Anne Marie Westreich
@annemariewestreich.bsky.social
Lover of food, wine, dogs, travel and progressive politics and journalism. Health care comms person turned cancer genetic counselor. DC ➡️ NYC ➡️ LA ➡️ DC
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
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"Ours may be a pernicious history, but the trajectory of genetics has been one that tends towards progress and equity"
Excellent explainer from @adamrutherford.bsky.social on why racial groupings have no sound biological basis.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Excellent explainer from @adamrutherford.bsky.social on why racial groupings have no sound biological basis.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race
As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race.
www.bbc.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Ours may be a pernicious history, but the trajectory of genetics has been one that tends towards progress and equity"
Excellent explainer from @adamrutherford.bsky.social on why racial groupings have no sound biological basis.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Excellent explainer from @adamrutherford.bsky.social on why racial groupings have no sound biological basis.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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We have the means to end pancreatic cancer, but decided not to.
Historians will be puzzled.
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
Historians will be puzzled.
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
In Early-Phase Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial, Investigational mRNA Vaccine Induces Sustained Immune Activity in Small Patient Group
Learn how MSK researchers are deploying mRNA vaccines against pancreatic cancer.
www.mskcc.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We have the means to end pancreatic cancer, but decided not to.
Historians will be puzzled.
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
Historians will be puzzled.
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
Gene therapy - a perfect example of how investing in scientific research changes our patients’ lives @andrewgregory.com #medsky #genesky
U.K. doctors cure blindness in children with rare genetic condition. Four children with leber congenital amaurosis can now see shapes, find toys, recognise their parents’ faces and some can read and write, by @andrewgregory.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025... via @theguardian.com #GeneTherapy
Doctors in London cure blindness in children with rare condition
Four children can now see shapes, find toys, recognise their parents’ faces and some can read and write
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Gene therapy - a perfect example of how investing in scientific research changes our patients’ lives @andrewgregory.com #medsky #genesky
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U.K. doctors cure blindness in children with rare genetic condition. Four children with leber congenital amaurosis can now see shapes, find toys, recognise their parents’ faces and some can read and write, by @andrewgregory.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025... via @theguardian.com #GeneTherapy
Doctors in London cure blindness in children with rare condition
Four children can now see shapes, find toys, recognise their parents’ faces and some can read and write
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
U.K. doctors cure blindness in children with rare genetic condition. Four children with leber congenital amaurosis can now see shapes, find toys, recognise their parents’ faces and some can read and write, by @andrewgregory.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025... via @theguardian.com #GeneTherapy
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Trump is cutting "indirect costs" for NIH grants. It sounds benign. It's not. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Cutting Cancer Research
Sometimes, it gets personal.
open.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Trump is cutting "indirect costs" for NIH grants. It sounds benign. It's not. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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I wrote about Kendrick Lamar Superbowl performance-- its subversive messaging about America being a rigged, deadly game of survival-- especially for Black people.
But we need to stop pretending revolution is going to come from celebrities. It'll come from us.
Gift link here: wapo.st/42JVBs6
But we need to stop pretending revolution is going to come from celebrities. It'll come from us.
Gift link here: wapo.st/42JVBs6
Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s performance was as Black and subversive as all get-out
His message at the Super Bowl was a warning and a threat.
wapo.st
February 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I wrote about Kendrick Lamar Superbowl performance-- its subversive messaging about America being a rigged, deadly game of survival-- especially for Black people.
But we need to stop pretending revolution is going to come from celebrities. It'll come from us.
Gift link here: wapo.st/42JVBs6
But we need to stop pretending revolution is going to come from celebrities. It'll come from us.
Gift link here: wapo.st/42JVBs6
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An American flag built on the backs of Black people...
Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways
All this in New Orleans... What a moment
Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways
All this in New Orleans... What a moment
February 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
An American flag built on the backs of Black people...
Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways
All this in New Orleans... What a moment
Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways
All this in New Orleans... What a moment
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NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
February 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
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Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”
February 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”
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- We are halting the work that will lead to the next Havroni, Wegovy/Ozempic, CAR-T. We are giving up on a cure for Alzheimer's, addiction. We are abandoning the study of how we can get the benefits of AI in healthcare and minimize the harms. We. Are. Abandoning. Patients.
January 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
- We are halting the work that will lead to the next Havroni, Wegovy/Ozempic, CAR-T. We are giving up on a cure for Alzheimer's, addiction. We are abandoning the study of how we can get the benefits of AI in healthcare and minimize the harms. We. Are. Abandoning. Patients.
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Take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling and marvel at this clip. A jawdropping feat of editing by Questlove - incredible!
Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL Fanatic
YouTube video by SNL Fanatic
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January 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling and marvel at this clip. A jawdropping feat of editing by Questlove - incredible!
Disappointing showing today, but a really fun season and great things ahead. #raisehail #Commanders
a flag with the letter w on it is waving in the wind
ALT: a flag with the letter w on it is waving in the wind
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January 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Disappointing showing today, but a really fun season and great things ahead. #raisehail #Commanders
45 points on the road against this team??! Truly never dared to imagine #raisehail #nflsky #commanders
January 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
45 points on the road against this team??! Truly never dared to imagine #raisehail #nflsky #commanders
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Washington ends the first half with 312 total yards of offense.
That's the single highest yardage total in the postseason for ANY team in the last five years.
And it's a Rookie QB on the road.
Incredible.
That's the single highest yardage total in the postseason for ANY team in the last five years.
And it's a Rookie QB on the road.
Incredible.
January 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Washington ends the first half with 312 total yards of offense.
That's the single highest yardage total in the postseason for ANY team in the last five years.
And it's a Rookie QB on the road.
Incredible.
That's the single highest yardage total in the postseason for ANY team in the last five years.
And it's a Rookie QB on the road.
Incredible.
OMMMGGGG COMMANDERS, what a half! #nflsky #raisehail
January 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
OMMMGGGG COMMANDERS, what a half! #nflsky #raisehail
Good point, and we still need to correct misconceptions about who should have genetic testing in families with only “female” cancers. E.g. - breast or colon cancer <50, any ovarian/panc ca, rare cancers - are all good reasons for females/males to see a genetic counselor to learn personalized risks.
The American Cancer Society issued a new 2025 report emphasizing the rise of early-onset cancer (age <50 years) among women
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/...
But that misses the steeper rise of gastrointestinal cancer in both sexes at younger ages
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/...
But that misses the steeper rise of gastrointestinal cancer in both sexes at younger ages
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
January 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Good point, and we still need to correct misconceptions about who should have genetic testing in families with only “female” cancers. E.g. - breast or colon cancer <50, any ovarian/panc ca, rare cancers - are all good reasons for females/males to see a genetic counselor to learn personalized risks.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
“…Given the lack of appropriate guardrails that would normally prevent an anti-vaccine activist, science denialist and conspiracy theorist from heading the country’s most important public health agency, it’s a dangerous time to be a child in the United States.”
“…Given the lack of appropriate guardrails that would normally prevent an anti-vaccine activist, science denialist and conspiracy theorist from heading the country’s most important public health agency, it’s a dangerous time to be a child in the United States.”
Opinion | RFK Jr. Is a Vaccine Cynic, Not Skeptic. (Gift Article)
My job is to ask tough questions of vaccine makers. That’s not what he is doing.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
“…Given the lack of appropriate guardrails that would normally prevent an anti-vaccine activist, science denialist and conspiracy theorist from heading the country’s most important public health agency, it’s a dangerous time to be a child in the United States.”
“…Given the lack of appropriate guardrails that would normally prevent an anti-vaccine activist, science denialist and conspiracy theorist from heading the country’s most important public health agency, it’s a dangerous time to be a child in the United States.”
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People outside of LA truly don’t understand how apocalyptic this is. It’s worse than it’s ever been. Entire residential neighborhoods are burning to the ground.
January 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
People outside of LA truly don’t understand how apocalyptic this is. It’s worse than it’s ever been. Entire residential neighborhoods are burning to the ground.
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Amazing to see this unique attempt at research-by-partnership play out!
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...
Drug Company to Share Revenues With Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes
Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Amazing to see this unique attempt at research-by-partnership play out!
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...
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Twelve wins!
Sixth seed!
Victory!
What a day...
Sixth seed!
Victory!
What a day...
January 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Twelve wins!
Sixth seed!
Victory!
What a day...
Sixth seed!
Victory!
What a day...
PLAYOFFS for Jayden Daniels and my #Commanders, AND viewable from LA, whew what a world #nflsky
December 30, 2024 at 4:46 AM
PLAYOFFS for Jayden Daniels and my #Commanders, AND viewable from LA, whew what a world #nflsky