I delivered the largest number of LTNs in the U.K. This is what they do: * Halve road injuries. * Eliminate rat-running. * Reduce pollution, even at boundaries. * Reduce street crime. Rishi Sunak wants to impose these scourges on you and your family. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Life in the Balance by Jim Down | Book review | The TLS the-tls.co.uk/articles/life-… Very chuffed to get this fantastic review. Thank you Jonathan Buckley The TLS . Please retweet if you can bear to.

South America is living one of the extreme events the world has ever seen Unbelievable temperatures up to 38.9C in the Chilean Andine areas in mid winter ! Much more than what Southern Europe just had in mid summer at the same elevation: This event is rewriting all climatic books

Due to concerns about the impact of climate change and nature loss on human health, we are joining UK Health Alliance on Climate Change in signing a letter to the PM urging him to withdraw the decision to issue new licences for North Sea oil and gas. Read the full letter👇 ukhealthalliance.org/news-item/heal…

Climate change is a major threat to lung patients, causing more frequent and extreme weather events, prolonged aeroallergen seasons, and poorer air quality. ERS position statement > bit.ly/3pO27Ne DrLJ 💙 Anna Moore - she/her

Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s, via Urban Cycling Institute 🚲 . The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today. Better choices instead of excuses.

E-cigarettes, varenicline and cytisine are the most effective stop-smoking aids, analysis of over 150,000 smokers reveals. #ERScongress #ERS2023 cochrane.org/news/e-cigaret… The Cochrane Library CochraneTAG /n

An incredibly important piece of work again from CochraneTAG. ☑️ supports uk approach to vaping as a treatment ☑️ highlights the urgency with which we need cytisine available in the UK ☑️ highlights why we need varenicline back ☑️ why all clinicians must prescribe medications

I just don’t understand why they wouldn’t wait for Sepp Kuss - I’ve watched Sepp ride for them countless times while commentating these past years, I’m a huge fan of his. He’s class. I didn’t enjoy watching that today, and I love bike racing, it made me feel 😞😡 #notclass

🎉Excited this work is finally published. Grateful to wonderful colleagues! Breathing pattern disorder in asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis is far more complex than nasal obstruction alone👃Lots more at play 👀. Dr Harsha Kariyawasam PhD FRCP Helene Bellas ACPRC UCLH pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37668326/

In 1972, the Amsterdam neighbourhood of De Pijp saw clashes between parents who wanted safer streets for kids and drivers who wanted to cut through. I went to visit yesterday, 51 years later. The traffic filters and playgrounds remain. It is a place many people want to live. 🧵

The Kindle edition of Ultra-Processed People is on sale for £1.99 for today. Do please share with anyone that might want a cheap copy! amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Processe…

Published today… physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.14… > study summarising physiological changes in #longcovid Generates hypotheses and directions for investigation and possibly specific treatment.

#RCPMed24 > discussion about quality of training and how non-doctor tasks detract from clinical training. Mustn't forget that every day is a school day > service and education are not mutually exclusive tobyhillman.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/eve…

#IsItOk that Teresa Perales can set a new Paralympic Record in the Women's 100m Freestyle - S3 final, and still not get a medal? Dan  🤯

Labour's struggle to define itself, Hezbollah vs. Israel, and understanding Long Covid New podcast episode out today 🚨 This week ALASTAIR CAMPBELL & Rory Stewart discuss: 🌹Labour's conference woe 🌍 Is the Middle East on the brink of war? 🦠 Long Covid, the big issue no one

Thanks to the Sky News team & Sarah-Jane Mee Also to Rory Stewart ALASTAIR CAMPBELL for discussion of #LongCovid by The Rest Is Politics Wd be great if (((Toby Hillman))) could join #ThereForME call by over 200 HCPs to transform services for #LC & #ME here linktr.ee/ThereForME

"Because it's quite difficult to measure...and there isn't an obvious cure - people are suffering a lot of stigma" Discussion on #LongCovid towards the end at 48:00 featuring thoughts from (((Toby Hillman))) UCLH Thank you ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Rory Stewart podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Hypothesis driven paper examining mitochondrial mechanisms that could be driving #longcovid finally published. This was a pragmatic study performed in the early pandemic. Hope it will lead to further work on validation tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…