Like placebo responses, jet lag has multiple components, and not all of them are directly attributable to the jet
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Like placebo responses, jet lag has multiple components, and not all of them are directly attributable to the jet
Comment on: Miedany et al. Beyond the symptoms: Personalizing giant cell arteritis care through multidimensional patient reported outcome measure
The evolution of how you learn to do things.
1990s: Ask your parents.
2000s: Internet search.
2010s: YouTube tutorials.
Now: Ask the AI.
Today at work, it emerged that some of us (ok, me) had struggled to use the hospital’s new third-party app for requesting annual leave, and were thus destined to work for eternity without holiday.
They promised digital innovation would cut waiting lists…
Green space on the outskirts of Leeds. Rain is coming.
Taken yesterday on the outskirts of Leeds, about five minutes before the rain started (again).
St Pancras station, evening sunlight.
Bronze relief from the frieze around the base of the Meeting-Place statue at St Pancras, depicting a man and a dog. The man is dark coloured, while the bronze of the dog is still bright.
At St Pancras, the little dog in the Meeting-Place Statue has been worn bright from being patted by many people. These moments of connection matter.
Work-wise, a couple of long-term projects are trundling along, and others are getting ready to go. Doors will close 30 seconds before departure!
Old industrial building, with the name of the firm Kockums. It has high, arched windows: the glass reflects the modern buildings behind, and above those, the sky.
A corner of an old brick warehouse. The paint on the wall has the colours of a seascape: white-gold sky above, greenish sea below.
Echoes of Malmö’s industrial past in Västra hamnområdet. On a Saturday morning, it was quiet and peaceful. Footpaths and waterways are threaded between old industrial buildings and modern housing blocks.
@nulliusinverba.bsky.social This prologue episode is absolutely fascinating. As scientists we have to be able to argue the case for new ideas, and at the same time, be able to judge them dispassionately. Psychologically, this isn’t easy, even for psychologists.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
Evening in Leeds. High rise blocks with full moon and plane overhead.
Full moon over Leeds
Lights over Leeds: high rise blocks, streetlights, aeroplane, full moon.
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Late-Onset Spondylarthritis Presenting as Glucocorticoid-Resistant Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A hitherto underappreciated entity where TNF or IL-17 Blockade may have a Therapeutic Role
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40693392
Why does it seem like PMR patients get stuck in situations we would never tolerate for other patients?
@drceowen.bsky.social and I call out many reasons.
PMR is killing them softly, and will continue to do so if collectively we neglect it.
now out @thelancetrheum.bsky.social:
t.co/wMOy9ZEzw4
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Great news for people living with giant cell arteritis (GCA)!
The FDA has approved Upadacitinib (15 mg tablet, taken once daily) as a first-line treatment option — meaning it’s now a primary recommended way to manage GCA. Learn more: creakyjoints.org/education/gi...
#GCA #VasculitisAwareness
Academic writing is, to me, like painting. First draft is the underpainting, putting in the main colour areas, then in redraft you paint over to sharpen detail.
Writing clinic letters, on the other hand, is like rapid sketching - capturing the essence of a moment in time as accurately as possible.
Just added you - sorry for missing this before, am just discovering that Bluesky sometimes doesn’t show a whole comment thread!
Added (somewhat belatedly, sorry!)
Done! Welcome to #rheumsky
Self-help books often cite population studies as evidence that you can change your life with one simple trick. X will improve your health. Y will make you more successful. But there's a crucial catch...
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*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...
At @science.org today, an important new way we can make major headway into immunologic and infectious diseases. Sequencing the lymphocyte B and T cell receptors and A.I. to accurately make the diagnosis!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp2407
A seminal study by @anshulkundaje.bsky.social et al
Doing a talk on giant cell arteritis for general physicians next Tuesday, as part of a webinar on Updates in Rheumatology organised by the Royal College of Physicians.
You can register for the webinar here:
ow.ly/cLri50UXRCi
Tomorrow, I’ll re-read Andy Clark’s The Experience Machine, describing a “predictive processing” model of perception: how we see what we expect to see, while discounting information that doesn’t appear to fit. These perceptions form the basis of the information we use to make our decisions. (3/3)
Today, I heard a talk from an economist explaining how the old idea of Homo economicus is a poor model of decision-making; how humans actually make decisions feelings-first, with post-hoc rational justification. (2/3)
Yesterday, I heard a talk from a health psychologist presenting “shared decision making” as a collaborative, rational process, involving patients understanding health information and weighing up options, finally choosing the option that most aligns with their values and preferences. (1/3)
Photo of a recently-cut hedge with warning sign reading SHARP (H)EDGES, with the h written very small.
Sharp (h)edges.
As a cyclist I’m grateful for the road safety improvements the council has made for cyclists in recent years. Although, shared pedestrian and cycle paths not ideal in the era of e-bikes…
Do you know the @nulliusinverba.bsky.social podcast? They talk about science and philosophy (amongst other things)
These have been lovely to read over the holiday period. Thank you for posting them.
Sheffield Cathedral with Christmas trees, Dec 2024.
Sheffield Cathedral with Christmas trees.
Happy Christmas!