Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
@placentadoc.bsky.social
Associate Professor of OBGYN.
MFM Clinician-Researcher (placenta & cardiometabolic health) at Western University, London (the one in Ontario)
“Overburdened with mitochondrial challenges”
Placentavangelist.
Opinions are my own.
MFM Clinician-Researcher (placenta & cardiometabolic health) at Western University, London (the one in Ontario)
“Overburdened with mitochondrial challenges”
Placentavangelist.
Opinions are my own.
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LHSCRI scientists part of worldwide study to better predict preeclampsia
LHSCRI scientists part of worldwide study to better predict preeclampsia.
www.lhscri.ca
LHSCRI scientists part of worldwide study to better predict preeclampsia
Check out this profile of some of the research I’m involved with!
Check out this profile of some of the research I’m involved with!
I would like to be awakened Amber Alert-style when It Happens.
Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
January 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I would like to be awakened Amber Alert-style when It Happens.
Me, every time someone tries to convince me how great AI is:
January 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Me, every time someone tries to convince me how great AI is:
Damnit Frog! Where are my comforting lies, said Toad.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad. “I am thinking about all of the many things that I will have to do.”
“Yes,” said Frog, “tomorrow will be a very hard day for you.”
“Yes,” said Frog, “tomorrow will be a very hard day for you.”
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Damnit Frog! Where are my comforting lies, said Toad.
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
As an intensive care physician in the Paediatric Critical Care Unit at Children’s Hospital, Dr. Rishi Ganesan witnesses firsthand the impact of how critical illness and long hospitalizations affect the brain of young patients.
Learn how his research is shaping care from @lhscri.bsky.social below.
Learn how his research is shaping care from @lhscri.bsky.social below.
Through research, Dr. Rishi Ganesan is improving care for children by studying how neurological conditions, critical illness, and long hospitalizations affect the brain.
Discover how this research is shaping care for critically ill children: www.lhscri.ca/news/through...
Discover how this research is shaping care for critically ill children: www.lhscri.ca/news/through...
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
As an intensive care physician in the Paediatric Critical Care Unit at Children’s Hospital, Dr. Rishi Ganesan witnesses firsthand the impact of how critical illness and long hospitalizations affect the brain of young patients.
Learn how his research is shaping care from @lhscri.bsky.social below.
Learn how his research is shaping care from @lhscri.bsky.social below.
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
Ciji Graham’s death was completely preventable. She was failed multiple times by doctors who mismanaged her treatable arrhythmia simply because she was pregnant.
Ciji Graham’s death was completely preventable. She was failed multiple times by doctors who mismanaged her treatable arrhythmia simply because she was pregnant.
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
www.propublica.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 AM
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
Ciji Graham’s death was completely preventable. She was failed multiple times by doctors who mismanaged her treatable arrhythmia simply because she was pregnant.
Ciji Graham’s death was completely preventable. She was failed multiple times by doctors who mismanaged her treatable arrhythmia simply because she was pregnant.
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
The Origins of the Word "Moron" Are Actually REALLY Sinister
It's much more than just a casual insult.
www.teenvogue.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
Just don’t use words that have a negative connotation regarding mental disability. Remember the ignorance of these fascists is knowing and intentional. Words like stupid, idiot, m*ron, etc are all about people who are born mentally disabled and not able to change that.
January 18, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Just don’t use words that have a negative connotation regarding mental disability. Remember the ignorance of these fascists is knowing and intentional. Words like stupid, idiot, m*ron, etc are all about people who are born mentally disabled and not able to change that.
I’m going to print copies of this graphical abstract to hand out to people who say, “I just don’t understand why I’m sick all the time now!”
"Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise. The sustained subnormal lymphocytes-particularly in cardiovascular disease cohorts—highlight a key immunologic feature of long COVID and underscore the need for personalized care."
Persistent attenuation of lymphocyte subsets after mass SARS-CoV-2 infection
Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:52 PM
I’m going to print copies of this graphical abstract to hand out to people who say, “I just don’t understand why I’m sick all the time now!”
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
Back in 2016, Nursing Clio put together a series called Protest: Past & Present. It was one of the most powerful series we've ever done, showing the power of protest (for good and bad). I'm going to post the essays below 🧵
January 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Back in 2016, Nursing Clio put together a series called Protest: Past & Present. It was one of the most powerful series we've ever done, showing the power of protest (for good and bad). I'm going to post the essays below 🧵
Native Americans are dying from pregnancy. They want a voice to stop the trend. 19thnews.org/2026/01/nati... via @19thnews.org
Native Americans are dying from pregnancy. They want a voice to stop the trend.
Native Americans have been working with state and federal officials to better track and address pregnancy-related deaths.
19thnews.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Native Americans are dying from pregnancy. They want a voice to stop the trend. 19thnews.org/2026/01/nati... via @19thnews.org
My dogs as the main characters of Pillion.
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
My dogs as the main characters of Pillion.
While living in Vancouver:
I watched Brent Butt replace the licence sticker on his vehicle outside a brunch restaurant.
I stood in line behind Eric McCormack at Future Shop while he was returning a TV.
I passed Biff Naked in the birthing unit at SPH when she was visiting a family member
I watched Brent Butt replace the licence sticker on his vehicle outside a brunch restaurant.
I stood in line behind Eric McCormack at Future Shop while he was returning a TV.
I passed Biff Naked in the birthing unit at SPH when she was visiting a family member
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 AM
While living in Vancouver:
I watched Brent Butt replace the licence sticker on his vehicle outside a brunch restaurant.
I stood in line behind Eric McCormack at Future Shop while he was returning a TV.
I passed Biff Naked in the birthing unit at SPH when she was visiting a family member
I watched Brent Butt replace the licence sticker on his vehicle outside a brunch restaurant.
I stood in line behind Eric McCormack at Future Shop while he was returning a TV.
I passed Biff Naked in the birthing unit at SPH when she was visiting a family member
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
Yup—it is absolutely unconscionable that these researchers would knowingly and deliberately do this:
“To consign 1,425 infants to almost certain (70%-90%) Hepatitis B infection (and the chronic liver disease that eventually follows) is unthinkable.”
Knowingly do this to vulnerable kids? Grotesque
“To consign 1,425 infants to almost certain (70%-90%) Hepatitis B infection (and the chronic liver disease that eventually follows) is unthinkable.”
Knowingly do this to vulnerable kids? Grotesque
Future ethics in medical research students- get a head start on your syllabus and read it now. Because this will be taught as an example of unethical research 👇🏻
Thank you, @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, for this public service; we have all wanted to see the protocol of this deeply unethical trial being funded by RFK Jr in Guinea-Bissau, I’m grateful you obtained it and have published it
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
January 15, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Yup—it is absolutely unconscionable that these researchers would knowingly and deliberately do this:
“To consign 1,425 infants to almost certain (70%-90%) Hepatitis B infection (and the chronic liver disease that eventually follows) is unthinkable.”
Knowingly do this to vulnerable kids? Grotesque
“To consign 1,425 infants to almost certain (70%-90%) Hepatitis B infection (and the chronic liver disease that eventually follows) is unthinkable.”
Knowingly do this to vulnerable kids? Grotesque
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
💯 lots of tut-tutting about Wakefield and how ridiculous it is that people believe him, but...he was shielded from accountability for over a decade by major institutions. He's only a special case in that they eventually lost, yet they still push "more authority" as the way to solve misinformation.
Policy on health is clearly broken - politicized, out of touch, reactive and slow. My recent keynote at the Canadian Biosafety Symposium took a big-picture look at how and why that's happening, and how we can turn things around.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
Inquiring Minds 03: Mark Ungrin - Science, Pseudoscience and Public Policy
YouTube video by Deep River Public Library
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:50 AM
💯 lots of tut-tutting about Wakefield and how ridiculous it is that people believe him, but...he was shielded from accountability for over a decade by major institutions. He's only a special case in that they eventually lost, yet they still push "more authority" as the way to solve misinformation.
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
I also have tried to reprogram my response to unexpected absences & late assignments etc to be one of concern rather than irritation. I will check in & make sure they know I'm concerned. Our students lead complicated lives & are juggling far more than I ever did & often don't think to ask for help
January 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I also have tried to reprogram my response to unexpected absences & late assignments etc to be one of concern rather than irritation. I will check in & make sure they know I'm concerned. Our students lead complicated lives & are juggling far more than I ever did & often don't think to ask for help
I’d be interested to know the magnitude of this problem in Canada as well.
In addition to cosmetic surgery, fertility tourism is also popular. This often results in women of very advanced age & with medical comorbidities returning to Canada with multiple gestations & severe complications
In addition to cosmetic surgery, fertility tourism is also popular. This often results in women of very advanced age & with medical comorbidities returning to Canada with multiple gestations & severe complications
January 14, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I’d be interested to know the magnitude of this problem in Canada as well.
In addition to cosmetic surgery, fertility tourism is also popular. This often results in women of very advanced age & with medical comorbidities returning to Canada with multiple gestations & severe complications
In addition to cosmetic surgery, fertility tourism is also popular. This often results in women of very advanced age & with medical comorbidities returning to Canada with multiple gestations & severe complications
This is a key concept: people embrace pseudoscience because it has become difficult to trust the healthcare system, whether it is because of structural racism and sexism, or because for-profit care manipulated by pharma companies & private equity have done nothing but make medical care less safe
Right now, the wellness industry is largely accepted and surprisingly trusted.
It thrives off of our broken healthcare system. You don’t get this kind of acceptance of junk science without deep, deep structural problems.
But it’s chock full of grift.
It thrives off of our broken healthcare system. You don’t get this kind of acceptance of junk science without deep, deep structural problems.
But it’s chock full of grift.
January 14, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is a key concept: people embrace pseudoscience because it has become difficult to trust the healthcare system, whether it is because of structural racism and sexism, or because for-profit care manipulated by pharma companies & private equity have done nothing but make medical care less safe
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
Kennedy and his allies have railed against the “pharmaceutical industrial complex” while building the pseudoscience industrial complex.
January 14, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Kennedy and his allies have railed against the “pharmaceutical industrial complex” while building the pseudoscience industrial complex.
At least they still tell you about lice, (let alone anything else) unlike our school board 😬
School emailed to say that there's lice somewhere in the building.
COVID? Nope. Not a word. Flu? Ditto. RSV? Shhhh....
But lice? Yeah. Somewhere..
COVID? Nope. Not a word. Flu? Ditto. RSV? Shhhh....
But lice? Yeah. Somewhere..
January 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
At least they still tell you about lice, (let alone anything else) unlike our school board 😬
I find it weird that women in their 40s are thirsting over actors named Connor and Hudson.
This is likely related to the fact that I am the mother of a 19 year-old.
This is likely related to the fact that I am the mother of a 19 year-old.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I find it weird that women in their 40s are thirsting over actors named Connor and Hudson.
This is likely related to the fact that I am the mother of a 19 year-old.
This is likely related to the fact that I am the mother of a 19 year-old.
Last night, I watched Fantastic 4: First Steps and as an OBGYN I have so many questions.
January 11, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Last night, I watched Fantastic 4: First Steps and as an OBGYN I have so many questions.
Reposted by Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.