Cypriot girl gets kidney through ‘domino transplant’

Purple paradise… Infinite lavenders from beautiful Provence. This season have been a bit complicated, due to multiple heat waves here in France the harvest happened way earlier than usual.

Influencer brothers? Are you kidding? How about brothers accused of #sexualassault & #trafficking in several countries ABC? Influencers sounds like they promote fashion brands & hotels, not how to rape women! #enoughisenough www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

oh so literally the “this is fine” meme? nypost.com/2026/07/15/u...

There is a bit more to this case than what is in the news headline as one female infectious disease doctor seeks justice in light of her career trajectory stalling …….

Lawsuit alleges Mayo Clinic cuts corners with AI, putting patient care and privacy at risk “Eto "uncovered a disturbing set of flaws in Mayo’s AI compass" that prioritized speed over accuracy & put patient care & privacy at risk while manipulating data critical in the institution’s medical research”

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Two teleoperated humanoid robots completed two surgeries in a preclinical trial, including a gallbladder removal. One procedure paired a robot with a human assistant; another used two robots side by side. doi.org/hb9t3b

Your perspective matters! The 2026 AAST DEI Essay Contest invites medical students, residents, & fellows to share their perspectives on equity, inclusion & belonging in acute care surgery Deadline: July 29 https://www.aast.org/professional-development/aast-essay-contests/aast-dei-essay-contest.html

The historic Notre Dame Cathedral in #Die #France Unfortunately that is not cloud in the sky but instead was smoke arising from the massive forest fire in the Drome to the south of Die #feudeforet

Just a reminder from your friendly neighborhood MD: brain dead is dead. But a patient can have serious and irreversible neurological injury without meeting criteria for brain death.

My name is Jeff Dillon and I'm a Canadian landscape painter. This is my art and I'd love to hear what you think. Jeff #art

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The information contained in the link within the reposted post below is a must read if you have been trying to beat the heat in Europe this last week (which I have been doing whilst staying in France and experiencing some of the associated travel disruptions)……

The North Sea at 17° & three women embark on a paddle board adventure. No wet suit required. We decided to escape the heat of London for a short stay on the Suffolk coast. So much cooler. #suffolk #paddleboarding #northsea #mobilephone #Dunwich #photography

This is about the pioneering use of CAR T therapy to desensitize potential renal allograft recipients so that they become eligible to undergo a kidney transplant

“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” ~Neil deGrasse Tyson. Image: Jessica Koscielniak/Reuters.

Warning issued over counterfeit weight-loss drugs labelled as retatrutide

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

NEWS /// Access the Journal Citation Reports 2026 - now available, with data for 22,643 journals across 254 categories and ongoing enhancements to transparency, consistency and inclusivity in journal-level metrics. Read the press release: ow.ly/hnoc50ZcAYe

Diabetes was linked with an increased risk of death among transplant recipients of four major organs, with pre-existing and new-onset diabetes both implicated, a comprehensive analysis suggested. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/endo/121747

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Something to watch out for ...... and then to protect oneself accordingly

Over the last month I saw that human editors are now stripped of control. I could no longer stop the system from auto-inviting "reviewers" with zero relevant expertise. Even worse - the AI began actively revoking the invitations I manually sent out to actual, qualified experts.

Iirc Dorothy Bishop resigned because the Royal Society refused to take any action again Elon Musk, a fellow of the society whose behaviour very publicly does not meet the expected behaviour of the society. It's hard to hold billionaires to account.

The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event Captured by Jessica Meir aboard the International Space Station, from above the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth, Australia, June 5, 2026. images.nasa.gov/details/iss0... 🧪🔭

For some reason, this owl's smile reminds me of the Mona Lisa. 🪶

There is an increasing recognition that the work environment is an increasing factor in the decision making processes being made by younger surgeons as to their future career options

the #Panorama programme about David Sullivan is so depressingly familiar: obnoxious toad-like rich man abuses his position to abuse women, then denies it all. Grim, grim, grim. Well done to the women for coming forward - that takes courage.

👀The bit about the repeated affairs and the Cialis ..... #womeninstem

👇These are my coauthors for this particular manuscript, talking about the findings from this research!

👇 #globalhealth followers

If an inaccuracy has made its way into your doctor's notes because they were using an AI scribe, please email me at [email protected]! I am a health AI reporter and would love to talk to you about this problem!

Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

The humidity around Sydney is leading to a number of interesting fungi appearing. Which in the case of this Anemone stinkhorn ( Aseroe rubra), was only overnight #gardening

we’re rolling out the first phase of the Bluesky + standard.site integration today! now, when you share an article from writing platforms that support standard.site (like @leaflet.pub, @pckt.blog, @offprint.app), you’ll notice the link card has more to it than a typical link card.

Female doctors quit medicine at higher rates than men. Why? https://www.europesays.com/us/825423/ But the problems for female doctors aren’t confined to a few fields. A recent paper published in The…#us #news #usnews

The only reason I’m semi getting any studying done is because my kids go to bed at 7pm and I work like once a week How tf are people who work 9-5 able to study for a board exam?!?

#MountainMonday #Eryri 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Cymru #Wales #NorthWales #Snowdonia #hiking #mountains #Gebirge #meadow #sheep #sky #clouds #sheepofmastodon #nature #Natur #landscape #Landschaft #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #Fotografie #amateurphotography

Ramifications for research projects involving collaboration with US based teams - "One of those affected is Iain Drummond, who studies kidney development and regeneration at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Maine and directs its NIH-funded Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence" 👇

There is so much poetry in Stephen Colbert celebrating his finale on the exact stage where the Beatles changed culture in 1964. Singing "Hello Goodbye" surrounded by his family, his band, and his crew before Paul McCartney flipped the final power switch. This was the perfect full-circle goodbye!

Oh no ...... #hiking

‘Male professors ‘excuse’ gender disparities in academia by referring to women's preferences or ‘justify’ them by appealing to meritocratic standards.’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Yes, taking images without consent in the operating room environment is bound to attract the attention of the regulatory authorities!

Dr Heba Elsewedy from #Egypt🇪🇬 is honored with 2026 Director-General's Awards for Global Health at #WHA79 for her outstanding humanitarian contributions.

Eastern Spinebill, our backyard in Central Victoria, Australia. Photo Damian Kelly #Ausbirds #birds

We are implementing a similar policy at @arxiv.bsky.social. If there is incontrovertible evidence of LLM slop in a paper, this means the authors did not take the time to read the LLM output and we can't trust anything else in the paper. Penalty is 1 year ban from arXiv followed by...

Young people and women are particularly vulnerable to MetALD, a dangerous merging of metabolic disease and alcohol use. www.statnews.com/2026/05/13/l...

When you have a hobby and a kitten 😭