Paediatricians of twitter, I’m sure you see as many young people with an eating disorder as I do at the moment.
If you’ve ever told anyone “I just don’t know what to do with them,” then it’s a good job we have awesome guidance.
This is a big change, go read it. Go.
@DrNickTwit @DurrantNiall Pretty sure that's the rule.... I think this also means we need to get a jousting arena for when we get sub specialty referrals?
@edd_broad @DrNickTwit @DurrantNiall I mean, again, I'm absolutely serious. A blood gas machine is used for a few minutes a day - I'd be in that castle FOREVER.
This is gobsmacking. WHO to discourage all women of childbearing age from drinking alcohol.
Where to start? The heteronormative assumption? The reduction of women to just reproductive vessels? Or the one sidedness- no mention of male fertility or alcohol role in sexual assault 🤯
The WHO action plan on alcohol encourages people with the capacity to become pregnant to behave like they ARE pregnant - expecting them to conform to socially-enforced restrictions on lifestyle that lack an evidence base…