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biscuitfairy.bsky.social
Respiratory Nurse, particular interest in COPD. Average allotmenteer and gardener. South East, UK.
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Enthusiasm is growing for lung cancer screening for people who have never smoked. Experience in East Asia has made the harms obvious: more surgery, more complications, and more overdiagnosis and overtreatment, argue Wayne Gao and colleagues www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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👏 “After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%”

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A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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So @sussexbylines.co.uk is now the only Bylines (out of 10) that has fewer than 10K followers. That’s NOT acceptable! They may be small on our map - but they are big in our hearts! 🩵 FOLLOW @sussexbylines.co.uk please!!

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I enjoyed this exchange from the other place, open the image to see the reply. Restraint at its best!

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Every weekend is a battle between doing enough stuff to catch up and doing nothing enough to feel rested

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Lung disease and social justice - COPD as a manifestation of structural violence. #WorldCOPDday @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-assemblies.bsky.social www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...

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Early Life Exposures and the Development of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease across the Life Course. #WorldCOPDday www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...

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People with COPD: join Asthma + Lung UK's free online COPD support group to meet and connect with other patients to chat about your condition, as well as hear from a range of great speakers: www.asthmaandlung.org.uk/groups-suppo... Next meeting: Dec 12, 2024 12:00 PM

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