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Many research funding bodies require applicants to include a summary of their proposal in lay language. In the past many applicants did poorly but hopefully things would improve with the use of AI.

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We @UoB_IAHR @unibirm_MDS are extremely proud of our three new graduates, who despite their youth and short careers to date, have already made huge contributions to surgical science in global settings. Many congratulations 🎉

"Betting company logos appear as often as 3,500 times during the course of a televised football match... This disgusting level of gambling advertising around football stadiums is a national shame..." Rich EPL clubs with the worst possible form of greed. theguardian.com/society/2023/j…

Opioids no better than placebo in acute back pain. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

People who use clinical prediction models should try to understand the key principles described in this interesting paper.

This problem will not be solved by building hospitals or recruiting doctors or AI or miracle drugs, important though these are. We need sensible public health policies directed at preventing illness. Or we’ll be swept away by costs of chronic disease. bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…

Congratulations Punith Kempegowda We @UoB_IAHR @unibirm_MDS are very proud of your achievement.

Little more than lip service is paid to prevention. We are already paying for the consequences already but we are going to be hit by even larger tsunamis.

Great thread. As recent as 20+ years ago, what we might have done would be listing ten things that authorities (mostly white males) in vascular surgery believed. 😂

"medical education as a field should lead the way when it comes to integrating AI into clinical practice... If we don’t shape our own future, powerful technology companies will happily shape it for us." nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Hallelujah. Outside Horizon, UK scientific research would survive but would be much the poorer.

In the last 20 years, I kept thinking that the obesity situation in the US could not possibly get any worse. But... cdc.gov/obesity/data/p…

Congratulations to colleagues NIHR Global Surgery . We @unibirm_MDS @UoB_IAHR are very proud of what you and your collaborators have achieved in the last seven years or so.

A surgeon's diary from Gaza: 'Conditions are filthy. Everything is infected' telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Richard Parker Andy Street Whatever your politics, the region will be poorer without his insight and experience, his vigour and the way he listens to others, even when there’s profound disagreement. Whatever he does next, politics, business, charity or activism, I wish Andy Street all the very best /5

But its improvement in hip fracture discrimination is modest and its clinical utility beyond FRAX with information on femoral neck bone mineral density is modest.

We need to talk about child poverty in #Birmingham. When you drill down to hyperlocal level the differences are not just stark - they are shameful. What kind of society are we that our kids have such hugely disparate chances from birth? Let’s look at some numbers /1

If China & Africa stand together, they can chart a path of solidarity and respect for human life over profit. And that is the path towards not only ending the AIDS pandemic, but also ensuring stronger preparations for and stronger response to the next pandemic. United Nations in China