Kim Nicholas

Head of Curriculum, French Horn player, mum to two gorgeous girls. WJEC examiner. Left-handed. Loves to dance, rugby, red wine, olives & vanilla ice cream

[Yorkshire Victor Meldrew+his dog @TheMeldrew]

Unbelievable, just when you think they can't sink any lower Sky news have doorstepped Count Binfaces family

[fOx @fOx1257067]

Ngl… this is absolutely incredible.

Hundreds of people suspended in the air, each one depending on the next, moving together until somehow they become one massive living work of art.

Just think about the trust that takes.

One person alone could never create this. But together, they make something that almost doesn’t seem possible.

With everything we see dividing people these days, I love seeing reminders like this.

Human beings are capable of some truly extraordinary things when we come together.

Be honest… how long did it take you to realize what you were actually watching?

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

I'm a cardiologist. A 42-year-old mother of two came to my office complaining of jaw pain and crushing fatigue. She ran half-marathons. Her EKG was normal. Another doctor had sent her home with anxiety medication.
When I got her into the cath lab, I found severe microvascular disease — plaque choking the tiniest vessels of her heart, the ones standard angiograms routinely miss.
Her heart had been starving in silence while everyone told her she was stressed.
She is alive today. Too many women like her are not.
Heart disease kills more women than every cancer combined. And medicine is still diagnosing it through a male lens.
84% of cardiologists report having patients in the past year whose heart disease was misdiagnosed by another physician. Women with a STEMI heart attack have a 59% greater chance of being misdiagnosed compared to men. Women with an NSTEMI — 41% greater chance.
The reason is structural. For decades, we screened, tested, and treated women using a template built for men.
Men's heart attacks announce themselves — the crushing chest pain, the clutched fist, the Hollywood collapse. Women's hearts whisper. Crushing fatigue that feels like wearing a lead vest. Jaw pain written off as TMJ. Nausea blamed on a stomach bug. An ache between the shoulder blades blamed on a long week. Shortness of breath blamed on being out of shape.
For years, medicine called these "atypical" symptoms. They are not atypical. They are female-typical. Half of humanity is not a variant.
And the biology runs deeper than symptoms.
Women have smaller hearts and narrower coronary arteries. Plaque doesn't only clog the big highway vessels — it hides in the microvasculature, the tiny branches feeding the heart muscle itself. A woman can have a heart attack with a completely "clean" standard angiogram.
SCAD — spontaneous coronary artery dissection — occurs 90% of the time in women. Often young, fit women with zero traditional risk factors. It's the leading cause of heart attack in women under 50, accounting for roughly one quarter of all cases in that age group. Most doctors have never diagnosed one.
And some of the most dangerous cardiac risk factors are hidden in women's medical histories where no one thinks to look:
Preeclampsia or gestational hypertension doubles to quadruples lifetime heart disease and stroke risk. Pregnancy is the body's first cardiac stress test — and these complications are early warning sirens, not closed chapters.
Autoimmune disease — lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis — far more common in women, turbocharges inflammation and plaque formation at any age.
Cardiovascular disease in women aged 20-44 is projected to surge nearly 50% by 2050.
The youngest patients in my practice keep getting younger.
What every woman should ask her doctor — and what every doctor should be asking:
"Given my pregnancy history, autoimmune status, and family history — what is my full cardiovascular risk?" If they don't ask about preeclampsia or gestational diabetes, volunteer it.
"Should I have an Lp(a) test and a coronary calcium score?" Standard cholesterol panels miss too much. Lp(a) is genetic, one-time, and most women have never been tested.
"My tests came back normal but my symptoms haven't stopped — what's next?" Normal stress tests and angiograms can miss microvascular disease, spasm, and SCAD. Persistent symptoms warrant coronary CT angiography or cardiac MRI.
And if something feels wrong — say these exact words to your doctor: "I am concerned this could be my heart."
That single sentence changes the workup. Do not soften it. Do not apologize for it.
80% of heart disease is preventable. But the playbook has to be built for female biology.
Two decades ago, I wrote one of the first books warning that heart disease was the number one killer of women and that medicine was diagnosing it through a male lens. It was recognized by First Lady Laura Bush at the White House during the early years of the national conversation about women's heart health.
I'm haunted by how much of that book I could republish today unchanged.
The science has advanced. The awareness has grown. But the gap between what we know and what happens in the exam room is still costing women their lives.
Share this with every woman you love — and every doctor who treats them. READ MORE: https://t.co/4LRugiY8q2

[Kim Nicholas @DarbyNicholas]

@BBCSteveR @BBCRadio3 @C4Ciaran Beautiful, gentle and full of hiraeth ❤️🤍💚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🌼 🎶🎵

[Peter Gillibrand @GillibrandPeter]

Today, a Welsh woman made history. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Adele Nicoll from Welshpool became the first EVER British woman to compete in the monobob at the Winter Olympics.

Llongyfarchiafau, Adele 👏

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Sweden is committing more than €100 million to a sweeping classroom overhaul: replacing tablets and screens with traditional printed textbooks to help reverse falling student performance and sharpen focus.

After more than a decade of embracing digital-first education, Swedish authorities are now pivoting back to paper-based learning. Official data and recent studies cited by the Ministry of Education show that prolonged screen use in class has been linked to shorter attention spans, weaker reading comprehension, and reduced critical-thinking abilities.

Research consistently finds that reading on illuminated screens requires greater mental effort and invites more distractions compared to the calm, linear experience of physical books—factors believed to have contributed to declining academic outcomes in recent years.

Under the new plan, every student will receive printed textbooks for all core subjects, restoring books as the central learning tool. Digital devices and online resources will remain available as supportive tools, but they will no longer dominate daily instruction.

This bold €100+ million investment signals Sweden’s leadership in rethinking the role of technology in education. It underscores a broader, growing recognition worldwide: while screens provide speed and access, the hands-on, distraction-free engagement of physical books supports deeper concentration, stronger memory retention, and more effective long-term learning.

By choosing paper over pixels, Sweden is charting a path toward a more balanced, evidence-informed classroom future—one that puts proven pedagogical principles ahead of unchecked digital trends.

[Grace Gym🏋️‍♀️ @GraceGym_]

My grandpa showed me this trick and it changed everything ❤️

[Peter Gillibrand @GillibrandPeter]

This is absolutely HUGE!!!

Wales’ Issy Boffey, mam’s from Bridgend, has just become the SECOND fastest person ever from the UK to run the 800m indoors.

8th globally.

She clocked 1:57 out at the Boston University Terrier Classic.

[Kim Nicholas @DarbyNicholas]

Mesmerising!

[Life Science @LifeScience_X]

10 durable knots that will always come in handy 🪢

[Living Tricks @LivingTricks_]

How your dog says “I LOVE YOU” 💕

[Cardio Arena @CadioArena]

Here’s why you should never buy pre-washed salad mixes the next time you go grocery shopping.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The felt stop motion art of Andrea Love

[Jerry Thornton @jerrythornton]

This is going to stick with me forever

[Kim Nicholas @DarbyNicholas]

@KarenClydach @BBCScrumV @JonFoxDavies @BBCSounds That’s a shame as the Ospreys were the one region who embraced the merge between Swansea and Neath. This announcement seems confused to say the least - I think they have got cold feet with the two regions (east and west) and succumbed to pressure.

[Kim Nicholas @DarbyNicholas]

@BBCScrumV Could this be a rough demarcation of the East, Central and Eest regions?

[Kim Nicholas @DarbyNicholas]

@renewablesmiffy @reformparty_uk A great thread, and worth a follow!

[Awesome Videos ❤️ @Awesomevideos07]

Incredible interactions between humans & animals.🧵

1. Lions reunite with woman who rescued them!! ❤️

[Merih Atilla ⚫️ @MerihAtilla]

@Awesomevideos07 @VertigoWarrior