Stuart Jones
@stuart-jones3.bsky.social
Clinical Scientist. Luton Town fan. Evidence based testing fan.
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once more I am begging everyone to do policy based on evidence, not on vibes from the loudest-shouting pressure groups. What the NHS is leaning towards - targeted screening for those most at risk - is the right way to do this. Blanket screening with an unreliable test causes harm.
🔺UPDATED: Start prostate cancer testing regardless of advice, Wes Streeting told
Start prostate cancer testing regardless of advice, Wes Streeting told
Start prostate cancer testing regardless of advice, Wes Streeting told
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
once more I am begging everyone to do policy based on evidence, not on vibes from the loudest-shouting pressure groups. What the NHS is leaning towards - targeted screening for those most at risk - is the right way to do this. Blanket screening with an unreliable test causes harm.
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Without discounting the experience of those men willing to talk about their experiences with prostate cancer, be very cynical about this push for general screening from the charities involved. There is not good evidence that the benefits offset the risks.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Without discounting the experience of those men willing to talk about their experiences with prostate cancer, be very cynical about this push for general screening from the charities involved. There is not good evidence that the benefits offset the risks.
Sounds great but be wary of Galleri. Never any discussion of possible harms from over diagnosis
Galleri test: Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers
The Galleri test looks for fragments of DNA that have broken off a tumour and are circulating in the blood.
www.bbc.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Sounds great but be wary of Galleri. Never any discussion of possible harms from over diagnosis
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Flu has arrived early this year! We are seeing a lot of flu A(H3) circulating.
Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉
#vaccineworks
Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉
#vaccineworks
October 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Flu has arrived early this year! We are seeing a lot of flu A(H3) circulating.
Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉
#vaccineworks
Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉
#vaccineworks
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In a parallel universe the world's trillion-dollar energy-abusive Large Metal Mickey machines are focused on finding a cure for cancer and a substitute for antibiotics. Meanwhile, we have sophisticated porn, depopulated public spaces and 20,000 non-human novels a day. Machina ex Deo, amen. 🤖
Nightmare fuel.
“One in six bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO”
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“One in six bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO”
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One in six bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO
Levels of antimicrobial resistance highest in south-east Asia and eastern Mediterranean
on.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
In a parallel universe the world's trillion-dollar energy-abusive Large Metal Mickey machines are focused on finding a cure for cancer and a substitute for antibiotics. Meanwhile, we have sophisticated porn, depopulated public spaces and 20,000 non-human novels a day. Machina ex Deo, amen. 🤖
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Asked lots about this piece on Chronic Lyme disease, and disappointed in the @guardian (a publication I both subscribe and contribute to) for running it. Short thread explaining the multitude of problems with it, and why I consider it irresponsible to run as is..🧵
October 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Asked lots about this piece on Chronic Lyme disease, and disappointed in the @guardian (a publication I both subscribe and contribute to) for running it. Short thread explaining the multitude of problems with it, and why I consider it irresponsible to run as is..🧵
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You think what’s happening in US healthcare at the moment is bad?
Don’t think that we’re immune from something similar happening over here in the UK.
Superb thread.
Don’t think that we’re immune from something similar happening over here in the UK.
Superb thread.
IMPORTANT 🧵
We've been seeing how RFK Jr & anti-vax lobby has been steadily and effectively reducing access to vaccines in the US.
But it could happen in UK too.
It's a threat worth considering given Malhotra's speech at Reform conf & big overlap between anti-vax and RW populsim.
Read on!
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We've been seeing how RFK Jr & anti-vax lobby has been steadily and effectively reducing access to vaccines in the US.
But it could happen in UK too.
It's a threat worth considering given Malhotra's speech at Reform conf & big overlap between anti-vax and RW populsim.
Read on!
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September 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
You think what’s happening in US healthcare at the moment is bad?
Don’t think that we’re immune from something similar happening over here in the UK.
Superb thread.
Don’t think that we’re immune from something similar happening over here in the UK.
Superb thread.
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What Wes said. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting rejects Trump claim linking paracetamol and autism
Health secretary joins medical experts in urging pregnant women to ignore US president’s remarks
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What Wes said. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We often worry about the wrong things.
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
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People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
September 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We often worry about the wrong things.
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
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Anecdotal, but I’ve now lost count of how many men I’ve treated for massive heart attacks with minimal risk factors for heart disease except being on testosterone therapy that they never needed. They’re buying it online or getting it from functional doctors who convince them it’s a panacea
August 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Anecdotal, but I’ve now lost count of how many men I’ve treated for massive heart attacks with minimal risk factors for heart disease except being on testosterone therapy that they never needed. They’re buying it online or getting it from functional doctors who convince them it’s a panacea
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Today I learned... (Just in case any other Brits are also plagued by every Google doc defaulting to US English)
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today I learned... (Just in case any other Brits are also plagued by every Google doc defaulting to US English)
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Four-fifths of all the humans 🤰 who will ever be born may already have been born 🧪
That's one of the claims in the book After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso. Could they be right? 1/
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
That's one of the claims in the book After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso. Could they be right? 1/
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Provocative new book says we must persuade people to have more babies
The population is set to plummet and we don't know how to stop it, warn Dean Spears and Michael Geruso in their new book, After the Spike
www.newscientist.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Four-fifths of all the humans 🤰 who will ever be born may already have been born 🧪
That's one of the claims in the book After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso. Could they be right? 1/
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
That's one of the claims in the book After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso. Could they be right? 1/
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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Some people think this is an exaggeration but I will say that if I were HHS Secretary and my goal were to kill as many children as possible, it would be difficult to distinguish the actions I would take from those that Kennedy has taken.
Mass murderer.
(gift link)
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Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Some people think this is an exaggeration but I will say that if I were HHS Secretary and my goal were to kill as many children as possible, it would be difficult to distinguish the actions I would take from those that Kennedy has taken.
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This is one of those “oh yeh, that’s obvious” once you know it, but if it’s not an area you know about it might not be obvious until it’s pointed out.
Which is a long way of saying, think about it before you write about it.
Which is a long way of saying, think about it before you write about it.
Cancer Research UK today published a report which highlights changes in cancer survival rates over the last 50 years.
Many headlines (like this one from the Guardian) have chosen to report the ‘doubling of cancer survival rates’ since the 1970s.
But that's misleading...
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Many headlines (like this one from the Guardian) have chosen to report the ‘doubling of cancer survival rates’ since the 1970s.
But that's misleading...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is one of those “oh yeh, that’s obvious” once you know it, but if it’s not an area you know about it might not be obvious until it’s pointed out.
Which is a long way of saying, think about it before you write about it.
Which is a long way of saying, think about it before you write about it.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
hi i'm ben your ai chatbot
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I remain unconvinced that we are going to see significant improvements in the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
May 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I remain unconvinced that we are going to see significant improvements in the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The concept of ultraprocessed food is unscientific because no one can agree on a definition. Leading proponents of the idea have suggested it includes "foods that can't be made at home" (though if you do make a UPF at home, it magically becomes ok) or "foods with ingredients you can't pronounce".
April 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The concept of ultraprocessed food is unscientific because no one can agree on a definition. Leading proponents of the idea have suggested it includes "foods that can't be made at home" (though if you do make a UPF at home, it magically becomes ok) or "foods with ingredients you can't pronounce".
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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Really nice visualisation of a lagged health outcome over decades (in contrast to the delays over days/weeks we typically see for acute infectious diseases like COVID)
April 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Really nice visualisation of a lagged health outcome over decades (in contrast to the delays over days/weeks we typically see for acute infectious diseases like COVID)
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People like to think Asimov predicted the current technology known as "artificial intelligence". They are wrong. It was Douglas Adams when a computer spent untold resources just to return an answer which is both irrelevant and poses further questions.
April 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
People like to think Asimov predicted the current technology known as "artificial intelligence". They are wrong. It was Douglas Adams when a computer spent untold resources just to return an answer which is both irrelevant and poses further questions.
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Tim Spector is the last person I'd go to to comment on the demise of WeightWatchers given his vested interest in flogging an overpriced weightloss, sorry, "healthier eating" system. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
April 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Tim Spector is the last person I'd go to to comment on the demise of WeightWatchers given his vested interest in flogging an overpriced weightloss, sorry, "healthier eating" system. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent
www.newscientist.com...
It's me, in New Scientist magazine, standing up for 'the kids' yet again, as they're subjected to an endless barrage of evidence-free accusations and paranoia
#Technology #Brains #Teens
www.newscientist.com...
It's me, in New Scientist magazine, standing up for 'the kids' yet again, as they're subjected to an endless barrage of evidence-free accusations and paranoia
#Technology #Brains #Teens
No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent
The idea that the rise of tech means today's young people are less intelligent than previous generations is rife – but wrong, says neuroscientist Dean Burnett
www.newscientist.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent
www.newscientist.com...
It's me, in New Scientist magazine, standing up for 'the kids' yet again, as they're subjected to an endless barrage of evidence-free accusations and paranoia
#Technology #Brains #Teens
www.newscientist.com...
It's me, in New Scientist magazine, standing up for 'the kids' yet again, as they're subjected to an endless barrage of evidence-free accusations and paranoia
#Technology #Brains #Teens
Is certainly not 'simple' but this is a very important study..
A simple blood test can predict preeclampsia risk using RNA. The test could help people take action to avoid developing the disorder of pregnancy, which can be fatal.
Blood test predicts preeclampsia risk using RNA
A blood test can accurately predict whether someone without a known risk of preeclampsia is likely to develop the potentially fatal hypertensive pregnancy condition
www.newscientist.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Is certainly not 'simple' but this is a very important study..
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The resurrection circus keeps clowning, but make no mistake, Dire wolves remain very extinct.
An angry, sweary piece by a frustrated geneticist.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
An angry, sweary piece by a frustrated geneticist.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
Dire wolves remain very extinct
Despite what you are being fed, de-extinction is a con, full of gloss, bullshit and ghoulish greed.
arutherford.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The resurrection circus keeps clowning, but make no mistake, Dire wolves remain very extinct.
An angry, sweary piece by a frustrated geneticist.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
An angry, sweary piece by a frustrated geneticist.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...