I wish more doctors understood this.. "... I am no longer willing to keep postponing life. Medicine can have extraordinary meaning. But it cannot substitute for being present in your own life. The world may need us as physicians. But the people who love us need us as ourselves." #AnSky #MedSky

Our new editorial in @cja-journal.bsky.social: From h-index to hashtags: the modernization of research and publication metrics Introducing our concept of "social media biofeedback" for journals and authors @alopipatelmd.bsky.social @maryannturner.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41712179/

Now we have to worry about hallucinations in Google Scholar searches:

Registration is now open! See csahq.org/events/csa-2... Need to plan your study leave? Join us next July 2026 in Hawaii and stay at the Four Seasons Ko Olina or Disney Aulani Resort at discounted room rates thanks to @csahq.bsky.social 🙏🏽🏖🌞 @maryannturner.bsky.social @anaesjournal.bsky.social

Great engagement on @drnavsidhu.bsky.social post on paediatric anaesthesia. Weekend #MedSkydebate is from social media royalty @chrimesy.com @hypoxicchicken.medsky.social and @maryannturner.bsky.social It’s all about consent!! HT @anaesjournal.bsky.social#MedSkydebate All good fun!

“Rather than clinicans adapting to the legal requirements for consent, the law may need to adapt to better serve the interests of patients” From me, @hypoxicchicken.medsky.social & @maryannturner.bsky.social Free full text for a limited time in @anaesjournal.bsky.social 🔓🔑⏱️

Does the study break down the case types for >85? With more minimally invasive surgical techniques and the increased use of noninvasive monitoring (BIS & Pulse variability index), I can see why fewer arterial lines are used. Anecdotally it feels that age has lower risk and ortho trauma surgeries.

The program for the 2026 @csahq.bsky.social Summer Hawaii Conf is posted! csahq.org/events/csa-2... Save the dates (July 13-17, 2026) and join me and Drs. @maryannturner.bsky.social, Adam Milam, Feyce Peralta, BobbieJean Sweitzer, Richard and Ellen Rosenquist. Registration opens this month!

Paradigm shifts in medicine are always characterized by resistance from within the medical community. See Ignaz Semmelweis, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, etc. What we're witnessing is a paradigm shift in how metabolism and obesity are understood. It's not a surprise some doctors are resistant.

"The silence of so many of our medical institutions in the face of this genocide reflects a profound failure to uphold the ethical principles these institutions claim to espouse and seek to instil in their members." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Well payed, Harvard, well played. Harvard offers FREE American Government course.

We cannot force a corpse to donate organs, but we can force a dead woman to be an incubator against her family’s wishes. The precedent this is setting is terrifying.

Not everyone is equally vulnerable to misinformation. That’s a key argument in the BMJ piece— and one public health has been slow to confront. This isn’t just about critical thinking. It’s about social determinants.

A quote about Nazi Germany that feels very relevant to current events.

Tetris. Truly the greatest game ever made. This story is wonderful. Five stars.

Fantastic post-election read by Dr Amy Maguire It’s time to unite “Australian values” of fairness & equity with protection of #HumanRights in Australian law” It’s time for an #AusHumanRightsAct! #auslaw #auspol

I don't know how or whether they can even hold World Pride in the US this year. Seems not a good idea. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

@who.int Health inequities don’t exist in isolation -they’re part of a vicious cycle of poverty, discrimination & poor access. But with inclusive policies, we can build a virtuous cycle of health, equity & sustainability. #HealthEquity #WHO #SDOH #globalHealth #intersectionality #healthjustice

‘Concerning’ lack of female-only medical trials in UK Amy Brenner tells @theguardian.com under-representation of women in #ClinicalTrials & “urgent need” to correct disparity to improve women’s #health outcomes. #PublicHealth www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.

Growing evidence highlights significant maternal health disparities in the UK. How do we achieve greater involvement of women from minority groups in health research? #AnSky #MedSky #Equity #ObgynSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Participants in clinical trials have been abandoned in the middle of clinical trials because of a Trump order. The stop-work order on USAID-funded research has left thousands w/ experimental drugs & devices in their bodies w/ no access to monitoring or care www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

Visiting Professor Clooney is married to actor - how about that headline @oxfordmail www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2491546...

Opinion - Travis Rieder | Not Everything Understandable is Justifiable: Why the Murder of a Health Care CEO Is Morally Wrong | The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...

*Fantastic* thread on Altmetric scores and what they mean... and don't mean. #AcademiaSky #MedSky #AnSky

You may not be aware that over the last 50 years, the Supreme Court has chipped away at your Miranda rights case by case, rendering them weak and ineffective. You no longer have the right to remain silent, to an attorney, not with the foece you used to. Time for a history lesson. /🧵

Difficult #airway management in Treacher Collins syndrome. The authors found that unexpectedly neck flexion produced the best views. Airway enthusiasts - what is your take on this very challenging case? https://buff.ly/3B2FEBM #anaesthesia #difficultairway #paedsanaesthesia #openaccess

Talking of Bier, @orthopodreg.bsky.social the story of how he developed spinal anaesthesia is pretty wild A story of cocaine, cigars, and German army helmets. #AnSky #MedSky #HistoryMedSky

"If we are going to train our way out of this problem, we need to train the rescuers." But are we not all rescuers? Today, someone 'rescues' my patient. Tomorrow, I 'rescue' someone else's patient. So we return to.. training for everyone?

I knitted these during lockdown Zoom meetings. One colour was when men were speaking, the other was when women were speaking. Guess which was which. 🤔

We have written before that "no age is the right age to be a woman leader." It is also true that "no look is the right look for a woman leader." See our new Fast Company article on lookism bias against women. www.fastcompany.com/91229638/loo...

Remember in the movie “Aliens” when no one listened to the woman and then everyone died? That’s what the vibe feels like right now.

Most CPR manikins don’t have breasts, which contributes towards women being less likely to receive life-saving first aid from bystanders, a study has found. Story by @natashamay.bsky.social and research led by @inquisitivegyn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @

I have dangerous coats. I will use them.

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform

A lil tip for the folks with shoe polish on their lips today :)

A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.

Public humiliation is still a common teaching tool in medical education. Here’s how it leaves patients worse off theconversation.com/public-humil...

‘This isn’t about oversight. This is about the reality black women face every day: working harder, achieving more, and still being overlooked…. It’s exhausting…’ This will resonate deeply with many.

I feel like this was the greatest celebrity post of all time because you initially want to make fun of it because we’re all irony poisoned jerks but the sheer scale of human compassion overwhelms it and you end up going yes Vincent I also want to help a pig see the stars for the first time

Unacceptable.

Gisèle Pelicot is an absolute boss. There is no end to the respect I have for her. The strength and dignity she has shown in the face of what must be a devastating and torturous personal trauma, is awe inspiring.

Men self-cite more than #WomenInSTEM 👀 #GenderSummit2024 #AcademicSky

There is an anaesthesia focused custom feed you can pin to your feed list at bsky.app/profile/did:... Tried a variety of incision and exclusion criteria for anaesthesia related words (too high a false negative rate for usefulness unfortunately) so ended up focusing on the phrase Ansky or #ansky.

Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.” A no less vital admonition that deserves attn: STAND OUT “...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."

12 hour waits for a bed in the ED used to be a red line, never to be crossed. Now it is a just a part of life in ED. For every 72 patients waiting 8-12 hours in ED there will be one excess death. This is still unnacceptable. @rcem.bsky.social #resuscitateemergencycare rcem.ac.uk/almost-300-d...