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Dr Kim Proudlove
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A Canadian living in Australia. Love me a good hike and camp. Rehabilitation physician, specialist in neurorehab.
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Starting in 15 minutes! See you over on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch1y...
March 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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“You'll never guess the culprit in a global lead poisoning mystery”

Spoiler: it’s turmeric

This is particularly interesting & important as our community has seen an influx of Rohingya refugees, who have a number of health concerns including high rates of lead toxicity.
You'll never guess the culprit in a global lead poisoning mystery
High levels of lead were found in a surprisingly large number of Bangladeshi kids in New York City — and in pregnant women in Bangladesh. Could there be a common cause?
www.npr.org
March 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Peter Dutton apologised for not helping with sandbags in prep for Cyclone Alfred because he'd just had his nails done. #auspol
March 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Dutton battening down for Cyclone Alfred.
March 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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National Tragedy: Big Prawn has lost an antenna due to Cyclone Alfred. Now can only receive AM.
March 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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February 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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#Medsky🧪 #idsky #microsky #publichealth
#Casereport Infections are the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis & are an important consideration in this patient. 🔑 aspect of this patient’s presentation is her recent travel…
www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Case 5-2025: A 30-Year-Old Woman with Headache and Dysesthesia | NEJM
A 30-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of headache and dysesthesia. She had recently traveled to Asia and Hawaii. A diagnosis was made.
www.nejm.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Deceased 🤣💀
February 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Do lesions that cause psychosis fall into a common brain network?

Exciting new work by @andrewpines.bsky.social, @shansiddiqi.bsky.social and colleagues – tweetorial below by the first author, paper here:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
February 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Go to Google
Search "Gulf of Mexico"
Click the 3 little dots next to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
Choose "Send feedback"
Click "Gulf of America"
Click "Inaccurate content"
Click "Incorrect"
Tell Google the correct name
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of...
Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Give them feedback.
February 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Osteoporosis is a disorder of decreased bone density that increases the risk of fractures, especially after a fall.

This JAMA Patient Page describes osteoporosis and the USPSTF recommendations for screening for #osteoporosis.

ja.ma/4aVmn2C

#MedSky
February 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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It is impossible to do the cancer research I do without water, electricity, lab space, equipment, janitorial, maintenance, accounting staff, etc . That is what overhead is for. You would think any one who has run a business would know this.
February 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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“Many people will lose jobs, clinical trials will halt, and this will slow down progress toward cures for cancer and effective prevention of illness.”
“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School

Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.

Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating

With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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