Timothy Crummy, MD discussing the value of @RadiologyACR to our patients at the @TxRadSociety annual meeting in Austin.

“It is estimated measles vaccination averted 57 million deaths between 2000 and 2022. Measles was eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. New cases were found when someone contracted measles abroad, generally individuals unvaccinated or under-vaccinated.”
@bcmhouston @DrPaulKlotman

“With every mistake, we must surely be learning.”
— George Harrison

“Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is responsible for 1.27 million deaths annually. According to the WHO, if no measures are taken promptly, AMR could lead to more deaths than cancer by 2050.”

👉🏾 As antibiotics become less effective, vaccination is more important than ever.

mdedge.com/infectiousdi...

“Advanced nursing students face an uphill battle securing clinical placements.”

👉🏾 Much like physician training 100 years ago. Insufficient oversight and variable clinical quality. This is certain to improve as demand for NP‘s increases in our system.

www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/the-...

“Semaglutide was associated with a 50% lower risk for a recurrent alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnosis and a 56% significantly lower risk for incidence AUD diagnosis across gender, age group, and race, and in patients with/without type 2 diabetes.”

👉🏾 Holds great promise!

mdedge.com/psychiatry/a...

“Researchers in alcohol, tobacco, and processed food are being threatened, intimidated, and discredited”

Researchers are often the targets of tactics seeking to discredit them but also including surveillance, threats of violence, burglary, bribery, and cyberattacks.

www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Mosquito-delivered malaria vaccine using late-arresting parasite shows early promise

“Immunisation with live-attenuated P falciparum malaria parasites is an alternative vaccination strategy that has potential to improve protection.”

dgalerts.docguide.com/article/mosq...

Marie Curie donated her Nobel Prizes to the WWI war effort.

“She also used her expertise in radiology to develop mobile X-ray vans, which she and dozens of trained women, including her daughter and future Nobel winner Irène Curie, used to treat wounded soldiers.”

historyfacts.com/science-indu...

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Advocacy for our patients, our profession and our society.
#Radvocacy #ACR

Budget cuts and a smaller mission for CDC

“If some of these changes do come to pass, we will have to rely further on local and state health departments as a bulwark against damaging policies that may be enacted — even as they may have their resources curtailed.”

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Solidarity kitchens: how pandemic food assistance developed to offer much more

“When the covid-19 pandemic began, I knew Brazil would face a battle against hunger,” says Adriana Salay Leme.”

“Suddenly, we were producing up to 200 lunch boxes,” Leme says.

www.bmj.com/content/387/...

“The number of daughters was positively related to a longer life span of their fathers, increasing on average by 74 weeks per daughter born, while number of sons did not have a significant effect on paternal longevity.”

👉🏾 All kids reduced lifespan of mom ☹️

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16634019/

“What does male allyship look like to women?

Being a loud supporter is a great way to start. Women were far more likely to say their organization was making good progress toward gender equity if their male colleagues were loud supporters.”

👉🏽 Men - Speak up!

nihrecord.nih.gov/2023/11/10/s...

“The number of serious antibiotic resistant infections in England rose to an estimated 66 730 in 2023, up 7% from 62 314 in 2019 and an increase of 14.6% from the 58 224 identified in 2022.”

👉🏾 Resistant infections increase even as antibiotic use increases.

www.bmj.com/content/387/...

…And my old timer Scotty

“The continued development and validation of AI in mammography points to a promising future.”

👉🏾 Breast #Screening Saves Lives!

www.acr.org/Practice-Man...