Renshaw01 @Renshaw01@qoto.org

Stem cell transplants play a key role in the treatment of blood cancers
#Cancer #Thankscancer #bloodcancer

But unfortunately four of every 10 UK patients looking for an unrelated donor are unable to find a match

Why not consider joining the British stem cell register to become British stem cell donor? Joining is as simple as taking a cheek cell swab. Join here: https://www.dkms.org.uk/get-involved/become-a-donor

See the Blood Cancer UK Twitter video and thread for more information
https://twitter.com/bloodcancer_uk/status/1613575340986896385

More on stamping out bad science
#medicalwriters #stem #influencers

The United Nations recognises that misinformation is dangerous and puts people's well-being at risk, and is asking influencers and others sharing info to pause before they share.

HOW TO SHARE RESPONSIBLY
Whether you’re forwarding a message, retweeting a story or watching a video in your feed — before you press share, take a moment to pause (see image).

A rough guide to spotting bad science
#medicalwriters #journalists

From https://www.compoundchem.com/

Being able to evaluate the evidence behind a scientific claim is important. Being able to recognise bad science reporting, or faults in scientific studies, is equally important. These 12 points (in the attached poster) will help you separate the science from the pseudoscience

Stands to reason you should not rely on a press release but go back to the original source of the data if at all possible.

Originally posted by @jonathanstea on Twitter but I can't see it on Mastodon.

Breast cancer recurrence / metastasis and alcohol
#breastcancer #thankscancer

Women who have had a diagnosis of breast cancer (particularly those who have had oestrogen-positive breast cancer) are advised to stick to no more than 5 units of alcohol a week by the World Cancer Research Fund.

Note: 1 glass of wine (175 ml) is about 2.3 units. So that is only 2 glasses of wine a week. Yikes!

For more info on recent evidence explained by Dr Liz O'Riordan (see link).

https://twitter.com/Liz_ORiordan/status/1612772110350303236

15 Zotero tutorials all in one place,
from Mushtaq Bilal's blue bird account
#medicalwriters #stem

https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/1611821066019827713

Where art and medicine collide

2023 brings us a free exhibition of photographs of medical objects from the Royal College of Physicians' museum stores: Unfamiliar

The exhibition gives a new look at objects from the RCPs' museum collections through Theo Deproost's photos and Debbie Jegede's clinical curiosity.

The exhibition is showing 23 January - 28 July 2023

More info: https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/

Does AI speed and improve literature reviews?
#medicalwriters #stem
See how to use ELICIT in combination with Zotero in Mushtaq Bilal's thread on the bird app.
https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/1607347756498096128

Assessment of the quality of meta-analyses
#medicalwriters #stem

Because meta-analyses are increasingly prevalent and cited in the medical literature, it is important that tools are available to assess their methodological quality.

For clinical trials, a check to see if the analyses follow the QUORUM (Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses) guidelines is advised.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(99)04149-5/fulltext

A short-hand approach found that 4 key areas are important to the quality of meta-analyses:
- data sources
- analysis of individual studies
- meta-analysis methods
- interpretation

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26053948/

If you like walking, and you're up for a challenge in 2023, take a look at the slowWays.org thread on another app.
https://twitter.com/DanRavenEllison/status/1608083029024440320
And here is the website: https://beta.slowways.org/
#SlowWays

For more information:
https://renshaw01.substack.com/p/coming-soon
#Medicalwriters #STEM #STEMwomen

Open science and open pharma ... (and medical writing).
#medicalwriters #STEM #Openscience
[Reposting with hashtags]

As Open Pharma don't seem to be on Mastodon, I am tooting one of their posts from another app.

Open Pharma's post promotes a special issue of Medical Writing (the journal of EMWA) available free. Follow the link to access the entire issue.
https://journal.emwa.org/media/4655/mew-314-final.pdf

Open science and open pharma .. (and medical writing).

As Open Pharma don't seem to be on Mastodon, I am tooting one of their posts from another app.

Open Pharma's post promotes a special issue of Medical Writing (the journal of EMWA) available free. Follow the link to access the entire issue.
https://journal.emwa.org/open-science-and-open-pharma/

Literature reviews using free apps

I'm sure medical writers know not to use Google Scholar as their only search in a literature review. Always use a database such as PubMed. #medicalwriters #STEMwriters I would not use .

More on integrating research tools
#medicalwriters #STEM

How to combine Google Scholar, Zotero, Research Rabbit and Obsidian to streamline your literature reviews.
A thread by Ruben Dario Palacio on the blue bird app, see the link below:

https://twitter.com/rdpalacio/status/1601640985858957312

Streamlining literature review and note taking
#medicalwriters #stem

Mushtaq Bilal PhD has developed a guide to combing two free tools to fast-track your research.

https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/1603279910537158656