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Wanpen Vongpatanasin
@drwanpen.bsky.social
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Cardiologist, Hypertension Specialist, Gardener, Director of Hypertension Section & AHA Comprehensive Hypertension Center @UTSW
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choo.bsky.social
Hospital lore —which seems to hold up very well— is that the nicest people have the worst cancers.

God bless Tatiana Schlossberg, who while dying wrote to praise nurses and oncologists, defend scientific research, & eviscerate her cousin, RFK Jr, as he deserves

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A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Among patients with newly diagnosed or recent #LBP at moderate or high risk of chronicity, clinician-supported biopsychosocial self-management produced a greater proportion achieving ≥50% reduction in #disability over 12 months compared to medical care.

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JAMA study: Spinal manipulation, self-management, and medical care for adults with acute or subacute low back pain (LBP). Results show the number of patients randomized in each therapy with findings on disability and pain.
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Prognostic Impact of Different Definitions of White-Coat Hypertension

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#OpenAccess #Free
Prognostic Impact of Different Definitions of White-Coat Hypertension
AbstractBACKGROUND. Different definitions of white-coat hypertension (WCH) may explain its variable outcome across studies.METHODS. In an Italian study sta
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December 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Happy to see our commentary with @jbrianbyrd.bsky.social suggesting that Angiotensin II should be part of the evaluation of primary hyperaldosteronism. @nu-nephrology.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social
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December 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
drwanpen.bsky.social
Cannot decide if I enjoy jogging or post jogging street food binge in Bangkok more with Moo Ping , baked coconut mousse, and Thai beignets 😋
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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sodatroubles.bsky.social
Increased fluid intake and blood pressure in healthy children: a randomized controlled trial. The SPA Project
#nephsky #nephrology
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Increased fluid intake and blood pressure in healthy children: a randomized controlled trial. The SPA Project - Pediatric Nephrology
Background High sodium intake is a key element in the development of hypertension, but strategies aimed at reducing its consumption have had limited impact at a population level. A potential alternati...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Jogging at Lumpini park in Bangkok. Saw the stairs with energy burn going up. Good idea to motivate people, but depressing to see that we burn < 1 kilo calorie per step !
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Treating Malignant Hypertension With the Low-Sodium, Low-Protein, and Low-Fat Rice Diet
#nephsky #nephrology
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Treating Malignant Hypertension With the Low-Sodium, Low-Protein, and Low-Fat Rice Diet | Hypertension
BACKGROUND: The rice diet (RD), a low-sodium (&lt;200 mg/d), low-protein (≈20 g/d), and low-fat (&lt;5 g/d) diet was used to treat patients with malignant hypertension beginning in the 1940s, before a...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Fun elephant lab gift exchange. For some reasons, burrito blankets are popular this year! @hkkimphd.bsky.social @giaconajohn.bsky.social @k-bunsawat.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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#OTD in 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a #Nobel Prize (#Physics).

AND

#OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.

They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM
Black-and-white photograph of Marie Curie in her Paris laboratory. She stands in a long dark dress with a high collar, carefully holding a glass round-bottom flask, surrounded by early 20th-century scientific equipment including a large glass carboy on the bench behind her. The two-time Nobel laureate is captured mid-experiment, focused and composed. Black-and-white photograph of Irène Joliot-Curie in a white lab coat at the Radium Institute. Marie Curie’s daughter and 1935 Nobel Chemistry co-winner stands at a workbench lined with beakers, test tubes, and glassware, her expression serious and concentrated amid the tools of radioactivity research.
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Good HTN journal club today by @robynwei.bsky.social discuss effects of ultraprocessed food on cardiometabolic health @giaconajohn.bsky.social @hkkimphd.bsky.social Need to eat less UPF! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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⏳In 7 days an impt discussion on #BloodPressure across Womens #Lifespan coordinated by #NIH #NHLBI

There is still time to register👉🏻
web.cvent.com/event/e7c2bdc3…

Looking fwd to presenting & learning!

Hope you will joi#CardioSkyk#MedSkyky
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social
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December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
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Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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It’s all aldosterone on the @nejm.org right now!

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Aldo on NEJM
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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#CardioSky #MedSky @cardioobdoc.bsky.social @aspcardio.bsky.social @cardioob.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social

Are you interested in #BloodPressure?

Please join me & the other invited speakers & moderators for #NHI #NHLBI online 2 Day Workshop!

Free Registration👉
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November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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gurleenkaurmd.bsky.social
1/ In this #OriginalResearch paper in @ahajournals.bsky.social, Bellamo et al evaluate Lp(a) as a prognostic marker for incident and secondary vascular disease in participants from the UK Biobank

Here's a🧵summarizing key aspects of paper

🔗http://bit.ly/3HkLhP6

Let’s unpack the findings ⤵️
August 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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🚨 New @CircAHA #ESC2025 SimPub alert!
🚨 HCM isn’t just driven by rare Mendelian mutations. This study highlights the role of intermediate-effect variants (IEVs)—variants with moderate effect & low penetrance—in shaping disease expression. #HCM #SoMeEditor

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Redefining the Genetic Architecture of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Role of Intermediate Effect Variants | Circulation
Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder primarily linked to rare variants in sarcomere genes, though recently certain non-sarcomeric genes have emerged as...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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1/ Should you be concerned about lead in your protein powder? Consumer Reports found elevated levels in several popular brands, causing influencers to spread the results of the report. So we asked Megan, an RN and our nutrition contributor for YLE, to break it down. Here’s what you need to know 👇
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
drwanpen.bsky.social
Thankful for the opportunity to visit Nara Women University with @hkkimphd.bsky.social to observe laboratory of Prof Miki and Yoshimoto who are pioneer in measurements of conscious renal and lumbar SNA recording. Never have my seminar brochure translated into Japanese before 😀 @utswim.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Can’t stop staring at the prevalence of hypertension among young people.

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October 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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hswapnil.medsky.social
The unregulated and unscrupulous medical hydration spa industry

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... with @fperrywilson.bsky.social
What ‘Secret Shoppers’ Discovered About IV Hydration Spas
Researchers posed as potential clients to examine the practices and regulation of the burgeoning intravenous hydration spa industry.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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great HTN JC discussion today on BAXHTN study by Dr. Shawna Nesbitt joined by @dramitkhera.bsky.social @giaconajohn.bsky.social @utswim.bsky.social Interesting that baseline aldosterone in the trial was around 7.5 ng/dL by LCMS with baseline PRA is 1 ng/mlhr. This means that majority of pts have PA
October 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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🏆 First time at Epic Cosmos Datathon—our team took 1st place! Grateful for the collaboration and hands on experience ! @drwanpen.bsky.social Excited to present tomorrow (Oct 3) at Pegasus Park Symposium on “Missed Opportunities: Screening for Primary Aldosteronism” #EpicCosmos #HTN
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM