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BREAKING/ This is a scandalous moment in UK medicine. Over 80 Fellows of @RCPhysicians have just declared their lack of confidence in the College. Why? Because they believe its stance on physician associates (PAs) is recklessly failing patients. Pls read - this matters. 🧵
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🚨1in10 infections still causes debilitating Long Covid 🚨Covid is not seasonal 🚨Covid is not like a cold 🚨 Covid does not just affect the vulnerable 🚨Testing for Covid IS still crucial, because Covid can debilitate & even kill healthy people - unlike colds. @LongCovidSOS
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🥹 Some wholesome content for you all… Young Tic Alfie, who recently had a bone marrow transplant, was a special guest at Christopher Park this week. Alfie enjoyed a penalty shootout with Callum Lang and the Gaffer and will be one of our mascots on Saturday. 💙 #wafc 🔵⚪️
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This is a fascinating piece of work providing insight in to why some people remain asymptomatic and others not. A foundation for future interventions .. From Asymptomatic COVID to Long COVID: Genetic Underpinnings medscape.com/viewarticle/994… via @medscape
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Less than  £8 is invested in respiratory research for each person living with a lung condition. More than £160 is invested in cancer for each person living with cancer. This level of investment could transform respiratory research and change lives blog.asthmaandlung.org.uk/bl…
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Such an insightful piece with clarity of actions needed from experience seeing the consequences of poor asthma control. Focussed intervention and targeted actions Binita Kane: Improving asthma care in Greater Manchester - Health Innovation Manchester healthinnovationmanchester.c…
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Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a test used to diagnose asthma by measuring exhaled breath. Register here to join the WMAHSN FeNO Project Learning Collaborative to hear @bevbostock discussing her experiences of adopting FeNO testing: fal.cn/3uBbp #FeNO
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👂 Hear from Emma Thompson about how a FeNO breathing test helped her and her clinicians understand her asthma attacks better in our Health Innovation Podcast. Listen now: audioboom.com/posts/7945570-… #AHSNs
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PRETTY PLEEEEEEEASE REGISTER AND SHARE about the @DecodeMEstudy If you have #ME #MECFS #LongCovid in the UK or know someone who does please show them info on this study & SHARE!! Proper. Actual. Biomedical. Research into #ME #MECFS & also #LongCovid AT LAST!!!! Lets do this!!
The DecodeME study is now open. You can take part now by visiting decodeme.org.uk/portal and signing up. You can read our full statement about today's launch here decodeme.org.uk/statement Thank you for your support. #pwme #decodeme #decodmestudy #MECFS
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Hear from @WessexAHSN in this case study focusing on their approach to support the wide-spread implementation of #FeNO testing in England. Read more here: wessexahsn.org.uk/projects/2… @AHSNNetwork @NHSEngland @AACinnovation @HorizonsNHS
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In this issue of ERJOR, Noorduyn et al. add data to the growing literature showing that SABA overuse in asthma is both common and associated with severe exacerbations. It is time to take note and act to tackle this global issue. bit.ly/3BfwhfS @PCRS @AsthmaRightCare
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Long COVID Experts: 'So Incredibly Clear What's at Stake' medscape.com/viewarticle/982…
ERS 2022 highlights - October's FeNO by NIOX® Newsletter - United Kingdom niox.com/en-gb/#.Y05ZCrnYZ4Y…
If you are a part of a respiratory PCN team in the West Midlands, we want to you join the online launch event for our 2022 FeNO Project! Join us on either: 💻 2nd Nov, 1pm: fal.cn/3sJVK 💻 9th Nov, 7.30 pm: fal.cn/3sJVL
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If you don’t read anything else, look at the bottom left figure. Myocarditis risk is >10x higher with #COVID19 infection than from vaccination.
Post-Covid-Vaccination Myocarditis: An ESC Consensus Document just published in the Eur. J. HF - it's rare, mainly affects younger males and it's course is generally mild. Find all the details on the diagnosis, imaging and management in the article below
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