👋 I’m Dr Marek, a surgeon specializing in breast & skin cancer. After years in Europe, I now work in Kenya to support surgical training, patient-first care & cancer awareness. #surgery #globalhealth #medicaleducation #cancercare

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... “ArmaForce contains a herb called Andrographis paniculata, which has been linked to 1,365 adverse event reports to the Therapeutic Goods Administration.” #Medsky

Many hospitals in Iran are now inundated Thinking of all of those who can't access healthcare now, and the clinicians too, especially with Ophthalmology centres such as Farabi Eye Hospital which are unable to deal currently with eye trauma 😥🫂

👇🏻Ping #orthosky @laurahamilton.bsky.social

Pyrocumulus happen when the immense heat from a fire causes near-surface air rise and break through to unstable layers in the atmos, leading to intense convection. I took this time lapse of the Walwa fire in NE Victoria on Friday afternoon as PyroCu bubbled away over the range from our location.

👀👇I do not think that I have ever read a more scathing article pertaining to the current leadership of an organization courtesy of the @financialtimes.com

Two Caribou with Stars Alan Syliboy ~ Mi'kmaq n.d.

I hope that the Swedish government takes legal action in this particular case as well as against this actual type of ongoing online targeted harassment.

#HepatitisC #HCV has been neglected in #Africa but affordable pangenotypic #DAA #treatment, community engagement & #decentralisation offer improved prospects. We report a #microelimination programme in #Uganda. @ndm.ox.ac.uk @crick.ac.uk @who.int 🧪🇺🇬🌍💊 #MedSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy New Year! This is "Eclipsing Ben Ohau" I can't think of a better way to end the 2025 recap than this one - Moonset and another night ends, appropriate for the Dec 31st post. #NewYears #BestShots #Eclipse #Moonset #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #NewZealand #NewYears2025

Meta-analysis finds that social norms messaging (telling people what others do or think they should do) has no effect on improving health behaviors once publication bias is accounted for. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Wishing everyone in our community, and all those close to you, a joyful 25 December filled with rest, warmth & togetherness. May this special time offer a moment to slow down, reconnect with loved ones, and reflect on our shared humanity and the care we owe one another, today and in the year ahead.

Highway to the Stars Meri Kirihimete! Wishing you and yours a Happy Holidays - and in 2026 may your Highway reach to the stars! - Twizel, New Zealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays #Astro #BestShots #EastCoastKin #Stars #Landscape #Nightphotography

It is essential that the requisite healthcare supports are in place as pediatric liver transplant recipients transition to adulthood

I’m so lucky to live here. What a beautiful solstice sunrise. #littlefarm #solstice #sunrise

This is a must read for anyone involved in managing solid organ transplant recipients-the perils of patients sourcing generic medications

This evidence suggests some strategies for closing the #GenderPayGap in surgery, such as: ✅reforms to reduce referral bias ✅increases in the monetary value of non-procedural work. 8/8 #Medsky #Surgsky @cmadocs.bsky.social @canadahealthwatch.ca

Liver cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Guinea-Bissau; over half of liver cancer cases there are attributable to HBV infection. Newborn infections have a 90% chance of causing chronic infection. Infected newborns have a 15-25% risk of premature death due to cirrhosis or liver cancer.

Just a cyclamen appreciation post... Photo: Chris Davies, Anglesey Abbey

How not to maintain public trust in the organ donation system. Exhibit A from the United States. Lax regulations are behind some transplant programs being able to prioritize $$$ over equity and fairness in the allocation of deceased donor organs. Shameful.

Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g

My thoughts are with anyone who has been caught up in this shocking terrorist incident which occurred here in Sydney. Kudos to the first responders and the hospitals who are dealing with the aftermath.

It is always good to spot one of these busy little birds whilst out and about here in Australia

Important questions here, for the lawyers, why is there a need to collect DNA from visitors and what might be the possible purposes? This raises lot's of other questions as well.

A rare wild teapot. Or a Cladonia lichen:) Teapot (or lichen) is about 1.5cm high. Northwest Territories, Canada #lichen #fungi #fungifrienda #teapot

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If you are planning to travel to the United States, be aware that they will be wanting a lot more information from you, including for your family members

Fired CDC director Susan Monarez is one of Nature's 10 people who shaped science in 2025. “I always challenge the status quo because that’s what you do in science,” Monarez told me. “You challenge it to try to do better, but you don’t compromise your moral and scientific integrity for expediency.”

I took care of numerous kids with fulminant hepatitis B in the 90s before the switch to getting the first vaccine at birth. I don’t recall having one since. I do not miss caring for that disease.

From a recent hike in the Royal National Park near Sydney. A view across the lower Kangaroo Creek valley from the Engadine trail. #hiking #australia

The 4th and latest reported incident of donor derived transmission of rabies within the United States

Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability. Read the full Perspective: nej.md/48Ova76

"That day taught me that speaking up matters—even when you’re unsure, even when you’re junior, even when it’s uncomfortable. It reminded me that surgery is a team sport, and every voice in that room counts." #surgsky #medsky

Along the fence-line. I usually focus my camera on wildlife, but I also can’t resist a striking landscape view #ArtAdventCalendar

The latest #AIslop courtesy of Nature Scientific reports. So many unanswered questions #MedSky

AWS and AWSF are thankful for YOU! This season of gratitude, AWS extends heartfelt thanks to everyone who makes our mission to support women surgeons a reality: our members, leaders, sponsors, donors, mentors, and allies. We are deeply grateful for you!

We pride ourselves on our commitments to open science, integrity, and equity in research. If you want to learn more, this Editorial by Executive Editor Helen Lumbard & Editor-in-Chief Till Bärnighausen outlines our scope and vision, and reaffirms our drive for meaningful change 🧪 plos.io/3XFZfzg

I watched ER and when things were really bad they usually called a surgeon

#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Surgical procedures led to a 16% increase in financial hardship and an 8-fold rise in out-of-pocket spending for US working-age adults, especially the uninsured and those with private insurance. ja.ma/4i8rMHm

Every year more information accrues around the complexities of the human immune system. This proposed schema for classifying T-cells being a casing point!

1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...

Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up. Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.

I was able to publish numerous pieces in the AMA Journal of Ethics during my time in the Ethics Group at AMA. They've always had a dedicated team of editors interested in advancing important discussions in medical ethics and public health ethics. What an unfortunate, wrong-headed decision.

Dr Clare McNaught is set to officially take office as RCSEd's new President tomorrow (14 November) at the College's AGM. Dr McNaught succeeds Professor Rowan Parks, who has served as the College's President for the last three years. Read more: https://bit.ly/3XxrhwN #OperatingAsOne

DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT

If you live anywhere north the 35th parallel and have clear skies, go outside and look north right now! #aurora

NEW: 1 in 8 men undergo scrotal surgery 20 years after kidney donation, underscoring the need for increased patient education about the risks and symptoms to monitor after donation. https://f.mtr.cool/xpxelntcyw

#TLM25: Laura Kulik, MD, transplant hepatologist at @nuintmed.bsky.social, in Chicago, speaking on systemic therapy for #HCC at @aasldnews.bsky.social#TLM25#HCC025 in Washington, D.C. Image & quote taken by Senior Correspondent, Larry Luxner. #RareDisease #Hepatology #HepatocellularCarcinoma #MedSky