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Surgeons remove parasitic twin from teenager who had legs growing out of his chest Source: Live Science 🧪

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Researchers identified a rare genetic mutation in two schizophrenia patients that increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice. Another step forward 🧪

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They are beloved by A-listers and surging in popularity. But claims that NAD infusions are a fix for addiction are unproven, risky – and possibly illegal. Headlines from UK news paper. Completely unproven of course !!!! 🧪

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Now this was a good read 🧪

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Saw this in a bistro window today and it made laugh 🧪

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Don’t you just love headlines like this in the press 🧪 www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

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Headlines is several newspapers today say that chlorine in tap water causes a massive 33% increase in relative risk of Bladder Cancer. 18 people per 100K get bladder cancer each year so this number now goes to 24 per 100K. Hardly something to worry about! 🧪

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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias, that in plain language says,sometimes people are too stupid to know how stupid they are. Trying to think of an example and Trump keeps popping into my mind 🧪

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HEADLINE: Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It’s the state’s WORST in nearly 30 YEARS. There is absolutely NO REASON measles outbreaks should be on the rise. Two doses of MMR vaccine are 97% EFFECTIVE against measles. So, let’s talk about what YOU can do to PROTECT yourself AND others. 🧪🧵⬇️

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High living costs paired with stagnant stipends are being blamed for a drop in PhD enrolments in several countries. Nature this week 🧪

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Organizers of USAID-funded studies grapple with ethical responsibilities to trial participants and collaborators. This is a serious issue that can’t be allowed to happen 🧪

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US Senate confirms Robert F Kennedy jnr as secretary of health. So now it’s back to the medical practices of the middle ages 🧪 www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

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Well that’s pretty convincing 🧪

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This weeks Nature 🧪

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Reimagining James Joyce as doctor of medical science. Probably the most complex book I’ve read 🧪 www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

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Interesting opinion piece published in the Lancet 🧪 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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The real science does not support the lab leak idea 🧪

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But can you then drink the wine??? 🧪

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Early-career researchers describe how they juggled workloads, emotions and finances after having children. Todays issue of Nature 🧪

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Lots of people in my part of the world are experiencing a nasty bout of influenza even those who are vaccinated. I suspect that the vaccine efficacy is low this winter 🧪

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7 year old grandson was asked to find 3 household items that have a cube shape! God help me but really struggling with this one myself 🧪

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Like a host of online influencers, the man likely to be the US’s next health secretary has denounced the vegetable oils used in countless foods. The science is … clear. There is no evidence that such oils are harmful 🧪

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Spent last night in a brightly lit city listening to a blackbird singing all night. Does he not suffer from severe sleep deprivation? No such singing in the country! Serious question. 🧪

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Apart from the weather Ireland is a pretty nice country to live in atm. Lowest inflation in the EU, budget surplus for the last few years and No crazy far right political parties of any substance. Just need a tad more money for science 🧪

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In a recent interview I saw RFK say the polio vaccine is unsafe because it’s contaminated with the SV-40 virus and wants it banned. The facts are it was contaminated with this virus but that was between 1955-63. There has been no contamination since then. He failed to mention this of course!! 🧪

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Love when my grand kids come to visit, they always bring some new and diagnostically interesting infectious disease 😂🧪

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A student of mine was very concerned by a news report saying the relative risk of a particular type of brain cancer had gone up by 50% When I looked at the absolute risk it went from 4 to 6 per 100,000. Told him not to worry. People have trouble dealing with absolute v relative risk!🧪

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Why am I not surprised. Nature this week 🧪

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🥛🦠 Flu virus persists in raw milk A new study shows the flu virus can stay infectious in raw milk stored in the fridge for up to 5 days. Pasteurisation kills the virus but traces can still be detected. This shows why pasteurising milk is vital for safety 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #SciComm 🧪

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