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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 14

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The skin’s ‘surprise’ power: it has its very own immune system

The finding could lead to the development of needle-free vaccines.

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 7

“We’ve now got strong evidence backed by well over 100–150 randomized controlled trials,” he says. “We can take mental health care out of formal, specialist-delivered settings.”

@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 7

Lay people can fill the gap for mental health mental-health provision with comparable and sometimes better outcomes than professionals can, according to John Naslund, a psychiatric epidemiologist at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. #mentalhealth

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How students and grandparents could solve the global mental-health crisis

African researchers piloted a slew of innovative, low-cost programmes for addressing the troubling shortage of mental-health professionals on the continent. Now the rest of the world is taking notice.

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 7

More-powerful AI is coming. Academia and industry must oversee it — together.

Once confined to the realms of science fiction, there is now the question of when we might create artificial general intelligence.

#medski #digitalhealth #academicsky

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More-powerful AI is coming. Academia and industry must oversee it — together

AI companies want to give machines human-level intelligence, or AGI. The safest and best results will come when academic and industry scientists collaborate to guide its development.

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 6

Winter Woes: NHS Faces 'Quad-Demic' Challenge as Flu, Norovirus, and More Strain Our Healthcare System

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Flu cases make NHS busier than ever with 95% of beds full

NHS England medical director warns hospitals under strain after sharp rise in flu cases.

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 1

Transparency is a key focus of the DSA, requiring platforms to disclose how they handle user data and make content moderation decisions.

The DSA is a response to the rapid digital transformation and the new risks and challenges it brings, ensuring a fair and open online platform environment.

@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 1

One of the drivers for the DSA was the need to address the diverging national laws in the EU, which created barriers to the internal market.

The DSA also aims to foster innovation, growth, and competitiveness in the EU's digital economy by providing legal certainty and a single set of rules.

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 1

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 1

Online Marketplaces: Websites like eBay and Etsy, which connect buyers and sellers.

App Stores: Platforms like Google Play and Apple's App Store.

Online Travel and Accommodation Platforms: Services like Airbnb and Booking dot com

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 1

Businesses most likely to be affected by the DSA are:

Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs): Companies like Facebook, YouTube, and Amazon, which have over 45 million users in the EU.

Content-Sharing Platforms: Platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, where user-generated content is shared widely.

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 1

The DSA introduces new obligations for very large online platforms (VLOPs) to prevent misuse of their systems and undergo independent audits.

The DSA applies to platforms with over 45 million users in the EU. Bluesky isn't there yet, but we're growing fast!

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 1

The DSA requires platforms to take action against illegal content and cooperate with 'trusted flaggers' to identify and remove such content.

For consumers, the DSA means stronger protection against harmful content, including hate speech and disinformation.

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 1

The DSA protects users' fundamental rights online, ensuring better control over what they see and more transparency about how their data is used.

Businesses, especially smaller platforms and startups, will benefit from a level playing field and easier access to EU-wide markets.

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Dec 1

📢 The EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) is coming! 📢

The Digital Services Act (DSA) aims to create a safer, more transparent online environment. It sets clear rules for digital services, including social media and marketplaces

#digitalsafety #DigitalServicesAct #OnlineSafety #TechPolicy

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Nov 30

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Doctors hail first breakthrough in asthma and COPD treatment in 50 years

Results of trial of benralizumab injection could be ‘gamechanger’ for millions of people around the world

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Nov 30

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Large Language Model Influence on Diagnostic Reasoning

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the diagnostic performance of physicians with use of a large language model compared with conventional resources.

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Nov 30

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If AI can provide a better diagnosis than a doctor, what’s the prognosis for medics? | John Naughton

Studies in which ChatGPT outperformed scientists and GPs raise troubling questions for the future of professional work

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Nov 30

[BMJ Heart] Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation #MedicalResearch #BMJ #Cardiology

Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation

A set of keys to one’s first car is an unrivalled symbol of personal autonomy and liberation. The elation a teenager feels when getting the car keys for the first time (now more likely to be fobs, phones or fingerprints) is only equaled in intensity by the crushing defeat of being stripped of this p

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Nov 30

[BMJ Heart] Correction: Too fast, too furious #MedicalResearch #BMJ #Cardiology

Correction: Too fast, too furious

10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324724corr1 Makkar N, Arasan S, Namboodiri N. Too fast, too furious. Heart 2024; 110: 1164-1196. This article has been corrected since it was first published. The correct answer, ‘B: Atrial pacing at a high set rate’ was missing and has now been added to the online version.

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Chidu09/BOSCh.com @chidambara09.bsky.social · Nov 30

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#CyberSecurity #Crypto #Technology #uk #bitcoin #Digital #genAI #ai #eUrope #frenchTECh #Linkedin #HealthTech #DiGiTALhealth #5g #USA #Quantum #Health #web3 #SOciaLmeDia #Tvtime

Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Cucumbers Infects 68

The CDC has warned of a significant salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers grown in Mexico that has hospitalized 18 people so far.

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Phanto the Ranto 🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💉🧬📚🎞️ @phantoranto.bsky.social · Nov 30

Terrific article #auspol #mediasky

Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · Nov 29

How the Social Media Ban Harms Children

*Social media is a life line for socially excluded children

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Nov 30

[JAMA] Informant Effect on Placebo Response in Mental Disorders #MedicalResearch #JAMA

Informant Effect on Placebo Response in Mental Disorders

To the Editor We read with great interest the recent article by Bschor et al. Although the article highlighted the differences in the degree of placebo response, ie, the observed change on placebo, across different psychiatric disorders (but not placebo effect, ie, the effect due to placebo as compa

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Nov 30

[JAMA] JAMA Psychiatry #MedicalResearch #JAMA

JAMA Psychiatry

Mission Statement: JAMA Psychiatry strives to publish original, state-of-the-art studies and commentaries of general interest to clinicians and researchers in psychiatry, mental health, behavioral science, and allied fields. The journal seeks to inform its readers, to stimulate discussion into the

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Nov 30

[BMJ Heart] Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation #MedicalResearch #BMJ #Cardiology

Handing over the car keys: a reappraisal of driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation

A set of keys to one’s first car is an unrivalled symbol of personal autonomy and liberation. The elation a teenager feels when getting the car keys for the first time (now more likely to be fobs, phones or fingerprints) is only equaled in intensity by the crushing defeat of being stripped of this p

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@HealthAcademic @healthacademic.bsky.social · Nov 30

[BBC Health] Fix palliative care before assisted dying is introduced, doctors urge #NHS #UKHealthcare #Health

Fix palliative care before assisted dying is introduced, doctors urge

Leading end-of-life doctors warn system is struggling, and changing law could make situation worse.

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