Professor of Medical Dermatology, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined February 2013
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marieclaire.com/beauty/skinc… Good to see this discussion moving into the beauty sphere
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More Sun Exposure Is Associated With a Longer Life youtube.com/shorts/itDBS3zef… via @YouTube
Great to see this excellent documentary on my research broadcast swr.de/unternehmen/kommunika…
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Pleased to see this paper of ours now published lnkd.in/ehMNA54N and even better, an article in the The Economist describing our findings. lnkd.in/eKGePiFw
Broadly we studied participants in the UK Biobank with two independent measures of sunlight exposure-
@timspector I fully agree that we have overdemonised sun but am not convinced that Vit D accounts for many benefits in man. Good summary by @rowanjacobsen here theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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Moderate sun exposure can be good for you. Why won’t American experts acknowledge that? @rowanjacobsen reports: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc… Great article by @rowanjacobsen . US colleagues @AADskin when are you going to think again about sunshine? The evidence base has changed.
I have given plenary talks around Europe @Swissderma @ESDRorg @CharlesUCD @HealthySkin4All @StJohnsDerm and colleagues here understand that sunlight has benefits, not just risks jidonline.org/article/S0022-… . Blanket sun avoidance is harmful. I know I have US dermatology allies, but I
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shej076962.f5 public.flourish.studio/visua… Visualised with @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h Look at this. 2.5% yr on yr rise in melanoma for 25yrs but NO rise in mortality. This isn’t dermatologists getting better but reeks of overdiagnosis (See @AdeAdamson ).
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@AdeAdamson suggests commercial factors drive over diagnosis in US, but we have it in our public service in UK too. Dermatology is being sacrificed on the altar of melanoma. 2 week wait tumour clinics start to replace all else but we don’t save lives,
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Great episode on Vitamin D and the absence of any evidence to show it has benefits except in preventing rickets. The Vitamin D hype monster needs to be slain and I was heartened to hear this podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Skin tockify.com/edinburghunivers…. Gosh. This looks interesting. I think I will go
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Pleased to see this published. I was asked to write a review for the JID of the work -including mine- that demonstrates the marked benefits of sun exposure on human health. We dermatologists have not been able to see the wood for the trees eur02.safelinks.protection.o…
How much sunshine are you getting? Now your watch can keep track. washingtonpost.com/wellness/…
Great talk followed by a stimulating Q and A
Grateful for the interesting discussions following my talk on incidence and survival of patients with lentigo maligna at #BAD2023.
Excellent session, thank you to Prof. @WellerRichard for an insightful update on the effects of sunlight.
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Great meeting- the first of many I hope. Particular thanks to @jcashlab and @Roseruizdaniel1 for doing the heavy lifting and John McGrath for his inspirational lecture
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This will be good- Jeremy a wonderful researcher and colleague
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The first Ed-SKIN symposium. Bringing together the wealth of skin related research in Edinburgh @Ed_SKIN. Great to be meeting F2F @EdinburghUni
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Well done Endalew , Pascale and team. Great to see this out. #globalhealth Cutaneous leishmaniasis in a newly established treatment centre in the Lay Gayint district, Northwest Ethiopia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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BJD Talks - Episode 8 - Sunshine Dermatology by BJD Talks Podcast on #SoundCloud
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Very excited to be speaking on my favourite subject 🌞 at #CosmoCaixa later this week!
Aunque conocemos los riesgos de la radiación ultravioleta, estudios recientes también han constatado que la luz solar es esencial para la vida. Sobre ello hablará el doctor en medicina @WellerRichard el próximo 13 de octubre a las 19h.
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