@johnhuww.bsky.social
wine, gardens, churches and Wales will feature. Professionally interested in health and life sciences, mental health, academic clinical careers and science policy in general. I cross boundaries. @wi_john
@johnhuww.bsky.socialA remarkable survivor …
@johnhuww.bsky.socialA lovely spot.
@johnhuww.bsky.social“Because they had come from a machine and not a human being, they were delivered with none of the nuance or hesitancy that a real-life therapist might have spoken with and were therefore somehow being treated as the whole truth.”
@johnhuww.bsky.socialThe problem with your AI therapist
“What bothered me was how attached my friend seemed to certain specific terms during our conversation, repeatedly deferring to them as some kind of authoritative backup for what she was saying.”
@johnhuww.bsky.social“But a diagnosis has never felt important to me. That’s what I love about Amélie: she’s never labelled as autistic in the film, yet it was clear to me, as a neurodivergent person, that she was, too.”
@johnhuww.bsky.social“These are difficult, emotive questions about mental health, retribution and rehabilitation.”
@johnhuww.bsky.socialPowerful testimony. Questions about the provision high quality care.
“What happens inside high-security hospitals raises important questions about how we treat people who have committed extreme violence but who are also vulnerable themselves.”
@johnhuww.bsky.social“The scientific community had traded one gross generalization for another. Whether you called it senility or Alzheimer’s, you were denying something essential and subtle about dementia that researchers took years to understand — something Pick & Alzheimer both knew: Dementia is not just one thing.”
@johnhuww.bsky.socialWill We Ever Understand Dementia?
“And yet, in a sense, we understand little more about the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer’s disease than we did 120 years ago, when Alois Alzheimer first noticed them. In recent years, we may have even lost ground.”
@johnhuww.bsky.socialAn important insight that might be applied to the use of AI in medicine - use intelligently not as a doctor replacement !
“We should embrace the power that the machines offer, but we should not be indentured to follow their lead.”
@eicathomefinn.bsky.socialReposted by @johnhuww.bsky.social'The announcement comes on the same day that the National Centre for Universities and Business published an open letter to the prime minister and chancellor warning that devolution must not fragment UK innovation.'
@eicathomefinn.bsky.socialReposted by @johnhuww.bsky.social'Research Professional News has confirmed that the money will be drawn from existing budgets.' 'He announced the government will bring forward plans to put UKRI’s £500 million Local Innovation Partnerships Fund fully under the control of mayors to 2028, two years earlier than previously planned.'
@emmavj.bsky.socialReposted by @johnhuww.bsky.socialHow I long for the day we focus on the female winner rather than the big male loser
@johnhuww.bsky.social“Policymakers and health system leaders instead must focus on providing the therapy, medication and support that troubled kids and families need.” US focus but I think the points made generalise and reflect many issues that have relevance to a U.K. setting.
@johnhuww.bsky.social“Instead of screen limits, the government should prioritize tracking and funding youth mental health.” “Blaming screens is a convenient way to avoid harder, deeper issues: inadequate mental health care and a system that chronically underfunds treatment.”
@johnhuww.bsky.social“If we truly wanted to see improvements in the rates of mental health issues among kids & teenagers, then we would focus on expanding access to the interventions that work — finding the children who need treatment & getting them the treatment”
@johnhuww.bsky.social“Lord Rees of Ludlow, the former Astronomer Royal and a past president of the Royal Society, is more sceptical still. “The Nobel Committee’s refusal to make an award to more than three people has led to manifest injustices, and given a misleading impression of how ‘big science’ actually advances,”
@johnhuww.bsky.socialWhy Nobel prizes for science may no longer be fit for purpose
“Lord Vallance of Balham, the former chief scientific adviser, is among those who think the Nobel rules need updating. “The complexity of today’s technologies means [larger groups] should be celebrated,”
@johnhuww.bsky.socialGiven Hegseth’s enthusiasm - and thirst for publicity - it seems entirely reasonable to ask will he participate as a member of the firing squad ?
It would be the manly thing to do!
@johnhuww.bsky.socialA shocking report
“the neurosciences and mental health board awarded only five grants in spring 2026—a success rate of 4.4 per cent, compared with an average of 10.1 per cent in 2025 and 16.7 per cent in 2024.”
