Addenbrookes (ACE III) as Gaeilge Comhghairdeas Aoife, Elaine JB @DSIDCDementia, ní fhaca mé go dtí seo. agus an fáth go bhfuil sé tábhachtach.... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Alterations & Preservations: Practices & Perspectives of SLPs re. the Intervention of Thickened Liquids (TL) for Swallowing Problems. International findings suggest that fewer respondents are regularly using TL. By @arlenemccurtin et al. on.asha.org/3QqYaro @SIGPerspectives

This letter was not published in the Times Sir, The European Study of Prostate Cancer Screening after 23 years follow up, demonstrated an excess of 27/1000 prostate cancers in the screened group compared with the untested controls. Mortality from prostate cancer was 1.4% in the screened group compared with 1.6% in the control group, a difference of 2/1000. During this period, close on 50% of all participants died of other causes. The authors conclude, "The associated risks of overdiagnosis and unnecessary interventions remain considerable. Future screening strategies should focus on risk-based approaches to minimize these harms while maintaining the benefits." Nowhere does the paper say screening for prostate cancer would save thousands. Professor Michael Baum

A halloween special revisited sciencedirect.com/science/ar… and Antoine Wiertz's L'inhumation précipitée

As always i kicked off with Robert Hutchison’s petition to God which my teachers at the London Hospital Whitechapel tattooed into my brain. #MentoredbyaMadman #RoyalLondonHospital ⁦@bialfoundation⁩

Sample Size Calculation in Scientific Studies 🏎️ frontiersin.org/journals/med…

How to Choose the Right Statistical Test

Mirko has been a great President in the last 2 years. He will be a hard act to follow

imj.ie/in-room-surveillance-… Our take on (sometimes surreptitious) monitoring cameras in residents' rooms: it is complicated, ethically and legally challenging and no panacea for poor care.

link.springer.com/article/10… Comment on implications of Egawa et al (Int Urol Nephrol (2025)) which found a severity-dependent association between dysphagia and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in older patients.

What does your library mean to you? For Consultant Physician @STOKee62, it’s “a greatly underappreciated service that significantly improves my ability to provide up-to-date, evidence-based care.” Now it’s your turn 👉 Comment below and tell us what YOUR library means to you!

Love this story of how peoples wishes to stay in their home can be supported. Being forced into nursing homes against their will to returning home to the support of the community. #NunsOnTheRun #SisterAct3 bbc.com/news/articles/c5y8r2…

This is brilliant (and doesn't just apply to psychiatry)

As I read some health policies/ guidelines... “When you communicate clearly, people can see your ideas might be wrong or banal,” he says. “That’s scary. So jargon becomes a shield.” catherineeunicedevries.subst…

Really powerful article from @jonathan_moens and colleagues about the abuse of older people through restraints. Focuses on Italy, Spain and Portugal but occurs much more widely undark.org/2025/07/25/elder-…

Analyses from Sweden suggesting that cognitive reserve is really rooted in early life, with limited opportunity therefore to affect this in adulthood. Supported by findings from the 1946 birth cohort in the UK alz-journals.onlinelibrary.w…

IGS President Dr. Emer Ahern’s letter to the editor published in @IrishTimes “Older adults are entitled to the same dignity, autonomy and human rights as anyone else.” Dignity and rights don’t expire with age. @deirdrelanglang @ideoshaughnessy @galvin_rose @edelphysio

NEW BLOOD TEST FOR #ALZHEIMERS A DISASTER 1)Will cause massive overdiagnosis 2)Fear mongering turns normal aging into disease 3)No effective treatment 4)Available treatments> awful complications/huge expense 5)Drug company hype/False hope Great reporting: garyschwitzer.substack.com/p…