www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Trumpty Dumpty wanted a crown…a bedtime story written and read by John Lithgow.
Enjoy.

Jean Chretien is 91 today and he gave himself a birthday present. He told @donaldtrump.bsky.social to piss off in the Globe and Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #Trump #cdnpoli #USPolitics #51stState #51State

The study mentioned by the NIH is really important and clarifies mechanisms involving #MECFS development.
Immune system impairment differs between women and men.
Viral Infection->Immune dysfunction->Reduced Brain activity->Motor Deconditioning. It is not fatigue.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If there is an earthquake today it may be due to Drs Salk and Sabin simultaneously rolling over in their graves #MedSky #SurgSky #Science

For years, some of us have fought back against terrible misinformation that somehow attributed Covid vaccines to a big risk of heart problems.

It’s always been Covid infection, not the Covid vaccine.

Yet another study revealing the truth:

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/w...

#medsky

Evidence is too often thin in general surgery: a call to generate more & better science to support clinical decisionmaking from @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social authors! @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @hannahdeckermd.bsky.social #SurgSky #MedSky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

For next time a patient with new cancer diagnosis asks "what can I do?"

Finally some evidence to answer:
🛑Stop smoking

⤴️median OS by 1.8 yrs with cessation within 6 months

Love data that can change what we do immediately in clinic! 😀

tinyurl.com/etwcd4yv

#MedSky #SurgSky #HPBSky

📣 Friendly reminder to all the surgeons on #surgsky #medsky — @amcollsurgeons.bsky.social released surgical ergonomics recommendations on how to optimize body posture and OR layout to mitigate risk of work-related MSK disorders — check them out!

#surgicalergonomics

The way the country feels like it’s about to be run…through a surgeon’s lens. #MedSky #SurgSky

Wishing a happy #WorldDiabetesDay to all my fellow beta-cell-challenged people & those who help them. May your lines be level & may we all have easy access to what helps us stay alive & well. #T1D #insulin4all

In case it’s useful to anyone, I wrote this last year: holly.witteman.ca/management-l...

The more severe H5 BirdFlu virus infection in Canada has mutations that may have arose in a single patient

Worryingly these enable more efficient use of human sialic acid receptors by the virus

This is the scary scenario we fear

There is much we can do!

A thread

time.com/6976402/bird...

As the great David Gorski put it: RFK Jr. is now an extinction-level threat to federal public health programs and science-based health policy

sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-no...

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"[AIDS] is not being caused by a virus. It's not a virus... These people are dying because of 'poppers'... they were people who were part of a gay lifestyle... "

"This is not a viral disease, but it's a disease that is environmental."

- HHS Secretary Nominee RFK Jr

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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...

10.3 million cases of measles occurred worldwide last year, up 20% from 2022, primarily because of inadequate immunization coverage.
The disease resulted in 107,500 deaths last year, mostly killing children under 5!!!!
There are no upsides to shunning vaccines.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive