Laura Ratcliffe
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Consultant Nephrologist | Views my own; repost does not imply agreement
Sunday sunshine
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Beautiful moon!
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Hollyhocks
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Hollyhocks, first draft!
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Jacob T. Levy
3 months ago
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/florida-teen-immigration-arrest?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLxdZJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHq-Atz0rkRsioZU1vkk2otlAmMR1W4UfnlSBc6bPHnfyHve_R_QrhySb9ld9_aem_vTqW10W_Mbd_l6J_fUIFaA
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Hollyhocks reaching for the sky!
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Other places to hear Beethoven's Ninth include St Albans tonight!
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A classical drive: Road rumble strips play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in UAE emirate of Fujairah
A highway in Fujairah, UAE, now plays Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as cars drive over special rumble strips.
https://apnews.com/article/uae-fujairah-road-beethoven-ninth-symphony-b1991f9afacb7445f9277fe8ac659ff0?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
3 months ago
Nephrologists deported Grants defunded NIDDK folded into National Institute of body parts AHRQ demolished Now this… When are our organizations going to speak up?
#NephSky
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
3 months ago
‘It is hard to imagine any president dismantling it’ Sad, but true words
@judith-levine.bsky.social
On the ICE expansion as the US becomes a thug-state, in
@theguardian.com
. Libertarians rejoice /s
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine
Trump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militaries
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/09/ice-immigration-police-trump-budget-bill
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The BMA
3 months ago
Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 bombings struck London. On that day, 52 people were killed, with many more injured. We remember all those who lost their lives and were – and continue to be – impacted by the events of that day.
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
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Happy solstice! Amazing swim with black squirrels keeping watch!
4 months ago
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Peonies in bloom
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St Albans giants waiting for next week's parade!
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Looking forward to a fab evening of Vivaldi, Purcell and Haydn!
4 months ago
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Feels close. Hopefully will rain soon. Amazed that crops can grown in such dry soil.
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St Albans International Organ Festival
5 months ago
Exhilarating music, inspirational performers – celebrating the organ and so much more. The 33rd St Albans International Organ Festival and Competitions will take place from 7 to 19 July 2025.
organfestival.com/the-festival/
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Just made it for the evening chorus and sunset!
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4 months ago
KFRE underestimates risk in people with CKD and frailty
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Frailty in Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease and... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
aim was to validate KFRE by frailty status and assess whether model performance could be improved by using cystatin based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations and to assess the impact...
https://journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstract/9900/frailty_in_adults_with_chronic_kidney_disease_and.619.aspx
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St Albans Cathedral
5 months ago
Hear music that was made to soar — in a space built to carry it. Listen and feel Vivaldi, Haydn & Purcell echoing through the nave of St Albans Cathedral with the brilliant St Albans Bach Choir on Saturday 14 June, 7.30pm. 🎟️https://bit.ly/4k0BrQf ~
@stalbansbachchoir.bsky.social
#Summer
#Music
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Kidney Care UK
5 months ago
❗Registration is now open for the Young Adult Kidney Group annual residential weekend! This free event is for young people aged 18-30 who have a kidney condition. Find out more & sign up for 2025 here 👇👉
kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...
Registration closes on Thurs 26 June
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What would the kidney sound like, expressed as orchestral music? Fascinating programme about the Organ Symphony, which "brings to life the stories of five people and their relationship with one of their vital organs."
loftusmedia.co.uk/project/the-...
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Illuminated - The Organ Symphony - BBC Sounds
Five peoples' stories about their relationship with an internal organ - set to music.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002bs1n?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Glorious full moon this evening
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Randall Munroe
6 months ago
PhD Timeline
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
6 months ago
The ASIs have arrived
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Aldosterone synthase inhibitors - first one to finish the phase 3 line
#Lorundrostat
#Hypertension
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Lorundrostat Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension | NEJM
Aldosterone dysregulation contributes to hypertension. Lorundrostat is an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, but data on its efficacy and safety in patients with hypertension are limited. In this mult...
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2501440
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Bluebells at Kew
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Tried to look something up on Israel Penn International Transplant Tumour Registry (
www.ipittwww.ipittr.uc.edu/Home.cfm
) and got a 404. If anyone has the new link, would be v grateful.
#NephSky
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https://www.ipittr.uc.edu/Home.cfm
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
6 months ago
#NephMadness
2025: The Winners
bit.ly/NM25Winners
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#NephMadness 2025: The Winners
NephMadness 2025 brought us the both the most competitive matchups and brackets in our illustrious history. Team CAR-T for Autoimmune Diseases from the CAR-T for Kidney Disease Region was eventual…
https://bit.ly/NM25Winners
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Oasthouse, wild currants, bluebells and yellow archangel.
6 months ago
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Cristina Popa
6 months ago
Congrats to the
#NephMadness
winners! 👑 👏 🥇Mel Hoenig and
@glombandit.bsky.social
🔝Also, lots of familiar names in the top 10%
@verner-venegas.bsky.social
@basunephro.bsky.social
@nephrowhitt.bsky.social
@proximal-baxi.bsky.social
@drmontomoli.bsky.social
@arvindcanchi.bsky.social
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
6 months ago
#NephMadness
2025 Champion: CAR-T for Autoimmune Diseases
bit.ly/NM25Champ
@nephrosparks.bsky.social
@annaburgner.bsky.social
@kidneywars.bsky.social
@jrkott27.bsky.social
@catochita.bsky.social
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#NephMadness 2025 Champion: CAR-T for Autoimmune Diseases
Here is is, fellow nephrons, as voted on by the Blue Ribbon Panel: your 2025 NephMadness champion! Check out the Final Standings and share your reactions with #NephMadness! Many thanks to Krithika …
https://bit.ly/NM25Champ
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😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪
6 months ago
List 1 through 5 and mirror the numbers The 1s look like an artery The 2s look like a heart The 3s look like lungs if you tilt your head side ways Had to rotate the 4 instead of mirroring it so it looks like a chair, because you sit in it too long and get DVTs The 5s kinda look like a guy shrugging
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Spring skies
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St Albans Bach Choir
6 months ago
Thank you to our lovely supportive audience at yesterday evening's concert. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. 📷 K.Barrett
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Fabulous weather in St Albans.
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St Albans Bach Choir
6 months ago
Rehearsing in St Albans Cathedral with Sinfonia Verdi for this evening's performance of the Messiah.
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
6 months ago
Congrats to these 3 groups currently tied for highest-scoring groups with 13 points: -StJohnNephFellowship -NefroUMB -CWRU
#NephMadness
bit.ly/2GZNoEl
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My response to the
#NephMadness
BRP (from my NHS fax!)
6 months ago
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Beautiful end to the week.
6 months ago
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Whhaaaaaaaaaaat?! Absolute unapologetic
#NephMadness
add a skeleton here at some point
6 months ago
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Corridor sunshine
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
6 months ago
Sometime tomorrow
#NephMadness
#BlueRibbonFail
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UCSF Nephrology
6 months ago
2025's NephMadness Party was a blast at UCSF. We eagerly await the BRP selection!
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
6 months ago
⏰ Less than SIX hours left to submit your
#NephMadness
2025 bracket! The fun of
#NephMadness
is making your prediction on which team will become the 2025 Champion. Already submitted one? Disagreed with the group? Submit a back-up bracket:
bit.ly/2DvWyou
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Candy floss clouds of Brummie cherry blossom!
7 months ago
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NephMadness
7 months ago
Catch up on all the podcasts of the
#NephMadness
2025 PodCrawl:
bit.ly/NM25Podcrawl
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@thecurbsiders.bsky.social
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@nkf-professionals.bsky.social
- GN in Ten -
@rheummadness.bsky.social
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@freelyfiltered.bsky.social
- The Poison Lab - The Nephron Segment - The Kidney Chronicles
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#NephMadness 2025: The PodCrawl
Submit your picks! | @NephMadness |@nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2025 Over the next couple of weeks, NephMadness 2025 will be popping up on some great podcasts. Keep your eyes and ears o…
https://bit.ly/NM25Podcrawl
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Alicja Rosołowska
7 months ago
1/4 And our
#Nephmadness
champion is crowned (#incrementaldialysis) and our
#nephroparty
is in the past. We had carts (for CAR-T), dusted kidneys, toxic green smoothies, kidney cookies and lots more.
@ajkd.bsky.social
@nephmadness.bsky.social
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Arnold D.
7 months ago
Another
#Nephmadness
podcast done. Got my step count in while learning more about Minimal Change Disease. Let’s keep the progress in Minimal Change Disease discovery going.
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