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Mark Cobain

@MyLifeAge

An psychologist and epidemiologist promoting new ways to motivate healthy ageing and behaviour change

Omg Beth rigby is embarrassing - self congratulation of your politics experience and inventing policies labour could create is really not incisive questioning #SkyDebate


D2 of #dpc22 - was heartwarming to speak with so many lovely people yesterday. Exhibiting on a long day is helped by having fun with those with smiley faces! Come see us at stand g55 to learn about our new #diabetesage product!


Come see us at diabetes professional care today #dpc22 stand g55!

MyLifeAge's tweet image. Come see us at diabetes professional care today #dpc22 stand g55!

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NHS staff have worked with skill, integrity and determination through very difficult circumstances for a long time. As millions come for boosters and pressures increase on the NHS we are once again facing a rising challenge. A profound thank you for all you are doing.

#OmicronVariant latest information 1576 additional confirmed cases of the #Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been reported across the UK. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 Omicron cases in the UK is 4713.

UKHSA's tweet image. #OmicronVariant latest information
1576 additional confirmed cases of the #Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been reported across the UK. 
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 Omicron cases in the UK is 4713.


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BREAKING: You will be astonished to hear the quarantine hotel for Heathrow which reportedly charges people 5x over the odds for crappy food is owned by a Tory donor x


More fun like this, tone down the alcohol instagram.com/p/CTWq2fYqRsp/…


Four months of commitment to health starts now @ Hatfield House instagram.com/p/CTWdZwrqqFh/…


This stuff really is annoying because it has consequences

Some commentators seem unfussed about mixing up the distinction between terms like 'elimination' and 'eradication', 'isolation' and 'quarantine', and 'mutation' and 'variant of concern'. Unfortunately, jumbled concepts can lead to jumbled discussion of their implications.



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With all respect, I cannot believe this is real. If there is one disease where polygenic prediction research is flooded with flawed studies, it's cardiovascular disease. Too many studies that show minimal clinical benefits in tweaked analyses. Respect your patients.

After nearly five years of work from researchers including @amitvkhera, a Broad discovery — polygenic scoring for genetic risk assessment for a common disease — has found its way into the clinic...an important step for genomic medicine. broad.io/polygenicscori…

broadinstitute's tweet image. After nearly five years of work from researchers including @amitvkhera, a Broad discovery — polygenic scoring for genetic risk assessment for a common disease — has found its way into the clinic...an important step for genomic medicine. broad.io/polygenicscori…


‘’Our ITU staff are working very, very hard ...but are being stretched’’ We’ve rapidly increased ITU beds at St George’s, but our staff are being stretched, says Paul Randall, Head of Nursing for ITU. Please help our staff by sticking to the Tier 4: Stay at Home rules.



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Need help or offering help? endchildfoodpoverty.org is now live to support you through the Christmas period. A big thank you to @coopuk @Google @Food_Foundation #ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY Please RT


Great work to systematically try and understand the best ways to communicate COVID risk @alex_freeman - so much on this topic is well meaning rather than researched so kudos to you. I like the idea of personas and keen to explore that further

Preprint out – our work on communicating personal risks from COVID-19: doi.org/10.1101/2020.1… In summary, for those developing personal risk calculators: 1) Are you trying to change behaviour or simply inform people? It changes your communication approach. UK public opinion:

alex_freeman's tweet image. Preprint out – our work on communicating personal risks from COVID-19:

doi.org/10.1101/2020.1…

In summary, for those developing personal risk calculators:

1) Are you trying to change behaviour or simply inform people? It changes your communication approach. UK public opinion:


Mark Cobain reposted

Help me help shared decision making - patients with hypertension? share this short survey for anyone with hypertension @C3Nursing new project surveymonkey.co.uk/r/STP_2020 @pauljebb1 @C_Carmichael83 @Gpnsnn @KathEvans2 @warnetony @DrAmirKhanGP @BlackpoolCarers @JamieWaterall

thisismichaela's tweet image. Help me help shared decision making - patients with hypertension? share this short survey for anyone with hypertension @C3Nursing new project    surveymonkey.co.uk/r/STP_2020   @pauljebb1 @C_Carmichael83 @Gpnsnn @KathEvans2 @warnetony @DrAmirKhanGP @BlackpoolCarers @JamieWaterall

Was a pleasure to join a great group!

Pfizer Upjohn is convening leaders from across the academic, healthcare & advocacy spectrum for a two-day European NCD Partnership Summit, to discuss how public-private policy partnerships can be used to improve health outcomes for patients with non-communicable diseases (#NCDs).

PfizerCongress's tweet image. Pfizer Upjohn is convening leaders from across the academic, healthcare & advocacy spectrum for a two-day European NCD Partnership Summit, to discuss how public-private policy partnerships can be used to improve health outcomes for patients with non-communicable diseases (#NCDs).


A sad day when this guy wasn't elected as leader of the Tories

This - from 12th March - has aged well (via @Jason_Keen )



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