Chad Ruffin, MD
@chadruffinmd.bsky.social
ENT and cochlear implant surgeon, first person born deaf to become a surgeon with #CochlearImplants. 🤟advocate. 🌈 🛩 He/Him
“Doing your own research,” may be Dunning Kruger, but patients don’t know what they don’t know, and many have medical trauma. Snide responses like these are unhelpful. Punch up, not down.
Stand Up for Science
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
March 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“Doing your own research,” may be Dunning Kruger, but patients don’t know what they don’t know, and many have medical trauma. Snide responses like these are unhelpful. Punch up, not down.
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Child has a fever and mild cold symptoms. They see their PCP/urgent care/etc and get diagnosis of "strep" without testing or ear infection. They get started on amoxil.
3 days later the fever breaks and the kid gets a rash all over.
This happens ALL THE TIME.
3 days later the fever breaks and the kid gets a rash all over.
This happens ALL THE TIME.
March 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Child has a fever and mild cold symptoms. They see their PCP/urgent care/etc and get diagnosis of "strep" without testing or ear infection. They get started on amoxil.
3 days later the fever breaks and the kid gets a rash all over.
This happens ALL THE TIME.
3 days later the fever breaks and the kid gets a rash all over.
This happens ALL THE TIME.
@labmuffin.com Love your site! What's a reputable site for shipping La Roche-Posay UVMUNE 400 to the U.S?
March 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
@labmuffin.com Love your site! What's a reputable site for shipping La Roche-Posay UVMUNE 400 to the U.S?
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I would do it exclusively in red areas. Go where minds can be changed. Not where the choir already stands behind you !
Good idea. But why not have him do it from Main Street, USA? Go on location and deliver the news to the people outside the DC bubble. Interview people the news would affect.
Don’t make it a press conf. Make it a sales pitch that happens to be a news/entertainment show with direct distribution.
Don’t make it a press conf. Make it a sales pitch that happens to be a news/entertainment show with direct distribution.
February 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I would do it exclusively in red areas. Go where minds can be changed. Not where the choir already stands behind you !
Can someone suggest a service that lets people email or call their legislators directly through a campaign-specific link with as little friction as possible?
You see a link/QR code in a video that takes you to a page that populates emails and calls to your elected officials.
You see a link/QR code in a video that takes you to a page that populates emails and calls to your elected officials.
February 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Can someone suggest a service that lets people email or call their legislators directly through a campaign-specific link with as little friction as possible?
You see a link/QR code in a video that takes you to a page that populates emails and calls to your elected officials.
You see a link/QR code in a video that takes you to a page that populates emails and calls to your elected officials.
Probably because the reproducibility crisis means that only 10% of research findings are of any consequence and that major grants are awarded to people with one foot in the grave–young scientists and risks are verboten at NIH.
I’m scrolling through news a day after the Trump admin shut down coms, travel, and function from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and I don’t see any mainstream media coverage for an impact upon our society & economy that is going to be multiples of 100s of billions and science and health.
January 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Probably because the reproducibility crisis means that only 10% of research findings are of any consequence and that major grants are awarded to people with one foot in the grave–young scientists and risks are verboten at NIH.
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This Thursday! @chadruffinmd.bsky.social will be the featured speaker of MDisability's Provider Webinar Series from 12-1 p.m. EDT. Dr. Ruffin will speak about the importance of providing holistic care for people with hearing loss & discuss new treatment strategies. Register now! bit.ly/3ZAZYTf
January 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This Thursday! @chadruffinmd.bsky.social will be the featured speaker of MDisability's Provider Webinar Series from 12-1 p.m. EDT. Dr. Ruffin will speak about the importance of providing holistic care for people with hearing loss & discuss new treatment strategies. Register now! bit.ly/3ZAZYTf
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Honored to speak at the University of Michigan's MDisability series! to improve primary care for people with disabilities. Join us–no need to be a doctor.
"Beyond Amplification: Hearing Loss for Primary Care Providers."
January 9, 12-1 p.m. EDT
ASL interpreters available.
Register: bit.ly/3PM9peK
"Beyond Amplification: Hearing Loss for Primary Care Providers."
January 9, 12-1 p.m. EDT
ASL interpreters available.
Register: bit.ly/3PM9peK
December 12, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Honored to speak at the University of Michigan's MDisability series! to improve primary care for people with disabilities. Join us–no need to be a doctor.
"Beyond Amplification: Hearing Loss for Primary Care Providers."
January 9, 12-1 p.m. EDT
ASL interpreters available.
Register: bit.ly/3PM9peK
"Beyond Amplification: Hearing Loss for Primary Care Providers."
January 9, 12-1 p.m. EDT
ASL interpreters available.
Register: bit.ly/3PM9peK
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Truly remarkable how Republicans manage to be on the wrong side of everything, their steadfastness in corruption and incompetence. There's an obvious answer to, "should the government make it easy to file taxes, or should people be forced to use private companies to do it?"
And yet.
And yet.
new republican day one priority: making it harder and more expensive to file your taxes
December 11, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Truly remarkable how Republicans manage to be on the wrong side of everything, their steadfastness in corruption and incompetence. There's an obvious answer to, "should the government make it easy to file taxes, or should people be forced to use private companies to do it?"
And yet.
And yet.
"Their 105-qubit quantum processor, Willow, performed in less than five minutes a computation that would take one of today's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years - about a quadrillion times longer than the universe has been around."
Google's new quantum chip cuts key error rate
The company's research could point the way to more practical uses for rapidly evolving quantum computing tech.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:43 PM
"Their 105-qubit quantum processor, Willow, performed in less than five minutes a computation that would take one of today's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years - about a quadrillion times longer than the universe has been around."
What ChatGPT thinks I look like based on my tweets and ChatGPT history
December 3, 2024 at 5:32 AM
What ChatGPT thinks I look like based on my tweets and ChatGPT history
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I think you should all read Jon Chait's piece and so I am gifting it to you.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
December 2, 2024 at 3:33 AM
I think you should all read Jon Chait's piece and so I am gifting it to you.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Uh...yeah...there are harms, namely to deaf and hard of hearing people.
When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...
Study confirms face masks' effectiveness in reducing disease transmission, calls for improved public understanding
Researchers reviewed the benefits, practicalities, and harms of masks and masking, finding that masks are effective in reducing respiratory disease transmission despite some adverse effects, and empha...
www.news-medical.net
November 30, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Uh...yeah...there are harms, namely to deaf and hard of hearing people.
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A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 AM
A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.
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From not being able to find people within auditory research to not being able to follow up on notifications. This is fantastic! So nice to see this community growing! Do not hesitate to contact me if you want want to be added to this list, particularly young/early career peeps.
go.bsky.app/2V3D2mu
go.bsky.app/2V3D2mu
November 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM
From not being able to find people within auditory research to not being able to follow up on notifications. This is fantastic! So nice to see this community growing! Do not hesitate to contact me if you want want to be added to this list, particularly young/early career peeps.
go.bsky.app/2V3D2mu
go.bsky.app/2V3D2mu
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As an emergency physician from day 1 of the pandemic, who was offered a COVID vaccine the first week it was available, I had watched young, healthy people die in alarming ways, but I was worried about sticking this stuff into my arm that was approved under an emergency authorization. 1/
Today’s class session in my introductory public health class is going to be entirely devoted to an overview of how vaccines work and how they are researched and regulated. I believe it is my responsibility as a public health professor to share this information and be available to discuss questions.
November 21, 2024 at 1:54 PM
As an emergency physician from day 1 of the pandemic, who was offered a COVID vaccine the first week it was available, I had watched young, healthy people die in alarming ways, but I was worried about sticking this stuff into my arm that was approved under an emergency authorization. 1/
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Looks like @radiofreetom.bsky.social is more active here than Twitter/X.
September 13, 2023 at 1:30 PM
Looks like @radiofreetom.bsky.social is more active here than Twitter/X.