Renshaw01 @Renshaw01@qoto.org

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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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

Academic writing tips

(linking to information posted MushtaqBilalPhD on bird app)
I don't know if this is going to work, but here is the unrolled thread:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1597513824470695936.html
Including tips from:

Zotero how-to guide.

I'm hoping that @MustaqBilalPhD can crosspost to Mastodon his great bird app thread on Zotero citation management software. A how-to guide. #medicalwriters #medicalcommunication #sciencewriters #STEMtools #Zotero

Tomorrow is Iron Deficiency Day (26th November).
Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutrient deficiencies, affecting 30% of the world's population. Iron deficiency anaemia is a potentially serious condition in menstruating girls and women, but also affects children, pregnant women, and both men and women with: heart failure, chronic kidney disease and inflammatory bowel disease. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/irondeficiencyday/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/iron-deficiency-anemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355034
https://www.takeironseriously.com/

Journal suggesters

Each of the large publishers has their own journal suggester.

Paste your abstract in the white rectangular box.

Then click on "Reveal Suggested Journals" at the bottom of your screen.

It will give you a list of suggested journals with the most relevant ones on top.
Thanks to @MustaqBilalPhD on the bird app for the original idea.

Here are a few suggester URLs:
https://journalsuggester.springer.com/#
https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-research/choosing-a-journal/journal-suggester/
https://journalfinder.wiley.com/search?type=match
https://www.journalguide.com/ [Possibly independent]

World Science Forum 2022 Media for Social Justice Fellowships
Support and promote science from the 'global south.'

One of WSF2022’s main objectives is to support the profession of science journalism in these quite difficult economic times. In the ‘global south’, where issues of importance to local, national and regional peoples are often a ‘hard sell’ at the global level and lack media coverage, the WSF2022 theme of “Science for Social Justice” strikes a definite chord.

Learn more about it here:
Science for Social Justice: On the Road to the World Science Forum, Cape Town, 6 – 9 December, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RICTV804g4

The World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ), Medellín will now take place at the end of March 2023 (@WCSJ23)

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A re toot from bird app.