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Science is often reduced to infographics these days As a consumer of information buyer beware Also, the figures are also not just shorter but narrower as well, adding in a dimension (weight or BMI) that was not intended to be presented at the same time further distorting the inaccuracy




@CMichaelGibson | Michael Gibson | 10.04.2023

There is both good and bad in the transition from a patient thinking that you might be their savior to them accepting that you are just going to be someone who cares for them.

@adamcifu | Adam Cifu | 10.04.2023

Having published a lot in academic & popular outlets, I believe this completely - peer reviewers & journal editors don’t fact check, & then few people read the articles & have nowhere to note errors. Penguin Books, NYT, etc. usually fact-check their writers, and then 100Ks of readers scrutinize claims & demand accountability.




@sapinker | Steve Pinker | 10.04.2023

Joseph Ross discusses shifts in the FDA’s use of accelerated approval and associated challenges for clinicians and patients. https://t.co/fIlYjUjIRa




@NEJM | New England Journal of Medicine | 9.04.2023

The public health cuts are so clearly regressive - the greater the deprivation the greater the cut. And the justification given by government?




@MichaelMarmot | Sir Michael Marmot | 9.04.2023

“One in 25 American 5-year-olds now won’t live to see 40, a death rate about four times as high as in other wealthy nations,” writes David Wallace-Wells. “Firearms account for almost half of the increase.”




@nytimes | The New York Times | 8.04.2023

The escalating rates of avoidable ill health, planetary damage, and inequity caused by some commercial actors demand a commensurate response.




@TheLancet | 7.04.2023

Wiley and Hindawi to retract 1200 more papers for compromised peer review. IOP Publishing has retracted 500 and PLoS 100 for the same reason. You can’t trust peer review. The emperor has no clothes.




@Richard56 | Richard Smith | 6.04.2023

Implementation science is definitely important, but I see it often being used as an academic exercise that does not accelerate actual implementation. Similar with health equity: study the hell out of it but don’t necessarily do anything about inequities.




@f2harrell | Frank Harrell | 6.04.2023

Fantastic tool produced by @magicevidence presents risk-stratified comparisons across multiple treatments included in the network meta-analysis - the MATCH-IT tool.

@ArnavAgarwalMD | Arnav Agarval | 6.04.2023

Ugh. Honey, I (new Alzheimer drugs) shrunk the brain

@EricTopol | Eric Topol | 6.04.2023

In an earlier, sharper life I would never write the words “we need to”. We need to stop doing this. If you have an idea, say it clearly and propose an action that is clear and contestable.




@RichardLehman1 | Richard Lehman | 6.04.2023

This is insane. Corporate vultures are buying health care companies and maximizing profits by any means necessary. Residents in nursing homes are 10% more likely to die in facilities owned by predatory takeover firms. Why aren’t more people talking about this?

@Public_Citizen | Public Citizen | 5.04.2023

In cinquant’anni, “vagabondi, ex carcerati, ladri e prostitute” sono diventati “emarginati, balordi e ribelli”. Cosa significa? Non è una domanda polemica, davvero me lo chiedo.

@vlatronico | Vincenzo Latronico | 5.04.2023

The danger is that if we invest too much in developing Al and too little in developing human consciousness, the very sophisticated artificial intelligence of computers might only serve to empower the natural stupidity of humans.

@harari_yuval | Yuval Noah Harari | 3.04.2023

Like so many other subjects, artificial intelligence reminds us of the urgent need for a global rule of law to protect humanity against the misuse of its most formidable inventions.

@jattali | Jacques Attali | 30.03.2023




@maurobiani | Mauro Biani | 30.03.2023

Un savoir n’est pertinent que s’il est capable de se situer dans un contexte et la connaissance isolée d’un objet cesse d’être pertinente. Il ne s’agit pas de supprimer les disciplines, mais de les articuler, de les relier, et de leur donner une vitalité et une fécondité.

@edgarmorinparis | Edgar Morin | 27.03.2023