Gotta love University libraries and the circulation of books between them 🥰 @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social

Would you like to learn about how vaccines protect the aging brain from dementia? I'll be doing this free webinar on the topic with Anthony Levinson & @miramcmaster.bsky.social . Free, fun, and fact-based. I would love to see you there.

Bookmail 💌 from the lovely people @galleybeggars.bsky.social

Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize Closing date 8 November!

Please , if you are able Support Independent publishers. They are doing more than most to find, nurture and publish great new writers and stories. There are many but here are a few. @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social Thank you.

Get a shingles vaccine, prevent dementia? I talk about his new paper on CBC radio (link below). Infections can be bad for the aging brain. (Shingles in terrible in & of itself- if you live in Ontario, you can get the vaccine btw age 65-70). #CBCRadio1 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

McMaster researchers discover new class of antibiotics brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcm...

More on measles misinformation with me, Mansour Haeryfar - @westernu.bsky.social l - & Dr. Brian Ward - @cusm-muhc.bsky.social in the @nationalpost.bsky.social . Measles kills or damages perfectly healthy people and no amount of healthy eating can prevent it. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Today I talked to CBC's @mattgalloway.bsky.social about measles. You can hear more about why measles is *very bad*, why people born in the late 90's/early00's need to know their vaccine status & the relationship btw vaccination rates & the family doctor crisis. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result : The Ice-Cream Effect www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

A pill to treat sickle cell disease? www.science.org/content/arti...

Yes.

There are cells in our retinas that produce pigments to absorb excess light. Scientists are trying to understand what controls the number of pigments as this could help inform stem cell therapies. elifesciences.org/digests/9251...

That’s interesting. The Yamagata flu strain had not been detected since 2020, probably thanks to Covid related changes in behaviour. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...