Ben Harris-Roxas 🌊 @ben_hr@social.coop

One bonus of having our army of weird, bespoke instances is that most of them aren’t blocked here in China, unlike those popular sites that shall not be named.

Glucose and HbA1c screening alone does not increase detection of previously unidentified diabetes in patients admitted from EDs https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2019/211/10/routine-glucose-assessment-emergency-department-detecting-unrecognised-diabetes Unlike the paper’s conclusion, I’m not sure dedicated staff and resourcing would change this either

Australian Genomics is calling for a change in research ethics and governance frameworks https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2019/211/10/ethics-approval-process-multisite-research-studies-australia-changes-sought Multisite approvals do slow down research (and can be frustrating), but we need to make sure any changes protect participants

Werner Herzog remains an original https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/werner-herzog-the-mandalorian-star-wars-jon-favreau-disney-plus-1203400810/

American Heart Association Launches Massive #QuitLying Campaign Aimed At E-Cigarette Industry https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/11/15/american-heart-association-quitlying-campaign-ecigarette-vaping-industry/amp/

@hugh do I recall correctly that you made a toot deleter? I’d love it if you could please steer me towards it.

Do they though? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/will-to-survive-might-take-artificial-intelligence-next-level Building RNN/deep learning models of things like “feelings” and “learning” without fundamentally understanding the phenomena seems kind of silly.

'I live on the street now': how Americans fall into medical bankruptcy http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/14/health-insurance-medical-bankruptcy-debt This used to happen in Australia before Medicare, and this is why we need to resist calls for expanded/unfettered markets in healthcare

Martin Place

New article I co-authored on whether GP care plans had an impact on hospitalisations in Central and Eastern Sydney

http://harrisroxashealth.com/2019/11/do-general-practice-management-and-or-team-care-arrangements-reduce-avoidable-hospitalisations-in-central-and-eastern-sydney-australia/

tl;dr: they didn't

Parenting

For All Mankind hasn’t been kindly reviewed, but I found it kind of thrilling. @liamvhogan you’d like the Red Plenty qualifies, at least I think you would.

Do general practice management and/or team care arrangements reduce avoidable hospitalisations in Central and Eastern Sydney, Australia? https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-019-4663-3

NSW and Queensland fires: Sydney to face catastrophic danger rating for first time http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2019/nov/10/nsw-and-queensland-fires-fires-rage-as-conditions-expected-to-worsen

Sounds like Sydney and the Hunter oil Tuesday is going to be dangerous. Stay safe https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/general-news/dangerous-fire-conditions-forecast-for-tuesday-12-november/_nocache

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People on sure like being angry.