Philip Morris kills at least one million people every year.
Retweet if you think it is grotesque for the #tobacco industry, the main manufacturer of lung cancer, to be funding medical education. middleeastmedicalportal.com/webinars/harm-… #BTOG24

A recent latest census of doctors has found that illnesses caused by socio-economic factors including living in mouldy homes and air pollution are significantly contributing to the workload of physicians.

Learn more about the Federation of RCP's census ▶️ ow.ly/jWBB50RamJI

It’s time to stop mono therapy of so called mild asthma with SABA relievers alone. Please share this weeks ‘bite-sized’ recommendation from Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): PCRS RCGP NPRANG The RCN plɐuoᗡɔW ʎɹɹɐ⅁🅾️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 💙 NHS London - BCYP team RCPCH Johnathan Laird Atul Gupta

At the historical Bush House at KJP Paed Resp Conf. Great to have old friends back in the room darush attar-zadeh

Update: Medscape seem now to have removed 3 of their Philip Morris 'educational' items, but left one still online.
Weird. #SleazyTobaccoIndustryInfiltrationOfMedicalEducation
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Based on market share & the global death toll Philip Morris kills at least a million people/yr, so for Medscape to publish material funded by PMI is grotesque.
If not immediately withdrawn, this ends its legitimacy as a source of medical education. medscape.org/pulmonarymedic… /n

🗞️Patients whose asthma is poorly controlled have eight times the excess greenhouse gas emissions compared with those whose condition is well controlled - indicates the first study of its kind.

Published online in the journal Thorax 📄
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There is still time to register for March's PCRS in Conversation webinar!⏰

Held tomorrow at 7.30pm, join our Chair, Katherine Hickman & Beverley Bostock to discuss accountability & responsibility & learn more about the benefits of being a PCRS member 💻 ow.ly/rNW350Qt0h0

Clinical Statement: Medical management of inpatients with tobacco dependency. British Thoracic Society (BTS) ThoraxBMJ thorax.bmj.com/content/79/Sup… ASH Asthma + Lung UK

Asthma + Lung UK is running a survey for people with asthma to share their experiences.

The survey asks about inhalers, and changing inhalers.

Link to survey 📝
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Dr Xand van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 advising that during an exacerbation of Asthma drink a hot caffeinated drink and that people with Asthma maybe able to stop inhalers and start a biologic therapy. This is such dangerous advice … please people with #Asthma do not act on this! @bbc Asthma + Lung UK

Please share this widely. Thanks to all who've helped to co-produce this to improve equity of access to asthma information. The pdf is hosted here for anyone to print out.
midyorks.nhs.uk/download.cfm?d…
PCRS ARNS 💙 Respiratory Futures Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust @YHAHSN

At IPCRG, we believe in personalised and safe care for people living with COPD. Through our COPD Right Care initiative, we are championing shared decision-making and optimal treatment. Join us in this global movement #COPDRightCare .
Learn more at: buff.ly/3MS5MPW

Let’s change the lives of children and adults with #asthma in 2024. Please share the lessons from this potentially avoidable #asthma #death described in my podcast no 50: bigcatdoc.com/prevent-asthma… NHS London - BCYP team RCPCH Asthma + Lung UK IPCRG ERS American Thoracic Society (ATS)

See this FRESHAIRTeam darush attar-zadeh Kamran Siddiqi HIFA and also some counter-marketing by World Health Organization (WHO) who.int/news/item/16-1… - see their film who.int/multi-media/de…

Our COPD Magazine ‘Breathe Well, Move More, Live Better’ is available in a growing selection of languages - in the week of #WorldCOPDDay share with colleagues and patients to support self-management of COPD buff.ly/49DVyii

Proud to have been awarded a highly commended award for our data driven transformation award for LADS Imperial College Health Partners South East London ICS Vizify @HealthierNWL darush attar-zadeh

Delighted to be nominated alongside such brilliant nominees, and to have the London Asthma Decision Support tool acknowledged as highly commended.
 
#HSJAwards @HealthierNWL, South East London ICS #Vizify

Brilliant to be celebrating such a successful collaboration with our partners @HealthierNWL,South East London ICS & #Vzify at the HSJ Awards.
 
Here’s to a night celebrating success in healthcare!
 
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Very Brief Advice (VBA) is a practical tool to trigger a quit attempt. Completing the VBA will tell you your patient’s self-reported tobacco status – an important first step.

Access our guidance on supporting a quit attempt by using VBA 📄 pcrs-uk.org/resource/suppo…

#Stoptober