Just over an hour to go, starting at 10:00am. Join us for the Irish National Audit of Stroke National Report 2024 & Organisational Audit 2025 launch webinar. Register: noca.ie/news-events/... #StrokeAudit2025 #ClinicalAudit #QualityImprovement @joeharbison.bsky.social @irishheart-ie.bsky.social

𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 - 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆'𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 In November 2017, national radio DJ Gerry Stevens suffered a life-altering brain haemorrhage caused by undiagnosed high blood pressure. Watch his full story here: vimeo.com/noca/gerryss... @joeharbison.bsky.social

Prof Joe Harbison has officially launched the Irish National Audit of Stroke Summary Report 2024 & Organisational Audit Report 2025 today. The report provides a comprehensive overview of how stroke care is organised and delivered across Ireland. 🔗 noca.ie/documents/ir... @joeharbison.bsky.social

‘People are going to die’: Republicans in Mike Johnson’s district sound the alarm over the megabill's impact. Cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs would have deep ramifications in the House Speaker's home state.

Just published in Age & Ageing using INAS data from @noca-irl.bsky.social >25% of people having strokes are in their 80s and their characteristics & outcomes are substantially better than those 90+ years. They shouldn’t be grouped together when reporting studies. doi.org/10.1093/agei...

NOCA is proud to be represented this week at the 11th European Stroke Organisation Conference. Joan McCormack, Cardiovascular Programme Audit Manager and Prof Joe Harbison, Clinical Lead, Irish National Audit of Stroke are in attendance with over 4000 delegates. #ESOC2025 @joeharbison.bsky.social

Ireland saw a 8% rise in admissions for stroke in hospitals in 2023, according to the Irish National Audit of Stroke Care

Should ‘Mundus sine Caesaribus’ be added to the landing page of this app below the butterfly the same way ‘Democracy dies in darkness’ used to mean something at the NYT before Besos corrupted it?

Filed in District Court today. Judge Berman Jackson making sure the record will always be reflective of what really happened that day.

If you thought the other place was bad before, today it’s just a complete sewer. Avoid!

More from Elon Musk's estranged daughter: "It seems to me like you’re trying to rebuild your brand image as the 'caring paternal father' which I will not let go unchallenged. If I’m going to be honest, this is absolutely pathetic," - Vivian Wilson www.usatoday.com/story/tech/n...

I’ve just looked at my Apple Watch and I’m a bit worried. Does anybody know how accurate the fitness tracker is because it’s possible I might have to take the afternoon off?

NBA Team Physicians Admit They Only Know Medical Stuff About Legs theonion.com/nba-team-phy...

A lot of people called Sarah seem very keen to interact with me. Last week it was all Camillas. Bot farms must think I’m fickle….

I think my walking fur ball of a cat is moulting. At this rate I’m going to have to learn how to knit.

Just deleted X from my last device. There’s one New Year’s Resolution kept!

Hi, Bluesky. I’m God. Jesus and Santa are both huge socialists. Free healthcare for all, free toys for all. We all agree on this stuff. Love, God

Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there? National Suicide Prevention Hotline Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK) 1-800-273-8255 (USA) 1.833.456.4566 (Canada)

Always worth reading through the OECD Health at a Glance report this time of year. One thing that’s interesting is that the drop in life expectancy seen during the Covid pandemic seems to have largely resolved.

There is no second rule because, frankly, we dgaf

My career is largely due adverse effects correlated with vaccine use. I’m a Geriatrician. In the past people wouldn’t have lived long enough to need to see me.

I will never, ever get over this.

Art

I get the impression that cats are fundamentally Republicans and dogs are Democrats. (Cartoon Christopher Weyant, New Yorker)

Forgotten female heroes of STEM Vesta Stoudt. The unsung inventor of Duct Tape in 1943. It was originally used to seal ammunition boxes, so they could be more easily opened by soldiers in an emergency. The 1st rule of engineering remains ‘if you can’t fix it with duct tape, you haven’t used enough’.

Word of the day is ‘sequaciousness’ (16th century): the slavish and reckless following of another person in matters of thought or opinion.

Many thanks to Prof Nick Maynard for delivering the John Stearne Quatercentenary Lecture in St James’s Hospital. His presentation on ‘Gaza: an attack on healthcare’ was a harrowing description of the effect of the ongoing Israeli bombardment on medical services, staff and civilians in Gaza.

A Skiagraph of a Rolando fracture performed by WS Haughton, pioneer radiologist, taken in the Anatomy Department of Trinity College Dublin within a year of Roentgen’s first image of his wife’s hand.

m randomly scanning through my medical history photos. This from the British Museum. It’s an ancient Egyptian prosthetic big toe.

OK, Medical Historians and Doctors, (or anyone really) any suggestion on what this is for? It’s from the Ceppo in Pistoia

Sir Nathaniel Barry (born 1725), first Professor of Surgery and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin. His wedding portrait now hangs in RCPI. He hasn’t done up his waistcoat fully so you can see that his shirt is made of silk and not wool.

Looking at the site of the Workhouse, now the site of St James’s Hospital, Dublin on Roque’s Map (1756). I get the impression from the street names that it wasn’t a good area.

Portrait of John Stearne (1624-1669) in the Senior Common Room, Trinity College Dublin. We are honored to have Prof Nick Maynard giving the memorial lecture for his Quatercentenary for Grand Rounds in St James’s Hospital Dublin on 22nd November.

I’m new here so I suppose I should post a few images of things I’m interested in. This figure from British Museum is from St John’s Hospital in Dublin. It’s early 12th Century which is interesting because St John’s was founded around 1180. Was there a pre-existing religious site?