We know that pets influence our microbiome, but scientists have now found that having a dog seems to change this ecosystem in a way that could boost our well-being

Heart-lung bypass lowered kidney blood flow by about half and lowered oxygen levels in the kidney tissue. The brain's blood flow and oxygen levels were not much changed. When noradrenaline was used, kidney oxygen levels dropped more than with vasopressin. #AnSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Among 73,813 patients, 9495 (12.9%) lost the ability to live independently after surgery. Patients who were classified as underweight or living with obesity class 3 or 4 had an increased likelihood of adverse discharge. #AnSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

I hope anaesthetists, surgeons and intensivists (and anyone who is interested) will give their thoughts about #Delirium research. Such an important but overlooked issue that affects at least 1 in 16 older surgical patients. www.surveymonkey.com/r/WTHNBZK #AnSky #GeriSky #SurgSky #NIHR

Diffidate di chi vi parla di "riforme a costo zero". Le riforme a costo zero non esistono in natura. Infatti, ieri Schlein ha parlato di salario minimo come di "riforma a costo zero". Di questo passo, servirà l'antidoping. (Poi, si può sempre cantare "facciamo come la Germania!", finché dura)

Interpreting the afternoon disadvantage: accounting for mediation, weighting and secular trends #AnSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

An estimated 12% of the UK surgical population has been labelled as having a penicillin allergy! How can we de-label appropriate patients? #AnSky #allergy #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Republicans tell Trump to ‘grow up’ after he sacks data chief - The Telegraph Substitute North Korea… shoot the messenger

As a mother - as a human - I find it very difficult to look at these photos and not weep. “Rates of severe malnutrition among children aged under five at Médecins Sans Frontières’ Gaza City clinic have tripled in the last two weeks” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Orcas have been documented appearing to gift rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers. This could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species.

Every bad thing you ever heard about the new Sonos app is true… do not make my mistake of thinking they’d fixed it. Avoid

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their DNA finally have a face

And now, after 7 months of baking, the shiny @lancetgh.bsky.social manuscript has emerged! Very excited to share this as the culmination of a huge amount of work and fantastic/constructive peer review process. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪🩺 #IDsky #icusky

Massive congratulations on this Mark!

At #CASAM2025 for the @casupdate.bsky.social meeting representing @anaesjournal.bsky.social and the @assocanaes.bsky.social Happy to chat about potential submissions to @anaesjournal.bsky.social or @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social Looking forward to seeing the research presentations

1/5 President #Zelenskyy 💬 "This morning, I visited a russian missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv. The missile tore through every floor, reaching the basement. Twenty-three lives were lost in this single attack. My heart goes out to their families and loved ones.

Honoured (though a little surprised) to be last lab coat up in the current series of #LifeScientific. Lovely to chat with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social for this. Tune in tomorrow Radio 4 9am. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The Intensive Care Society welcomes the important report published by the Palliative Care Commission - we believe there is significant potential to improve how palliative care is delivered within intensive care settings. Read our full statement below👇 bit.ly/pallcarecomm...

SNAP3 Message 4b: Frailty assessment isn’t an end-of-the-bed-o-gram. Put anyone in a hospital gown with an iv running and they probably ‘look’ frailer than when they walked in. Smartly dressed in clinic doesn’t mean someone isn’t struggling with activities of daily living. #AnSky #GeriSky #SurgSky

#CCR25 are there any components of the care package offered to patients during the GASTROSAM trial that could be applied at scale? Great to see the low mortality rates observed in this trial www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Is it possible to rate British Airways at -10?

Brexit fishing and Farage. The EU were our partners. We had power. Now we're out on our own.

Milky Way, Tropic of Capricorn dark sky night

I still think represents the most shocking void in the UK’s COVID response - when the largest biomedical facility offered to undertake testing (many universities did the same) the government didn’t even answer. The cost would have been minimal. But no profit for private companies… is that it?

African sky at dusk…

The Boss is simply speaking simple truths

She was 9 weeks pregnant. She died. The state of Georgia is making the doctors keep her alive to incubate the baby. She’s been dead for three months. This is REAL. this isn’t about what should or should not be done. This is about having a VOICE. This is about having a CHOICE.

Common medications for keeping blood pressure down can also lower the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment

Just received my copy of the 8th edition of Smith and Aitkenhead’s Textbook of Anaesthesia. Many thanks to my fellow editors but particularly grateful to the many colleagues and friends who wrote so many excellent chapters. Book chapter authorship is true academic altruism!

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS? …And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people? Oh wait…🥴

Join us for this event, happening tomorrow! 🥳

In fact, while I'm at it, what are you teaching? Management of the ward round for when you're on your lonesome as an F1? Clinical reasoning? Basic sciences? Comms? This probably differs based on student grade and specialty. But they all likely require different approaches.

So we can have a profound affect on Medical Students. John was a great mentor of mine at a time when women had few mentors. If we engage and promote our specialty you will be surprised at what can happen. I think ward rounds can be a great experience, but we have to make it so

It’s the World Day for Safety and Health at Work Through our #FightFatigue campaign, we work to raise awareness of the dangers presented to the safety of healthcare staff who work during the night #FightFatigue buff.ly/Vm7KZrZ

@Anna Foster… sure you’re proud of yourself for out boxing someone with less media training than you.

Brexit is bad for our health (as predicted). There’s an urgent need now to repair the damage done and get health research and provision back on its feet. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

What is the American equivalent of a head of lettuce?

Umnnn… where is the lettuce head?

🤩 @briancoxtalks.bsky.social

The theme for World Health Day 2025 is Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures with a focus on maternal and newborn health. You can check out our guidance on Enhanced Maternal Care Units below👇 bit.ly/EnhancedMaternalCare #WHD2025

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.

Congrats to our Postdoc Eva Viho for two grants! The JoachimHerzStiftung supports her interdisciplinary computational research on the human hippocampus. The @dfg.de will foster collaboration with the University of CapeTown on neuroendocrine complications in traumatic brain injuries. #neuroskyence

Is this a Nazi salute? From the new Private Eye, out now.

Opinion | Trump’s attacks on South Africa are a punishment for independence - The Guardian

“Scientists, stay in your lane!” goes the refrain. Well, we won’t - and Kit Yates eloquently lays out why we absolutely shouldn’t. Science IS political.