Tom Connor

Nephrologist, father, gardener. Interested in genetic medicine and phenotyping. Own views etc.

[Andy Marshall 📸 @fotofacade]

Look closer at St. Mary's in Iffley and you will see a facade full of Romanesque emoji's - little beakheads - each with their own identity.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Does a USB drive get heavier as you store more files on it?

Nope. Paradoxically (and theoretically), the more you save on a flash drive, the lighter it gets.

USB drives use Flash memory, which means the the ones and zeros of the data are stored on transistors.

When you save data, a binary zero is set by charging the float gate of the transistor, and a binary one is set by removing the charge.

To charge it, we add electrons, and the mass of each electron is 0.00000000000000000000000000091 grams.

This means that an empty USB drive (which mostly holds zeros) weighs more than a full USB drive (which has ones and zeros). Add data, reduce the weight.

[Joel M. Topf, MD FACP @kidney_boy]

I was teaching third year medical students about acute kidney injury and the lecture begins with a brief history of extracorporeal dialysis for AKI. I asked a student what extracorporeal dialysis was, and he correctly identified it as “dialysis outside the body”

#Tweetorial 1/16

[Jonathan Barratt @IgAN_JBarratt]

Please join us at what promises to be a great 2 days of Glomerular Disease Education at the RSM https://t.co/WGI8XWNwBJ @ERAkidney @ISNkidneycare @ISGDtweets @ScottishRenal @IPNA_PedNeph @GlomCon @kidneydoc101

Costs next to nothing and welcomes virtual attendees

[Swapnil Hiremath @hswapnil.medsky.social @hswapnil]

Permissive hypercreatininemia

Don't be afraid of the GFR dip with flozination

https://t.co/6KYtOYq5PC

GFR slope analysis from DELIVER, @mvaduganathan et al

[Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel @CoHSATOxon]

Road crashes with casualties have about halved in the Cowley LTNs in Oxford since the implementation of Low Traffic Neighborhoods to make the streets safer.
From an average 7.4 per year to 4 in 2022 (-46%).
There was no significant change on boundary roads.

[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

Let's go punting they said - it'll be fun they said!

A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4877) Friday 4th August 2023

[Mallory Downie @mallorydownie]

Very pleased to announce our GWAS in Sri Lankan and European children with SSNS that identifies genetic risk variants in AHI1 - a new risk locus for disease. Thanks to my PhD supervisors and especially @DannyGale_1 for their brilliant mentorship!

[OUH @OUHospitals]

Construction works have started on the second floor of the Whitehouse Health Centre in Milton Keynes.

This is an external service delivered by OUH and paid for by @mkcouncil to provide renal services to patients in Milton Keynes and surrounding areas.

[Katalin Susztak @KSusztak]

It is time for me to update my "survival of long term dialysis compared to cancer" slide. New drugs and much improved survival for patients with lung cancer. https://t.co/dQsZVxnXHU Nephrology must step up the game. #sockitforkidneydisease #nephforward The time is now !

[Raja Adnan Ahmed @drraja_]

Speaking with junior doctors in training. I noticed this trend.

People are going LTFT & doing locums on days off.

This way, they are matching or earning more & still managing more days off.

This generation wants flexibility & control. They know how to get it.

[Balaji @balajis]

It‘s not one country, it’s two parties.

[Simon Fleming 🛠 @OrthopodReg]

Beatboxing + ENT/airway anatomy = …

#MedTwitter #ENT

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

Led By Donkeys are just extraordinary aren’t they? Love these guys. 👏👏👏

[Dr Duncan Robertson @Dr_D_Robertson]

"The thing I like particularly about this story is the sensation that somewhere in England there has been wandering around for the last quarter-century a perfectly ordinary guy who’s had the same exact story, only he doesn’t have the punch line."

[lucy gossage @lucygoss]

Exercising with a central line, what do you advise? If you have experience of this as a HCP or clinical exercise professional we would be really grateful for your help in filling out this survey (more info in link). https://t.co/Vo98ojr4CC

[SHSK Sport @ShskPE]

Wow! A first county cup final for the U14 team with a 5-1 win. POM Sasha. ⚽️⚽️

[NEJM @NEJM]

In a phase 2a study, 16 participants with APOL1 nephropathy received inaxaplin, an inhibitor of APOL1 channel function. Among 13 evaluable participants, the mean reduction in proteinuria was 47.6% at week 13. https://t.co/QHcvbYEmiz

#nephrology #CKD

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The phone number trick

[source: https://t.co/Tu2h5q8naz]

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

Boris Johnson earned 85% of all the outside pay generated by MPs this year, Sky News can reveal.

https://t.co/4dNKk9NFA7

With @TomLarkinSky