Prof UNSW; Director NeuRA Centre for Pain IMPACT
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The Mississippi Senate election, with 948,648 votes counted, Scott Colom (D) leads Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) by 1,138 votes.
I’ve analysed the outstanding votes using county-level election results, historical affidavit-ballot data and Monte Carlo simulations.
Here’s what I found. 🧵
Mississippi Senate: AP has Colom up 65, DDHQ up 1,864. Which is right? We checked county reports: AP is missing batches counties already released. Local figures match DDHQ in Warren, Clay and Lowndes, putting Colom's floor near +1,240 before affidavits. #MSSen #Mississippi
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I used county-level election results published by the Associated Press on 5 November 2026, together with historical data from the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), to model the remaining ordinary and affidavit votes.
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Decompression With or Without Fusion Across Subgroups With Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Target Trial Emulation: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0 acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…
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A nice article on @HJHansford's study comparing 2 surgeries for LBP. A long road, and complicated analysis, but interesting result - more complicated surgery not better than a simpler alternative and no evidence of subgroups.
medpagetoday.com/painmanagem…
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Very nice work @HJHansford. Good to see this published. Decompression With or Without Fusion Across Subgroups With Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Target Trial Emulation: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0 acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/… @neuraustralia @UNSWMedicine
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If you would like a copy of this article, DM me your email or email me on j.mcauley@neura.edu.au
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Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Most episodes improve over time, but for many people pain can persist and become disabling. Our new review in the JAMA summarises what clinicians should know about assessment and management of low back pain. 🧵
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Perhaps the biggest message: more treatment is not always better. Care should focus on providing the right information, supporting self-management, and more intensive interventions for carefully selected patients only. Usually, less is more. #LowBackPain #MedTwitter #PrimaryCare
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