Steve Senior

a man stands in front of a board that says 30 85 50 95 55 75 and 40 Alt: Someone spinning the wheel very hard in the TV show Wheel of Fortune

Scrolling on a web form to get your birth year when you’re over 50.

Did you know?

In 2024, the govt had to rename the statutory enquiry process for DA deaths to ‘Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR)’* because suicide is the most common cause of death in domestic abuse cases.

(was Domestic Homicide Review)

I hope there are also extensive appendices and a long post script.

So many non-fic books are (sorry) just long magazine features...

I endorse this take approximately one hundred million percent.

Make Books Succinct Again.

Chris Whitty’s ‘tour de force’ at MJA Annual Lecture mjauk.org/2026/03/06/c...

i don't think most anti-vaccine parents are bad parents. we are drowning in medical misinformation. it's really hard! and a lot of these parents are more accurately described as vaccine hesitant than ideologically opposed. they have good faith questions that deserve to be answered with compassion.

Correlates well with more 'objective' measures though. Other measure also exist. But they tell the same story - healthy life hasn't kept up with overall lifespan, and the people who live longest also tend to spend the smallest fraction of their lives in poor health.

Ann Marie has your answer. It's a subjective measure and sensitive to variations in what people think 'good health' is. It tends to underestimate inequalities because people in communities where poor health is common define 'good health' differently.

This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet? The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Another consequence of inequality in Britain www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's a bit unfair but 'journalist asks why something isn't news and deftly avoids the conclusion that newspapers have a say in the matter' seems a bit much.

Unfair because he's at least doing something about that. But still.

"How well or sick you are depends on how rich you are. The NHS provides free healthcare, but it can’t pay your bills, free your flat of mould or keep your kids fed."

OTOH, incredible dating opportunities for men who see women as fellow humans deserving equal rights and respect

Suffrage historians to follow this #womenshistorymonth

go.bsky.app/KFT1jyc

Somehow I can agree with this while also maintaining that Yorkshire is "north".

This is a correct opinion.

No

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

This is excellent. I would add that economics isn’t just about statistics but people’s lived experience and that requires ministers to take local government far more seriously than they are doing, because that is the part of the state that people encounter in their everyday lives.

Public health in action?

The hidden costs of celebrity-endorsed whole body MRI scans Whole-body MRI screening is booming in the private sector, yet radiologists and health economists say the scans will inevitably find abnormalities that lead to needless worry, wasteful investigations ...

I wrote an entire feature just a few weeks ago on the unintended consequences of these scans 🙄

www.doctors.net.uk/news/celebri...

Motion to rename "How to Spend It" as the "More Money than Sense" section.

Sigh
Now someone needs to explain overdiagnosis, incidentalomas, lead time bias and why more indiscriminate scanning really isn't good.

Everyone’s having a body scan. Which works best for you? From brain health to BMI, these are the seven to know

Oh for the love of god. I know the FT employs people capable of critical thoughts. Such a shame none was deployed here.

One for @debscohen.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/bb46...

via @financialtimes.com

When speaking, or reading replies, remember skillful speech benefits all. Is it true? Is it kind? Is it needed? Pause, and choose words that ease, not escalate.

Oof. I just read your post in the most uncharitable, pedantic way possible, and I gotta tell ya: it's not looking good for you.

Mines been playing up a week now. Hayfever in February! Global warming really has gone too far this time.

Anyone else's hayfever playing up? Because this doesn't seem fair at all.

Especially this one bsky.app/profile/smol...

These are good guidelines.