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Gill Stannard

@herbalgill.bsky.social
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Naturopathic mentor. Consumer in research. Ovarian cancer survivor. Expat kiwi. Traveller. Plant lover. Kitty whisperer.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
History of the USA: - King of England imposes taxes - America declares independence - Things go well for nearly 250 years - America elects a moron - Moron imposes taxes - King of England gets taxes removed
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
What was Elvis Costello channeling in the 80's?
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Meanwhile in Sydney amidst the doom and gloom of the world a little pocket of sunshine for herbalists.Biennale commissioned work about traditional Guatemalan healers including a 10 minute video that was balm for a weary soul. On now at Art Gallery of NSW til 14 June. #herbs #art #Sydney
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Proud/excited/nervous that our drug repurposing for platinum resistant HGSOC #ovariancancer has opened in Newcastle, NSW. As the consumer team leader on this 5+year project am especially excited to trial an oral drug with low toxicity compared to usual chemo infusions. anzctr.org.au/Trial/Regist...
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ANZCTR - Registration
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
A few snaps from the past couple of weeks of 20+ hours of consumer in research interactions. Workshops, meetings, grant reviews....
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
...and even more
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
For the Trumpstein curious - a rabbit hole to go down this weekend.
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
It was an honour to present with @djmarsh24.bsky.social at the 'Consumer Involvement in Research PhD Translational Skills Workshop' last week.
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Never a dull moment at @daffodilcentre.org Team Day!
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Sydney I'm proud of you. Latest estimate of the March for Humanity was 300,000 of us peacefully protesting on a wet, winter's day.
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Part of the hiatus was digging into winter, feeling antisocial in both digital and real life. But am back now, following my own advice - making soup, rugging up for wintry walks and taking vitamin D. What gets you over the winter hump? gillstannard.com.au/2025/07/07/o...
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Gill Stannard » Overcoming winter hump days (and some fascinating new Vitamin D research)
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Have had a bit of a hiatus on this platform. First a month or so having an Indonesian Odyssey, then returning to a Sydney winter and readjusting to post tropical holiday life. Just discovered a stack of new followers while I was elsewhere - thank you so much.
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Soup season is one of the best things about winter! Last week was nettle and mushroom. This week? What should I make from the soup collection? gillstannard.com.au/2020/07/07/t...
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Gill Stannard » The soup collection: a soup for every week of winter
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RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This early 18th century herbal notebook is a very #PopularItem in our collection. It has cures for everything from hiccups to the plague (and the odd cake recipe too). It's also shrouded in mystery - who was the author?! #Archive30
Small leather bound notebook in a boxHandwritten page of a notebook detailing the virtues of sea water which amongst other things is good for restoring strength and as a cure for rheumatic pains, healing wounds, colic, and the bites of mad dogs
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
What's it like being a naturopath in the chemo chair? Despite 11 yrs since tx and actually 'surviving', it feels incredibly raw listening to the ReMe podcast interview! Thanks Luanfor your powerful podcast and allowing me to be vulnerable. www.luanlawriewoods.com.au/podcasts/gil...
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Gill Stannard on Self-Advocacy, Ovarian Cancer & Integrative Care — Luan Lawrenson-Woods | Women’s Health Speaker & Podcast Host
In this Regarding Me episode, naturopath Gill Stannard unpacks rushed treatment decisions, long-term side effects like intimacy issues, and overlooked support services such as onco-psychologists. Disc...
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Appreciate the companies who are sending option to opt out of Mother's Day marketing. Sadly a long way to go but grateful for those who do.
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Congratulations all Cancer Council Research Award recipients. A delightful celebration last night, with so many inspiring conversations researchers and fellow consumers. Head and heart full (tummy not so for non-meat eaters!).
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Love this!
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Foreign aid cuts (primarily USA) could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030 – and almost 3 million extra deaths. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Impact of an international HIV funding crisis on HIV infections and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study
Unmitigated funding reductions could significantly reverse progress in the HIV response by 2030, disproportionately affecting sub-Saharan African countries and key and vulnerable populations. Sustaina...
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Tis the season. Last year I swapped Easter for Songkran in Thailand and stashed a dozen hot cross buns in the freezer for winter. Excellent idea ...and so the bun freezing season begins!
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
File this under "consumer in research life"
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Congratulations Bayley on submitting his PhD today! The inaugural Jill Emberson Pink meets Teal PhD Scholarship recipient at HMRI who has been working on drug repurposing for treatment resistant #ovariancancer The A Team wish him the best and are excited to see what happens next in his career.
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
See you at the NHAA Symposium in May!
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. If you have ever referred a client to use them, privacy experts are recommending everyone delete their data. It would be best practice to contact any clients you've referred, even if not worked with them for years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hziz...
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Expert says 'delete your account' after 23andMe bankruptcy announcement
YouTube video by 13 ON YOUR SIDE
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Deborah Marsh @djmarsh24.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
After decades of research as cancer biologists, very happy to be receiving our group's first grant to research #endometriosis from Endometriosis Australia with collaborators Caroline Ford, Jacqui Donaghue, Cathy Gorrie, Amy Sarker, Teagan Fisher & @herbalgill.bsky.social #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Trump's war on women (minorities, disabled, Hispanic, indiginous...) continues. Female and women amongst the 100 words that can cause the US National Science Foundation to exclude a grant proposal. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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Here are the words putting science in the crosshairs of Trump’s orders
National Science Foundation staff have been combing through thousands of active science research projects, alongside a list of keywords, to determine if they include activities that violate Trump’s ex...
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
So many highlights from #Surv25 but connecting with other consumers like @shona22.bsky.social is always a highlight.Two years is too long between conferences!
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A pleasure to share the A Team's collaboration with researchers in the MRFF Drug Repurposing for Ovarian Cancer study at #Surv25 poster session.
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Great start to COSA Survivorship 2025, a cancer conference like no other! Presented at the pre-conference workshop, with Prof Nikola Bowden about our successful researche-consumer partnership. Followed by a rousing 'you can't ask that' panel discussion.
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A privilege to be invited to participate in the Daffodil Centre Team Day. Quick photo op with three members of the consumer involvement in research panel!
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Who are these women and how do I join them?
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Dee Sparacio @womenofteal.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
From the NCI fascinating metabolomics study in mice -> Fructose Fuels Cancer Growth Indirectly, Lab Study Finds cancer.gov/news-events/... #gyncsm
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Fructose Sugar Fuels Cancer Growth Indirectly
Fructose, which is in high-fructose corn syrup and table sugar, can help some tumors grow, but only after getting taken up by the liver, a study of mice suggests.
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
On #worldcancerday a homage to an unsung hero, an oncologist flying solo in a developing nation. ttps://gillstannard.com.au/2025/02/04/world-cancer-day-2025-close-the-care-gap/
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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning. Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals. Our full statement: buff.ly/42AO8LI
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Mariana_Mi @marianami.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Just listen to Greg Hunt’s maiden speech where this LNP health minister calls for Aus to adopt the U.S. system of privately run healthcare, & not Medicare. Then read this article’s evidence on the appalling record of Dutton on public Healthcare. A vote for Dutton is a vote to scrapping Medicare
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Corpse flower blooming for the first time in 15 years at Sydney Botanical Garden. Livestream on Youtube. Looks like the full glory will happen today (Monday 20th) www.youtube.com/live/mrylcCA...
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Corpse Flower livestream: A plant to die for
YouTube video by Botanic Gardens of Sydney
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Sleep or lack of! I've road tested cognitive shuffling and added it to my toolkit for better sleep. Have any of these worked for you? gillstannard.com.au/2025/01/13/t... #insomnia #sleep #naturaltherapies #naturopath #herbalist
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Gill Stannard » The sleep toolkit: cognitive shuffling and other tools to overcome insomnia
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
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Deborah Marsh @djmarsh24.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Cancer consumers led by @herbalgill.bsky.social played a pivotal role in this #MRFF-funded research, informing selection of drugs for further analyses from lived experience of being treated for #ovariancancer. Hopefully Nikola & Caroline will join #Bluesky soon! #CancerConsumer #DrugRepurposing 2/2
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Important research on Fear of Recurrence after #cancer, on ABC Life Matters Today.Thanks for this important work @jiajennyliu.bsky.social A/P Ben Smith and consumer extraordinaire Victoria Turner. As an #ovariancancer survivor, I know how real and disabling FOR can be. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Clinical strategy to help cancer survivors deal with fears that it may return - ABC listen
More and more Australians are surviving cancer treatment. But sometimes patients can get the "all clear" only to find themselves gripped by ongoing fears about whether their cancer will return. Oncol...
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
If you're a herbalist, naturopath, nutritionist or health business owner who doesn't know about the free mentoring newsletter - check out the latest edition chock full of goodies for busy (or aspiring) practitioners. I mentor practitioners in Australia, NZ and UK. gillstannard.com.au/2024/11/26/m...
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Gill Stannard » Mentoring update December 2024: maverick herbalists, social media and more
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Always a pleasure to spend time with the amazing ovarian stream researchers at the Daffodil Centre. #ovariancancer #cancerresearch #researchadvocates #sydneyuniversity @nsmeagher.bsky.social
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
My herbalists and naturopaths starter pack. go.bsky.app/9ZvL7TW
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This was one of my gateway herbs! Infused with sliced of ginger root for a warming winter tea. Now a summer cooler - recipe below! gillstannard.com.au/2024/11/08/r... #herbs #recipe #vegetarian #vegan
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Gill Stannard » Recipe: hibiscus cordial
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Slowly growing lists...
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Why loneliness is a silent epidemic. gillstannard.com.au/2024/11/11/l... #loneliness #health
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Gill Stannard » Loneliness and health
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Joining another social media platform had flashbacks to 2010 joining Google Wave. Invite only. The new best thing 😂
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Gill Stannard @herbalgill.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Falling down another rabbit hole...
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