement room, akin to a medieval torture chamber. In the execution room, with concrete walls and an ominous execution bed, the judge asked if I was okay. I remained silent, showing my resistance. Ordered to prepare for the lashes, I hung up my coat and scarf, refusing to wear the hijab despite their insistence. As the lashes commenced, I silently recited a poem about liberation and resistance. Despite the pain, I didn’t let them see my suffering. After the punishment, I continued to defy their demands to wear the hijab, a symbol of my unwavering stance against oppression.” This is the reality of living under Sharia Laws. #LetUsTalk

Shah Ebrahim and I reflect on 20 years of Mendelian randomisation in a comment on the retraction by @lancetendo of a spurious non-linear MR paper on vitamin D (should be the first of several retractions) Free to read, but requires registration to access thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/…

Very proud that my student and friend of 11years Angiliki Bolou has passed her PhD exam - Well done Dr Bolou @Angie_Bolou

We’re trying to get as many followers as Rishi Sunak so we can show the government just how many people are prepared to fight for the NHS and its staff. Please can you help by following us and retweeting this? It really would mean a lot.

2.PEGASUS involves development, feasibility testing and trial of a peer supported group clinic intervention. It is a privilege to work with a multi-disciplinary group in order to address one of the greatest health inequality gaps in England

1 of 2 I am very excited to be a co-applicnat of a project to help prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people with severe mental illness (SMI) funded as a 5 year program grant led by City University of London. Press release: rb.gy/t36wk

Wishing all friends and colleagues a happy Easter, Ramadan and Passover and peace between all religions and ethnic groups

Very brave and understandable

We remain a country of predominantly tolerant, welcoming and generous people. Thank you. ❤️ 4/4

Here is our new lab 🔬 poster thanks to sammykatta.com/diversity. Take the pledge at this website & download your own poster. @StanfordPeds @StanfordDeptMed

In case anyone is wondering why the @BMA_JuniorDocs are striking, here are 2 payslips. The first mine as a house officer in 2002, the second my current F1’s and his includes a crem form!

Quite a statement from Nicola Bulley's family lancashire.police.uk/news/2023/febr…

Professor Sir Mike appointed me as Chair of a NICE Technology Appraisal Committee. He was incisive, inclusive and innovative. He was a great man who commanded respect from all parties. And, he was fun!