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Jo Duflou

@jduflou.bsky.social
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Australian forensic pathologist, general mutters and mumbles, some medically oriented

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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Amazing story involving a respected forensic pathologist in Germany. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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A death, a plagiarism scandal and a quest for revenge: the bizarre tale of Otto Z
The long read: After his mother died, Otto became convinced he’d been wronged by the forensic investigators – and that one of them was a fraud. The truth was even stranger
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Gunther von Hagens obituary - personally I’m very much in the camp of those who found his plastination work repugnant and an affront to human dignity. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Gunther von Hagens obituary
German anatomist who devised a system of ‘plastination’ to preserve cadavers that were exhibited all over the world
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The sad part is that valuable research money needed to be spent disproving crack-pot ideas.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Good grief, physicians. Heal thyselves. www.smh.com.au/national/pol...
smh.com.au
Police called to embattled medical college board meeting
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has been in turmoil for months due to an ongoing dispute between its president and her elected successor.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
If you can have Hippocampus gin, surely the next step should be Amygdala almond liqueur (aka Amaretto). #anatomy #neuropathology #pathology
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Tollytb🇮🇪🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇧 @tollytb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I've started investing in stocks. Chicken, Beef, Lamb, Chicken. I'm hoping to become a bouillionaire. 🐢💨
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
One day I might see a case of #Takotsubo cardiomyopathy at #autopsy, but I’m not holding my breath. Suspect it’s not diagnosable at autopsy despite what some non-pathologist especially think. coroners.nsw.gov.au/documents/fi...
coroners.nsw.gov.au
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Wow, if this is sustained. Massive improvement in survival rates for NSCLC and melanoma using covid mRNA vaccine. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade - Nature
mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Or alternatively baymeatmarket.co.za/product/ostr...
baymeatmarket.co.za
Ostrich Biltong Whole - Free Range - Bay Meat Market
Free range Ostrich Biltong from Buffelshoek Safari, the only certified venison abattoir in South Africa. Quality biltong delivered free in Cape Town
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Insights into atrial fibrillation #AF in athletes and the not so athletic. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
abc.net.au
Could 'too much' exercise lead to a heart disorder in elite athletes?
A Victorian study has found elite male rowers are seven times more likely to develop atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder associated with increased risk of stroke.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Damage to the bladder with #ketamine use receiving added attention thanks to a chainsaw wielding eedjit. A good review on the topic: doi.org/10.1111/add.....
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Rare but relevant: Ketamine‐induced cystitis – an in‐depth review for addiction medicine
Ketamine-induced cystitis is an increasingly recognized complication associated with the addictive use of ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic. This article provides a comprehensive overview, focusing...
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Just remember we drive on the right side of the road too - by that I mean on the left side.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Reportable to Medical Board?
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
All good and well, but why does prolonged immersion of hands in the dead result in so-called “washerperson hands” #Forenski #Autopsy www.popsci.com/science/why-...
popsci.com
Why do our fingers wrinkle in water? It's much deeper than skin.
A study of polio patients almost 90 years ago gave scientists their first big clue.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Glorious pink sunset in #Sydney today.
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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Perspective.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Any of many forms of lead salt, maybe?
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Happy Pi Day everyone!!!!!
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
All too commonly seen. #pathsky#forensky www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
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Gene Hackman died of heart disease a week after his wife
Authorities initially ruled out foul play after the bodies were discovered on February 26. Immediate tests for carbon monoxide poisoning were negative.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A poorly conducted #coroner investigation can have very long term adverse effects on family members as this case illustrates. #forensky #inquest
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
An in-depth investigation of what went wrong in the Folbigg case by an excellent investigative journalist. #forenski www.harpercollins.com.au/978146071579...
harpercollins.com.au
Meadow's Law
The remarkable story of a battle between science and the law, and a mother's fight for justiceIn 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty of smothering her fo...
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Getting messier by the day, but then the medical expert evidence always did seem particularly flaky (as reported). www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
abc.net.au
Medical experts claim Lucy Letby did not murder babies
A retired neonatal expert says his research was misused during the trial of a British nurse who was later convicted of murdering seven babies.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A lesson on how not to inform relatives of tissue retention. #pathsky #forensky www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
abc.net.au
'Traumatic': Family reacts after learning specimen from loved one may be in museum
John's brother Tony died in a motorcycle accident in the 1970s. But he's just discovered that parts of his brother's body may have been collected and stored in a museum after his autopsy, without the ...
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Sort of like cherry pink in carbon monoxide poisoning. Cherries vary from yellow through red to black. Uncommonly a carboxyhaemoglobin pink in my experience.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Chianti anyone?
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Hope they excluded anyone having Botox treatment for their “frown lines”
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
A bit overpriced!
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Injecting pills (and other particulate material) into veins is never a good idea #pathsky
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
A social distancing cheat chart:
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
But car traffic as bad as ever in central Paris in my recent experience. Maybe lower car emissions playing a key role and not so much preventing traffic from entering the area.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Peace and quiet at Virgin Australia lounge at Canberra Airport
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Or for that matter people in many other parts of the world have no idea either. Shocking and dreadful diseases.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
For what it’s worth, the results of some research we did on the topic some years back:
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
All you have to do is gentle traction with a right rotation on the head followed by a swivel around the pubis and finish with a check of your own pulse. Or is that a left rotation??? Or… maybe I should stick to my day job…
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
If this is going to be anything like the NSW approach recently commenced it can only be viewed as a positive, humane and balanced approach for those who want the option as part of their end-of-life care. www.health.nsw.gov.au/voluntary-as...
health.nsw.gov.au
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Vol au vents for the dog park gang Xmas party #sydney
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Aix-en-Provence at night
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
A question for our #forensic #toxicology colleagues: in cases of methanol poisoning due to presumed ethanol contaminated with methanol, is the methanol more commonly added to ethanol after production, or is it produced with ethanol in the manufacture and distilling process. Thanks in advance.
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Happy to be included in your list. Great work!
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Serious storm cloud bank on the way yesterday afternoon. Heavy rain, lightning, etc 15 mins later didn’t disappoint #Sydney
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 15/11/2024
‘I can hardly walk across a room’: David Lynch urges smokers to quit after emphysema diagnosis
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‘I can hardly walk across a room’: David Lynch urges smokers to quit after emphysema diagnosis
The Twin Peaks director, who began smoking at eight, says he ‘saw the writing on the wall and it said, “You’re going to die in a week if you don’t stop”’ The film-maker and lifelong smoker David Lynch has spoken out about the dangers of the habit, revealing he started smoking at the age of eight and now needs supplemental oxygen even to walk small distances. In August, the Twin Peaks director revealed that he had been diagnosed with emphysema, a chronic lung condition that causes shortness of breath. In a short statement on X at the time, he wrote: “I enjoyed smoking very much … but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and the price for me is emphysema.” Continue reading...
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Jo Duflou @jduflou.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Weather wasn’t the world’s greatest but there’s something special about a weekday out and about on #Sydney Harbour
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