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RHRLeBlanc

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Physician, Physicist, Hematologist, with deep interest in Genomics, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Academics, LLMs, and potential applications of AIs to cognitive medicine, 'approach which values the physician's ability to synthesize information' (Copilot)

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · Feb 6

Demythifying the significant p in the genomic era

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 5h

False hope, fabricated data: No public notice after UBC uncovered serious misconduct in medical study www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @bethanylindsay.bsky.social @theijf.org

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Aziz Ghahary, then a scientist in the University of British Columbia's plastic surgery department, appears in a 2015 video to promote his research on burn healing.

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 2h

“The heat trapped by CO2 and other greenhouse gases is turbo-charging our climate and leading to more extreme weather. Reducing emissions is therefore essential not just for our climate but also for our economic security and community wellbeing.”

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Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 3h

A gene on the X chromosome has been identified as a driver of brain inflammation in females, helping explain higher rates of Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis in women and suggesting new intervention targets. doi.org/g96x8c

Why women's brains face higher risk: Scientists pinpoint X-chromosome gene behind MS and Alzheimer's

New research by UCLA Health has identified a sex-chromosome linked gene that drives inflammation in the female brain, offering insight into why women are disproportionately affected by conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis as well as offering a potential target for intervention.

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 5h

"One concern is that if someone is actively involved in conducting a clinical study — gathering data, interpreting data — and they have a financial stake, they may end up coming up with interpretations and findings that happen to coincide with their financial interests"

RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 22h

@cdubesante.bsky.social @sante.quebec

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L'État allemand remplace Microsoft Exchange et Outlook par une messagerie électronique open source - ZDNET

En Allemagne, le Schleswig-Holstein est passé de Microsoft Exchange et Outlook à Open-Xchange et Thunderbird pour sa messagerie électronique.

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 22h

Loneliness and social isolation are associated with an increased risk of death from cancer and all causes among individuals with cancer, according to a pooled analysis of global data.

Loneliness and social isolation linked to heightened risk of death in those with cancer

Loneliness and social isolation are linked to a heightened risk of death from cancer as well as from all causes among those with the disease, finds a pooled data analysis of the available research published online in the open access journal BMJ Oncology.

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 1d

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La forêt canadienne ne pousse pas bien.

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 1d

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JPL's Role in Making 'The Martian' a Reality

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory plays an important role in the novel and film "The Martian."

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 2d

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La Californie encadre les robots conversationnels d’IA après plusieurs drames

Gouverneur Gavin Newsom, selon ChatGPT La Californie devient le premier État américain à encadrer légalement les robots conversationnels d’intelligence artificielle. Le gouverneur Gavin Newsom a si…

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 2d

The truth of autism will continue to be found in science, not myth. Canadian research needs to lead the world forward, by Stephen Scherer and Evdokia Anagnostou www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: The truth of autism will continue to be found in science, not myth

Canadian research needs to lead the world forward

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 2d

Time and tide wait for no man.

Nor do chemistry and physics.

John Vaillant p273

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Fire Weather by John Vaillant: 9780525434245 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION...

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shane loeffler @shaneloeffler.com · 5d

This book is so good

Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · May 21

Wrote a long book that comes out August. It covers from the origins of life at alkaline hydrothermal vents some 4 billion years ago through the Volcker Shock. I'm told pre-orders help, so if that sounds like your thing, buy one, won't you? www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything

How carbon dioxide made planet Earth, shaped human history, and now holds our future in the balance. Every year, we are dangerously warping the climate by ...

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 3d

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Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies

The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of comput...

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 3d

Since the good specialty residency spots will be grabbed during the first round, one can deduce that these residents will be pushed to accept general practice residencies and invited to go and work in small peripheral communities…

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 3d

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Clara Immerwahr and the moral responsibility of science - Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom

Clara Immerwahr was the first woman in Germany to receive a doctorate in chemistry. A week before her death, Clara’s husband had orchestrated the first chlorine-gas attack of World War I at Ypres, Bel...

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 4d

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Transformation numérique | Santé Québec fait le choix de la transparence

Les projets de Dossier santé numérique et de Système d’information des finances, de l’approvisionnement et des ressources humaines ont été suspendus, mais Santé Québec veut toujours les déployer, écri...

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 4d

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 4d

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Le prix Donald de la paix

Depuis quelque temps, la MAGAsphère est mobilisée pour réclamer un prix Nobel pour son gourou qui est en train de massacrer à la tronçonneuse la démocratie et le tissu social américain.

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 4d

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 6d

Liberté académique et autonomie universitaire, deux piliers de la démocratie www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

Liberté académique et autonomie universitaire, deux piliers de la démocratie

Ce contre-pouvoir essentiel essuie des attaques qui affaiblissent autant la recherche que la démocratie.

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 6d

www.canhealth.com/2025/10/08/s...

Santé Québec delays digital transformation projects | Canadian Healthcare Technology

QUEBEC CITY – Santé Québec, the less-than-year-old Crown corporation that oversees the province’s healthcare network, has now postponed one of its digital transformation projects and suspended another...

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 6d

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 8d

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 5d

Tension between human attention & bureaucracy is a defining challenge of modern medicine. Healthcare workers may spend > 60% of their time on administrative duties. The cognitive burden & relentless pace of latter have driven record burnout levels & eroded joy. @FMSQ @FMOQ @cdubesante.bsky.social

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 5d

Reclaiming care of patients in the age of A.I.
"A.I. will not replace care, rather, it could help us rediscover it."
This week's @thelancet.com editorial
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