Steve Vlad
@stevenvlad.com
Rheumatology, epidemiology, other stuff.
Played music for a living once.
Eppur si muove!
Played music for a living once.
Eppur si muove!
Amazing
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Amazing
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While we're at it, HBO, if you're listening, Zelazny's "Chronicles of Amber" would be great for your next big budget fantasy series.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
While we're at it, HBO, if you're listening, Zelazny's "Chronicles of Amber" would be great for your next big budget fantasy series.
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Or it may enable us to find more 'disease' in persons who would otherwise live normal lives. Screening is only beneficial if people are likely to be affected by the disease now or in the future. Incidental findings may lead to unneeded treatment and anxiety.
"While low-dose CT scans of the chest provide high-value lung cancer screening in patients with RA, McDermott [et al] have shown in this study they may also help screen for the presence of RA-associated lung disease. LDCT for lung cancer screening just may enable us to kill two birds with 1 stone."
November 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Or it may enable us to find more 'disease' in persons who would otherwise live normal lives. Screening is only beneficial if people are likely to be affected by the disease now or in the future. Incidental findings may lead to unneeded treatment and anxiety.
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Shoulder view 🙄🔵: The blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) presenting premium dorsal plumage with the energy of, “I shine; therefore I am”🪶📖. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Shoulder view 🙄🔵: The blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) presenting premium dorsal plumage with the energy of, “I shine; therefore I am”🪶📖. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
I didn’t know this. It explains a lot.
Kevin Sorbo was in his 30s and in peak physical condition (he was currently playing Hercules), and he had three strokes after he had his neck cracked by his chiropractor.
AARRGH. CHIROPRACTIC IS NOT MEDICINE, IT’S DANGEROUS BULLSHIT CREATED BY A FUCKING GROCER WHO THOUGHT HE COULD HEAL WITH MAGNETS. WHAT THE FUCK, AMERICA
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I didn’t know this. It explains a lot.
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That headline is a journey.
Cat crashes through windshield after being dropped by eagle
"Okay, you may not believe me, but...," the 911 caller said when reporting the unusual traffic incident involving a bald eagle, a cat and a smashed windshield.
www.wtol.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
That headline is a journey.
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Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
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JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
Boy, JD Vance is really a dick isn't he?
So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Boy, JD Vance is really a dick isn't he?
Massachusetts tells JFK, Jr. where to go.
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Massachusetts tells JFK, Jr. where to go.
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RFK, Jr.'s HHS released another report critical of gender-affirming care for trans children yesterday. @danvergano.bsky.social explains what it says and how it contradicts medical consensus @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
RFK, Jr., Releases Report Attacking Medical Care for Trans Children
A new report from the HHS that is critical of gender-affirming care for minors updates a similar, widely criticized report in May
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
RFK, Jr.'s HHS released another report critical of gender-affirming care for trans children yesterday. @danvergano.bsky.social explains what it says and how it contradicts medical consensus @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
Great. And yet Obamacare Premium subsidies will still expire On Jan 1.
House unanimously rebukes Thune on data seizure payouts
Every House Republican voted to overturn a provision that was seen as an unseemly payout to their Senate colleagues.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Great. And yet Obamacare Premium subsidies will still expire On Jan 1.
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pig-like he whines
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
pig-like he whines
I knew it!
Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks https://theonion.com/historians-admit-to-inventing-ancient-greeks-1819571808/
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I knew it!
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
Glad to see that someone figured this out.
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Glad to see that someone figured this out.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success