On longevity, and privilege… Another quote from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social’s book.

Wise words from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social in her book. #Inequality #SDOH #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth

A short thread of more quotes from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social’s book “How Not to Die Too Soon”… Universal healthcare requires a societal contract. 🧵1/n

“Healthcare isn’t a luxury like a handbag or designer shoes”. Well said @profdevisridhar.bsky.social! #BookSky #MedSky 🧵4/n

Tues 16th June 4.30pm on @BBCRadio4- listen to the What's up Docs episode on living longer, healthier lives. Recorded in front of a live audience at Hay Festival. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Why all the cancer breakthroughs? Thursday #F24Debate asks about the avalanche of innovations... and the challenges of preventing the disease

It’s natural to focus on breakthroughs, but there are many challenges in Britain and around the world. There is no magic bullet, but there’s room for optimism @profdevisridhar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Today's Guardian: on how far we've come in cancer treatment, yet how far we still have to go towards a 'cure'

Cancer is now a story of the good, the bad and the ugly – but also hope | Devi Sridhar

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Thank you- link to full interview on Ebola situation in DRC here: www.channel4.com/news/ebola-u...

Awesome time at Hay Festival - will always remember my events with @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @turiking.bsky.social and @adamrutherford.bsky.social on genes, global health and more!

What a great review- you totally got what I was trying to do- even more eloquently than me- Thank you Dr. Alexandre Leskanich

From @profdevisridhar.bsky.social in her book. In this case discussing mental health, but also very applicable to physical health. We solve most health problems better when re recognise that they are much bigger than individual failures of willpower. #BookSky #MedSky #PublicHealth

“If your neighbour’s house is on fire, you don’t wait and watch. You help to put it out before the fire spreads to yours. That’s the interconnected world we live in, and an important lesson for all politicians watching the crisis unfold.” Excellent from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social

Ebola in the DRC needs the world’s attention now – if your neighbour’s house is on fire, you don’t wait and watch | Devi Sridhar

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Some quotes from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social’s book How Not To Die Too Soon, in the chapter on mental health. It’s so sad that world wide, we seem to focus on punishment rather than support for people who are at especially high risk of poor mental health. #BookSky

On mental health, from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social’s book How Not To Die Too Soon… #BookSky #MentalHealth #PublicHealth

Quick explainer👇incl. my interview drawing on co-chairing with Peter Piot & Ashish Jha the Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola in 2014/15

While DRC has experience of managing Ebola outbreaks, rapid diagnostics (for the Zaire strain) failed to identify this was Ebola for weeks. This circulating strain of Ebola is the Bundibugyo virus: we have no approved drugs, vaccines or rapid diagnostics for this strain (1/2)

Professor Devi Sridhar, Chair of Global Public Health at the U of Edinburgh, on the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak: - 🦠 Long incubation period raises concern but no unlinked cases so far - 🏥 No vaccine or specific treatment -- quarantine and monitoring are critical www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBF7...

@profdevisridhar.bsky.social The hantavirus outbreak has been well-handled – but there are still dangerous days ahead | Devi Sridhar www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The hantavirus outbreak has been well-handled – but there are still dangerous days ahead | Devi Sridhar

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If helpful, NatureMedicine paper: Prof Rebecca Katz & I propose a decision-making tree on guiding govt policy response to an outbreak. Hopefully useful… www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I think it's too early to say whether to be worried or not. Obviously this is bad news: human-to-human transmission on a cruise ship with nationals from many countries, growing number of infections, serious disease and no vaccine/therapeutic/rapid diagnostic (1/2)

A game-changer for good health? Scientists believe ‘we are when we eat’ | Devi Sridhar

My latest column: I’m not saying have chocolate for breakfast, but I am saying that if you’re going to eat chocolate tomorrow, maybe have it before 5pm when your body’s better primed to deal with it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On the hantavirus outbreak, key info: 1. It usually spreads rodent droppings to humans. One strain (Andes) has previously reported human-to-human transmission, but we don't yet have sequencing of virus on the cruise ship (1/3)

Plus I have a really fun Guardian column out this week. Two words: chocolate cake.

Back in Topping & Company Booksellers signing next batch of books 📚- nice to hear they’re going quickly 😃

The UK’s gradual ban on smoking has been a PR success. The world will be watching to see how the ban for anyone born after 2009 works out. So far it’s been a win with smokers and non-smokers alike, by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com

Good summary

If you’re born on or after Jan 1 2009, you’ll never be able to buy cigarettes- I look at why there’s strong public support behind this new law in the UK

Even without social media, phones have a subtle, damaging effect on our mental health | Devi Sridhar

“…modern communication is pushing our minds to the limit…our wellbeing is higher w/IRL interaction v screen-based…our nervous systems were designed for immediate, tangible threats, not for the constant pinging in our pocket.” @profdevisridhar.bsky.social

This is worth reading from the excellent @profdevisridhar.bsky.social. Personally, I feel always-on communication has been/is terrible for my mind and mental health.

Fascinating. And I think the point about the blue ticks is very familiar. Even without an urgency of reply, I have an urgent need to know it's been read. Odd in a way, as I miss written letters, which had the most diaphanous receipt status of all.

Great article. So much of this resonated with me.

Thanks for this. I think you've hit the nail pretty much on the head with this. It helps explain why - although pretty progressive in other ways - I rather pine for the old landline, and letters. We were still informed, still in touch with each other, just not always tense about it!

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately…please feedback what you think! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What does it take to translate evidence into clear, trusted communication? @profdevisridhar.bsky.social and our @miamalan.bsky.social tell us more at the upcoming Oxford University discussion. Register today: tinyurl.com/2fynp8s9

More government action, please!

On eating, and why it’s a political issue… From @profdevisridhar.bsky.social in her book. #PublicHealth #MedSky

More from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social. I’m always intrigued by why a “nanny state” is viewed so negatively by some. I thought nannies were supposed to be loving and caring, with your best interests at heart? #BookSky #MedSky #PublicHealth

On BBC Radio Scotland this morning at 8.30am

Very cool to see Blackwell Bookshops include How Not to Die (Too Soon) in their 3 for 2 offers. Signed copies in Edinburgh & deal on throughout UK 🍎

My book is out today 🎉- thanks Trisha for your posts- really enjoy hearing from readers what you think!

Hey- my paperback is out tomorrow! Publishing a book, finishing a research project or article- it can all feel anticlimactic. Years of work, it comes out and then... I'm celebrating with a cup of tea and walk. www.penguin.co.uk/books/458539...