Catherine Waldron
@ahealthysmile.bsky.social
Dubliner, former oral health professional, currently systematic reviewer, health researcher, walker, cat lover, love my food 😋 All opinions my own.
Sign the petition to protect the laws that protect us - our health, nature, and water. Don't let polluters and opportunistic politicians speak for you. Give nature a voice! #HandsOffNature
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Hands Off Nature - BirdWatch Ireland
Tell politicians how important nature is to you and stop the EU from tearing up the laws that protect birds and nature.
birdwatchireland.ie
February 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Sign the petition to protect the laws that protect us - our health, nature, and water. Don't let polluters and opportunistic politicians speak for you. Give nature a voice! #HandsOffNature
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Experimental designs used for optimising the effects of health interventions and implementation strategies: a scoping review
Erin Nolan, Luke Wolfenden, Taylor Benn, Elizabeth Holliday, Daniel Barker, Christopher Oldmeadow & Alix Hall
bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ImpSci
Erin Nolan, Luke Wolfenden, Taylor Benn, Elizabeth Holliday, Daniel Barker, Christopher Oldmeadow & Alix Hall
bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ImpSci
Experimental designs used for optimising the effects of health interventions and implementation strategies: a scoping review - BMC Health Services Research
Background Optimisation is the iterative process to improve a health intervention or implementation strategy within resource constraints. This review aimed to identify which study designs are being us...
bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Experimental designs used for optimising the effects of health interventions and implementation strategies: a scoping review
Erin Nolan, Luke Wolfenden, Taylor Benn, Elizabeth Holliday, Daniel Barker, Christopher Oldmeadow & Alix Hall
bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ImpSci
Erin Nolan, Luke Wolfenden, Taylor Benn, Elizabeth Holliday, Daniel Barker, Christopher Oldmeadow & Alix Hall
bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ImpSci
"Reporting on the wanton destruction of health facilities, and on the killing of health professionals and humanitarian aid workers is the business of a medical journal."
@kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this Editor's Update
@kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this Editor's Update
July 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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1/ It’s outrageous how much we pay for brand-name drugs in the U.S. An EpiPen is $600 here and just $67 in the U.K. Last week, the administration dropped an executive order to tackle #drugcosts and I'm seeing a ton of questions. So, I partnered with Dr. Aaron Kesselheim to answer them 🧵
May 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
1/ It’s outrageous how much we pay for brand-name drugs in the U.S. An EpiPen is $600 here and just $67 in the U.K. Last week, the administration dropped an executive order to tackle #drugcosts and I'm seeing a ton of questions. So, I partnered with Dr. Aaron Kesselheim to answer them 🧵
🙄🙄🙄😔 What next!
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🙄🙄🙄😔 What next!
The blossoms are just amazing at this time of year 😎🌞
April 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The blossoms are just amazing at this time of year 😎🌞
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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
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Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
IG 3sixteen
IG 3sixteen
April 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
IG 3sixteen
IG 3sixteen
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FactCheck: Does the EU impose a 39% tariff on US goods as Donald Trump's massive chart suggested?
FactCheck: Does the EU impose a 39% tariff on US goods as Donald Trump's massive chart claimed?
How accurate are Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ figures?
jrnl.ie
April 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
FactCheck: Does the EU impose a 39% tariff on US goods as Donald Trump's massive chart suggested?
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WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
🤣🤣
March 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🤣🤣
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Statement EFPC regarding the use of of Meta and X
The EFPC Board and its’ members have decided to cancel their accounts on X, Facebook and Instagram from tomorrow onwards, as the reliability of these channels is no longer guaranteed due to recent developments.
euprimarycare.org/2025/03/07/s...
The EFPC Board and its’ members have decided to cancel their accounts on X, Facebook and Instagram from tomorrow onwards, as the reliability of these channels is no longer guaranteed due to recent developments.
euprimarycare.org/2025/03/07/s...
Statement EFPC regarding the use of Social Media of Meta and X
Statement EFPC regarding the use of Social Media of Meta and X
The EFPC Board and its’ members have decided to cancel their accounts on X, Facebook and Instagram from tomorrow onwards, as the reliabi...
euprimarycare.org
March 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Statement EFPC regarding the use of of Meta and X
The EFPC Board and its’ members have decided to cancel their accounts on X, Facebook and Instagram from tomorrow onwards, as the reliability of these channels is no longer guaranteed due to recent developments.
euprimarycare.org/2025/03/07/s...
The EFPC Board and its’ members have decided to cancel their accounts on X, Facebook and Instagram from tomorrow onwards, as the reliability of these channels is no longer guaranteed due to recent developments.
euprimarycare.org/2025/03/07/s...
What a powerful collection of women portrayed by @ciaraioch.bsky.social
A few years ago I made a series of mini drawings of interesting Irish women (available as a print here www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...) - this thread is a little information on the women featured, partly because it's useful, but mostly because I'm trying to be sustainable by recycling content.
March 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
What a powerful collection of women portrayed by @ciaraioch.bsky.social
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In the excitement over our new review of PAs, I forgot to tell you about the OTHER paper published in BMJ today, my commentary on the challenges of doing systematic reviews of evidence when there's no RCTs and most of the primary studies were unique and non-standardised.🧪
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Systematic reviews of non-RCT evidence: building dry stone walls
To bake good cookies, start with good cookie dough. To use a different metaphor, to build a brick wall, take a large collection of bricks—all the same size and in perfect shape—and line them up neatly...
www.bmj.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In the excitement over our new review of PAs, I forgot to tell you about the OTHER paper published in BMJ today, my commentary on the challenges of doing systematic reviews of evidence when there's no RCTs and most of the primary studies were unique and non-standardised.🧪
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
@dublinbusnews.bsky.social what's with the disappearing bus on route 4 today??
March 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@dublinbusnews.bsky.social what's with the disappearing bus on route 4 today??
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Reposted by Catherine Waldron
This is from this week 1977
Some bangers for us old fogeys
Some bangers for us old fogeys
February 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This is from this week 1977
Some bangers for us old fogeys
Some bangers for us old fogeys
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Realist reviewers, here's a banger of a new paper by a South African group whose work I've only just become aware of. Good bit of philosophy to chew on if you've time. But also seeking to make RR more practical. Enjoy! #healthpolicy
academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...
academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...
Balancing realist review outputs with the needs of policymakers and practitioners
Abstract. A realist review is a theory-driven approach to synthesizing evidence based on the realist philosophy of science. Realist reviews are conducted t
academic.oup.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Realist reviewers, here's a banger of a new paper by a South African group whose work I've only just become aware of. Good bit of philosophy to chew on if you've time. But also seeking to make RR more practical. Enjoy! #healthpolicy
academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...
academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...
Thank goodness!
The mother of UL student Joe Drennan, who was killed in a hit-and-run in Limerick, has said her family are relieved the DPP has lodged an appeal against the six-and-a-half-year concurrent sentence imposed on her son's killer on the grounds it was too lenient
'Nobody should go through this' - Drennans welcome appeal
The mother of journalism student Joe Drennan, who was killed in a hit-and-run in Limerick two years ago, has said her family are relieved that the DPP has lodged an appeal against the six-and-a-half-y...
www.rte.ie
February 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thank goodness!
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
youtu.be/wieREZFq4iw?... Beannachtaí na Féile Bríde oraibh go léir 💕
St Brigid’s Day 2025 - Lá Fhéile Bríde 2025
YouTube video by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland
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February 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
youtu.be/wieREZFq4iw?... Beannachtaí na Féile Bríde oraibh go léir 💕
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Welcome Spring… at least in the Celtic calendar!
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Some history of the holiday from my @ucddublin.bsky.social colleague Dr Kelly Fitzgerald
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Some history of the holiday from my @ucddublin.bsky.social colleague Dr Kelly Fitzgerald
Imbolc - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Welcome Spring… at least in the Celtic calendar!
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Some history of the holiday from my @ucddublin.bsky.social colleague Dr Kelly Fitzgerald
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Some history of the holiday from my @ucddublin.bsky.social colleague Dr Kelly Fitzgerald
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On this day in 1813, Pride and Prejudice was published. Over 200 years later, it’s still a bestseller, captivating readers with wit, romance, and unforgettable characters. So many beautiful editions exist—check out the ones I have in stock. Which is your favourite?
January 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On this day in 1813, Pride and Prejudice was published. Over 200 years later, it’s still a bestseller, captivating readers with wit, romance, and unforgettable characters. So many beautiful editions exist—check out the ones I have in stock. Which is your favourite?