platelets implies the existence of spoonlets and forklets

Been thinking a lot lately about that episode of Parks and Rec where Leslie and Tom have to rebrand fluoride in the water as TDazzle in order to get the public to support it.

I'm doing final edits on Everything Is Tuberculosis, and I can't stop adding stuff. I spent 3 years on the book, but I am not done. I must mention the tongue swab tests. I must let you know about the new app made in Lesotho that aids in contact tracing. Also did you know about the Adirondack Chair.

I had a big residency milestone- I cried for the first time on nights, after an agitated patient grabbed my badge and wouldn’t let me go, it was so scary 😭 We really do put ourselves at risk constantly

Medicine focuses a lot on the question “will this help my patient” but not on the question “when will it help my patient.” The latter becomes important as we age. We’ve developed a “time-to-benefit” tool on eprognosis.ucsf.edu to help answer this question. Here is a snapshot
#MedSky #FOAMed #meded

The bad news: Many people don’t get enough iron in their diet.

The good news: One ounce of dark chocolate has 3.37 mg of iron

Ladies, that’s 5.5 ounces a day that you clearly need.

Sorry guys, you’ll get your daily allotment with 2.5.

it’s giving cryptococcus

On day one of a week of nights, and my attempts at napping earlier were very unsuccessful. Pls help, what are ways to stay awake

I AM DECEASED.

Polio after hearing RFK was selected as HHS secretary.

“Everybody who leaves Twitter lives in a bubble. They don’t want to interact with people who have thoughts and values that differ from their own.”

Listen buddy I’m just trying to escape the sex bots

Finding your Twitter favourites on Bluesky be like

Good morning.

Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

Also, I was today years old when I found out that MDMA (ecstasy) can cause multi-organ failure and DIC? And that certain people with CYP450 polymorphisms are much more likely to get these complications

Transplant infectious diseases are so complex and fascinating, because you get so many zebra diagnoses because most patients are immunosuppressed

I’m finally on a relaxed rotation now and have reemerged from my social media hiatus to discover that Twitter is going down in flames