My daughter is on a real Daniel Tiger kick. PBS is definitely necessary in our house.
August 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My daughter is on a real Daniel Tiger kick. PBS is definitely necessary in our house.
Had a great time with my co-fellows at Endo. Learned a ton.
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Had a great time with my co-fellows at Endo. Learned a ton.
July 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Had a great time with my co-fellows at Endo. Learned a ton.
New Hyperaldo Guidelines from the Endo society: www.endocrine.org/clinical-pra...
Primary Aldosteronism
A new Endocrine Society guideline on Primary Aldosteronism updates a 2016 guideline, and suggests that everyone who is diagnosed with hypertension have their levels of aldosterone, renin, and potassiu...
www.endocrine.org
July 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New Hyperaldo Guidelines from the Endo society: www.endocrine.org/clinical-pra...
Reposted by Rob Weber
In 15 patients with primary aldosteronism, baxdrostat (a second-generation, nonimidazole aldosterone synthase inhibitor) resolved or reduced the severity of hypertension, excessive aldosterone production, and hypokalemia. Full SPARK study results: nej.md/40Js1kz
#ENDO2025
#ENDO2025
July 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In 15 patients with primary aldosteronism, baxdrostat (a second-generation, nonimidazole aldosterone synthase inhibitor) resolved or reduced the severity of hypertension, excessive aldosterone production, and hypokalemia. Full SPARK study results: nej.md/40Js1kz
#ENDO2025
#ENDO2025
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Uplifting to see the science presented by our UCSF early stage investigators in Endocrinology #ENDO2025. Congrats Drs. Karin Wu (bone metabolism) and Rob Weber (mineralocorticoid physiology)!
@endocrinesociety.bsky.social
@endocrinesociety.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Uplifting to see the science presented by our UCSF early stage investigators in Endocrinology #ENDO2025. Congrats Drs. Karin Wu (bone metabolism) and Rob Weber (mineralocorticoid physiology)!
@endocrinesociety.bsky.social
@endocrinesociety.bsky.social
Reposted by Rob Weber
From UCSF Endocrinology & Metabolism, welcome to our home #ENDO2025! Check out our 24 speakers & session chairs here: diabetes.ucsf.edu/Endo2025. We’re also presenting an amazing 33 posters! Find them here: eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner.ph…
Enjoy our City! @endocrinesociety.bsky.social
Enjoy our City! @endocrinesociety.bsky.social
Endo2025 | Diabetes Center at UCSF
diabetes.ucsf.edu
July 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
From UCSF Endocrinology & Metabolism, welcome to our home #ENDO2025! Check out our 24 speakers & session chairs here: diabetes.ucsf.edu/Endo2025. We’re also presenting an amazing 33 posters! Find them here: eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner.ph…
Enjoy our City! @endocrinesociety.bsky.social
Enjoy our City! @endocrinesociety.bsky.social
Reposted by Rob Weber
Just horrible stuff, brought to you by horrible human beings:
The Continuing Crisis, Part XVI: Get the Hell Out of Your Building
www.science.org
June 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just horrible stuff, brought to you by horrible human beings:
Reposted by Rob Weber
Theoretically:
- it targets the primary issue in many patients- unregulated aldosterone production.
-avoid effect of further elevated Aldo during MRA treatment
Obvs -avoid gynecomastia and off-target effects of Spiro.
For other MRAs it has always been difficult to push dose high enough.
#NephJC
- it targets the primary issue in many patients- unregulated aldosterone production.
-avoid effect of further elevated Aldo during MRA treatment
Obvs -avoid gynecomastia and off-target effects of Spiro.
For other MRAs it has always been difficult to push dose high enough.
#NephJC
May 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Theoretically:
- it targets the primary issue in many patients- unregulated aldosterone production.
-avoid effect of further elevated Aldo during MRA treatment
Obvs -avoid gynecomastia and off-target effects of Spiro.
For other MRAs it has always been difficult to push dose high enough.
#NephJC
- it targets the primary issue in many patients- unregulated aldosterone production.
-avoid effect of further elevated Aldo during MRA treatment
Obvs -avoid gynecomastia and off-target effects of Spiro.
For other MRAs it has always been difficult to push dose high enough.
#NephJC
Reposted by Rob Weber
May 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Reposted by Rob Weber
Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.
He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom
Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.
Just finished “The Pitt”. Wow, incredible.
April 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Just finished “The Pitt”. Wow, incredible.
Reposted by Rob Weber
NEW: After Vernor’s breathing machine stopped working, a Lincare representative promised his mother a company respiratory therapist would be in contact “until we get him a new machine.”
But she didn’t hear from Lincare until 7 days later, the same day Vernor died.
But she didn’t hear from Lincare until 7 days later, the same day Vernor died.
What a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reveals About America’s Largest Oxygen Provider
When an at-risk sleep apnea patient needed his breathing machine replaced, Lincare, a $2.4 billion behemoth with a decadeslong history of regulatory and legal problems, acted slowly. The result was disastrous.
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: After Vernor’s breathing machine stopped working, a Lincare representative promised his mother a company respiratory therapist would be in contact “until we get him a new machine.”
But she didn’t hear from Lincare until 7 days later, the same day Vernor died.
But she didn’t hear from Lincare until 7 days later, the same day Vernor died.
Fascinating read
JUST IN: The head of the US African Development Foundation is suing Peter Marocco and DOGE — and he is describing in detail the standoff in which he blocked DOGE from entering the agency's offices.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Fascinating read
Reposted by Rob Weber
JUST IN: The head of the US African Development Foundation is suing Peter Marocco and DOGE — and he is describing in detail the standoff in which he blocked DOGE from entering the agency's offices.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
JUST IN: The head of the US African Development Foundation is suing Peter Marocco and DOGE — and he is describing in detail the standoff in which he blocked DOGE from entering the agency's offices.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
“The attorneys zeroed in on certain diagnoses the company often suggested, such as an obscure hormonal condition called secondary hyperaldosteronism, she said”
I mean I get it, the adrenal gland IS cool.
“The attorneys zeroed in on certain diagnoses the company often suggested, such as an obscure hormonal condition called secondary hyperaldosteronism, she said”
I mean I get it, the adrenal gland IS cool.
Exclusive | DOJ Investigates Medicare Billing Practices at UnitedHealth
The Justice Department is probing diagnoses and practices that triggered extra payments to UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage plans, people familiar with the matter say.
www.wsj.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
“The attorneys zeroed in on certain diagnoses the company often suggested, such as an obscure hormonal condition called secondary hyperaldosteronism, she said”
I mean I get it, the adrenal gland IS cool.
“The attorneys zeroed in on certain diagnoses the company often suggested, such as an obscure hormonal condition called secondary hyperaldosteronism, she said”
I mean I get it, the adrenal gland IS cool.
This cut to the NIH is even more egregious in light of the spending on AI. They’re cutting 4B aka less than 1% of Stargate.
February 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This cut to the NIH is even more egregious in light of the spending on AI. They’re cutting 4B aka less than 1% of Stargate.
Reposted by Rob Weber
Reposted by Rob Weber
NEW: Marko Elez, Musk operative at Treasury, not only isn't limited to read only access (has admin privileges) but has already made extensive code changes to the Treasury Dept payment system. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NEW: Marko Elez, Musk operative at Treasury, not only isn't limited to read only access (has admin privileges) but has already made extensive code changes to the Treasury Dept payment system. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Reposted by Rob Weber
This language reflects the view of our adversaries — Russia and China — who see U.S. aid (a form of soft power) as an obstacle to expanding their own influence in developing countries. Someone who believes this does not have the best interests of the U.S. (or vulnerable populations) at heart.
USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
February 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This language reflects the view of our adversaries — Russia and China — who see U.S. aid (a form of soft power) as an obstacle to expanding their own influence in developing countries. Someone who believes this does not have the best interests of the U.S. (or vulnerable populations) at heart.
I believe there has been a long epidemiological association with obesity and some malignancies. An oversimplification (ignoring inflammatory cytokines, etc) but it was taught to me in medical school as essentially “more cells, more problems”. In that sense, an unsurprising outcome.
The interesting thing is that reducing CV death and renal death = more chances you stay alive to develop something else (aka the inevitable cancer)
And some cancers (thyroid) have been closely followed even in trials
Though such huge effects smell like some kind of selection bias of course
And some cancers (thyroid) have been closely followed even in trials
Though such huge effects smell like some kind of selection bias of course
January 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I believe there has been a long epidemiological association with obesity and some malignancies. An oversimplification (ignoring inflammatory cytokines, etc) but it was taught to me in medical school as essentially “more cells, more problems”. In that sense, an unsurprising outcome.
Wow, incredible reporting. Pro Publica is hitting it out of the park lately.
So curious who he is describing here: “But there was also an Ohio OB-GYN on the national board of directors — he used to work for the Cleveland Clinic, I discovered, and now led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.”
So curious who he is describing here: “But there was also an Ohio OB-GYN on the national board of directors — he used to work for the Cleveland Clinic, I discovered, and now led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.”
Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys.
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Wow, incredible reporting. Pro Publica is hitting it out of the park lately.
So curious who he is describing here: “But there was also an Ohio OB-GYN on the national board of directors — he used to work for the Cleveland Clinic, I discovered, and now led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.”
So curious who he is describing here: “But there was also an Ohio OB-GYN on the national board of directors — he used to work for the Cleveland Clinic, I discovered, and now led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.”
Reposted by Rob Weber
I think a fun teaching exercise for medical students would be to each take a common clinical pearl and trace the citations until you find the primary data it's based on.
December 11, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I think a fun teaching exercise for medical students would be to each take a common clinical pearl and trace the citations until you find the primary data it's based on.