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[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

It was the 5th September when I was looking for another sick dog and heard the tiniest squeak. I stumbled upon a sick mum and her puppies.

You should see them today… (1/5) 🧵

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

There is an emergency shelter on top of Ben Nevis, invaluable for injured or exhausted walkers to get out of the weather. This is how it looked yesterday.

Beer cans, abandoned rucksack, cigarette packets, mouldy food… I despair sometimes.

[Alasdair MacLullich @A_MacLullich]

@yuanyi_z It really bothers me that the energy that they are spending on this could be easily diverted into actually caring for people by lobbying for better palliative care provision. There is something strange about the whole movement.

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

Roughly?
Creating just one AI portrait uses roughly the same amount of electricity as charging your smartphone to 50% or 100%

Not to mention use of fresh water

How’s that “Ooh don’t I look cool in the 80s” thing going for you?

While wondering about “how bad climate change is”

[Susan Bowie 🧶🧡🎗️🌹 @docsuzy]

I’ve been a doctor for 47 years and I can’t ’predict ‘ this accurately, and don’t know anyone who can. The ‘6 months to live’ part of the bill makes it unworkable from the start.

[Scott Isaacs @scottisaacsmd]

In nearly 5,000 men, visceral adiposity was strongly associated with lower testosterone. Within the same BMI category, men with high visceral fat had 33 to 36% lower testosterone than those with low visceral fat.
https://t.co/vPrp22NMY4

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

2) England is a rare exception.

During the 2010s many other countries (including the other 3 UK nations) changed tack, experimenting with ideas like transferrable skills instead of focusing on tried-and-tested disciplines and methods. It looks like those experiments have failed.

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

I did NOT know about this @gmcuk - via @bmj_latest

This was in 2023- is this the same in 2026?

Is my fee also now an investment?
Am I supposed to have a return?

Nestle, Starbucks, United Health et al

Btw- the GMC was created in 1858- with a core function being 'to give patients a way to tell the difference between qualified and unqualified doctors'

Amazing historical fact.

https://t.co/56Fz92Ca7K

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

If I could be granted one wish that would change the world for the better…

Find a dog to adopt.

That’s it. Simple as that. There are millions out there waiting ❤️

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

I think you’ll agree she is looking super distinguished now and has her dignity back.

She’ll be even fluffier and happier again this time next week.

Plenty of life in Marilyn Monroe yet and her dignity is back ❤️ (6/6)

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Little Stormzy came back to visit to say thats for help in his early days.

He is absolutely huge and it is probably the happiest I've ever been to see a dog!!

Look at him go!

[Mamas A. Mamas @mmamas1973]

1) know the scientific literature behind our decision making - it will make you a better IC.

2) knowing when not to do a PCI is the most important skill any interventional Cardiologist can have. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do.

3) place the patient at the centre of each of your decisions

4) there is no rush becoming an attending- experience in fellowship is much more important

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

I’m biased but I think it’s the best little corner of the world 🌴

[Scott Isaacs @scottisaacsmd]

Cardiometabolic disease starts early and accumulates across the life course, from childhood obesity and social adversity to youth-onset hypertension and type 2 diabetes, then CKD, MASLD/MASH, and frailty in older age.
https://t.co/pUnpNopKoP

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

A country’s vitality is deeply tied to the value it affords to human life in every form and condition, acknowledging the dignity endowed upon every human person by virtue of their very existence. The moral greatness of a nation is manifested, above all, in its capacity to support, protect and cherish the lives of all, especially the most vulnerable and those whose worth is questioned.

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

My only non negotiable is that I start my day feeding the 80 street dogs in Thailand.

I've so many bigger things to do for the charity and scaling up but this is the part I'll never give up.

It's one hour of the day but it keeps my heart full and depression at bay!

[Keith Leonard @Keith_Leonard]

@theiaincameron This is the kind of grass-fed, free-range nerd content I log onto social media for 👏

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

[Scott Isaacs @scottisaacsmd]

Higher BMI is linked to increased risk of at least 19 cancers across the body (and lower risk for a few).
https://t.co/zrt85TWDWC

[The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology @TheLancetEndo]

Contrary to the anecdotal evidence that has until now influenced recommendations against #biopsy in #PPGL, our primary finding was that few biopsy procedures were associated with death or serious complications https://t.co/A9mzgL3SPI
#phaeochromocytomas #paragangliomas