It’s a good read. Centred on adults - I admit I had assumed the over-diagnosis claims were related to children only so I have learnt something. Thanks @lincneurosci.bsky.social

Prescriptions of corticosteroids in primary care and related clinical indications: a national population-based cohort study in England - The Lancet Primary Care www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The University is very pleased to welcome five scholars from Gaza as part of its Humanitarian Postgraduate Scholarship programme, including HSS students Batoul, studying International Business, and Israa, who is studying English. #TeamLivUni

🚨New Publication Klaxon🚨 Prescriptions of corticosteroids in primary care and related clinical indications: a national population-based cohort study in England (using CPRD data - mostly adults) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livuninews.bsky.social

Sorting out a viva for one of this years (nearly) completed PhD students from @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social and re-realised his review of poor housing and indoor air quality & respiratory health is really good publications.ersnet.org/content/brea... @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social @iansinha.bsky.social

I made the @livunihls.bsky.social annual round up! www.liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-l... More importantly, this shows all the great stuff happening around this bit of @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Hope everyone has a lovely Christmas & New Year and lets go again in January! @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social

Every year as part of the @alderhey.nhs.uk Research Ambassador scheme I do a careers day at West Derby school. Talked to about 30-40 pupils. And this year, like every year, it’s a great day. The kids are amazing and the team there fab. Both a real credit to the community. #Liverpool #WestDerby

Vaccines saved 150 million children in 50 years. That’s 2× the UK’s population — alive because science worked. 94 million from measles alone. No hype. Just data. ❤️ ourworldindata.org/vaccines-chi... #BlueSky  #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #SciSky #EMSky #NurseSky #FmSky #PedsSky #CardioSky #ObSky #NewsSky

Girls' mental health is getting worse. With gender norms, academic stress and social media comparisons, the pressures are building. Earlier this year, we held a workshop in Westminster to ask: What’s working? And what needs to change? Read our findings: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...

The University of Liverpool have written a piece about our HALo launch event 'Securing the Future: Shaping the UK Strategy of Long-acting Therapeutics'. It's a nice reminder of our day with our guests and fellow hosts iiCON, CPI and the Henry Royce Institute. news.liverpool.ac.uk?p=131351

Getting children to learn to swallow tablets is a fantastically useful life skill. What about doing this in a community setting? @liverpooluni.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @newcastleuni.bsky.social @greatormondst.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @ljmuofficial.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ijpp/advance...

🚨🚨New paper klaxon🚨🚨 The importance of arginine in neonates is hard to overstate, and this work shows how supplementation of feeds helps restore it to appropriate levels. aspenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @liverpooluni.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk Liverpool Women's Hospital

There are not too many kids who need Clopidogrel, but there are some (usually post op cardiac surgery)... Makes the case to me for dedicated paediatric pharmacogenomic services!! bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @alderhey.nhs.uk @liverpooluni.bsky.social @britpharmsoc.bsky.social

Silly costume ✅ Right place ✅ Pre- event coffee ✅ Double checked my students are attending ✅ Ok @liverpooluni.bsky.social winter graduation - here we go

That made me giggle

Best of luck and huge congratulations to everyone graduating today! Some fantastic work across our intercalating and PG students. This is what all your hard work is for!

There are some very good tips in here from @mhragovuk.bsky.social about how to avoid common medicine mistakes (e.g. remember cold/flu remedies contain paracetamol too - so don't double dose) relevant to children/young people... www.gov.uk/government/n...

🚨🚨New paper klaxon 🚨🚨 Work @lichw.bsky.social (a collaboration between @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @alderhey.nhs.uk) about the use of elastomeric devices to give antibiotics to children mostly at home - speeding up safe discharge adc.bmj.com/content/earl... Archives of Disease in Childhood

Thanks to everyone who helped with this, all over the country. A team effort for our children. Now to get it all done. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6931e2...

Latest Drug Safety Update from @mhragovuk.bsky.social Raised intracranial pressure (Idiopathic intracranial hypertension if you prefer) from Mesalazine www.gov.uk/drug-safety-...

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.

If you’re questioned about the costs of the 2-child limit & benefit cap, ask how much might it save the state (in public service demand, tax receipts, welfare etc) if we reduced child poverty by 1.2 million children… A potential £164 billion pounds. media.actionforchildren.org.uk/documents/AC...

Amazing sky in Liverpool today

Important reassurance from @mhragovuk.bsky.social about childhood vaccine safety. I agree with every word of this #paediatrics #medsky #vaccine www.gov.uk/government/n...

MHRA issues reassurance on vaccine safety in children buff.ly/wAMLzmd #MHRA #vaccines #vaccinesafety #childhoodvaccine #pharmacy #UKpharmacy

🚨🚨New publication klaxon 🚨🚨 BMJ Sports Medicine editorial (a @bmj.com journal) from @liverpooluni.bsky.social / @alderhey.nhs.uk / @lfcr.bsky.social about potential impacts of heading footballs for children, what to learn (and how), while avoiding putting kids off exercise doi.org/10.1136/bjsp...

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. There’s something magical about letting people be. Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them. 🧡 #kindness #positivity #belief #compassion

How is the UK going to marnage the new possibilities and opportunities of paediatric pharmacogenomics? Good meeting, very pleased to have been able to contribute. Read on… pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feat... Via @pharmpress.bsky.social

All about the great clean air clinic at @alderhey.nhs.uk by @iansinha.bsky.social and Alice Lee hospitalhealthcare.com/clinical/res...

Listening to my colleague Ruairi talking about child protection to the year 3 @livunimedicine.bsky.social students. Proper thought provoking stuff.

Introducing four new Liverpool scholarships for 2026 🎓🎉✨ 📚 Liverpool Excellence Scholarship 🎓 Liverpool Advancement Scholarship 💫 Liverpool Attainment Scholarship for India 🌏 Liverpool Achievement Scholarship for India @livunihss.bsky.social Find out more 👇 www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

For our 11th and penultimate report update in our #ChildrenFirst campaign we highlight how urgent change is needed to address underlying childhood vulnerabilities, to create Safer Streets, reduce crime and meet the government’s Opportunity Mission for children and young people. A thread 👇

Awesome work @catrionawaitt.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajmg... Paper looking at how cardiovascular risks are associated with changes in cortisol profiles in girls with Turners syndrome Paper from @lilyjones25.bsky.social, a @livunimedicine.bsky.social student at the time, now at @alderhey.nhs.uk @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Live footage of me being pursued by my emails… #academia

High pitched 80’s horror film voice ‘It’s here…’ #UKHSAViruswatch

I don’t know what prompted me to read this - but I’m glad I did. Really interesting article so very far from my comfort zone. And more uses of the term ’bullshit’ than any academic paper I’ve ever seen before!

What an absolutely heartbreaking sorry. Makes you want to hug everyone you know and care about cause you don’t know what’s going to happen.

I bet there were knock on effects on the children in families where this benefit was reduced. #paediatric #paedsky

Find out more about the Community of Practice for long-acting therapeutics in maternal and paediatric health, and how to join on the project page: www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-of-ex...

A video of our October Community of Practice session is live. Laxman Cherkupally from @mmv.org delivered the session titled 'Considerations for long-acting injectable microsuspension development - Lessons from an anti-malarial therapy' Watch here: youtu.be/3PTuh4sfA4g

It will never not be cool when a speaker uses your evidence in their talk! @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @alderhey.nhs.uk delivered the PASS study shown here, and the meta-analysis Talk is about genotype guided prescribing and the health economics At Pharmacogenomics Network of Excellence event

Early risk doesn’t mean lost potential. In this #MindtheKids pod, learn how positive kindergarten experiences—especially close teacher bonds—can transform childhood outcomes with host Mark Tebbs & guest Dr. Katharina Haag. https://t.co/yYKhfQLQI5 Search ACAMH and subscribe to our pods.

New data on the causes of death driving inequalities in life expectancy at a local level. The life expectancy gap is determined by higher mortality in deprived areas across a range of causes of death. Circulatory diseases, cancer and respiratory diseases contributed almost 60% of the gap in 2022/23.

Not everyday you see this at @alderhey.nhs.uk

Really important umbrella review of systematic reviews about maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use risk of autism/AHDH - and clear conclusion - Existing evidence does not clearly link the them! www.bmj.com/content/391/... @liverpooluni.bsky.social #paedsky #paediatrics #pediatrics

New publication klaxon 🚨🚨 A first paper from @alec-thomas.bsky.social in his @hdruk.bsky.social PhD post, and the first in a series about understanding real world stats in papers @liverpooluni.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @iansinha.bsky.social adc.bmj.com/content/earl...

Checkout the @bjog.bsky.social health equity issue loads of really interesting papers and includes our caesarean birth core information set doi.org/10.1111/1471... and risk communication survey doi.org/10.1111/1471...

New paper klaxon 🚨🚨 One of our @livunimedicine.bsky.social intercalators has their 1st publication (with a team from @alderhey.nhs.uk, @liverpooluni.bsky.social & @manchester.ac.uk): it's an education piece on how to approach a baby with suspected congenital heart disease ep.bmj.com/content/earl...