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Ian Smith

@ijssmith

Frailty. NHS. Violinist. Gardener. Tennis. Love, life, laughter.

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Houssein Safa, MD (@hsafamd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematologist🩸 (A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians) Episode 6: Is DIC on your differential? Here’s what you should know 📑 Listen up - 🧵

The British Patriot (@thebritlad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨BREAKING: A Nuneaton mother delivers a powerful speech: “We are not far-right; we are England’s mothers, and we will not stay silent. STOP the rape of our children!” Mothers across Britain are taking a stand.

exveindoc (@theveindoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’ve got many thousands of overseas doctors and they are a large part of reason why UK trained resident Drs can’t get into training programmes. So vast numbers are clearly not put off coming here by cost of living and low salaries

PeterSweden (@petersweden7) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thousands of people protested all over Britain this weekend against open borders. Yet you barely heard anything about it on the news. The mainstream media are propaganda.

The Heart (@zheart11768530) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔴20 Atrial Fibrillation Facts Every Physician Needs to Know in 2025⤵️ #OpenAccess 🔹pointofcaremedicine.com/blog-post/20-a… #Cardiology #FOAMed #MedEd #medstudent #paramedic #Cardiology #CardioEd #medtwitter #meded #CardioTwitter #cardiotwiteros #MedX #cardiovascular #MedTwitter

🔴20 Atrial Fibrillation Facts Every Physician Needs to Know in 2025⤵️ #OpenAccess 

🔹pointofcaremedicine.com/blog-post/20-a…
 #Cardiology #FOAMed #MedEd #medstudent #paramedic #Cardiology #CardioEd #medtwitter #meded #CardioTwitter #cardiotwiteros  #MedX #cardiovascular #MedTwitter
Ian Smith (@ijssmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm just going to leave this right here.... Petition: Call an immediate general election petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7273…

Dr Sanil Rege FRANZCP | MRCPsych (@sanilrege) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Psychopharmacology is misunderstood 🚨 The goal of psychopharmacology is to optimise stability across five functional domains (PACES) to facilitate the process of neuroadaptation. Pharmacotherapy is one component - integrated with psychological, behavioural, and environmental

Psychopharmacology is misunderstood 🚨

The goal of psychopharmacology is to optimise stability across five functional domains (PACES) to facilitate the process of neuroadaptation. 

Pharmacotherapy is one component - integrated with psychological, behavioural, and environmental
PIyush Kumar (@drpiyushent) 's Twitter Profile Photo

5 ENT pearls that concerns people only in the morning. 1) “AM Nasal Block” Mechanism: Recumbency → venous pooling in inferior turbinates + parasympathetic tone; worse with allergic rhinitis or rhinitis medicamentosa. Quick fix: Hypertonic saline rinse on waking, intranasal

Keith Sakata (@keithsakata) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m a psychiatrist. In 2025, I’ve seen 12 people hospitalized after losing touch with reality because of AI. Online, I’m seeing the same pattern. Here’s what “AI psychosis” looks like, and why it’s spreading fast: 🧵

I’m a psychiatrist.

In 2025, I’ve seen 12 people hospitalized after losing touch with reality because of AI. Online, I’m seeing the same pattern.

Here’s what “AI psychosis” looks like, and why it’s spreading fast: 🧵
William Aird (@williamaird4) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/3 IRON DEFICIENCY (ID) IN POLYCYTEMIA VERA (PV) Despite what we are taught, there is simply no evidence that iron deficiency, a common finding at presentation of PV, is caused by occult or overt bleeding.

PIyush Kumar (@drpiyushent) 's Twitter Profile Photo

5 bedtime ENT pearls that concern people trying to sleep. 1. “Pillow-Sneeze Storm” (Dust-mite bedroom allergy) Mechanism: Dust-mite allergen concentrates in bedding; lying down → histamine-driven sneezing/runny nose/itch. Quick fix: Allergen-proof encasements

NEJM (@nejm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 Many of the benefits and some of the risks of testosterone treatment are mediated by the mechanisms through which testosterone acts. Testosterone has anabolic effects on muscle (panel A) and bone (panel B) and

𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 

Many of the benefits and some of the risks of testosterone treatment are mediated by the mechanisms through which testosterone acts. Testosterone has anabolic effects on muscle (panel A) and bone (panel B) and
Jackson Fyfe (@jacksonfyfe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Less than 12% of adults aged 65+ meet physical activity guidelines. But what happens when they do - even for just 4 weeks? - Aerobic fitness (predicted VO2max) ↑ +13% - Quadriceps muscle size ↑ +9% - Whole-body strength ↑ +47% Another reminder it's never too late to

Less than 12% of adults aged 65+ meet physical activity guidelines.

But what happens when they do - even for just 4 weeks?

- Aerobic fitness (predicted VO2max) ↑ +13%
- Quadriceps muscle size ↑ +9%
- Whole-body strength ↑ +47%

Another reminder it's never too late to
Prof Omid Khaiyat M.D., PhD (@omid_hopeuni) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exercise intensity matters: the effects of aerobic exercise intensity on muscle-derived neuroprotective myokines Peripheral & systematic mechanisms through which exercise-induced myokines impact brain function👇🏼 #exercise #muscle #brain #health pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11…

Exercise intensity matters: the effects of aerobic exercise intensity on muscle-derived neuroprotective myokines

Peripheral & systematic mechanisms through which exercise-induced myokines impact brain function👇🏼

#exercise #muscle #brain #health 

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11…
JAMA Neurology (@jamaneuro) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Male patients with #dementia have higher mortality rates and greater use of health care services, particularly hospitalizations, compared to female patients. ja.ma/41gNB0j

Male patients with #dementia have higher mortality rates and greater use of health care services, particularly hospitalizations, compared to female patients. ja.ma/41gNB0j
Matthew LaBosco (@matthew_labosco) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Andrew Huberman just dropped a 2-hour masterclass on cortisol—your body's stress hormone. He said high cortisol leads to burnout, faster aging, weight gain, memory loss, heart disease and Alzheimer's. Here's a 7-step protocol to fix your cortisol levels (backed by science):

Andrew Huberman just dropped a 2-hour masterclass on cortisol—your body's stress hormone.

He said high cortisol leads to burnout, faster aging, weight gain, memory loss, heart disease and Alzheimer's.

Here's a 7-step protocol to fix your cortisol levels (backed by science):
Dr Sanil Rege FRANZCP | MRCPsych (@sanilrege) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵The Brain as a Predictive Organ: Why You Think You Know More Than You (may) Do 🚨1/10 You think you know it. Wrong. Your brain predicts that you know, SO you can feel like you know it. Read it again This is not a trick. It’s the fundamental operating system of the

🧵The Brain as a Predictive Organ: Why You Think You Know More Than You (may) Do 🚨1/10

You think you know it.

Wrong.

Your brain predicts that you know, SO you can feel like you know it.

Read it again

This is not a trick. 

It’s the fundamental operating system of the