Prof Rachel Batterham

I am Professor of Obesity, Diabetes & Endocrinology at University College London. I am passionate about improving the health of people living with obesity.

[Elizabeth Pomfret @drlizpomfret]

I remember when I started, you could count the number of women transplant surgeons on 1 hand. Look at us now!!💕

[UCLH @uclh]

Congratulations to Professor Bryan Williams, Dr Jahangir Alom and Professor Valerie Lund on being recognised for their dedication and outstanding contribution to healthcare in the 2024 King’s New Year Honours List.
Read more: https://t.co/ywhH4DomeR
#NewYearsHonours #KingsHonours

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Fentanyl is now almost certainly the biggest killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 49. Economists may have at last found a convincing explanation for the crisis https://t.co/lgdFEwKdO8 👇

[Government Office for Science @uksciencechief]

Congratulations to both Sir Patrick and Sir Chris for the award of the Royal Medal. Extremely well deserved.🥇 👏#RSMedals

[stephen o'rahilly (its pronounced O-RA-hill-EEE) @StephenORahilly]

Congratulations to Sadaf! . @Farooqi_Lab.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Sometimes you have expectations from the wrong people in the wrong place...

[Dr Tess Lawrie @lawrie_dr]

The hug that saved a life In 1995, the twins, Kyrie and Brielle Jackson, were born 12 weeks premature, each weighing only about 2 pounds. They were placed in separate incubators. One twin was not expected to survive. She went into critical condition. Her heart rate was rising while her oxygen level was dropping significantly. They were about to lose her. It was then that one nurse, Gale Kasparian, went against the hospital rules and standard procedure, putting the healthy twin next to her struggling sister in the same incubator. This decision turned out to be life-saving. Once the twins were close to each other, the struggling sister (Brielle) snuggled up to the healthy sister (Kyrie) who put her arms around Brielle. Almost immediately after, Brielle's vital signs started stabilizing. Her heart rate and oxygen levels normalized. Both twin sisters eventually survived and grew into strong young women. The picture below came to be known as the rescuing hug and would change a part of our understanding of medicine.

Hugging that is coming from the heart is proven to have calming and healing effects. Maybe there is someone in your life that can use a warm and heartfelt hug right now.

[shitscaredmum @shitscaredmum]

I'm heartbroken to share the news that we lost our beautiful Laura in the early hours of this morning.
She was fierce & tenacious to the end & it was truly the honour of my life to be her mum.
We are devastated at the thought of life without our girl, she was a force of nature💔

[Michael Albert, MD @MichaelAlbertMD]

Lilly released results for SURMOUNT-2, a trial of tirzepatide in people with T2D and obesity or overweight at 72 weeks:
🔘10 mg: -13.4% BW
🔘15 mg: -15.7% BW
⭐️Important: at this point, virtually no distinction between treating T2D and clinical obesity.
https://t.co/TvtEQiM3HY

[Pratik Choudhary @drpratikc]

I’m still looking for a clincial research fellow to do a PHD with a NIH funded study using HCL to restore awareness of hypoglycaemia - no research experience needed- all training provided @ABCDiab @youngdiab @LDC_tweets @WilmotEmma @parthaskar
#DUK2023
https://t.co/W98ZtqNDYD

[Prof Kamlesh Khunti @kamleshkhunti]

Obesity associated with mortality at all ages - importance of obesity prevention from an early age

Great study by @Ulf_Ekelund et al

https://t.co/XCvAt2dsGr

[Jeremy Farrar @JeremyFarrar]

What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure https://t.co/iGzg0wAsQ7

[EASO_President @EasoPresident]

24 days to ECO and we have 1500 registered already. ECO will showcase the really great across Europe in advocacy, education, clinical practice and policy, and celebrate all the excellent work in Ireland. Still time to register! https://t.co/eKvb049nIZ https://t.co/5PMIMcwq5u

[Philip Schauer, MD @PSchauerMD]

Must attend #ifsonapoli2023 I’ll be there how about you? @carel_leroux @FRubinoMD @rvcohen @JaimePonceMD @ScottShikoraMD @KelvinHiga @Ali_Aminian_MD @Jmortonmd @francois_pattou @matthew_kroh @metabolic_knife @mattars77 @IfsoSecretariat @ASMBS @BariatricTimes @BariatricNews

[Prof Rachel Batterham @ProfBatterhamMD]

I was honoured and privileged to be asked to give the #HatterAwardLecture as part of the Cardiology, Diabetes and Nephrology #atthelimits meeting on obesity pharmacotherapies at @RCPhysicians today and was presented with this fantastic award plaque to commemorate the achievement

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

Keeanu Reeves

He was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident.

His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister has leukemia.

And with everything that has happened, Keanu Reeves never misses an opportunity to help people in need.

When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants; One cried because he would lose his house if he did not pay $ 20,000 and on the same day Keanu deposited the necessary amount in the woman's bank account;

He also donated stratospheric sums to hospitals.

In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery and bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.

After winning astronomical sums for the Matrix trilogy, the actor donated more than $ 50 million to the staff who handled the costumes and special effects - the true heroes of the trilogy, as he called them.

He also gave a Harley-Davidson to each of the stunt doubles. A total expense of several million dollars. And for many successful films, he has even given up 90% of his salary to allow the production to hire other stars.

In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.

Most stars when they make a charitable gesture they declare it to all the media. He has never claimed to be doing charity, he simply does it as a matter of moral principles and not to look better in the eyes of others.

This man could buy everything, and instead every day he gets up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought: Be a good person.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

The failure of the Government to discuss pay with Junior Drs shows what they really think about the NHS, you & me

They are happy for the #NHS to continue to fail

They are willing to put lives at risk

The blame lies with them

#NHSCrisis

[lan Byrne MP @IanByrneMP]

Solidarity with the striking junior doctors today.
They are fighting for the very future of our NHS.
Their fight is our fight.
#PayRestoration

[Dr Phil Hammond 💙 @drphilhammond]

Dear @SteveBarclay, please don’t peddle the lie that @TheBMA has placed preconditions on negotiations. They haven’t and neither should you. It’s time for you to grow up, get around the table and negotiate. What could be more important in your in tray?