@drd1983
 Bristol
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Some UK water companies are STILL using dowsing to find leaks. Most have dropped the scientifically discredited method, but Thames Water and Severn Trent Water say their engineers continue to use it newscientist.com/article/235…

Thames Water and Severn Trent Water are still using dowsing to find leaks | New Scientist

Most UK water companies have dropped the scientifically discredited method of dowsing to find water leaks, but Thames Water and Severn Trent Water say they still use it

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Just out (in preprint) from our clinical AF2 @drd1983 with @ABuduAggrey @mrc_ieu - Causal analysis shows evidence of atopic dermatitis leading to an increase in vitamin D levels medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Causal analysis shows evidence of atopic dermatitis leading to an increase in vitamin D levels

Atopic dermatitis (AD) patients have been observed to have lower vitamin D levels. Previous studies have found little evidence that vitamin D levels causally influence the risk of AD, but the reverse...

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@bmj_latest5 Dec 2016
UK GP in Oz: "Errors in the assumption Medicare is fair, provides universal coverage & doesn't have a 2 tier system" bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i591…
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The sound of millions of Brits quietly saying "pub?" begins to sweep across the land...
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England team now feel they were misled about consequences of letting goals in, didn't think other team would actually win
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BREAKING NEWS: A Do Not Resuscitate order has been placed on the NHS by government without discussing it with patients, staff or carers.
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The sadness of sampling an ale you dislike, knowing you'll order a full pint anyway
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The 4 Hour A&E Target, and why sometimes it makes sense to ignore it. patientsource.co.uk/news/201…
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Pre-sleep routine: Final cup of tea: 7 minutes Clean teeth: 2 minutes Read book: 10 minutes Quickly check Twitter: 3-4 hours
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Harriet Ball@haariet20 Dec 2014
Happily the cafe in @ExploreWellcome stopped calling their juice "detox" when I #AskforEvidence askforevidence.org/ask-for-e…
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Top 10 budget restaurants and cafes in Oxford gu.com/p/43dd6
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Uta Frith@utafrith15 Nov 2014
RT @JennyRohn @BoingBoing: Relative Scale of Planets, in Fruits bit.ly/1EHJfv6 bit.ly/1EHJfLp
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THE easiest way to find out if a film is on Netflix is to ask yourself "do I want to see it?" If you do, it's not on Netflix. @DannyDutch
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CONVINCE your friends you're a renowned surgeon by turning your taps on with your elbows whilst talking loudly about golf. @daniel_mayhew
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Charlotte@chazzy_bbz12 Jul 2014
Two women walk into a bar, one says "you heard of the Bechdel test?", the other: "yeah my boyfriend told me about it the other day..."
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I could poo my pants with laughter a thousand million times over listening to new people reading this out loud.
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Unsure if you should ask a question after a talk? This infographic may help! :) http://t.co/56s8f1bPgw RT @BradScienceFest h/t @paulcoxon
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Graphic from @nytimes shows how targets, however arbitrary, affect marathoners. 3:59 is 1.4x more likely than 4:01
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#Spider #silk a wonder of #nature but not stronger than #steel, says @michelleoyen on @ConversationUK ow.ly/lJHH1
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Never wanting to use an exclamation mark yet worrying you'll come across as miserable without one
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