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Safe, inclusive public spaces are essential for children’s health, learning and social connection. Yet access is shrinking: only 44% of urban residents live near open public space. Cities can change this. Read the new guide on creating public spaces for children 👉 bit.ly/4jZyksQ

My latest for @jama.com:

New guideline from @assocanaes.bsky.social on breastfeeding anaesthetists.org/Guidelines-a...

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

We are delighted to share a new, collective Vision for #breastfeeding that has been created by the sector through a process of collaboration, reflection and shared ambition. ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie... @impurbanhealth.bsky.social

Lactational mastitis update included in latest Antibiotic update by Therapeutic Guidelines No change in antibiotic recommendations, but more info re management #breastfeeding www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...

Attention journal editors and reviewers - be on the lookout for random, weird Latin names/phrases!

Always #OpenAccess #IntBreastfeedJ link.springer.com/journal/13006

Dec 2025 Update for #IntBreastfeedJ 15 papers published w authors from 15 countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Ghana, India, Iran, Ireland, Mexico, Turkiye, Spain, UK & USA In total, >100 papers published in 2025! Thanks to all our authors, reviewers and Assoc Editors 😊

Dec 2025 Update for #IntBreastfeedJ 15 papers published w authors from 15 countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Ghana, India, Iran, Ireland, Mexico, Turkiye, Spain, UK & USA In total, >100 papers published in 2025! Thanks to all our authors, reviewers and Assoc Editors 😊

Early-career researchers and students in health research! Join the UK EQUATOR Centre's Publication School to learn how to plan, write, and publish excellent journal articles. Date: 1–4 Dec 2025 OR Mondays 19 Jan – 9 Feb 2026 Time: 9:30 – 13:30 GMT Online resources.equator-network.org/training.htm...

You don't know what day it is. You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between. You're napping throughout they day. Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.

This is so important. As journal editor, I rejected a manuscript last wk as some of the references were fake: "hallucinated". This week, ms resubmitted with an apology. Sorry, no! I rejected revised ms saying I didn't trust the integrity of the research. There needs to be consequences for misconduct

No it's not OK to do scientifically unnecessary vaccine trials in Africa. Never forget Tuskegee. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

I’m at Monash Uni today. Dr Carmel Crock introduces the Improving Diagnosis Symposium

I’m at Monash Uni today. Dr Carmel Crock introduces the Improving Diagnosis Symposium

Scientific misconduct can waste public funds and harm human health. But views differ about the best way to tackle it.

Years & years of research & kind, medical expert help and evidence-based checking has gone into the foundation & updating of my books while techbros just let Chat GPT extrude crap. They don't care about newborn babies, or mums or any of us. So dangerous. So dispiriting. Anyway, latest editions:

👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…

November was busy for #IBJ publications: *16* in the month! Authors from 13 countries: Australia, Chile, China, India, Japan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, & USA Always #OpenAccess New look on website - please check it out! link.springer.com/journal/13006

November was busy for #IBJ publications: *16* in the month! Authors from 13 countries: Australia, Chile, China, India, Japan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, & USA Always #OpenAccess New look on website - please check it out! link.springer.com/journal/13006

<dusts off the ol' blog> to say something about "celebrating science" in the age of AI & current political context. EVEN THOUGH I HAD OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO DO THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. mammalssuck.blogspot.com/2025/11/if-y...

Amazing! 👏🏽👏🏽 In Australia, “no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination” report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au

As a GP working since 1990, I can only marvel at the significant changes to cervical cancer screening and detection. From annual Pap smears to biannual and now 5 yearly CSTs and self collect for asymptomatic patients while case numbers plummet and deaths fall. Science, I salute you 😊

Australian oncologist Ranjana Srivastava reflects on the rise of fraudulent journal papers and paper mills, and their role in spreading misinformation. As AI takes off - this opinion piece is a timely reminder of the importance of credible, peer-reviewed science and journals.

Fascinating article! Thanks for sharing @catanita.bsky.social Phew - 88% of Australians know that antibiotics don't work against viruses.

The work of contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Bays #ReframingWomenPrintmakers 🎄

Follow these steps to help keep antibiotics effective for everyone: ✅ Only take antibiotics prescribed for you ✅ Ask if the prescribed antibiotics are the preferred first-line treatment ✅ Prevent infections by washing your hands and getting vaccinated Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4otAEcV

JR: Way forward? * Institutional support (publishers coud hire journalists; independent science integrity watchdog; protect whistleblowers) * Tools and training (PubPeer, German Scence Media Centre) * Fix science? That one is yours (meaning the audience), sorry! #IRICSydney

This might be my favorite PowerPoint slide I've seen recently.

LB: The Alcohol industry sponsored the Brussels Declaration - a document often used by research integrity How to spot industry influence on science? www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion... Our papers have been flagged to be retracted, e.g. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #IRICSydney

Next: Lisa Bero with: 'Hijacking research integrity: What can possibly go wrong and how can we fix it?' In certain companies, authors who raise integrity issues can be 'discredited'. LB's research has been 'monitored by Coca-Cola www.smh.com.au/technology/c... #IRICSydney

Close your eyes, imagine being paralyzed… unable to breathe Imagine being stuck in a claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health save us, every single day?

A timelapse photo of the first fledge from #367Collins Street, Melbourne, at 9:27:27am on 13 November 2025. In case you were wondering, this was a female that fledged. There is one female and one male remaining to fly the coop. #PeregrineFalcons [📷 Credit: Daryl Jones]

On this page you will find links to the full report and links to the supporting documentation

Looking for a fully funded PhD in Cambridge? 🤱👩‍🔬🔬 I’m interested in hearing from strong candidates who want to apply with me to the competitive PhD funding scheme in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience @ Cambridge.

How do siblings of critically ill infants experience the #NICU? Come along to #Siblings in #PedsICU Research Interest Group to hear Dr Suza Trajkovski discuss findings from her integrative review and offer suggestions for support! Date: Nov 18th @ 8am AEDT Find out more: [email protected]

If you're organising a conference or a seminar series you might consider renaming Question Time as Discussion Time. It's not meant to be a quiz show. It's an opportunity to discuss.

Thanks for sharing this Candida update! Nice example of multidisciplinary narrative review.

I know some people were concerned the chicks at #367Collins would be blown or washed off the ledge in Melbourne's wild weather yesterday, so just confirming they're all safe and well. It will be daybreak soon. #PeregrineFalcons www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNKk...

And since homogenised cow milk is seen as the norm 🥛- people may see human milk as ‘thin, bluish, watery’ 🤱🏻

'A paradigm shift': New research reveals how breastfeeding cuts cancer risk: https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-10-21/breast-cancer-risk-reduced-by-childbirth-breastfeeding-study/105909928

He was always so kind and supportive. Here we are at WONCA conference in Sydney in 2023

Meg Dutton RE 'Cat on a Mat' etching and watercolour Contemporary printmaker #Reframingwomenprintmakers

Media bias against women doesn’t just hurt female scientists’ careers; it also biases the information that gets the the public. For example, my field, lactation science, is likely a thing you just now learned exists. www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 🛟 🩺 #BlueSci #MedSky #WomenInSci #SciMoms

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations. She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly! Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

"A collage full of nature 🌱🌷" from Gemma Matthews, contemporary embroidery artist who creates free hand pieces #WomensArt

#LifeOfAJournalEditor Just rejected a manuscript that had been submitted to another journal simultaneously 😡 This is completely unethical as it wastes everyone's time and risks duplicate publication. Please educate new authors/researchers: submit to one journal at a time, please! #IntBreastfeedJ