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Ian Weissman, DO
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Radiologist @DeptVetAffairs #AdvocatingForPatients #PublicHealth #Activist @RadiologyACR and @RSNA #Leadership http://www.linkedin.com/in/ianweissmando
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A black box warning has been in place more than 20 years. An Ob/gyn society and the National Menopause Foundation welcomes the move. The FDA is also approving new drugs to treat menopause symptoms.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions of Americans.
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An emerging shutdown deal doesn't extend expiring health subsidies. Here's what could happen to them
A legislative package that could end the weekslong government shutdown leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less cost...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Leading flu experts predict this will be the worst flu season in a decade.
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New flu virus mutation could see ‘worst season in a decade'
Leading flu experts say they will not be surprised if this year's is the worst flu season for a decade.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Canada’s loss of measles elimination status has reverberations for the Americas, the only region of the WHO that has ever achieved measles-elimination status. When even one country in a region loses measles-elimination status, the entire region loses it.
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Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Heartwarming!!
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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music is the quickening art
(original) Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era
YouTube video by Music & Memory
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November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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This Is a disaster!
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Many in the PNW use light boxes during the winter, for insomnia. In my patient settings (community Rx, long term care, MD offices), insomnia peaked in the dead of winter (down to less than 8 hrs/daylight). AM light can help reset sleep patterns.
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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good news...😂
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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"National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters."
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National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters
As the government shutdown wore on in October, calls began surging, signaling that Americans are very concerned about paying their bills and feeding their families.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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"Our biggest challenge was to counter misinformation. This underscores the challenge of public vaccination efforts where skepticism is often fueled by social media hearsay and conspiracies."
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A first-time HPV vaccination campaign sees some success -- and strong resistance
The goal: inoculate 90% of girls in parts of Pakistan to immunize them against the infection that causes cervical cancer. "Our biggest challenge was to counter misinformation," says a spokesman.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Listening to music into old age could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40%, a new study has found.
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Listening to Music Has a Surprising Impact on Dementia Risk, Study Shows
Listening to music into old age could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40 percent, a new study has found.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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"Light therapy is another option. Research shows it can help up to 85% of people when started early in the season."
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As Days Get Darker, Experts Warn of Rising Seasonal Depression
SUNDAY, Nov. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As the days get shorter and temperatures drop, many people start to feel a noticeable shift in their mood, a condition k
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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“I think it’s important that we’re honest with the world and we declare failure. Warming’s harms are happening faster and more severely than scientists predicted." But diplomats aren’t giving up.
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Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Recall lookout!
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Organic baby formula recall after federal officials linked it to a 10-state infant botulism outbreak. The recall includes two lots of the powdered formula with Dec. 1 “use by” dates, the FDA said in a statement Saturday. The lot numbers are 206VABP/251261P2 and 206VABP/251131P2.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Good news for many.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Adding banana to your smoothie is a slippery slope
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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That's a completely inappropriate comparison. At the time of the Black Death, there was neither modern science nor global networking. One thing is certain, however: many groups are spreading misinformation and are just as ignorant of scientific matters as they were back then.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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"The study was extremely small — only 15 patients with severe disease — and was meant to test the safety of a new medication delivered by CRISPR-Cas9, a biological sort of scissor which cuts a targeted gene to modify or turn it on or off."

But ...🥳😊
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Bring it on.
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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"Misinformation surrounding COVID is still a major problem more than five years after its emergence. Unfortunately, time doesn’t always offer clarity. Even after hundreds of years, our understanding of the Black Death remains clouded by false narratives."
www.popsci.com/health/black...
Centuries of Black Death misinformation started with a poem
A 14th century trickster tale was misread as fact.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Scientists have edited a gene that may reduce high cholesterol permanently.
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Scientists have edited a gene that may reduce high cholesterol permanently | CNN
Dangerously high levels of “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides may be reduced by gene editing, in what study researchers hope will be a “one and done” treatment.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM