Shortcut to ‘ medicine ‘ without lifting those heavy books 📚

🛑 Physician Assistants from GP perspective:

⛔️Some GPs have zero confidence in PAs assessment, clinical judgement and suggested plan

⛔️ GPs trust medical students more than PAs

⛔️a GP explicitly advised his/her family to refuse to see PA in primary care

Viva La Revolución 🦀

☢️A physician Assistant has revolutionised the treatment of severe eczema in children from GP land 💀

⛔️ PA advised the mum to “ bribe the child “ to stop intense scratching !!

⛔️Severe eczema requires prompt treatment with steroids/topical Rx

⛔️PAs do not seek senior advice

Northumberland Gazette: 'Girl, aged nine, suffers life changing injuries after a dog attack in Northumberland'
northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/girl-aged…
#dogattack #xlbully

A paper in Nature Synthesis reports the exfoliation of two-dimensional single-atom-thick gold, termed goldene. go.nature.com/4d2G7SE

WORLD RECORD

Mondo Duplantis does it yet again 🔥

In his opening outdoor meeting of the 2024 season, the Swedish pole vaulting superstar has just broken his world record with 6.24m at the Xiamen Diamond League 🤯

Reaching for the stars 💫

Dubai Airport, with scenes of rich tax exiles and digital nomads trying to leave Dubai, like rats fleeing a sinking ship after the recent floods.
#flood #flood ing

'I'll never forget her screams': Woman's horror after beloved dog savaged by 'XL bully-type' manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

A group of 39 prominent biologists and philosophers has released the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness, a document that states that there’s a “realistic possibility” of consciousness in many animals. Dan Falk reports: quantamagazine.org/insects-and-ot…

Rest assured that the Tory “solution” to sick notes will cost more than it will ever save, be completely ineffective, and will likely lead to loads of our tax money going to Tory Donors. At least they are consistent.

Manchester Evening News: 'Little girl fights for life after being mauled on a street in Falmouth by a dog believed to be an XL Bully'.
uk.news.yahoo.com/little-girl-fi…
#xlbully #dogattack

Why are surgical #infections still common, despite strict sanitation protocols?

A genomics study of spinal surgery recipients shows many infections originate from the patient’s own skin #microbiome rather than contamination. Science Translational Medicine scim.ag/6CY

GPs alerted as reagent shortage hinders trust in processing bloods buff.ly/3UjqsqS #thyroid #vitaminD #diagnostics

Manchester Evening News: 'Little girl, 5, rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being mauled by XL bully'.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl. FFS!! No more effing sh*tty excuses from these bloody owners! NO MORE!!!
#xlbully #dogattack

Daily Echo: 'Man bitten by Staffordshire bull terrier outside Poole Co-op'.
bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24253331.…
#dogattack #xlbully

Birmingham Live: 'Woman 'seriously hurt' as XL Bully kills Staffordshire Bull Terrier in Kingstanding 'dog fight''
uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-seriousl…
Bloody 'ell, even a staffie can't take down an XL Bully and their owners say they're 'soft as owt'. Yeah right...
#xlbully #dogattack

Why do absolutely none of Jamie Oliver's dishes ever fill me with any sort craving or appetence? It's as if they're missing something intangibly fundamental. Like a medicine man pedalling snake oil.
#JamiesAirFryerMeals

BREAKING: Blackpool Gazette: 'Armed police and dog unit involved in huge operation on Havelock Street, Blackpool'.
blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/arm…
#dogattack #xlbully

Staffordshire Police: 'Appeal after springer spaniel attacked by two other dogs, 'described as an XL Bully and a pocket bully''.
staffordshire.police.uk/news/staffords…
#xlbully #dogattack

Glasgow Live: 'Motherwell machete 'thug' who used XL Bully during attack on rival jailed for 2 years'.
glasgowlive.co.uk/news/motherwel…
Here, folks: your average #xlbully owner... 🙄
#dogattack