Jim Eubanks MD
@jeubanksmd.bsky.social
Spine & MSK + Value-Based Care @MUSCHealth & Asst Prof @MUSC | Asst Prof @UPMC | Assoc Editor @PMRjournal | Spine Health | #Physiatry #Spine
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Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
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The biggest reason for longer waits is staffing shortages, which are driven by more people leaving healthcare practice than entering, esp nursing, due to bad management practices (often related to private equity).
This administration’s immigration policies will significantly worsen these shortages.
This administration’s immigration policies will significantly worsen these shortages.
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The biggest reason for longer waits is staffing shortages, which are driven by more people leaving healthcare practice than entering, esp nursing, due to bad management practices (often related to private equity).
This administration’s immigration policies will significantly worsen these shortages.
This administration’s immigration policies will significantly worsen these shortages.
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They’re forming a CDC workgroup to decide which line on this graph looks better and their answer may surprise you
June 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
They’re forming a CDC workgroup to decide which line on this graph looks better and their answer may surprise you
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Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill
www.politico.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
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Your 3-year-old child is unresponsive and seizing; do you:
A) call 911
or
B) talk to an AI chatbot that will tell you everything is fine and delay appropriate treatment until he gets worse?
A) call 911
or
B) talk to an AI chatbot that will tell you everything is fine and delay appropriate treatment until he gets worse?
I see your chatGPT is my best friend and raise you chatGPT is my child's emergency medical provider
May 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Your 3-year-old child is unresponsive and seizing; do you:
A) call 911
or
B) talk to an AI chatbot that will tell you everything is fine and delay appropriate treatment until he gets worse?
A) call 911
or
B) talk to an AI chatbot that will tell you everything is fine and delay appropriate treatment until he gets worse?
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The VP seems to suggest a suspension of due process rights to tackle illegal immigration. This would be in line with El Salvador’s Bukele but not the U.S. Supreme Court
April 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The VP seems to suggest a suspension of due process rights to tackle illegal immigration. This would be in line with El Salvador’s Bukele but not the U.S. Supreme Court
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This is insane. $40 billion cut to HHS. 40% of NIH budget will be gone, 27 institutes will shrink down to 8. 44% of CDC budget will disappear, all work on chronic diseases will cease. Head Start will be eliminated.
SO PEOPLE WILL DIE because we want to give billionaires their tax cuts.
SO PEOPLE WILL DIE because we want to give billionaires their tax cuts.
Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts
HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.
wapo.st
April 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is insane. $40 billion cut to HHS. 40% of NIH budget will be gone, 27 institutes will shrink down to 8. 44% of CDC budget will disappear, all work on chronic diseases will cease. Head Start will be eliminated.
SO PEOPLE WILL DIE because we want to give billionaires their tax cuts.
SO PEOPLE WILL DIE because we want to give billionaires their tax cuts.
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My best friends' daughter is 3 and needs a bone marrow transplant. Anyone in the US 18-40 can text this number for a free cheek swab. If you're not a match for her, you could be a match for someone else.
Times are tough, but we'll help each other. That's what we do.
Times are tough, but we'll help each other. That's what we do.
March 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My best friends' daughter is 3 and needs a bone marrow transplant. Anyone in the US 18-40 can text this number for a free cheek swab. If you're not a match for her, you could be a match for someone else.
Times are tough, but we'll help each other. That's what we do.
Times are tough, but we'll help each other. That's what we do.
Sharing for anyone able to donate to the bone marrow registry that we have a way to sign up from anywhere that honors my daughter, Ava, who is battling her second bone marrow cancer.
Please share this information with your networks! @nmdp-org.bsky.social
Please share this information with your networks! @nmdp-org.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sharing for anyone able to donate to the bone marrow registry that we have a way to sign up from anywhere that honors my daughter, Ava, who is battling her second bone marrow cancer.
Please share this information with your networks! @nmdp-org.bsky.social
Please share this information with your networks! @nmdp-org.bsky.social
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A 5-yr-old burned to death in a sealed glass coffin of pressurized oxygen that an “alternative medicine” wellness center claimed could treat his ADHD. This was a cash business providing unapproved therapies. There is no evidence to support hyperbaric for ADHD; there’s not even a plausible mechanism.
A 5-year-old's death in a Michigan hyperbaric chamber has sparked calls for more oversight of unsupervised hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the wellness industry.
Michigan boy's death raises concerns about unregulated hyperbaric oxygen therapy
State legislators want greater oversight of the wellness industry after 5-year-old Thomas Cooper was killed in a hyperbaric chamber fire in January.
nbcnews.to
March 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A 5-yr-old burned to death in a sealed glass coffin of pressurized oxygen that an “alternative medicine” wellness center claimed could treat his ADHD. This was a cash business providing unapproved therapies. There is no evidence to support hyperbaric for ADHD; there’s not even a plausible mechanism.
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The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications due to orders from the Trump administration, delaying funding for critical life-saving research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
www.npr.org
February 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications due to orders from the Trump administration, delaying funding for critical life-saving research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Very proud to share that the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) now has an accredited Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) residency program!
This is a major milestone for South Carolina and the field! #physiatry
This is a major milestone for South Carolina and the field! #physiatry
February 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Very proud to share that the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) now has an accredited Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) residency program!
This is a major milestone for South Carolina and the field! #physiatry
This is a major milestone for South Carolina and the field! #physiatry
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Here is the link to the PowerPoint version of my pediatric fx remodeling talk. Make it your own; no need to credit me. Please just share the power of fracture remodeling, (which of course is best monitored under the care of an orthopaedist). docs.google.com/file/d/1i28t...
LOW res Harvard Boston childrens Fractures in Children Talk Bennett 2023 .pptx
docs.google.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Here is the link to the PowerPoint version of my pediatric fx remodeling talk. Make it your own; no need to credit me. Please just share the power of fracture remodeling, (which of course is best monitored under the care of an orthopaedist). docs.google.com/file/d/1i28t...
For those who don’t know, 37% of Medicaid enrollees are children. It is an essential coverage for those with childhood cancer like my own 3 year old daughter. Take some time to learn how our system works and what societal needs programs like Medicaid actually solve that others can’t or won’t.
February 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
For those who don’t know, 37% of Medicaid enrollees are children. It is an essential coverage for those with childhood cancer like my own 3 year old daughter. Take some time to learn how our system works and what societal needs programs like Medicaid actually solve that others can’t or won’t.
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Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
These are the vaccination rates of kindergartners by state. It takes 95% coverage of MMR vaccine to prevent measles outbreaks & most states are not achieving it. I fear that under the new administration rates will drop even further and we will start to see preventable illness, disability, and death
November 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
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We need to stop saying “sacroiliac joint dysfunction” as this implies “abnormal alignment or movement” (Dixit, 2025). This is not what we see.
Instead, SIJ pain (outpatient) or in the few cases where radiological evidence +/- labs support, sacroiliitis, or fracture/dislocation.
Instead, SIJ pain (outpatient) or in the few cases where radiological evidence +/- labs support, sacroiliitis, or fracture/dislocation.
November 28, 2024 at 1:20 PM
We need to stop saying “sacroiliac joint dysfunction” as this implies “abnormal alignment or movement” (Dixit, 2025). This is not what we see.
Instead, SIJ pain (outpatient) or in the few cases where radiological evidence +/- labs support, sacroiliitis, or fracture/dislocation.
Instead, SIJ pain (outpatient) or in the few cases where radiological evidence +/- labs support, sacroiliitis, or fracture/dislocation.
