Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
@tsengjennifer.bsky.social
Human / doctor / surgeon / mom. Thoughts are my own! Reposts are not endorsements.
Happy leftovers to all who celebrate!
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Happy leftovers to all who celebrate!
Current state
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Current state
Last week had the pleasure of hearing Dr Anton N. Sidawy MD, MPH, FACS President of American College of Surgeons give his honest assessment of our critical healthcare worker shortage in 🇺🇸 … and yet still leave audience hopeful! Rare gift! (PS - younger surgeons prioritize #worklife balance!)
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Last week had the pleasure of hearing Dr Anton N. Sidawy MD, MPH, FACS President of American College of Surgeons give his honest assessment of our critical healthcare worker shortage in 🇺🇸 … and yet still leave audience hopeful! Rare gift! (PS - younger surgeons prioritize #worklife balance!)
In what 🌎 are New England and Harvard both on an 8-game winning streak - in 🏈??? 🤷🏻♀️
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In what 🌎 are New England and Harvard both on an 8-game winning streak - in 🏈??? 🤷🏻♀️
Does anyone not like tater tots? 😋
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Does anyone not like tater tots? 😋
I am always so humbled by the service of our veterans. Thank you, and thank you to the families who give so much, here and abroad. 🇺🇸
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Opinion | If Only More Americans Could See This Place
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November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I am always so humbled by the service of our veterans. Thank you, and thank you to the families who give so much, here and abroad. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
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Sunday mac ‘n cheese (aka “use up stuff” night)
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sunday mac ‘n cheese (aka “use up stuff” night)
Reposted by Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
In the CORE-TIMI 72a and CORE2-TIMI 72b phase 3 trials involving patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia, olezarsen led to a significantly greater reduction in the triglyceride level and in acute pancreatitis events than placebo. Full results: nej.md/491XG5V
#AHA25
#AHA25
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In the CORE-TIMI 72a and CORE2-TIMI 72b phase 3 trials involving patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia, olezarsen led to a significantly greater reduction in the triglyceride level and in acute pancreatitis events than placebo. Full results: nej.md/491XG5V
#AHA25
#AHA25
Reposted by Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
Among patients with atherosclerosis or diabetes but no previous myocardial infarction or stroke, evolocumab led to a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events than placebo. Full VESALIUS-CV trial results: nej.md/4oWrIN6
#AHA25
#AHA25
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Among patients with atherosclerosis or diabetes but no previous myocardial infarction or stroke, evolocumab led to a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events than placebo. Full VESALIUS-CV trial results: nej.md/4oWrIN6
#AHA25
#AHA25
Someone actually trusted me with their beloved … 🌱 🪴 🌺!
(I must be a grownup.)
(I must be a grownup.)
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Someone actually trusted me with their beloved … 🌱 🪴 🌺!
(I must be a grownup.)
(I must be a grownup.)
Reposted by Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
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November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
GLP-1 drugs have intrinsic potent anti-inflammatory action beyond their metabolic beneficial impact on glucose regulation and weight loss
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November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
GLP-1 drugs have intrinsic potent anti-inflammatory action beyond their metabolic beneficial impact on glucose regulation and weight loss
www.jci.org/articles/vie...
www.jci.org/articles/vie...
“Twice as good to succeed …” 🙏 Dr. Gauthier! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/h...
Marthe Gautier, 96, Dies; Had Key Role in Down Syndrome Breakthrough
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November 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“Twice as good to succeed …” 🙏 Dr. Gauthier! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/h...
Reposted by Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
Acute and chronic viral infections, including Herpes Zoster (Shingles), Hepatitis C, HIV, CMV, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2, are linked with a substantial increased risk of cardiovascular events, from a systematic review. Figure for SARS-CoV-2 below
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October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Acute and chronic viral infections, including Herpes Zoster (Shingles), Hepatitis C, HIV, CMV, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2, are linked with a substantial increased risk of cardiovascular events, from a systematic review. Figure for SARS-CoV-2 below
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RIP to a real mensch. 🙏 Dr Zinner, your memory is a blessing to so many.
Source: The Boston Globe share.google/9DNgh7A8isIq...
Source: The Boston Globe share.google/9DNgh7A8isIq...
Hope and ‘no regrets’: how pancreatic cancer surgeon Dr. Michael Zinner faced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis - The Boston Globe
"We’ll do the best we can in this in-between stage," Dr. Zinner told his pancreatic patients, advice he took when he faced his own diagnosis.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
RIP to a real mensch. 🙏 Dr Zinner, your memory is a blessing to so many.
Source: The Boston Globe share.google/9DNgh7A8isIq...
Source: The Boston Globe share.google/9DNgh7A8isIq...
If you are lucky, you may make forever friends in work and also in life. If you are super-lucky, they coincide! 😘 ❤️ 🤗 Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) and partners as we came together in Birmingham to try to help train surgeons who will serve ALL our communities. 💐
October 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you are lucky, you may make forever friends in work and also in life. If you are super-lucky, they coincide! 😘 ❤️ 🤗 Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) and partners as we came together in Birmingham to try to help train surgeons who will serve ALL our communities. 💐
Reposted by Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
How do mRNA vaccines help fight cancer?
A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here
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A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here
erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
How mRNA Vaccines Can Help Fight Cancer
Turning "cold" tumors "hot"
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October 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How do mRNA vaccines help fight cancer?
A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here
erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here
erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
Reposted by Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
A meta-analysis of 13 studies comparing health care professionals vs generative A.I. showed the latter was more likely to be perceived as more empathetic in all but 1 study
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October 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A meta-analysis of 13 studies comparing health care professionals vs generative A.I. showed the latter was more likely to be perceived as more empathetic in all but 1 study
academic.oup.com/bmb/article/...
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Reposted by Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
The benefit of Ozempic (semaglutide) for protection from major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) is independent of weight loss magnitude and baseline adiposity, likely related to the GLP-1 anti-inflammatory effect
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Semaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes by baseline and changes in adiposity measurements: a prespecified analysis of the SELECT trial
The cardioprotective effects of semaglutide were independent of baseline adiposity
and weight loss and had only a small association with waist circumference, suggesting
some mechanisms for benefit bey...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The benefit of Ozempic (semaglutide) for protection from major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) is independent of weight loss magnitude and baseline adiposity, likely related to the GLP-1 anti-inflammatory effect
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Jennifer F Tseng, MD MPH
New in the October 16, 2025, issue of NEJM:
Sentinel-Node Biopsy in Cervical Cancer (PHENIX phase 3 trial) nej.md/4oaZled
Telitacicept for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (18C010 phase 3 trial) nej.md/42EmA7I
#MedSky
Sentinel-Node Biopsy in Cervical Cancer (PHENIX phase 3 trial) nej.md/4oaZled
Telitacicept for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (18C010 phase 3 trial) nej.md/42EmA7I
#MedSky
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New in the October 16, 2025, issue of NEJM:
Sentinel-Node Biopsy in Cervical Cancer (PHENIX phase 3 trial) nej.md/4oaZled
Telitacicept for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (18C010 phase 3 trial) nej.md/42EmA7I
#MedSky
Sentinel-Node Biopsy in Cervical Cancer (PHENIX phase 3 trial) nej.md/4oaZled
Telitacicept for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (18C010 phase 3 trial) nej.md/42EmA7I
#MedSky
Both of my teenagers called me of their own volition today and neither asked me for money, at least initially. Please share my joy!
October 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Both of my teenagers called me of their own volition today and neither asked me for money, at least initially. Please share my joy!
Enacting one of my primal food memories, chicken and dumplings, but with local bok choi
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Enacting one of my primal food memories, chicken and dumplings, but with local bok choi
First they debunked red wine, and now dark chocolate? 🤷🏻♀️
Is dark chocolate good for you?
"Sadly for chocoholics, the health claims for dark chocolate come from wishful thinking and sly marketing, not the findings of science."
Sorry
www.economist.com/science-and-...
"Sadly for chocoholics, the health claims for dark chocolate come from wishful thinking and sly marketing, not the findings of science."
Sorry
www.economist.com/science-and-...
Is dark chocolate actually healthy?
We assess whether that tempting idea is too good to be true
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October 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
First they debunked red wine, and now dark chocolate? 🤷🏻♀️