BIG DICTIONARY ENERGY

Carried some 33lbs of lexicography a half mile to class this morning so students could partake of an ancient activity known as "looking up words"

This scholarly body is sore 💪😅

"Sarcasm" comes from Greek "sarkazein" meaning "to tear flesh, bite the lip in rage."

#etymology

Progeria is a disease of rapid, brutal aging: by the time children afflicted with it enter their teen-age years, their bodies have effectively aged eight or nine decades. Scientists may be closing in on a cure.

🆕 Journal of the International AIDS Society #WorldHepatitisDay viewpoint, “Opportunities and challenges for hepatitis B cure in people living with HIV and hepatitis B virus”

📲 Access the viewpoint for free now: zurl.co/HQSqB

Drug-resistant gonorrhea cases rising in England

UK health officials say 17 cases of ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea were reported from January 2024 to March 20, 2025, compared with 16 in all of 2022 and 2023.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

This seems big.

"By studying bioenergetic characteristics of immune cells in healthy controls + #ME/#CFS & #longcovid patients, we find lymphocytes from ppl w/ME/CFS & LC exhibit elevated oxidative stress. Due 2 excess oxidative stress & consequent mitochondrial ..." 1/2 #IDSky #CanSky #MedSky

COVID-19 Risk in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases Using Biologics or Small Molecules: A Population-Based Cohort Study

✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky

Does meta-analytic evidence support Inter-identity amnesia in dissociative identity disorder? A commentary and corrected analysis for Beker et al. (2024).: https://osf.io/f8r2t

Last re-sky: did not actually ever consider that people may have different itch experiences in a day-to-day life without it being considered a skin condition.

“The Experience of Itch in Autistic Adults: An Online Survey” by Tackley et al (2025) finds that autistic adults report greater itch severity and itch-related impact on their daily life than non-autistic adults.

FREE until 20th June

www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

Researchers have found #genetic factors that may make people more or less sensitive to the environments they experience.

It is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date.

🔗 kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...

@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social

@rcpsych.bsky.social cannot support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales in its current form and is once again urging MPs to look at our concerns ahead of the pivotal Commons Report stage debate and Third Reading. More here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

‘Picking the best of a bad bunch’: Exploring stakeholder perspectives of self-harm assessment tools for autistic adults

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Heard of the “anhedonia paradox” in schizophrenia?
It refers to the puzzling phenomenon where individuals report a normal capacity to feel pleasure—yet show reduced motivation to pursue pleasurable activities🔗Link doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
#Schizophrenia #AnhedoniaParadox #AffectiveScience #Motivation