#Journals

Calling Bullshit

callin_bull

A couple of months ago, an almost unfathomably bad paper was published in the Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice. It purports to prove—mathematically—that homeopathy will provide and

Dr James Alsop #BLM

WrtusAndronicus

1/ It's been a long while since I logged on to Twitter, and I'm still not entirely sure how to put words to everything that's been going on with me,

Guy Emerson Mount

GuyEmersonMount

Poor little Dinesh. Just as wrong & confused as ever. Activists HAVE been targeting the slaveholding legacy of Douglas for years at the University of Chicago (a place he founded

Pramesh CS

cspramesh

Great work by Connor Wells & Shubham Sharma @QueensUHealth asking two important #GlobalHealth questions1. Is there a #publicationbias against papers from #LMICs?2. Do oncology RCTs match the global disease burden?Confirms

Jess Butler

jessbutler284

Yesterday I enjoyed talking at a Big National Funder's workshop on research integrity.Goal was for Funder to listen junior academics talk frankly about ways to improve research.It was an interesting,

Derrick VanGennep

VanGennepD

A thread on "long covid", which describes long-term symptoms of Covid-19. My point here is that infections matter, not just deaths.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reHPBedlPxU An in-depth interview with someone suffering long-covid

Gina "Wear a Mask, Don't Be Racist" Murrell

GinaMurrell1

In My Own Time: A Portrait of Karen Dalton is the other #DOCNYC virtual screening I attended this past weekend. Admission ($12.50, plus $1.50 service fee) gives you 48-hour access

Dr Clare Craig

ClareCraigPath

Let me tell you about a different test. The COVID antibody test. This has demonstrated that only 7% of the UK population had antibodies to COVID in May (it was

Jais Adam-Troian

JaisTroian

On aura tout entendu au sujet du #terrorisme. Au-delà des postures politiques, @jmblanquer @EmmanuelMacron nous avons besoin de politique publiques fondées sur les preuves. Et des preuves, on en a

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Today in @bopinion, I discuss why America has been producing too many PhDs in recent years, and what we need to do to solve the problem.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-04/america-is-pumping-out-too-many-ph-d-s?sref=R8Nf

Ben CatchYourCough Goldacre

bengoldacre

BING BONG NEW PAPERNHS hospital medicines data is being collected, but then needlessly withheld from analysts. This means patients are exposed to sub-optimal treatment. And NHS money is being wasted.The

Far Post

FarPostTalk

Barça reformulation, what’s next?Today we’ve had the official announcement: Quiqué Setién was sacked from #Barça. After the dead performance against #Bayern in the #UCL , (8-2), plus losing the #LaLiga

FFAC 🇨🇦

stevelanebitch

A list of scientific studies on why masks do not work and can be harmful to wear for prolonged periods. This was compiled by others and thanks for their work.

Dr. Amy Tan-*Racism is a public health crisis*

AmyTanMD

#COVID19 has sadly been a masterclass in longstanding, entrenched systemic injustices and inequities, & how they harm pop'ns that these systems continue to make vulnerable.How do we engage those who

Jonas R. Kunst

KunstJonas

For decades, post-viral physical symptoms have been trivialized as psychological. Based on shaky empirical grounds, people have been left with CBT as their only treatment option. Now it is COVID19

Dr. Alison Garden

notsecretGarden

My @UKRI_News project, #ActsofUnion, explores mixed marriage & love 'across the divide' in Ireland. Starting tomorrow, every day in February ( month), I'll tweet about 'transgressive' lovers. Some , some

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