40+ years NHS Veteran, Heart Surgeon, Reader, Opinions my own, retweets not endorsements. Citizen of the Med, @Sheffielduni & @Stanford Alumnus

Sheffield Yorkshire, UK.
Joined August 2010
Clearing my office & came across this cracking little book. Canโ€™t remember receiving or maybe nicking it! Seems an ideal question for the social media age. if youโ€™re a medic please answer & RT. Iโ€™ll tweet a page a day #whyamiadoctor โ€“ at Sheffield, England
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๐Ÿ˜ฒ๐Ÿ˜ฒCost of living crisis? What Cost of Living crisis?
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Norman Briffa MD ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
It's already too late for Michael Gove to prevent the "rewilding" of Britain's schools, says Joanna Gray. This Left-wing fantasy of dumbed-down education is already firmly entrenched and working its anti-magic. dailysceptic.org/2026/09/11/โ€ฆ
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Assisted dying would inevitable found itself in an obligatory morals decimating, state defining , money saving death protocol.
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Contrary to my initial disdain at his abstaining, @andyburnham thoughts would have persuaded Lab abstainers, who previously stayed away because of Keir Starmerโ€™s support, to be present & do the right thing.
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So so relieved this was voted against. In the current state of the NHS with no light at the end of the tunnel & parlous state of social & hospice care, assisted dying would have found itself in a inevitable compulsory death protocol ๐Ÿ˜ฑ. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17jโ€ฆ
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CARDIAC SURGEONS, AORTOVASCULAR FELLOWS, 10 DAYS TO GO, DON'T MISS OUT
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Very useful study showing photoplethysmography using a Smartphone actually works and leads to fewer same day cancellations for cardioversion for #atrialfibrillation jamanetwork.com/journals/jamโ€ฆ Precardioversion Heart Rhythm Monitoring Using Smartphone PPG jamanetwork.com/journals/jamโ€ฆ
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Highly acclaimed cardiac surgical wetlab for Consultants and Fellow. medical Students welcome. Key Speaker is Prof Vinayak Bapat who will teach us how to size SAVR prostheses with preop imaging.
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Possible through generous support by Medtronic . Earn valuable CME points from @RCSEd Book NOW to avoid disappointment at aorticrootsheffield2026.evenโ€ฆ
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Oxford University researchers have discovered the densest element yet known to science... The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called pillocks. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete. Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganisation will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as a critical morass. When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium (symbol=Ad), an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many pillocks but twice as many morons.
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Norman Briffa MD ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
๐Ÿ’ฌ Perspective: Bayesian methodology supports efficient, flexible clinical trial designs; FDA guidance encourages prespecification and sensitivity analysis of priors. @f2harrell @d_spiegel ja.ma/47hHTyb
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