Sanchit Turaga
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Medical Doctor and DPhil candidate - post internal medicine/IMT | Former @theBMA RDC |@oxfordageing, research.
Joined May 2020
The same old tired argument of doctor elitism and claiming doctors want “subservience”. I think so many doctors have rightfully stated that the adequate qualifications and training need to be applied specific to the role. Want to work independently or on a registrar rota? Need
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A toxic row has engulfed the NHS, say ministers. So why have doctors turned on physician associates?
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> we’ve made an AI Scientist that runs for days and makes genuine discoveries. Working with external collaborators, we report seven externally validated discoveries across multiple fields
After two years of work, we’ve made an AI Scientist that runs for days and makes genuine discoveries. Working with external collaborators, we report seven externally validated discoveries across multiple fields. It is available right now for anyone to use. 1/5
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Today, we’re announcing Kosmos, our newest AI Scientist, available to use now. Users estimate Kosmos does 6 months of work in a single day. One run can read 1,500 papers and write 42,000 lines of code. At least 79% of its findings are reproducible. Kosmos has made 7 discoveries
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Antivax at it again - antivax foundation sponsoring a “study” coauthored by chief anti vax proponents like Andrew Wakefield on basically a blog site. @DrNeilStone
🚨BREAKING — The Most Comprehensive Analysis Ever Conducted on the Causes of Autism Finds Vaccination Is the DOMINANT Risk Factor After decades of censorship and denial, the McCullough Foundation’s Landmark Report of over 300 studies finally delivers the verdict: Autism’s rise
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The NHS annual budget is ~ £200 billion Let me show you and explain how £40 billion a year of it is being wasted 🧵 👇🏽
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🚨 Strike action confirmed 🚨 Resident doctors in England will walk out 7am, 14–19 Nov. We don’t take this step lightly but pay restoration and jobs can’t wait. 🔗 https://t.co/x6dUubNcEn
#PayRestoration #EndTrainingCrisis
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About 10-15% of the adult population takes antidepressants The Lancet just published the first meta-analysis that shows how each affects physical health: metabolism, heart rate, kidney and liver function This should help tailor antidepressant choice for individual people
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An exciting milestone for AI in science: Our C2S-Scale 27B foundation model, built with @Yale and based on Gemma, generated a novel hypothesis about cancer cellular behavior, which scientists experimentally validated in living cells. With more preclinical and clinical tests,
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5 advances in medicine this week 1. The third approved medication for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis This condition affects ~3 million people worldwide and median survival is only ~3–5 years, so this approval is very welcome Sources — approval: https://t.co/NWLs93gGF6 and
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New guidelines for myasthenia gravis just dropped. Really important information for anyone in neuromuscular or general neurology that may look after patients with myasthenia.
🎙️ New podcast episode! Rethinking Myasthenia Gravis: A global perspective on the ABN’s latest guidelines Join us as we explore what the updated recommendations mean for clinical practice. 🎧 Listen here: 🍏 Apple: https://t.co/qz7MOvMJAU 🎵 Spotify: https://t.co/AQl432MHRM 🌐
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Considering that the average was 2.37 applications per applicant last year, I am sure this change will make barely any difference to the exponentially growing competition ratios we see year on year.
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🚨 Just published! All frontier AI models have failed “Radiology’s Last Exam” - the toughest benchmark in radiology launched today! ✅ Board-certified radiologists scored 83%, trainees 45%, but the best performing AI from frontier labs, GPT-5, managed only 30%. ❌ These results
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Mr Streeting has said "there isn't a more pro NHS, pro doctor health secretary." Then why are doctors going unemployed? Why are PAs paid more than docs? Why has full pay restoration stalled? Why is the NHS being privatised? Why are PFIs back? The bar must be incredibly low.
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Vega Tech has partnered with Singularity Health to transform access and utilization of healthcare data through AI. This partnership authorizes Vega Tech to resell Singularity Health’s specialized AI assistant. Read the full press release: https://t.co/UIexyzMXDM
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The man with an iron will! You will be remembered as one of the bravest to ever walk the field Chris! @chriswoakes
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In med school, I learned that Huntington's disease was one of the most devastating inherited conditions. It caused progressive neurological decline, starting around age 30. There was no treatment. Now, Huntington's has been treated for first time. This is why we fund science.
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New NHS England Neurology Service specification. ✅FND is one of seven core subspecialties ✅FND services MUST be provided in each specialised neurology centre. This is huge recognition of how common FND is in neurology - and unthinkable 20 yrs ago. 1/ https://t.co/XvGo0NIryA
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Oral Semaglutide at a Dose of 25 mg in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: @NEJM 🥸 Oral Ozempic will be followed by an oral Zepbound 😱 OASIS-4 results 👇👇👇
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The MSRA has completely ruined medical recruitment, but there’s something far larger at play here. How is it ethical to push people into a profession through shiny new med schools when we know there is such a lack of jobs? Failure of workforce planning.
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Competition ratios for the 2025 recruitment round
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📢 Our national BSG trainee survey highlights key challenges in UK gastro training—from IM workload to endoscopy access & subspecialty pathways 🚩Huge thanks to all trainees who contributed & to @FrontGastro_BMJ for the platform! 🙌 🔗
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Objective Gastroenterology specialty training was reduced from 5 to 4 years following the implementation of the 2022 UK gastroenterology curriculum. The last British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)...
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