John Weiner

Retired consultant physician (Clinical Immunology and Allergy) ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

If mice ruled the world they would develop a murinized human model

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

Painting by Kurt Bosecke, Aussie artist, titled “A Big Fat Orangutan in a Biohazard Suit Feeling Happy and Putting His Thumbs Up”

I love it

[Lucy Bray @LucyBray9]

As we countdown to the launch of the @lSUPP0RTrights standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions - what a joy to listen to this @RCHMelbourne podcast considering the ethics and practice of holding children for procedures https://t.co/7PaeARL4vR

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

Further on this recall (Australia) - undeclared almonds and alcohol

[FoodStandardsAusNZ @FSANZnews]

🚨 Food Recall 🚨
Chocolatier Australia Pty Ltd is recalling Plum Puddings (BB JUL 2023 & OCT 2023) due to Plum Puddings being mislabelled as Christmas Caramels or Gingerbread Chocolates resulting in presence of an undeclared allergen and ingredient:
https://t.co/p90TYyxDuV
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🚨Food Recall🚨

The Protein Bread Company (PBCo) is conducting a recall of their Vegan Egg Replacer 180g, Protein Muffin Mix 340g and Protein Pancake Mix 300g due to the presence of an undeclared allergen (soy). For further information see our website: https://t.co/Md87shXGeu

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

So, watching @TippingPointITV and @benshephard asks “The Yarra River flows through which antipodean country?”

I enjoy this antipodean game show.

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

Has your hay fever and/or asthma worsened in recent years?

A little known effect of climate change is the increase in pollen and mould levels and their wider dissemination.

Health regulators will need to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies.

https://t.co/FWGZmOCjxm

[Andrew Chapman @chapdoc1]

@DGlaucomflecken Troponin high -> patient die
Troponin low -> patient go
Im working on the nuance but that summarises my PhD and research to date cc @AnnaKateBarton

[Carlos Seisdedos @CarloSeisdedos]

La importancia del famoso lenguaje corporal.
Tienes que verlo...😜🔝

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

Seven years later, I still “stand no wiser than before”

https://t.co/AS6U0YxSGx

The most controversial quotes from the paper - via comments over the years -
are reproduced below

The words ‘doctor’ and ‘medical’ clearly could be replaced by ‘clinician’ and ‘clinical’

[FoodStandardsAusNZ @FSANZnews]

Food Recall

United Foods (VIC) Pty. Ltd is recalling their Italian Soup Mix (Best before 14/05/2023) due to the presence of an undeclared allergen (gluten [barley]) resulting from an incorrect product label.

For further information, see our website: https://t.co/5fPKOhuPCL

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

Epping Market is about 20km from Melbourne CBD

This is the way to get your shopping done quick

[10 News Melbourne @10NewsMelb]

A rogue kangaroo has made its way into Scicluna's fruit and veggie warehouse in Epping.

It hopped through the warehouse around 2am on Monday.

The roo is well and safe, after hopping out of the market to rejoin his friends after sampling some of Melbourne’s best produce!

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

The brave and heroic women & girls of Afghanistan chanting “taseel haq-e māst!” (education is our right) in Herat city today against the Taliban.

Afghanistan remains the ONLY country in the world where girls are banned from school.

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

Well, the girls would turn the color
Of the avocado when he would drive
Down their street in his El Dorado
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole

(Pablo Picasso, The Modern Lovers, 1972)

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

Sweden’s Svante Paabo gets 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in paleogenomics

He identified DNA in ancient bone and linked Neanderthals and Denisovans to humans

My 2012 report included an alleged cave drawing of Dennis the Denisovan

https://t.co/3E6M0LHGbb 1min read

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

I was 15 when JFK was shot, and watched on TV in Melbourne. I was 33 when Reagan was shot, and watched on TV in a room filled with medical staff at Walter Reed in DC. Most were sobbing.

Beautiful letter. We see “not found wanting” in so many hospitals. For which we give thanks

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

@1feralkat Sorry to hear that. Hope you carry Epi! Flaxseed (also called linseed) anaphylaxis first recorded in 1930. Rare reports since then. Apart from clothing and oil, known as food for at least 5000 years. Can also cause contact dermatitis and occupational asthma

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While cow’s milk in chocolate may be ho-hum for those with milk intolerance (nil or mild gastro), it can be fatal in cow’s milk allergy. The 4 commonest foods causing food allergy deaths in Australia are seafood, nuts, cow’s milk and wheat. Source https://t.co/LhJUcdX1Ks

[FoodStandardsAusNZ @FSANZnews]

🚨Food Recall - Allergen alert 🚨
Manna Confectionery Pty Ltd is recalling their Happi Free From Oat M!lk chocolate 80g (various best before dates and flavours) due to an undeclared allergen (milk).
For more information, visit our website:https://t.co/5yxI3G6Ha7

[FoodStandardsAusNZ @FSANZnews]

🚨Food Recall - Allergen alert 🚨
Manna Confectionery Pty Ltd is recalling their Happi Free From Oat M!lk chocolate 80g (various best before dates and flavours) due to an undeclared allergen (milk).
For more information, visit our website:https://t.co/5yxI3G6Ha7

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

@ketaminh Thanks Minh. Certainly appreciate your support over many years. I’ve got a few months of training, and then I might yet request an interview with you!

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

I am no longer a registered medical practitioner. Any clinical, non clinical or teaching role in medicine is now illegal

50 years as a doctor is a good run. No complaints

So. I’m now a healthcare and science journalist https://t.co/BVw999JCNd

Still buying green bananas

[John Weiner @AllergyNet]

Acanthamoebic keratitis of the eye, rare but potentially devastating for sight, may be less likely with disposable compared to reusable contact lenses https://t.co/xWIeD9KndK
We reported a case in 1986 with a successful outcome https://t.co/VWqTh3Oypy (pics)