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[Susan Bewley @susan_bewley]

@MichaelBaum11 Well said! Screening (by defn) is the worst form of healthcare, way behind actual prevention & cure, & esp as it creates harmed, anxious, overdiagnosed & overtreated people, many of whom are not 'saved' @HealthSenseUK @EvidenceMatters @NIHRresearch @NIHRevidence @wesstreeting

[HealthSense @HealthSenseUK]

We're back in @PrivateEyeNews (issue 1647), exposing the misuse of hyperbaric oxygen chambers by unqualified complementary therapy providers, and the lack of action from UK medicines regulator @MHRAgovuk @mgtmccartney @compandalt @drphilhammond

[HealthSense @HealthSenseUK]

"I'm a top women's doctor and I would NEVER take up an invite for a breast screening. Women are being lied to by the NHS and this is the REAL truth about mammograms you must know" Hard facts on BC screening from @susan_bewley https://t.co/yQUiikm7iE

[HealthSense @HealthSenseUK]

@vk_wilde interesting piece on possible link between vit B6 supplements and peripheral neuropathy, of interest?

[Susan Bewley @susan_bewley]

Who needs vitamins, let alone multivitamins? @HealthSenseUK @Healthy_Control @EvidenceMatters @mgtmccartney

[Susan Bewley @susan_bewley]

Women with in-depth understanding of harms of overdiagnosis & overRx confidently decline breast screening & it adds to their dissatisfaction with the way NHSBSP present info. Good. Stop bullying us! @mgtmccartney @BreastCancerNow @trishgreenhalgh @pash22 https://t.co/wEQZTdl1dz

[Sling the Mesh @MeshCampaign]

Today we meet with Patient Safety Minister Gillian Merron to discuss financial redress for mesh injured women as set out in the #firstdonoharm report https://t.co/DCfXkwkmNs

[Debbie Hayton @DebbieHayton]

Letter published by @HealthSenseUK: "the Cass Review did not cover all the reasons for cross-sex identification, and omitted discussion of autogynephilia. This appears to have no justification"
https://t.co/XGXPl1mgvW

[Skeptical Inquirer @SkeptInquirer]

An alternative healer who promoted a “slapping therapy” taken up by millions of people across the world has been jailed for the gross negligence manslaughter of a British woman who died at one of his workshops in Wiltshire
https://t.co/zY5ZEg21Mb

[HealthSense @HealthSenseUK]

Dear @Risk_Literacy having trouble connecting to your website just now, hope it will be OK soon? We want to link to your brilliant fact boxes to help people make evidence-based decisions on whether to take up screening tests! https://t.co/qArNN6II2v

[HealthSense @HealthSenseUK]

This looks like irresponsible marketing. PSA test is unreliable & not advised for young men without symptoms. Can lead to unnecessary treatment => infection, erectile dysfunction and incontinence https://t.co/vx2oF2E92N

[Ash Paul @pash22]

This is outrageous @RandoxHealth . How is this a PSA by any stretch of imagination????? @mgtmccartney @ProstateUK @susan_bewley @MichaelBaum11 @paulpharoah @naserturabi @SteveLaitner @VincentGnanapr3

[HealthSense @HealthSenseUK]

Congratulations @mgtmccartney it's an important piece of work, which exposes how far we are from transparent declaration of conflicts of interest in healthcare. We look forward to your work informing policy that will keep patients safer.

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

Had a lovely day today @univofstandrews : yes you can do a PhD aged 53. Here is Prof Frank Sullivan who was my fantastic mentor.
And yes you can read it here https://t.co/jqxHwhFyFH

[HealthSense @HealthSenseUK]

Recording of last week's Awards night includes extraordinary presentation by brave @PMurray_65 our 2024 Award Winner, on the horrifying harms of unethical stem cell research. With introduction by @nickross and Peter Wilmshurst. https://t.co/COujannJ4v

[HealthSense @HealthSenseUK]

Congratulating the brilliant winners of the 2024 HealthSense Student Prize competition! LtoR: Kinan Wihba, Alex Fleet, Dervla Murphy, Edoardo Beltazar, Matthew Lim, with HealthSense president @nickrosscom Find out more: https://t.co/BsXZXSgTB8

[HealthSense @HealthSenseUK]

Interesting and well designed survey on how we make decisions about whether to take up invitations for screening

[Thiscovery @ThiscoveryOrg]

Detecting cancer early through a screening programme could save your life. But a false result can lead to further tests and potentially unnecessary treatment.

Our new project with @Cambridge_Uni and @NIHRresearch wants to hear your views.

Take part 👉 https://t.co/g3fLsSqQSW

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

so proud to see this! (am a patron of the marvellous @HealthSenseUK) marvellous work @david_colquhoun @susan_bewley @Majikthyse

[Susan Bewley @susan_bewley]

@AndyWilks61 @BBCHughPym @ClareWilsonMed @bmj_latest @KamranAbbasi @TheLancet @JAMA_current @pash22 @drruthannharpur @mancunianmedic @HLPretermBirth @barttels2 @benryanwriter @Healthy_Control @OBSevidence @ProfJoyceHarper @rethink_health1 @HLStatInquiries @KenZeroHarm @JuliaMasonMD1 @millihill @mgtmccartney @jimgthornton @RCObsGyn @bwmol @neel_shah @AJOGEd_RR @DrJenGunter @crageshri @DrNancyOlivieri @PGtzsche1 @ProfJennyGamble @profsarakenyon @SandallJane @MidwivesRCM 5/ Are we confident that immediate and early clamping are not going on in the UK (in an uncontrolled and non-justified way)? How do we know? @CallTheMidwife1 @BBCNews

[Susan Bewley @susan_bewley]

@AndyWilks61 @BBCHughPym @ClareWilsonMed @bmj_latest @KamranAbbasi @TheLancet @JAMA_current @pash22 @drruthannharpur @mancunianmedic @HLPretermBirth @barttels2 @benryanwriter @Healthy_Control @OBSevidence @ProfJoyceHarper @rethink_health1 @HLStatInquiries @KenZeroHarm @JuliaMasonMD1 @millihill @mgtmccartney 4/ What will obstetricians, MWs & NNs make of this? @OBSevidence @jimgthornton @RCObsGyn @bwmol @neel_shah @AJOGEd_RR @DrJenGunter @crageshri @DrNancyOlivieri @PGtzsche1 @ProfJennyGamble @profsarakenyon @sandallJane @MidwivesRCM

[Susan Bewley @susan_bewley]

@AndyWilks61 @BBCHughPym @ClareWilsonMed @bmj_latest @KamranAbbasi @TheLancet @JAMA_current 3/ Were the mothers told? Have the babies been followed up? @pash22 @drruthannharpur @mancunianmedic @HLPretermBirth @barttels2 @benryanwriter @Healthy_Control @OBSevidence @ProfJoyceHarper @rethink_health1 @HLStatInquiries @KenZeroHarm @JuliaMasonMD1 @millihill @mgtmccartney

[Susan Bewley @susan_bewley]

2/ Immediately after birth, half the babies had their blood supply cut off (established to be harmful). The experiment looked at their hypoxic brains. The ethics permission was inadequate. @AndyWilks61 @BBCHughPym @ClareWilsonMed @bmj_latest @KamranAbbasi @TheLancet @JAMA_current

[Susan Bewley @susan_bewley]

FYI a retracted paper on cord clamping @ivanoransky @RetractionWatch @CamillaKingdon @BAPM_Official @RCObsGyn @buist_rob @Majikthyse @HealthSenseUK @rethink_health1 @consiliumsci @senseaboutsci https://t.co/906gKlCHgx