Saturday, December 31, 2022

All I Want For Christmas Is An Opposition That Speaks For Me

All I Want For Christmas Is An Opposition That Speaks For Me: "I want an opposition that comes to power not because they are the apparent lesser of two evils but because they have put forward a set of ambitious proposals that promise to close the wealth gap, build social housing, return public health to public ownership, and for the love of god, tax the fucking rich to pay for it."

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Implications of apixaban for dental treatments - PMC

Implications of apixaban for dental treatments - PMC: "protocols must be developed based on the scientific evidence in order to know how these patients should be handled from the point of view of dental interventions."

Friday, December 23, 2022

Ure Eke - Consultant Dermatologist in Coventry | Circle Health Group

Ure Eke - Consultant Dermatologist in Coventry | Circle Health Group: She is also a substantive consultant in Solihull hospital where she practices Mohs micrographic surgery, the gold standard for treatment of basal cell carcinomas.

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Have you used 'medical cannabis clinics' in the UK since 2018? Sick of their shit? Feel unrepresented? Looking to co-produce an independent user led space to discuss barriers and advocacy. Please share or DM if you would like to get involved. 🙏💚 #cannabis #medicalcannabis #uk

recovery_rebel (@Recovery Rebel) Tweeted: Have you used 'medical cannabis clinics' in the UK since 2018?
Sick of their shit?
Feel unrepresented?
Looking to co-produce an independent user led space to discuss barriers and advocacy.
Please share or DM if you would like to get involved.
🙏💚
#cannabis #medicalcannabis #uk https://twitter.com/recovery_rebel/status/1605183171225583616?s=66&t=s4mH9OyWylCqhoH2A_GYaA

Weekly Column - PFI & the NHS | Marcus Jones

Weekly Column - PFI & the NHS | Marcus Jones: "Who knows: the subsequent changes including the loss of Bramcote Hospital and the Avenue Clinic may well have been avoided? Is it the reason why UHCW were allowed to subsume Rugby St Cross Hospital and downgrade services there?"

Coventry NHS trust collects £4 million in car park charges

Coventry NHS trust collects £4 million in car park charges - easily highest in England - CoventryLive: On its website the trust states it "does not generate any car park revenue directly from either staff or visitors". A trust spokesperson told CoventryLive: "A large proportion of our car parks at University Hospital Coventry form part of a Private Finance Initiative contract and as a result we generate minimal car park revenue directly from staff, patients or visitors.

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

How To Clean A Burnt Pan | Zyliss UK

How To Clean A Burnt Pan | Zyliss UK: "White vinegar is an excellent solution for salvaging burnt non-stick pans. Once the pan has cooled, pour in a generous glug of white vinegar, along with enough warm water to cover the burnt areas. Stir in two tablespoons of baking soda, heat the mixture up, and bring it to a boil for a couple of minutes. Use a wooden spoon or silicone spatula (avoid metal utensils) to remove as much of the burnt substance as possible."

Switch From Spousal Benefits To Drawing My Own Benefits

Can I Apply Online To Switch From Spousal Benefits To Drawing My Own Benefits? | Maximize My Social Security: "If you go onto Social Security's website within 4 months of the month you reach age 70 and if for some reason you aren't able to apply for your benefits online then your only other current option would be to apply by phone."

Monday, December 12, 2022

Epiretinal membrane or ERM

Epiretinal membrane | RNIB: "Epiretinal membrane (ERM) is a condition where a sheet of naturally occurring cells develops on or above the surface of the central part of your retina, an area called the macula."

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Local haemostatic measures after tooth removal in patients on antithrombotic therapy

Local haemostatic measures after tooth removal in patients on antithrombotic therapy: a systematic review - PubMed: "Tranexamic acid seems to effectively reduce bleeding, although its superiority to other haemostatics was not proven. In view of the rapidly changing landscape of antithrombotics and the lack of standardization of bleeding outcome, adequately powered clinical studies are required to optimise postoperative management in patients on antithrombotics."

Implications of apixaban for dental treatments - PMC

Implications of apixaban for dental treatments - PMC:  "Certain dental treatments that involve a risk of haemorrhage may require temporal interruption of apixaban administration. It is thus of great importance to plan invasive dental treatments entailing a risk of haemorrhage ahead. When dealing with a patient receiving oral anticoagulants, it is necessary to judge the risk of haemorrhage in the dental procedure and the risk of thrombosis arising from the patient’s underlying pathology.

The risk of thrombosis in a patient is gauged by the attendant physician and there are several factors that may govern such risk."

Creatinine mg/dL umol/L Unit Conversion -- EndMemo

Creatinine mg/dL umol/L Unit Conversion -- EndMemo: Creatinine Unit Conversion

Monday, December 5, 2022

Cybercriminals siphoned off ‘roughly 20 percent for the $872.5 billion in federal pandemic unemployment funds, though the true cost of the fraud is likely higher, administration officials from multiple agencies say.’

SpyTalker (@Jeff Stein) Tweeted: Cybercriminals siphoned off 'roughly 20 percent for the $872.5 billion in federal pandemic unemployment funds, though the true cost of the fraud is likely higher, administration officials from multiple agencies say.' https://twitter.com/spytalker/status/1599805023730270219?s=51&t=0yk7Xw_0EZ-bbDrSt5DEIA

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Subpostmaster federation deliberately kept public in dark over computer problems

Medibank hackers announce ‘case closed’ and dump huge data file on dark web

'It's a scam': Even after $100 billion, self-driving cars are going nowhere - Autoblog

'It's a scam': Even after $100 billion, self-driving cars are going nowhere - Autoblog: "Detractors including an industry pioneer are getting louder as the losses get bigger."

Scam Sharer - free Which? tool

Scam Sharer - free Which? tool
https://www.which.co.uk/tool/scam-sharer

Hemo penetration

(9) (PDF) The costs of consumer-facing cybercrime: An empirical exploration of measurement issues and estimates†

(9) (PDF) The costs of consumer-facing cybercrime: An empirical exploration of measurement issues and estimates†
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328258101_The_costs_of_consumer-facing_cybercrime_An_empirical_exploration_of_measurement_issues_and_estimates