Medlife Crisis (Rohin)
@medcrisis.bsky.social
Dr Rohin Francis. Consultant cardiologist with a sub-specialisation in useless videos, found on YouTube and Nebula. Less funny than placebo (p<0.05)
Dad, doctor, dork
Dad, doctor, dork
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How a quirk of human biology created the mafia
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis 2
youtu.be
🍋 New video! 🍋
Come take a walk with me through some Sicilian farmland and hear one of my favourite stories about how a ‘weakness’ of human evolution resulted the rise of the Cosa Nostra
(this is my second channel, you should subscribe to it to boost my ego)
youtu.be/7I9xL6Z4K5k?...
Come take a walk with me through some Sicilian farmland and hear one of my favourite stories about how a ‘weakness’ of human evolution resulted the rise of the Cosa Nostra
(this is my second channel, you should subscribe to it to boost my ego)
youtu.be/7I9xL6Z4K5k?...
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Saw this and thought of @medcrisis.bsky.social's attempts to dispel some of this bullshit over the years but I think things are just getting worse
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Saw this and thought of @medcrisis.bsky.social's attempts to dispel some of this bullshit over the years but I think things are just getting worse
Never watched DTS so maybe I’m missing some context but why is there so much Lando Norris hate?
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Never watched DTS so maybe I’m missing some context but why is there so much Lando Norris hate?
I had a lovely catch up chat with @jamesheathers.bsky.social at the weekend. I am thoroughly inspired by the work he and team are doing at the Medical Evidence Project. They act on tip offs for fraudulent and/or inaccurate science used to shape medical practice. Know any? medicalevidenceproject.org
The Medical Evidence Project
We find bad research that affects health and life
medicalevidenceproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I had a lovely catch up chat with @jamesheathers.bsky.social at the weekend. I am thoroughly inspired by the work he and team are doing at the Medical Evidence Project. They act on tip offs for fraudulent and/or inaccurate science used to shape medical practice. Know any? medicalevidenceproject.org
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Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
As in: “You got shittlehope of crossing that mate”
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
As in: “You got shittlehope of crossing that mate”
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It's one of the most powerful films I've seen in my life. It's also one that is very hard to recommend, since it is so bleak and paints such a damning portrait of humanity's capacity for evil.
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It's one of the most powerful films I've seen in my life. It's also one that is very hard to recommend, since it is so bleak and paints such a damning portrait of humanity's capacity for evil.
A short video that started as a bluesky post a few weeks ago. For clarity, I am actually quite optimistic about AI being useful in many areas of medicine. I’m just saying being a “diagnostic machine” really won’t move the modern healthcare needle that much
youtube.com/shorts/hRv5K...
youtube.com/shorts/hRv5K...
What everyone gets wrong about AI in medicine
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A short video that started as a bluesky post a few weeks ago. For clarity, I am actually quite optimistic about AI being useful in many areas of medicine. I’m just saying being a “diagnostic machine” really won’t move the modern healthcare needle that much
youtube.com/shorts/hRv5K...
youtube.com/shorts/hRv5K...
Anything’s possible! Except some things.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Anything’s possible! Except some things.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Wow. It’s not often a youtube video stops me in my tracks and leaves me stunned for a few minutes. To be fair, it’s the documentary that the youtube video is about that packs the punch, one I had heard about but thus far not seen – will rectify that asap
youtu.be/-pwT9arjasw?...
youtu.be/-pwT9arjasw?...
The Documentary That Exposed a Genocide
YouTube video by Projectionist
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wow. It’s not often a youtube video stops me in my tracks and leaves me stunned for a few minutes. To be fair, it’s the documentary that the youtube video is about that packs the punch, one I had heard about but thus far not seen – will rectify that asap
youtu.be/-pwT9arjasw?...
youtu.be/-pwT9arjasw?...
I started a talk a few weeks ago by talking about how many of these otherwise healthy young men are ending up on my table with heart disease. The link is broadly anecdotal at the moment – no cardiovascular research exists with TRT in patients who DON’T have a pre existing proven deficiency
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I started a talk a few weeks ago by talking about how many of these otherwise healthy young men are ending up on my table with heart disease. The link is broadly anecdotal at the moment – no cardiovascular research exists with TRT in patients who DON’T have a pre existing proven deficiency
What a great obit, all the more poignant knowing the author herself has passed too [can read w/ free sign up]
There’s so much to say about the Watson phenomenon; embodied now by people like Dawkins. A reminder great scientists have very human flaws, prone to contrarianism and bias; ie poor science
There’s so much to say about the Watson phenomenon; embodied now by people like Dawkins. A reminder great scientists have very human flaws, prone to contrarianism and bias; ie poor science
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
What a great obit, all the more poignant knowing the author herself has passed too [can read w/ free sign up]
There’s so much to say about the Watson phenomenon; embodied now by people like Dawkins. A reminder great scientists have very human flaws, prone to contrarianism and bias; ie poor science
There’s so much to say about the Watson phenomenon; embodied now by people like Dawkins. A reminder great scientists have very human flaws, prone to contrarianism and bias; ie poor science
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Against overmedicalization youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0 @medcrisis.bsky.social
Screening Saves Lives! Right??
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Against overmedicalization youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0 @medcrisis.bsky.social
lol can you imagine leaving such a pathetic comment under a post about SCRUBS? The show with a multi-ethnic bromance, a sassy Latina; that mocked WASPs, jocks and capitalistic medicine? Whose hero character was a tortured soul that cared too much about his patients? All time top 10 wokest TV show 😂
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
lol can you imagine leaving such a pathetic comment under a post about SCRUBS? The show with a multi-ethnic bromance, a sassy Latina; that mocked WASPs, jocks and capitalistic medicine? Whose hero character was a tortured soul that cared too much about his patients? All time top 10 wokest TV show 😂
Breaking News!! No seriously, we’re doing something new at @nebula.tv
You can now try Nebula *free* for 3 days. As a doctor, I cannot advise you to stay up for 72 hours straight and watch as much exclusive content as possible, but you could try…
Sign up via my link here
go.nebula.tv/medlifecrisis
You can now try Nebula *free* for 3 days. As a doctor, I cannot advise you to stay up for 72 hours straight and watch as much exclusive content as possible, but you could try…
Sign up via my link here
go.nebula.tv/medlifecrisis
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Breaking News!! No seriously, we’re doing something new at @nebula.tv
You can now try Nebula *free* for 3 days. As a doctor, I cannot advise you to stay up for 72 hours straight and watch as much exclusive content as possible, but you could try…
Sign up via my link here
go.nebula.tv/medlifecrisis
You can now try Nebula *free* for 3 days. As a doctor, I cannot advise you to stay up for 72 hours straight and watch as much exclusive content as possible, but you could try…
Sign up via my link here
go.nebula.tv/medlifecrisis
JD and the Todd have sadly aged quite noticeably. Turk and Carla look pretty much the same. Genetic reverse racism I can get on board with.
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JD and the Todd have sadly aged quite noticeably. Turk and Carla look pretty much the same. Genetic reverse racism I can get on board with.
Hope he’s okay. Can’t help but notice RFK making the speediest possible exit directly away from the man in need of support. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Secretary for Health and Human Services of the great USA
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hope he’s okay. Can’t help but notice RFK making the speediest possible exit directly away from the man in need of support. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Secretary for Health and Human Services of the great USA
The King of Hearts, First of His Name, Lord of Coronaries, Chief of Cardiology, Myocardial Master and Viceroy of Ventricles will suffice. All of them.
Silly question, if I refer to you in a YouTube comment, do you prefer Rohin or Dr. Francis?
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The King of Hearts, First of His Name, Lord of Coronaries, Chief of Cardiology, Myocardial Master and Viceroy of Ventricles will suffice. All of them.
Sigh
A good summary Rohin. Nothing has really changed in my mind here but we get the usual daily hail headlines that will drive a wave of demand and anxiety and potential harm
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sigh
Enjoyable way to start the day, reading of MBS’s dream of The Line crumbling into ruin. Fans of urbanism/engineering YouTube like me have been watching videos for yrs now saying it is impossible. Delightful to see them proven right. Still a cataclysmic waste of resources 😔 ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Enjoyable way to start the day, reading of MBS’s dream of The Line crumbling into ruin. Fans of urbanism/engineering YouTube like me have been watching videos for yrs now saying it is impossible. Delightful to see them proven right. Still a cataclysmic waste of resources 😔 ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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I rarely interact with screening since in many sense both ICU and anaesthetics are tertiary specialties but the notion of "less is more" is one sometimes people struggle with but is frequently the right choice.
Great vid from Rohin.
Great vid from Rohin.
Trying to bring a bit of old fashioned classic twitter-era medical discussion to Bluesky!
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Screening Saves Lives! Right??
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I rarely interact with screening since in many sense both ICU and anaesthetics are tertiary specialties but the notion of "less is more" is one sometimes people struggle with but is frequently the right choice.
Great vid from Rohin.
Great vid from Rohin.
Trying to bring a bit of old fashioned classic twitter-era medical discussion to Bluesky!
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Screening Saves Lives! Right??
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trying to bring a bit of old fashioned classic twitter-era medical discussion to Bluesky!
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Cracking thread. I adore the countryside but I’m a city boy through and through
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Cracking thread. I adore the countryside but I’m a city boy through and through
Something you might not be aware of, and it’s not particularly important, is that Zohran Mamdani’s Hindi is *really* good. That’s pretty rare for non-resident Indians
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Something you might not be aware of, and it’s not particularly important, is that Zohran Mamdani’s Hindi is *really* good. That’s pretty rare for non-resident Indians