#Ageing

A great listen, ty @normanswan. Dr Kainer’s work highlights the COVID19 challenges faced on geriatrics wards: ageing infrastructure, “aerosol generating behaviour” (shouting, kicking =“super spreading events”), asymptomatic, poor
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Latest ONS deaths data (to week ending 1 January) has been released.2,115 more deaths were recorded in-week compared to the 5-year average. That’s 27% higher. *In total there have been
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Beyoncé saying NO to the ageing process: a little thread 2003 vs 2020 1999 vs 2019 2005 vs 2020 2003 vs 2020 1999 vs 2020 1999 vs 2018 2002 vs
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It sounds a bit homeopathic but the more I read into metabolism and inflammation and circadian physiology the more I seriously worry about feeding our patients continuously and overnight a)
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For #MeAwarenessHour I have tried to put into words the confusion, fear and isolation I felt before my diagnosis. It took over three months before anyone mentioned the word ME.
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Interesting GWAS of human ageing based on PCA analysis of multiple ageing phenotypes (mother and father life span, longevity etc.) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.22.427837v1 As I often recommend, here too effect size plot
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A thread: I had a chat on the phone with my brother today. He lives in Singapore and was heading out for dinner at a restaurant with some friends.To date,
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1. In April I had covid, it developed into pneumonia which put me into intensive care. turned out it was a blessing in disguise because when I came out of
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A brief thread on Healthcare as a sector:Certain sectors tend become dominant investment themes each decade. The past decade has seen tech rule the roost - could healthcare be the
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The scandal of the menopause.Inadequate provision for women thru ignorance & disinterest of medical establishment despite the availability of cheap solution via HRT. This survey quotes 51% have reduced hours
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For those who like to equate Govts with households when they talk about debt: the Govt could borrow $400b to build 800,000 houses at $500k each if the current costs
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1/ In 1923 the Board of Scientific & Industrial Research set up a "Bridge Stress Committee" to assess whether ageing bridges could withstand the increasing train weights. Particularly, there were
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A thread for my 2021 reads in case people are interested. A mixture of fiction, history, education and autobiographies. 1. Wow. Strong start. Absolutely amazing book. Completely heartbreaking at times,
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Important thread about just how discriminatory academia's international mobility requirement is: it disadvantages so many talented people, but most often (as usual), women with carer responsibilities.https://twitter.com/caffeinatedkrys/
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Ok, a little bit of a Palace related rant to make myself feel better.The thing that doesn't make sense to me is:We have an ageing squad with countless bods out
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Latest ONS deaths data (to week ending 27 November) has been released.2,099 more deaths were recorded in-week compared to the 5-year average. That’s 20% higher.Year to date there have been
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