Paul Glasziou

@paulglasziou.bsky.social

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GP researcher @BondUniversity focused on 4 big neglected healthcare problems (non-drug treatments; overdiagnosis; AMR & waste in research); fan of #evidence-based decision making, uncommon sense & surfing. https://healthy-evidence.com/about-2/ .. more

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Paul Philip Glasziou is an Australian academic physician known for his research in evidence-based medicine. He is Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at Bond University, where he is also Director of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine. He was the director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford in England from 2003 to 2010. In July 2010, he received an NHMRC Australia Fellowship at Bond University. In March 2015, he was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours. .. more

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Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · Dec 13

Five lessons from my research & clinical career: work on big problems; explore problem with those effected; learn from past journeys; build better tools; stay alter for interesting “accidents” - a 15 minute video youtu.be/6t6Z_4_Zhfc?...

Professor Paul Glasziou AO: Lessons from a research and clinical career

YouTube video by Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare

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Caroline Fiennes @carolinefiennes.bsky.social · 1d

How charities sometimes make it difficult to give them money: I am speaking about this next week at a free event in London, hosted by Zeffy: Weds evening.
Do come! - apparently >170 people are already signed up(!) - quite the pre-Christmas party!
luma.com/1xl0mjl0

Reposted by Paul Glasziou, Steve Peers

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 4d

In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Reposted by Paul Glasziou

Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 5d

The CDC website was quietly edited last night to claim there’s “no evidence” that vaccines don’t cause autism.

This is false.

But this is damaging, even beyond people’s confidence in vaccines.

For the first time in my career, I cannot tell people to trust what the CDC website without hesitation.

Reposted by Paul Glasziou, Iain Davidson, Rebecca Williams , and 1 more Paul Glasziou, Iain Davidson, Rebecca Williams, Ben Corry

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 7d

Save the CSIRO

Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott

Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between

www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro

Reposted by Paul Glasziou

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 8d

New: A community coordination effort to develop a framework for long-term stewardship of federally-funded data. Powered by partnership with DataCite, CODE, Data Rescue Project, GO FAIR, Data Foundation, IOI, and others. Thanks to RWJF for support to do the work.

www.cos.io/about/news/c...

Center for Open Science Awarded Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Preserve and Safeguard Publicly Funded Scientific Data

The Center for Open Science (COS) was awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to develop a community-driven strategic plan for ensuring long-term preservation, accessibility, an...

www.cos.io

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · 10d

Dear Coalition please note “renewables provide the cheapest form of energy; that coal-fired power is much more expensive and that global gas prices have driven energy costs up over the last few years – not the renewables transition“ Thanks @zoedaniel.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Coalition is spinning a lie that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it? | Zoe Daniel

In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters

www.theguardian.com

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · 10d

Good but depressing summary: “If this were just a climate crisis, we would fix it. The technology, money and strategies have all been at hand for years. What stifles effective action is a deadly conjunction: the climate crisis running headlong into the epistemic crisis.“

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David Fenton @dfenton.bsky.social · 10d

Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot

The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Paul Glasziou, Karen O’Leary

Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 11d

"that it is far cheaper for Australia, and the world, to make a well-coordinated effort to reach net zero by 2050'

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

The climate crisis is expensive: net zero is cheaper for Australia than not doing more

The Coalition claims net zero by 2050 will cost too much – but unchecked warming or even a delayed transition would be worse for the economy

www.theguardian.com

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · 17d

Very interesting matrix! I’m a fan of reporting guidelines but the per-use citations means high-cites, eg our TIDieR statement has > 9,000 cites but definitely not more impactful than Tu’s malaria work with 1/00th the citations :-( www.bmj.com/content/348/...

Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide

Without a complete published description of interventions, clinicians and patients cannot reliably implement interventions that are shown to be useful, and other researchers cannot replicate or build ...

www.bmj.com

Reposted by Paul Glasziou, Ruairidh Milne, Siegfried Hekimi

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27d

The prostate cancer PSA screening story over 23 years of follow-up for >166,000 participants: more detection, small reduction of mortality www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · 28d

To access the TERA tools the link is: tera-tools.com

TERA

The Evidence Research Accelerator (TERA) is a suite of automation tools built to make conducting all types of evidence reviews or synthesis easier and faster.

tera-tools.com

Reposted by Ruairidh Milne

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · 28d

Do you do systematic reviews? You might like this excellent comparison of 8 GenAI/LLM tools that could assist with systematic reviews, published by the Health Equity Evidence Centre at Queen Mary University of London.
lnkd.in/gwj57RTw

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

Reposted by Paul Glasziou, Stephan Lewandowsky, David Johnson

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Oct 26

Plutocrats, petrostates, polluters & propagandists who profit from the status quo don't care if you fall victim to denial, deflection, division, or despair. Same result: disengagement.
Read #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...

Science Under Siege

In this “well-researched guide,” two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science move...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

Reposted by Paul Glasziou, Karen O’Leary

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · Oct 21

Flooding has already wiped $42B from the value of 🇦🇺 homes

Climate change isn’t a future cost. It’s here, harming our economy and our safety

We can’t keep ✅ fossil fuel projects at expense of communities & property values, and need to get serious about adaptation
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Floods have devalued Australian homes by $42bn. Experts say that’s the cost of ‘a changing climate’

Of the 2m flood-prone houses across the country, at least 70% have had values reduced, a new report by Climate Council and PropTrack has found

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Paul Glasziou

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Oct 21

89% of people around the world want their governments to act faster on the #climatecrisis

But while being in the majority, most people mistakenly think they are in a minority

The #89%project wants to know why climate action matters to you 👇

89percent.org/tell-us-your...

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Tell Us Your 89 Percent Story - The 89 Percent Project

89percent.org

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · Oct 16

Good news: Sodium EV batteries seem very close “CATL has just revealed its new Naxtra sodium-ion battery, and it’s breaking every rule in the book — lasting up to 3.6 million miles (5.8 million km) while costing around 50% less than lithium-ion.“ youtu.be/eB_vfKA85po?...

CATL’s New Sodium Battery Lasts 3.6 Million Miles — 50% Cheaper Than Lithium

YouTube video by Ben Alexxander

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Reposted by Paul Glasziou

WHO @who.int · Oct 14

🚨Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming more dangerous.

Life-saving antibiotics are losing effectiveness, increasing infection risks & limiting treatment options.

Some resistant infections can only be treated with antibiotics that are costly, difficult to access, & often unavailable 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u

Infographic images of various antibiotic pills. The text reads:
“Common infections now often require stronger, more expensive antibiotics.
In 2023:
1 in 3 urinary tract infections
1 in 15 gastrointestinal infections
1 in 6 bloodstream infections
…were resistant to antibiotics.”

The design uses orange and black text on a light blue background with pill icons illustrating the statistics.

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Paul Glasziou

Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · Oct 12

Two top scientists tackle Trump's idiocracy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Two top scientists tackle Trump's idiocracy

In a new book, Michael Mann and Peter Hotez examine the risks posed by entrenched beliefs, corporate greed, and regressive governments.

www.motherjones.com

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · Oct 10

RFK Jr. "is dead wrong" claiming vaccines are ineffective. They "have saved lives, reduced severe impairments like paralysis, brain damage, & hearing loss, and saved us billions of dollars. Enough of the dangerous deceptions on vaccines." www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/m...

RFK Jr. says vaccines don’t save lives. He’s wrong

Now RFK Jr. is claiming vaccines don’t actually save lives. Here’s the math to show what he gets wrong.

www.statnews.com

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · Oct 9

Absolutely agree. And Murdoch media technique is perfectly summed up in the cookie cartoon below external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%...

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Oct 8

Declining child mortality, fast and slow

The image depicts a line chart illustrating child mortality rates, specifically the estimated percentage of newborns who do not survive past the age of five. The chart has two distinct lines: one representing Sweden in blue and the other representing South Korea in red.

Starting in the early 1800s, the blue line for Sweden shows a gradual decline in the child mortality rate, fluctuating around 35% at the beginning and continuing to decrease steadily over the years, reaching nearly 0% by 2023.

In contrast, the red line for South Korea begins more steeply in the mid-20th century, experiencing a rapid decline after 1950, ultimately approaching a very low percentage by 2023.

The sources for the data are listed at the bottom as Gapminder (2015) and the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025). The entire chart is labeled as CC BY for Creative Commons licensing.

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · Oct 5

Ah Ha! The secret system experts use for creating #overdiagnosis ;-)

David Poulter @retlouping.bsky.social · Oct 3

Invent a problem, invent a test, invent a treatment, fix your test, voila! The state of health care across apps.

“Your wangle dangle is out & twisted. A few sessions of my TM wangle dangle therapy and your pain will be gone.”

Patient in future
“ I have wangle dangle syndrome”

Reposted by Paul Glasziou

David Poulter @retlouping.bsky.social · Oct 3

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · Oct 3

Friday tip for fast reviews. Our "2weekSR" process uses automated tools (see tera-tools.com): ReviewWizard (protocol), SearchRefiner, PolyGlot (translate to multiple databases), Screenatron (&Mechatron for AI-assist), SpiderCite (forward&backward), ... video overview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghW_...

Using the Evidence Review Accelerator (TERA)

YouTube video by The Accelerator of Evidence

www.youtube.com

Reposted by Paul Glasziou

Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · Sep 30

#CochraneDaily Read reflections from Andy Oxman, Iain Chalmers and Paul Glasziou on the long and winding road of promoting informed health choices in this new James Lind Library article👇
www.jameslindlibrary.org/articles/pro...

@jameslindlibrary.bsky.social @cochrane.org @paulglasziou.bsky.social

Promoting informed health choices: the long and winding road. - The James Lind Library

Summary Those promoting evaluation of the effects of health interventions to inform health choices face numerous challenges. The list includes: uncritical reliance on inadequately informed opinions, i...

www.jameslindlibrary.org

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · Sep 28

Sadly yes - a variant of Brandolini’s Law “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandol...

Brandolini's law - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Reposted by Ruairidh Milne

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · Sep 26

Acetaminophen (aka Paracetamol/Tylenol) NOT linked to autism: Swedish study followed nearly 2.5 million children born between 1995 and 2019, tracking them for up to 26 years. Analyses included pairs of siblings with/without exposure theconversation.com/paracetamol-...

Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, our study of 2.5 million children shows

Our research provides strong evidence against the concerning claims made recently by US president Donald Trump.

theconversation.com

Reposted by Paul Glasziou

Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Sep 26

How to Communicate Medical Numbers

The effectiveness of sharing numerical information depends on patients’ ability to understand and interpret these numbers. Understanding numbers may be difficult for patients with limited numeracy skills.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

How to Communicate Medical Numbers

This JAMA Insights provides evidence-based recommendations for communicating numerical information to patients.

jamanetwork.com

Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · Sep 26

Elizabeth Finkel is the author of a recent & very readable book on scientific method(s): www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/prove-it

Prove It by Elizabeth Finkel

A compelling journey through science's big breakthroughs, by an award-winning Australian science writer

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