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Laura Ratcliffe

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Consultant Nephrologist | Views my own; repost does not imply agreement

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 17/03/2026
Rotational Gravity xkcd.com/3220/
Comic. [Person 1 talking to person with bun whose hands are fisted and has steam above her head and a person with a white hat who is facepalming.] PERSON 1: I was able to produce artificial gravity by rotating the ship along its longitudinal axis, helping passengers maintain muscle mass on the long-duration voyage! [caption] Well, the cruise line fired me.
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Mega #TheListereens #NephMadnessParty, complete with PopArt cake. Massive thanks to Sarah, Videsh, Shaza, Usama, and Qiang for their passionate arguments. Still can't get over the TeamCat mask!
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Sarah Melville @sarahkmels.medsky.network · 11/03/2026
lol, new meme for you & for #NephMadness 2026, 🤓😃😂
Meme about April
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ok #NephMadness has truly set in. In our local battle, POCUS in AKI just beat Complement Inhibition in IgA nephropathy.
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Not sure how to make this week more Kidney! #UKKW2026 kicked off today, #NephMadness teaching session tomorrow, and #WKD on Thursday!
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Looking forward to our second #NephMadness session tomorrow! Antonious Hanna presenting on POCUS.
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UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 10/03/2026
#UKKW26 is officially underway! Day 1 highlights include: 🧠 11:30–13:00 | Opening Plenary: Hypertension (Prof Ian Wilkinson), O’Donoghue Lecture (Prof Smeeta Sinha), Advanced Practice session (Paula McLaren) 💬 14:00–15:30 | Bridging the Gap: CKD & Primary Care Tag us/ follow #UKKW26 for updates!
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Complement inhibitors were our win for the IgA nephropathy #NephMadness bracket! Time for a new meme!
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Renal pictionary meets #NephMadness! Our first bracket party kicks off tomorrow with ...
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JAMA @jama.com · 03/03/2026
IgA nephropathy is the most common cause of immune-mediated glomerular disease worldwide. 📄 This Review summarizes the pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of primary IgA nephropathy in adults. ja.ma/47bIhht
Illustration of IgA Nephropathy pathophysiology from JAMA. Four-hit hypothesis shows: 1) Aberrant IgA1 production; 2) Gd-IgA1 entering circulation; 3) Immune complex formation; 4) Complex deposition in glomerulus. Published online January 26, 2026.
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Cristina Popa @nephroseeker.medsky.social · 01/03/2026
It’s March 1st 🌸🌷… So, it’s #NephMadness time Here are the 8 topics competing tuis year 👇👇 Any favourites? ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/w...
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Welcome to #NephMadness 2026
Our beautiful baby has grown into a moody, hormonal teen.  That’s right, it’s year 14 of NephMadness!  Whether this is your first time or you are a seasoned veteran, we have all the inf…
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Yay! The #NephMadness topics are out! ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/w...
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Welcome to #NephMadness 2026
Our beautiful baby has grown into a moody, hormonal teen.  That’s right, it’s year 14 of NephMadness!  Whether this is your first time or you are a seasoned veteran, we have all the inf…
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Brian Rifkin @brianrifkin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Are you ready for #NephMadness baby? #NephSky
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Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Sunrise (with beach cat), Tuesday, 3 February, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
#NephMadness 2026: Meet the Gamemakers bit.ly/3Nk10Ap
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year from a freezing Greenwich
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Christmas biscuits 🎄
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Fantastic light today!
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Festive London and Greenwich 🎄
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 25/11/2025
An announcement www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11... #NephJC @kidneyboy.bsky.social and moi hand over the @nephjc.bsky.social reigns to @nephroseeker.medsky.social & @brianrifkin.bsky.social
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Taking the reigns — NephJC
In April 2014, Swapnil and I launched NephJC—and within weeks we were overwhelmed by the sheer work of running a twice-monthly, Twitter-based journal club. Fortunately, we also had a deep bench of fri...
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Matthew Sparks @nephrosparks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The 2025 #NephMadness logo dropped #kidneywk ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Sunday sunshine
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Beautiful moon!
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Hollyhocks
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Hollyhocks, first draft!
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Hollyhocks reaching for the sky!
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
apnews.com/article/uae-... Other places to hear Beethoven's Ninth include St Albans tonight!
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A classical drive: Road rumble strips play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in UAE emirate of Fujairah
A highway in Fujairah, UAE, now plays Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as cars drive over special rumble strips.
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 02/07/2025
Nephrologists deported Grants defunded NIDDK folded into National Institute of body parts AHRQ demolished Now this… When are our organizations going to speak up? #NephSky
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 10/07/2025
‘It is hard to imagine any president dismantling it’ Sad, but true words @judith-levine.bsky.social On the ICE expansion as the US becomes a thug-state, in @theguardian.com. Libertarians rejoice /s www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine
Trump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militaries
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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 07/07/2025
Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 bombings struck London. On that day, 52 people were killed, with many more injured. We remember all those who lost their lives and were – and continue to be – impacted by the events of that day. www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
BMA members and staff are joined by members of the emergency services for a memorial event, 20 years after the 7/7 bombings.
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Happy solstice! Amazing swim with black squirrels keeping watch!
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Peonies in bloom
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
St Albans giants waiting for next week's parade!
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Looking forward to a fab evening of Vivaldi, Purcell and Haydn!
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Feels close. Hopefully will rain soon. Amazed that crops can grown in such dry soil.
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St Albans International Organ Festival @organfestival.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Exhilarating music, inspirational performers – celebrating the organ and so much more. The 33rd St Albans International Organ Festival and Competitions will take place from 7 to 19 July 2025. organfestival.com/the-festival/
Creative collage showing St Albans Cathedral with trees in the foreground
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Just made it for the evening chorus and sunset!
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geddescc.bsky.social @geddescc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
KFRE underestimates risk in people with CKD and frailty journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
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Frailty in Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease and... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
aim was to validate KFRE by frailty status and assess whether model performance could be improved by using cystatin based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations and to assess the impact...
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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St Albans Cathedral @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Hear music that was made to soar — in a space built to carry it. Listen and feel Vivaldi, Haydn & Purcell echoing through the nave of St Albans Cathedral with the brilliant St Albans Bach Choir on Saturday 14 June, 7.30pm. 🎟️https://bit.ly/4k0BrQf ~ @stalbansbachchoir.bsky.social #Summer #Music
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Kidney Care UK @kidneycareuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
❗Registration is now open for the Young Adult Kidney Group annual residential weekend! This free event is for young people aged 18-30 who have a kidney condition. Find out more & sign up for 2025 here 👇👉 kidneycareuk.org/get-support/... Registration closes on Thurs 26 June
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
What would the kidney sound like, expressed as orchestral music? Fascinating programme about the Organ Symphony, which "brings to life the stories of five people and their relationship with one of their vital organs." loftusmedia.co.uk/project/the-... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Illuminated - The Organ Symphony - BBC Sounds
Five peoples' stories about their relationship with an internal organ - set to music.
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Glorious full moon this evening
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 23/04/2025
The ASIs have arrived www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Aldosterone synthase inhibitors - first one to finish the phase 3 line #Lorundrostat #Hypertension
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Lorundrostat Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension | NEJM
Aldosterone dysregulation contributes to hypertension. Lorundrostat is an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, but data on its efficacy and safety in patients with hypertension are limited. In this mult...
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Bluebells at Kew
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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Tried to look something up on Israel Penn International Transplant Tumour Registry (www.ipittwww.ipittr.uc.edu/Home.cfm) and got a 404. If anyone has the new link, would be v grateful. #NephSky
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#NephMadness 2025: The Winners bit.ly/NM25Winners
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#NephMadness 2025: The Winners
NephMadness 2025 brought us the both the most competitive matchups and brackets in our illustrious history.  Team CAR-T for Autoimmune Diseases from the CAR-T for Kidney Disease Region was eventual…
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