Ruth Ann Crystal
@drruth.bsky.social
Also known as @CatchTheBaby on Twitter
OBGYN physician, innovator, baker
Weekly newsletter at https://drruth.substack.com/
#Medsky #LongCOVID
OBGYN physician, innovator, baker
Weekly newsletter at https://drruth.substack.com/
#Medsky #LongCOVID
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Ruth Ann Crystal
@drruth.bsky.social
· Nov 21
✨UPDATED✨
New to Bluesky? HELPFUL LINKS:
Welcome Post, explains many things:
buff.ly/3CAeIKe
Medsky starter packs:
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Directory of Starter Packs by keyword to find people to follow: buff.ly/3AAmJxW
To Bookmark a skeet, reply with 📌.
New to Bluesky? HELPFUL LINKS:
Welcome Post, explains many things:
buff.ly/3CAeIKe
Medsky starter packs:
buff.ly/3ZgguJ3
🧵of some Medsky specialties buff.ly/4ghdhir
Directory of Starter Packs by keyword to find people to follow: buff.ly/3AAmJxW
To Bookmark a skeet, reply with 📌.
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Really interesting stuff in here (for medical nerds like me)
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Really interesting stuff in here (for medical nerds like me)
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Get this: Coffee suppressed atrial fibrillation!
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Get this: Coffee suppressed atrial fibrillation!
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4
"Exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute) just published this amazing op-ed" -Megan Ranney
"Exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute) just published this amazing op-ed" -Megan Ranney
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4
"Exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute) just published this amazing op-ed" -Megan Ranney
"Exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute) just published this amazing op-ed" -Megan Ranney
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Here are some of the 2025 Finalists for the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards www.comedywildlifephoto.com
#photography
#photography
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Here are some of the 2025 Finalists for the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards www.comedywildlifephoto.com
#photography
#photography
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Elon Musk just secured a $1 trillion payout.
This same man helped dismantle USAID - an agency that cost ~$23 billion a year and saved millions of lives. Its collapse is projected to cause 14 million preventable deaths by 2030.
That is his real legacy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This same man helped dismantle USAID - an agency that cost ~$23 billion a year and saved millions of lives. Its collapse is projected to cause 14 million preventable deaths by 2030.
That is his real legacy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tesla Shareholders Approve $1 Trillion Pay Package for Musk
Elon Musk responded in kind to Tesla Inc. investors approving his $1 trillion compensation package, making a series of extravagant predictions about what the company will be capable of in the years to...
www.bloomberg.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Elon Musk just secured a $1 trillion payout.
This same man helped dismantle USAID - an agency that cost ~$23 billion a year and saved millions of lives. Its collapse is projected to cause 14 million preventable deaths by 2030.
That is his real legacy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This same man helped dismantle USAID - an agency that cost ~$23 billion a year and saved millions of lives. Its collapse is projected to cause 14 million preventable deaths by 2030.
That is his real legacy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here are some of the 2025 Finalists for the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards www.comedywildlifephoto.com
#photography
#photography
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Here are some of the 2025 Finalists for the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards www.comedywildlifephoto.com
#photography
#photography
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
👇👇
Teens need access to COVID vaccinations to help prevent Long COVID as well as acute COVID infection.
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
👇👇
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
With SNAP funding lapsed, millions face uncertainty. Food banks and partners are stepping up to meet the moment—together.
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4ohEd5N
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4ohEd5N
November 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
With SNAP funding lapsed, millions face uncertainty. Food banks and partners are stepping up to meet the moment—together.
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4ohEd5N
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4ohEd5N
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Hey look👀
Getting a COVID vaccine is safer for kids when compared to getting a COVID infection
Has your family gotten their COVID booster yet?
Getting a COVID vaccine is safer for kids when compared to getting a COVID infection
Has your family gotten their COVID booster yet?
Important study
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
COVID-19 infection poses higher, longer heart risks to children than vaccination
A comprehensive analysis of English health records finds higher risk of rare heart complications in children and adolescents who caught COVID-19 compared to those who received an mRNA-based COVID vacc...
www.gavi.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hey look👀
Getting a COVID vaccine is safer for kids when compared to getting a COVID infection
Has your family gotten their COVID booster yet?
Getting a COVID vaccine is safer for kids when compared to getting a COVID infection
Has your family gotten their COVID booster yet?
Teens need access to COVID vaccinations to help prevent Long COVID as well as acute COVID infection.
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Teens need access to COVID vaccinations to help prevent Long COVID as well as acute COVID infection.
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
Untreated Sleep Apnea Can Silently Damage Brain Blood Vessels. buff.ly/JbyUGWg 🧠
In a Korean cohort of 1,441 adults age 58, moderate-to-severe sleep apnea was linked to more than double the risk of developing brain microbleeds over 8 years.
#medsky 🛟
In a Korean cohort of 1,441 adults age 58, moderate-to-severe sleep apnea was linked to more than double the risk of developing brain microbleeds over 8 years.
#medsky 🛟
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Untreated Sleep Apnea Can Silently Damage Brain Blood Vessels. buff.ly/JbyUGWg 🧠
In a Korean cohort of 1,441 adults age 58, moderate-to-severe sleep apnea was linked to more than double the risk of developing brain microbleeds over 8 years.
#medsky 🛟
In a Korean cohort of 1,441 adults age 58, moderate-to-severe sleep apnea was linked to more than double the risk of developing brain microbleeds over 8 years.
#medsky 🛟
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
For those with long covid who didn't see this week's @drruth.bsky.social's newsletter and are interested in being in a remote trial, check out www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
November 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
For those with long covid who didn't see this week's @drruth.bsky.social's newsletter and are interested in being in a remote trial, check out www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
“A new global review of cardiac sequelae of Long COVID found that about 1 in 5 people with Long COVID report heart-related symptoms such as chest pain, palpitations, or shortness of breath. The rate of myocarditis was much higher after COVID infection…”
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
🤰COVID infection in Pregnancy & Autism link
💉Get your COVID, Flu & RSV vax now (together) to ⬇️ winter hospital strain
🚨3x risk of Heart Attack, Stroke after COVID, 4-5x after Flu
🪄Stem cells help heart after MI
& much more buff.ly/dOMy7CU
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
📷 Tama🐱
🤰COVID infection in Pregnancy & Autism link
💉Get your COVID, Flu & RSV vax now (together) to ⬇️ winter hospital strain
🚨3x risk of Heart Attack, Stroke after COVID, 4-5x after Flu
🪄Stem cells help heart after MI
& much more buff.ly/dOMy7CU
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
📷 Tama🐱
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“A new global review of cardiac sequelae of Long COVID found that about 1 in 5 people with Long COVID report heart-related symptoms such as chest pain, palpitations, or shortness of breath. The rate of myocarditis was much higher after COVID infection…”
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
🤰COVID infection in Pregnancy & Autism link
💉Get your COVID, Flu & RSV vax now (together) to ⬇️ winter hospital strain
🚨3x risk of Heart Attack, Stroke after COVID, 4-5x after Flu
🪄Stem cells help heart after MI
& much more buff.ly/dOMy7CU
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
📷 Tama🐱
🤰COVID infection in Pregnancy & Autism link
💉Get your COVID, Flu & RSV vax now (together) to ⬇️ winter hospital strain
🚨3x risk of Heart Attack, Stroke after COVID, 4-5x after Flu
🪄Stem cells help heart after MI
& much more buff.ly/dOMy7CU
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
📷 Tama🐱
November 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
🤰COVID infection in Pregnancy & Autism link
💉Get your COVID, Flu & RSV vax now (together) to ⬇️ winter hospital strain
🚨3x risk of Heart Attack, Stroke after COVID, 4-5x after Flu
🪄Stem cells help heart after MI
& much more buff.ly/dOMy7CU
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
📷 Tama🐱
🤰COVID infection in Pregnancy & Autism link
💉Get your COVID, Flu & RSV vax now (together) to ⬇️ winter hospital strain
🚨3x risk of Heart Attack, Stroke after COVID, 4-5x after Flu
🪄Stem cells help heart after MI
& much more buff.ly/dOMy7CU
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
📷 Tama🐱
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In a RCT, Urolithin-A boosted CD8⁺ T cells and improved immune metabolism, hinting at a new way to slow age-related immune system decline and inflammaging. buff.ly/qaGyGF0
Urolithin A works by inducing mitophagy (clearance of damaged mitochondria).
#medsky #aging
Urolithin A works by inducing mitophagy (clearance of damaged mitochondria).
#medsky #aging
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In a RCT, Urolithin-A boosted CD8⁺ T cells and improved immune metabolism, hinting at a new way to slow age-related immune system decline and inflammaging. buff.ly/qaGyGF0
Urolithin A works by inducing mitophagy (clearance of damaged mitochondria).
#medsky #aging
Urolithin A works by inducing mitophagy (clearance of damaged mitochondria).
#medsky #aging
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Our CBDI teams had a spooktacular time celebrating Halloween today. An extra special shoutout to Susan Council, our Outpatient Clinical Manager, for 30 incredible years of service! 👏🎃
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Our CBDI teams had a spooktacular time celebrating Halloween today. An extra special shoutout to Susan Council, our Outpatient Clinical Manager, for 30 incredible years of service! 👏🎃
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
On our #LongCovid clinical trial launched today!
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/30/w... @julialmv.bsky.social @scripps.edu
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/30/w... @julialmv.bsky.social @scripps.edu
We need more at-home clinical trials for Long COVID. Here’s how we designed the largest one yet. - The Sick Times
We are now recruiting for the Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T), which participants can complete entirely from bed.
thesicktimes.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
On our #LongCovid clinical trial launched today!
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/30/w... @julialmv.bsky.social @scripps.edu
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/30/w... @julialmv.bsky.social @scripps.edu
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Covid in pregnancy linked to #autism.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Good thing RFK Jr doesn't want pregnant women to be vaccinated and protected.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Good thing RFK Jr doesn't want pregnant women to be vaccinated and protected.
Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study says
A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pand...
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Covid in pregnancy linked to #autism.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Good thing RFK Jr doesn't want pregnant women to be vaccinated and protected.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Good thing RFK Jr doesn't want pregnant women to be vaccinated and protected.