Thickened fluid’s unpleasant to most. More evidence against use in patients with dysphasia and dementia. No difference in mortality between patients receiving thick vs thin liquids in ⁦JAMA Internal Medicine⁩ Excellent editorial by ⁦⁦Eric Widera, MD⁩ jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Important information for shared decision making. Deprescribing statins in older people: 1 excess major adverse cardiac event per year for every 112 patients if for primary prevention and 1 in 77 secondary.

Dementia is littered with interventions like thickened liquids & PEG tubes that became standard of practice on theoretical benefits without clinical evidence. My editorial in JAMA Internal Medicine gives 3 recs to consider if thinking about thickened liquids
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

We always knew there was an increased risk, but this study concludes that APOE4 homozygotes represent a genetic form of Alz Dx with nearly all having positive CSF Amyloid, and 75% being Amy-PET positive by age 65. Age of symptom onset also earlier. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Women are being harassed in public places
irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

I am writing a paper about the spouses of Stroke physicians doing stroke thrombolysis by phone overnight. No reason they can't thrombolyse. Wife has heard me many times. No need for ethics approval as it's a service improvement. Wife is non-medical but I dont see a problem.

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…

'What we know is that when we put women at the center, people show up to watch': A docuseries produced by Reese Witherspoon focused on the all-female F1 Academy driving category will hit Netflix in 2025.

Read it here👇️
hersport.ie/motorsport/f1-…

Exercising in Midlife May 'Reverse' Years of Inactivity, Large Study Finds sciencealert.com/exercising-in-…

'the real message of Johnson’s 'don’t die' was no less clear for its being unconscious: don’t live' #longevity

📢The last issue of #GeronteProject external newsletter is out!

To read it ➡️ geronteproject.eu/wp-content/upl…

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The inside story of how a girls football team beat the boys

thetimes.co.uk/article/0a03e8…

This lovely old lady is like a walking Millennium Bug just casing havoc where she goes with her computer-befuddling age. What a hero.

Seeking parents of children 4-17yrs for an online focus group about online ads and how they affect childrens' thoughts and behaviours. Sessions are no more than an hour. €30 as compensation for your time. Click for more: forms.office.com/e/q6afGmDyTx

#research #volunteer

Man, 110, still drives his car every day, lives on his own

He’s been able to avoid major diseases and has a fit mind and body. “I’ve been very, very, very lucky in my lifetime,” he says.

today.com/health/men-s-h… TODAY

Came across this today. At that point I had no idea anything had happened, let alone that that weird looking tent hid my sisters lifeless body. This happens a family far too many days of the month now sadly in various road crashes. #CrashedLives #DonnaFox #RoadSafety

UCLA observational study.
Patients ‘less likely to die’ if treated by a female doctor. Highlights importance of retention of women doctors and the gender pay gap in medicine. ⁦MWF⁩ ⁦Dame Jane Dacre⁩ thetimes.co.uk/article/64c9ca…

Substantial and persistent increase in health care workforce turnover after the pandemic
~38% increase in exiting to non–health care sectors

Policy response needed...

Job Flows Into and Out of Health Care Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

For people in jobs that mostly involve sitting:

34% higher risk of cardiovascular mortality
16% higher risk of mortality from all causes

But: an additional 15-30 mins of physical activity/day mitigated this risk
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

thetimes.co.uk/article/04a11f…

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