Paul Abramson MD
@paulabramsonmd.mydoctorsf.com
Private physician in SF @mydoctorsf.com, MedEd at UCSF, concierge medicine, #addictionmed, infectious diseases, hospital med, gerontology, fmr EE, armchair ethicist. Bunny dad. #medsky
Pinned
The simple pleasure of chewing on a stick in the morning.
January 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The simple pleasure of chewing on a stick in the morning.
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I know it's been an eventful year but let's not forget that AI served up this monstrosity of a figure in a paper that was published and then retracted by one of the frontiers journals this year.
The rat with giant balls lives in AI infamy for all time
scienceintegritydigest.com/2024/02/15/t...
The rat with giant balls lives in AI infamy for all time
scienceintegritydigest.com/2024/02/15/t...
December 29, 2024 at 2:46 PM
I know it's been an eventful year but let's not forget that AI served up this monstrosity of a figure in a paper that was published and then retracted by one of the frontiers journals this year.
The rat with giant balls lives in AI infamy for all time
scienceintegritydigest.com/2024/02/15/t...
The rat with giant balls lives in AI infamy for all time
scienceintegritydigest.com/2024/02/15/t...
T-SPOT.TB performs much better in many immunocompromised populations IMO, but historically was logistically more difficult from CA due to time-sensitive FedEx of samples to Memphis which failed a lot with winter storms. Less an issue now that Quest bought T-SPOT.
Out now in @thetxidjournal.bsky.social!
T-SPOT.TB is more likely to produce actionable results than QFT-TB in patients with cancer being screened for latent TB.
#TxID #IDSky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
T-SPOT.TB is more likely to produce actionable results than QFT-TB in patients with cancer being screened for latent TB.
#TxID #IDSky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 29, 2024 at 5:52 PM
T-SPOT.TB performs much better in many immunocompromised populations IMO, but historically was logistically more difficult from CA due to time-sensitive FedEx of samples to Memphis which failed a lot with winter storms. Less an issue now that Quest bought T-SPOT.
Pet rocks are going to trend
Remember, a pet rock is for life, not just for Christmas
allpoetry.com/column/75833... #GeologistProblems
allpoetry.com/column/75833... #GeologistProblems
December 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Pet rocks are going to trend
Mabel is not a bad bunny
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December 27, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Mabel is not a bad bunny
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Mabel and Merlin exploring their new hidey house.
December 25, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Mabel and Merlin exploring their new hidey house.
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My BSKY policy is to block people who seem to be trolls on sight.
December 22, 2024 at 9:11 PM
My BSKY policy is to block people who seem to be trolls on sight.
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Reading the lawsuit - just wow. Good on her for bringing this forward
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Reading the lawsuit - just wow. Good on her for bringing this forward
Late night hop & flop action.
December 21, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Late night hop & flop action.
Friday's looking good to Mabel
December 20, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Friday's looking good to Mabel
Saturday morning in bunland.
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Saturday morning in bunland.
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CDC exercises caution but endorses doxycycline and tetracycline as viable alternatives, with a preference for doxycycline, given its better compliance rates and reduced incidence of gastrointestinal adverse effects. #idsky #medsky
✨️Recent Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis #OFIDJournal
Investigating Non-Penicillin Therapeutic Strategies in Syphilis Treatment
Penicillin monotherapy did not outperform ceftriaxone, azithromycin, or doxycycline
#idsky #medsky
academic.oup.com/ofid/article...
Investigating Non-Penicillin Therapeutic Strategies in Syphilis Treatment
Penicillin monotherapy did not outperform ceftriaxone, azithromycin, or doxycycline
#idsky #medsky
academic.oup.com/ofid/article...
Syphilis Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Investigating Nonpenicillin Therapeutic Strategies
This review and meta-analysis compared nonneurological syphilis treatments. Results indicate alternative therapies like doxycycline, ceftriaxone, and azith
academic.oup.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Compared Bluesky vs. X for the UHC and tsunami news this morning. Bsky easily for the win on both.
December 6, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Compared Bluesky vs. X for the UHC and tsunami news this morning. Bsky easily for the win on both.
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Updated with the ONE THING that Microsoft Teams does better than Zoom.
Grateful for that! @ademeter.bsky.social @rbganatra.bsky.social
Grateful for that! @ademeter.bsky.social @rbganatra.bsky.social
Thanksgiving already! Time for an annual round-up of some ID things to be grateful for.
(Plus a bonus few non-ID items.)
Enjoy!
#IDSky
(Plus a bonus few non-ID items.)
Enjoy!
#IDSky
Some ID Things to Be Grateful for This Holiday Season — 2024 Edition
The calendar says it’s nearly the fourth Thursday of November, so here in the United States, the Thanksgiving holiday is upon us. It’s a day when we gather with family and friends to express thanks, t...
blogs.jwatch.org
November 28, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Updated with the ONE THING that Microsoft Teams does better than Zoom.
Grateful for that! @ademeter.bsky.social @rbganatra.bsky.social
Grateful for that! @ademeter.bsky.social @rbganatra.bsky.social
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"Drink more water!" It's the easiest health advice around. Tired? Headache? Trying to be like Tom Brady? Just drink more water. But as a nephrologist, I get asked all the time: How much is the right amount? And the truth is... we don't really know. 🧵
November 26, 2024 at 6:35 PM
"Drink more water!" It's the easiest health advice around. Tired? Headache? Trying to be like Tom Brady? Just drink more water. But as a nephrologist, I get asked all the time: How much is the right amount? And the truth is... we don't really know. 🧵
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This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.
November 25, 2024 at 11:00 PM
This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.
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"Disrupt" is code for "Destroy reliable established services so that money previously widely distributed now funnels into a single source." Just like "AI" is code for "Mine the work humans did in the past so we don't have to pay them for their work in the future." That's why VCs like both words.
“Disrupt” is a very Silicon Valley word. Every time I see it crop up in a business-case, my bullshit-detection hackles go up.
November 25, 2024 at 1:07 PM
"Disrupt" is code for "Destroy reliable established services so that money previously widely distributed now funnels into a single source." Just like "AI" is code for "Mine the work humans did in the past so we don't have to pay them for their work in the future." That's why VCs like both words.
Reposted by Paul Abramson MD
November 23, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I think when I break the news to my 50-something patients that pneumococcal vaccine is now recommended for them, they just hear “the CDC just declared that I’m old.” #medsky
November 23, 2024 at 4:46 PM
I think when I break the news to my 50-something patients that pneumococcal vaccine is now recommended for them, they just hear “the CDC just declared that I’m old.” #medsky