Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy) Decreases Inflammation and Airway Reactivity in a Murine Model of Asthma karger.com/nim/article-... Ecstasy for asthma? COUNT ME IN 😆

New online NHS hospital service by 2027, PM to promise www.bbc.com/news/article...

When I was a child, I assumed people who worked in the hospital were working there because they cared about people's health. Sigh.

"A 3D printable bio-active glass could be used to repair bone damage and help them grow back, a study suggests." www.newsweek.com/scientists-c...

was going through the covid/blm era with my therapist, mostly about how many friendships ended during that time, and she said "I'm sensing a pattern here" and I'm just like...ma'am, a bunch of people in my life openly said they hated Black people and didn't care about spreading a deadly disease.

"I'm sensing a pattern" yes, it's called systemic oppression 😭

Warning issued to anyone using electric blanket to save on heating bills www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news... 43 housefires fires a year caused by electric blankets 😱 ✅ check for damaged cables ✅ plug the blanket into a wall socket & not an extension cable ✅ switch off & unplug before going to bed

Work From Anywhere Jobs www.realworkfromanywhere.com Maybe a useful website for those looking for work from home jobs

Thank you everyone who has donated, she has surpassed her £500 goal 🥳💪🏻🙏🏻 Maria has supported me in more ways than i can describe and its horrible knowing shes living on borrowed time. I'm incredibly grateful to all those who have donated so others dont have to suffer like she has ❤️

"You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill all the papers more than anybody else, in fact you have to be there all the time...if you are really going to get your reform realised" ~Emmeline Pankhurst

"Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And that is the question which governs us in this struggle." ~Emmeline Pankhurst

Heart attacks may actually be infectious www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... Interesting possible mechanism: "A viral infection or another external trigger may activate the biofilm, leading to the proliferation of bacteria and an inflammatory response"

Hospital says toy MRI scanner helps save £150k www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "A toy MRI scanner, designed to put children at ease before real scans, has saved £150,000 in sedation and care costs, health officials said." Im all for this but i don't understand how it costs 15k??

What is the impact of long-term COVID-19 on workers in healthcare settings? A rapid systematic review of current evidence journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... "Healthcare workers struggled with their dual identity (patient/doctor) and felt dismissed or not taken seriously by their doctors"

Forever-Covid hurts young people’s health – and their futures: Many facets of normal development could be impaired by lingering and long-lasting effects of coronavirus archive.ph/9r4hI

Impact of COVID-19 infection on the sleep of infants and toddlers pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40993557/ "Our findings demonstrate that COVID-19 infection causes significant and prolonged disruptions to sleep architecture in infants and toddlers"

New rule for GPs after 27-year-old's cancer missed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "GPs in England are being urged to "think again" if they see a sick patient three times and can't pin down a diagnosis, or find their symptoms are getting worse" Her symptoms were blamed on long covid

🗣️ 📣 PSA to researchers: Proper patient and public involvement (PPI) starts *before* you have planned the project phirst.nihr.ac.uk/public-partn...

Final day and it's over 10k now! justice4me.uk

A few days out from #UNGA80, I wanted to reflect on the session we took part in and the media responses since. Mount Sinai was one of the 150 organizations that signed the global pledge to advocate for healthy indoor air. The event itself featured four panels of speakers who 1/

Medical fundraiser: Stuck between a rock & a hard place gofund.me/de876be0d Please help Rosie get the medical treatment they deserve, by donating (every little helps) or sharing 🙏 The goal is $5000 AUD within 6 months 🤞

Maria's fundraiser for Breast Cancer justgiving.com/page/m-gash-1 My aunty is raising money for breast cancer. She has stage 4 breast cancer that spread to her brain. Last year part of her skull had to be removed so she has to wear a helmet. This year she's crocheted a helmet hat 🥰

It was payday yesterday so I just donated again! 2 days left to go, time for a bit of a rally to 15k if we can! 🤞 #pwME #Justice4ME justice4me.uk

Maria's fundraiser for Breast Cancer justgiving.com/page/m-gash-1 My aunty is raising money for breast cancer. She has stage 4 breast cancer that spread to her brain. Last year part of her skull had to be removed so she has to wear a helmet. This year she's crocheted a helmet hat 🥰

GP scepticism could undermine new long COVID funding www.stirlingnews.co.uk/news/2549691... "But he warned that systemic challenges must be addressed for the investment to succeed."

If you thought you'd heard it all where it concerns explanations for increased demand for healthcare 'post-Covid' without mentioning the health impacts of ongoing Covid, I refer you to Cabinet Sec Neil Gray's response to the Citizen Participation & Petitions Committee yesterday 😕

In my fun fact reading today, i found the med school syllabus

This is absolutely fascinating! Could respirators help POTS? 👇🏻👇🏻 Personally masks make my breathing borderline disordered and i generally feel worse wearing them, even at rest. Is this a clue for further subtypes? Great work @chronically2784.bsky.social 🔥

Keir Starmer's Child Poverty Taskforce has concluded that lifting the two-child benefit cap is the "best way" to alleviate child poverty www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Cancer doctor blames Covid after downloading sick images of children www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl... I mean, covid has a lot to answer for but this seems like a stretch...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Seems one of my friends* isnt enjoying the current fun fact miniseries... *Ex-friend now 💁🏻‍♀️

Daily Mail is asking whether masks should be in healthcare. Currently a roughly 50:50 split. Give them something to think about and vote YES 👇🏻 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

3. Further details about the Global Commission and its membership of an incredible line-up of global leaders can be found in the press release from the International Well Buildings Institute: resources.wellcertified.com/press-releas...

2. The Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air was launched late yesterday evening BST, at a high-level side event at the UN Assembly in New York, with an array of global leaders speaking and attending. #GlobalCommissionHIA #HealthyBuildings #IAQ

1. As someone at high clinical risk interacting online daily with others locally & globally whose lives are similarly restricted due to unsafe indoor air, I couldn't be more honoured & excited to be part of this landmark initiative to make healthy indoor air a priority for every country & community

Latest blog: Sodium paradox in ME dontbelievehype.co.uk/covid-%26-va... Someone asked me about this and I thought it might be interesting for others. But in doing so, I did some stats tinkering which *possibly* suggests the opposite of what is proposed in the paper🤔

If you're worried about the rising benefits bill, i hope you're doing all you can to not spread infectious diseases. Otherwise youre contributing to the problem And even if you don't care about others suffering, not taking precautions might result with you needing those benefits

4/4 Even though indoor air can be 3-5 times more polluted than outdoor air & we spend around 90% of our time indoors, we have much work to do to get @scottishgov.bsky.social and @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social to take healthy indoor air seriously even in healthcare. Please help to change this 🙏

1/4 Today global leaders gather in New York to push for action on healthy indoor air, at a high level side event at the UN Assembly. Meanwhile, tomorrow in Scotland Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray @scottishgov.bsky.social takes questions... webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v...

Jobcentres to contact all claiming sickness benefits in 'new plan' www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/cost-of... "Tens of thousands of claimants with mental health, back pain, & other ailments who receive benefits without any conditions will now be offered skills training & help to get ready for work"

With the inevitable coming shortages of leuocovorin, there's going to be a huge push for influencers (& folks in our government) to profit off of folinic acid supplements. A few things: -doses used in trials are pharmacological and the OTC supplemental versions will last a few days to maybe a week.

I need help from the #MECFS and #EDS communities. I keep subluxating and dislocating my ankle in bed. Being mostly bedbound, this is a problem. Does anyone have ankle brace recommendations? What I'm looking for 👇

Important for US folks: www.ismp.org/sites/defaul... Prescription non-oral medications need to label ALL inactive ingredients (with some caveats) Prescription oral medications do NOT have to list all inactive ingredients (whilst most companies do list them voluntarily, some may not)

Medical fundraiser: Stuck between a rock & a hard place gofund.me/de876be0d Please help Rosie get the medical treatment they deserve, by donating (every little helps) or sharing 🙏 The goal is $5000 AUD within 6 months 🤞

The long Covid legacy: ‘People don’t want to think about us’ metro.co.uk/2025/09/20/l...

Same Sussssan Lewy that ripped off tax payers and was demoted ? #GoldCoastUnit #auspol

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