Modifiable Risk Factors and Attributable Burden of Cardiac Arrest: An Exposome-wide and Mendelian Randomization Analysis In this study, we aimed to identify nonclinical modifiable risk factors associated with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) incidence, and to assess attributable burden.

Modifiable Risk Factors and Attributable Burden of Cardiac Arrest: An Exposome-wide and Mendelian Randomization Analysis - Canadian Journal of Cardiology onlinecjc.ca/article/S082...

Attack of the Sadistic Zombies The GOP budget is incredibly cruel — and that’s the point

Attack of the Sadistic Zombies
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Crypto Is Still for Criming Democrats shouldn’t give this scam cover, but probably will

Crypto Is Still for Criming
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🌍 Could physical activity (PA) be a missing link in mental health support for displaced communities?

Thanks to Intervention Journal for opportunity to provide further background on our recent paper here: journals.lww.com/invn/fulltex...

Chaos Is Bad for Business Ignorance, megalomania and the economic future

Chaos Is Bad for Business
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Never heard of Matthew Memoli?

Until recently, I hadn't either.

But he's the acting director behind the ongoing illegal shutdown at NIH. This Atlantic story gets into the weeds to explain why everything is still jammed up.

124. The Thursday Night Massacre(s) Two very different episodes on Thursday provide growing evidence of a Department of Justice that is showing less respect, by the day, for the rule of law.

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NIH caps "indirect research costs" at 15%, potentially surrendering decades of US dominance in medical research. Dr. Harlan Krumholz: "We cannot afford to sacrifice the core infrastructure that enables all the discoveries."

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oh my— drastic drop in NIH overhead rates. this will be devastating to research universities and academic centers

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
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FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge Seasoned members of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency are bracing for a mass expulsion as the president roots out anyone he sees as disloyal to him.

FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky
CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇
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Heartbreak for CBS News We must take back the press for the American people

Dan Rather on the impact of media companies settling with Trump
#DanRather #Media #Lawsuits #Trump #CBSNews

Massive censorship escalation at CDC. Trump Administration now choosing the public health data you can see. Shuttering of public health data has become a hobby of this President.

The Trump Administration Is sensoring heath information and data. This is frightening and can have serious effects on people’s health and science. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

the effects of even a short pause on grants on the short term will have devastating effect on health and the economy. But seems likely worse is coming. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The Chaos in Higher Ed Is Only Getting Started Grant reviews have been suspended at the NIH. This could be an omen.

The fact that NIH grant-making has been switched off so haphazardly, for reasons that remain unclear, and despite the scope of troubles it creates, suggests that higher ed will be profoundly vulnerable during the second Trump era, writes @ibogost.bsky.social:

QR code to survey mentioned.

Thanks @joepigginphd.bsky.social!

More exciting stuff in the pipeline too, with our ‘top priority’ for physical activity survey nearly closed, we’ll have some interesting data to play with! (Closes 31 Jan)

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What an excellent call to action ... "to develop politically informed action on PA." Bravo Tepi and colleagues.

I believe traditional scholarship (which is important of course) can be transcended in favour of creative, challenging and disruptive work.

A view from north of the border Friends,

A view from north of the border
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Donald Trump Wants You to Die The attack on public health begins

Donald Trump Wants You to Die
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

this is truly sick— and will result in many people sick and dying

Are Americans Doing Fitness Wrong? Four lessons about exercise from around the world.

There is a lot to learn about helong everyone to move more! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/w...

Time spent studying is down, but GPAs are up, writes @jpinsk:

fascinating article on early history of reproductive rights — sad we are still debating many of the same points 100+ years later

I created a starter pack for sports and exercise research!

Please share and do let me know if you would like to be added 🙏

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very helpful paper to help us all use #physicalactivity and #exercise terminology in the same way

get walking folks— walking delays mortality

The Problem With Boycotting Israel Writers should build bridges instead of walls.

"This world is full of walls that divide peoples, and of regimes that impose ideological purity tests on writers," Arash Azizi writes. "If writers are to use our collective powers, it should not be to add to them":

let’s get together PA researchers!