My reflections on ambient scribes in primary care medicine.
Head line: “AI saves you time.”
Well, I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that.
open.substack.com/pub/benngooc...
Weekly respiratory viruses update - week 14:
- RSV activity remains 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗, with early indications of a gradual 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘.
- Influenza and COVID-19 circulation are 𝗟𝗢𝗪 or continuing to 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘.
More info: erviss.org
#IDsky #EpiSky #ERVISS #RespiratoryDiseases #COVID19
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
I finally got to watch this stunningly clear explanation of transformers from the amazing Idan Blank. I agree with Ev, Idan is the best teacher I know. This lecture is a gift to the field. Thank you Idan!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGMn...
I am generally against trial by jury, but i recognise that it’s part of the historical make-up of the anglican legal system. I would really appreciate a reasoned discussion on this topic by people who know what they’re talking about, rather than wildly crazy claims of democracy dying, etc.
Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir.
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
Kohle - Minenbesitzer Öl und Gas - Förderquellenbesitzer Atomkraft - Uranbesitzer Solar: Niemand besitzt die Sonne
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I would find out how and why it was bent in the first place and then return it to its proper state by doing the opposite.
niche, but may just work.
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
Well done Hannah Spencer MP @greenparty.org.uk A glimmer of hope if only for a change of the conversation in British politics.
Gorton and Denton by-election result:
GRN: 40.7% (+27.5)
REF: 28.7% (+14.7)
LAB: 25.4% (-25.3)
CON: 1.9% (-6.0)
LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1)
Green GAIN from Labour.
why £350 million? What’s she trying to do, rejoin the EU?
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
a picture of the front page of ‘private eye’ with the tag line ‘an absolute rag - Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer; 2011’.
possibly one of the greatest endorsements of our time!
Well the FCC has bullied the Colbert Show into not airing an interview with James Talarico (which they've put on YouTube) — I look forward to all of my former professors at Scalia Law condemning this massive intrusion on the First Amendment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
The writing here is sublime!
“My eyes started burning like i’d snorted a jalapeño dipped in satan’s cologne.” 🤣
We’ve discovered how the superbug E. faecalis prevents chronic wounds from healing.
It’s not a toxin. It’s metabolism.
The bacteria use extracellular electron transport (EET) to electrochemically generate ROS, effectively "freezing" skin cells in place.
doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeb5297
Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Enhance Patient Outcomes
by Allegra R, Niccolò N (...) Boggi U et 7 al. in Updates Surg #Surgery #SurgSky #GeneralSurgery #MedSky
🪡 read our summary here
📖 read the article: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13304-0...
New online! Pancreatic cancer: advances in immunology, translational analyses and therapeutic paradigms
IL-17REL disarms inflammation
A newly identified decoy receptor for IL-17 cytokines reveals a feedback mechanism that limits mucosal inflammation, linking epithelial and lymphoid cell responses through a common cytokine axis that controls immunity.
www.nature.com/artic...
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you have just invented the field of homeoplasty! i wonder if there are any other examples? #homeoplasty #medsci
can’t DM for some reason, but would love to get a copy of that list! Also what a great idea!
JAMA Insights presents 'Continuous Glucose Monitoring,' published online November 24, 2025. It shows glucose data informing Type 2 Diabetes management, including time in ranges, glucose metrics, ambulatory glucose profile (AGP), and daily glucose profiles.
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) enables real-time assessment of glucose trends in individuals with type 2 #diabetes, complementing or replacing fingerstick and HbA1c monitoring.
This JAMA Insights discusses CGM use for type 2 diabetes. ja.ma/49tXL1U
We wrote two reviews on cell migration, published today in Nature Methods.
They provides practical guidelines how to select a cell-migration assay and how to analyze cell-migration data
Review 1: nature.com/articles/s41...
Review 2: nature.com/articles/s41...
How have i not thought of this before! A meta-analysis of non-existent manuscripts (need new term for this, because they’re really not). The new gold standard in AI research, presumably 😂
I don’t like it any more than you macrophages.
as f there was ever any doubt!
#MerryXMas
