Renshaw01 @Renshaw01@qoto.org

Obsidian. The basics.
#medicalwriters #STEMwriters

In a great thread on the blue bird app, Mushtaq Bilal PhD has provided just the right amount of information to start using the Obsidian note taking app (link below).

https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/1602568559284178950

With its ability to hyperlink between pages and provide a visual overview of the relationship between notes, Obsidian looks like it might be very useful for visual writers, and a contender to replace OneNote on my desktop. And, according to Obsidian help pages*, there is a way of importing your OneNote and EverNote books into Obsidian. Now, if only I could learn how to send emails to Obsidian...

Here is the link to the download page:
https://obsidian.md/

*The app's help pages are difficult to understand for those of us with no coding skills at all.

@freemo someone who knows more about this than me #gastroenterologist, #immunologist, #microbiologist could tell you whether a 'sterile' human could survive or even exist. How was the bubble boy fed? Did he receive intravenous nutrition?

Healthy humans carry 1.5 kg of a diverse selection of bacteria in their intestines (the microbiota), which have an important role in maintaining health. A healthy diet maintains a healthy gut microbiome, and we are only just beginning to understand the importance of these bacteria.

It is not only the gut that carries a commensal bacterial load, any body cavity linked to the external environment will carry a non-pathogenic community of bacteria, including the uterus. This means, we are likely to be exposed to placental bacteria in the womb. Once exposed in the womb I don't know how a human would be subsequently 'sterilised' of bacteria.

I stand to be corrected by those with the knowledge!

In Her Name week.

This week (5th-11th December) is In Her Name week, a week in which we remember women lost to ovarian cancer.

Every year 295,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Survival rates depend on the stage at which the cancer is detected. Almost 95% of women detected at stage 1 will survive their cancer for 5+ years.

For women diagnosed at stage 4 (after metastasis or spread away from the ovaries to other organs), 15% will survive for 5 years.

Common signs and symptoms are shown in the diagram.

#ovariancancer #thankscancer

Early detection of ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer is not silent. More than 70% of patients with high-risk early-stage, epithelial ovarian cancer present with one or more symptoms. Unfortunately, these symptoms can be non-specific, commonly abdominal or pelvic pain, according to a recent study in Obstetrics & Gynecology (Chan et al).

Rather than dismiss such symptoms, women should trust their own judgement,
Maurie Markman of Cancer Treatment Centers of America has suggested in a Medscape article.

Nobody knows an individual woman's body and physiology better than the woman herself. If a woman has symptoms that are for her unusual, or persist beyond a reasonable time — for example, if she has gastroenteritis that should go away, but doesn't — it's important for her to contact her primary care physician, obstetrician, or gynaecologist for an evaluation.

Here's a link to the article:https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/2022/02000/Symptoms_of_Women_With_High_Risk_Early_Stage.2.aspx

Here's a link to Dr Markman's commentary: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/973776?src=mkm_ret_221207_mscpmrk_Gyno_monthly&uac=27236BJ&impID=4929048
#menopause #ovariancancer

25 of the BBC 100 women of the year 2022 are inspiring or influential women in STEM/health fields. The list includes (in no particular order a selection from around the globe): Niloufar Bayanin (Iranian Ecologist), Sandy Cabrera Arteaga (Honduran reproductive rights advocate), Kimiko Hirata (Japanese climate campaigner), Asonele Kotu (South African tech entrepeneur), Naja Lyberth (Greenland psychologist), Yuliia Paievska (Ukrainian paramedic), Jane Rigby (Astronomer and astrophysicist), and Sofía Heinonen (Argentinian conservationist). For more information on these and other inspiring women, check out:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-75af095e-21f7-41b0-9c5f-a96a5e0615c1

ResearchRabbit for Dummies.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1598662555827945473.html
Thank you to Mushtaq Bilal Phd on the blue bird for his explanation on how to master ResearchRabbit in 10 mins. If I can do it, you can too!

Writing a review? Have you used literature mapping tools?

If you want to know about the different literature mapping methods, here is an overview: https://www.enago.com/academy/literature-mapping-5-most-recommended-tools-to-use/ [Warning this article contains information about tools that are no longer supported]

A more up-to-date blog is here: https://aarontay.medium.com/3-new-tools-to-try-for-literature-mapping-connected-papers-inciteful-and-litmaps-a399f27622a [Complete with links to the tools]

@AaronTay has an expanded list of tools here: https://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/p/list-of-innovative-literature-mapping.html

Sadly Cocites and Citation Gecko are no longer being supported.

I've tried ResearchRabbit, linking with my Zotero database. I'd be interested to hear about your experiences with these tools.

#medicalwriter #sciencewriter #MedComms #MedPubs #STEMtools

Academic writing tips
(Reposting with some hashtags)

(linking to information posted by MushtaqBilalPhD on bird app)
Here is the unrolled thread:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1597513824470695936.html
#medicalwriters #science writers #MedComms #STEMtools
Including tips from:

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@hkl No worries. It is Mushtaq's work (MushtaqBilalPhD). I am hoping he will try Mastodon because he posts useful information!

@tonic ai PLS -- interesting! I was also wondering whether ai has a role in systematic reviews.

More on science/medical writing.
ISMPP on bird app have asked: "What is the best format for #PlainLanguageSummaries (PLS)?"

Click for the full article to find out more: https://buff.ly/3UKpRw2 #GPP2022 #MedComms #MedPubs