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I gave some comments on the (pre-specified) subanalysis of the SELECT trial in today's The Telegraph which suggests cardiovascular benefit of semaglutide even with weight loss <5% telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…

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I am a co-signatory. It is an issue of great importance.

Very brave for these officers to have written. Many of us appreciate that you have done it, while sorry you had to.

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'Drugs alone won’t be enough to solve the obesity crisis' My column in Polytechnique insights polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/hea…

This is a nice summary of the most commonly discussed diets NEJM . It is important to give people a 'menu' of dietary options - for them to choose one that has greatest chance of persistence/success. nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.105…

Not entirely suprising.... would have thought she would have resigned some time ago Royal College of Physicians rcp.ac.uk/news-and-media…

200,000 doctors are going to be protecting the public by suing the GMC The GMC is the regulatory body that is meant to uphold standards in medicine to deliver the best outcomes for patients. Doctors feel the GMC have let patients come to harm and are ever increasing that harm

Today we launch legal action against GMC over its decision to apply good medical practice equally to PAs & AAs, & the use of “medical professionals” to describe these professions PAs/AAs are not doctors – blurring the lines can have tragic consequences bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

Well done Hugh Logan Ellis for excellent work on the 'hidden' resource burden of in-hospital hyperkalaemia Philip Kelly Prof James Teo King's College Hospital Research CogStack link.springer.com/article/10.100…

(Almost) Final call: Submit your abstract to compete for the 2024 Harvey Prize at the yearly Cardiovascular Symposium and Harvey Prize at The Royal Society of Medicine in London rsm.ac.uk/events/vascula…

Very good summary of the current crisis with MAPs The New Statesman @pwhitakerwriter I would add that moving to medical subspecialisation, away from the generalist, inevitably leads to funders questioning the need for comprehensive, general medical educ. newstatesman.com/politics/healt…

Congratulations Najiah_Zaidani for winning the 2024 Harvey best poster prize The Royal Society of Medicine Cardiovascular Symposium School of Life Course & Population Sciences 👏🙌🥳Balazs Bajka

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Applications for MRC Doctoral Training in Biomedical Sciences fully funded PhD studentships are open! Join Cristina Menni and myself in a project exploring the role of diet on the gut-brain axis and inflammation using a system biology approach (ID: NS-MH2025_13). KCL MRC DTP

Managing #insulin resistance: the forgotten pathophysiological component of type 2 #diabetes thelancet.com/journals/landi… #T2D

'Doctor, I'm worried about this patient's observations.' We find them bolt upright, gripping the rails, wheezing with each gasp. RR & BP up, sats down. Classic APO - we got here just in time. Yet an AI for detecting deterioration might have missed this. Our paper explains why...