Dr F. Francis

5 little-known breast cancer facts Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. But there are still some things you might not know about it. Did you know these five little-known facts?

www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/5...

France bans smoking in beaches, parks and bus shelters from Sunday A ban on smoking in certain public spaces including beaches, parks, bus shelters and public gardens comes into effect in France from Sunday, the government said.

C'est une excellente mesure 👏👏
www.france24.com/en/france/20...

Estamos assim todo dia agora

Egypt’s Giza pyramids mystery deepens: Radar finds underground structures twice as deep as the Eiffel Tower, stretching across 2 km Scientists discovered a vast underground structure beneath the Pyramids of Giza using advanced radar technology. The system has multiple levels and geometric pathways. These findings challenge the bel...

m.economictimes.com/news/new-upd...

Why More Young Adults Are Getting Colorectal Cancer The increasing incidence of colorectal cancer in individuals under 50 underscores the importance of understanding risk factors and improving screening methods.

#ColonCancer
www.news-medical.net/health/Why-M...

Serum metabolic characteristics associated with the deterioration of colorectal adenomas - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Serum metabolic characteristics associated with the deterioration of colorectal adenomas

💡 One more promising tool for the early detection of #ColorectalCancer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Multimodal machine learning to predict surgical site infection with healthcare workload impact assessment - npj Digital Medicine npj Digital Medicine - Multimodal machine learning to predict surgical site infection with healthcare workload impact assessment

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Beware of cognitive bias!

Triage at shift changes and distortions in the perception and treatment of emergency patients Employing more than 2 million emergency department (ED) records, we combine machine learning and regression discontinuity to document novel distortion…

An excellent study documenting a well-known problem in our clinical practice.

Strategies should be developed to ensure a stable and uninterrupted level of care during shift changes. In my opinion, monitoring and feedback mechanisms are the most essential today.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

AI enhances breast cancer screening performance New research results now published from Lund University’s MASAI trial are even better than the initial findings from last year:

AI-supported screening was found to pick up not only more cancers overall (in 338 people compared with 262) but also 24% more early-stage invasive cancers (in 270 people compared with 217)
healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/ai-e...

And how are we expecting to change anything if we are talking to ourselves in echo chambers???

I am really hating the idea of the mass migration of the cool people to this side... we shouldn't just surrender to insanity...!

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An army of viruses against superbugs: Science revives phages to combat antibiotic resistance Thousands of treated patients support the potential of phage therapy, but limited knowledge of this technique and its regulatory complexity hinder its expansion

An interesting field of research! This could rescue millions of patients!
english.elpais.com/science-tech...

Strikes raids and incursions year of relentless attacks on healthcare in Palestine | MSF A timeline of attacks on MSF or MSF-supported medical facilities and medical practitioners in Palestine since 7 October 2023.

The location of MSF or MSF-supported medical facilities, shelters and movements that have been hit or attacked had been communicated to the main parties to the conflict in Gaza prior to their attacks. #NotATraget
www.msf.org/strikes-raid...

The Year in Harvard Medical School Science Reflecting on research discoveries reported in 2024

hms.harvard.edu/news/year-ha...

Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiology Going viral appears to be more than just a catchphrase when it comes to misinformation.

🔆 Don't harm your society!

"If we want to stop the spread of misinformation, we need to understand it in order to effectively counter its societal harms"
theconversation.com/misinformati...

AI tool ‘sees’ cancer gene signatures in biopsy images Researchers used artificial intelligence to predict the activity of thousands of genes in tumors based on routinely collected images of tumor biopsies. It could guide treatment without costly genomic ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-powered computational program that can predict the activity of thousands of genes within tumor cells based only on standard microscopy images of the biopsy.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

NGC 7000 Narrowband "the North America Nebula"

Plastics in our bodies. What does that mean for our health? — Harvard Gazette In “Harvard Thinking” podcast, experts discuss what research shows about plastics in our blood and organs, and outline possible solutions.

“We are consuming about 5 grams of micronanoplastics per week; that’s the equivalent of a credit card”

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

I know all of you will be like: hey, but you said we should have stayed on Twitter.

Well yes, it's not the solution that we all leave...but I still want to stay connected to you!

Shshshshshshs....here is a nice place, don't disturb the peace 😄👌

You never know what's waiting you down there...that's the adventure of life.

Navacerrada dam
#Spain Sept2014

Hello BlueSky!

I miss the blue bird! It's gone, so at least let's enjoy the sky! 😄