Vivek Soi
@viveksoi.bsky.social
Physician, Father, and Geek.
Nephrologist. Views/posts expressed are my own.
Nephrologist. Views/posts expressed are my own.
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WOW! Rush going back on tour www.youtube.com/watch?v=koiX...
Geddy and Alex Send a Message to Rush Fans
YouTube video by Rush
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
WOW! Rush going back on tour www.youtube.com/watch?v=koiX...
Seeing #LinkinPark in Detroit tonight!
August 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Seeing #LinkinPark in Detroit tonight!
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Nephrology bootcamp is off to the races Michael Heung suggests AEIOU as mnemonic to remember indications for dialysis. Learning lots.
July 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nephrology bootcamp is off to the races Michael Heung suggests AEIOU as mnemonic to remember indications for dialysis. Learning lots.
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A study of 1,035 people w/acute COVID shows a common genetic MTHFR variant (homozygous MTHFR C677T) has higher risk of severe COVID infections and Long COVID. buff.ly/Bevs5WN
Genetic testing for MTHFR gene may help stratify patients for treatments for COVID infection.
#medsky #IDsky #hemesky 😷
Genetic testing for MTHFR gene may help stratify patients for treatments for COVID infection.
#medsky #IDsky #hemesky 😷
March 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A study of 1,035 people w/acute COVID shows a common genetic MTHFR variant (homozygous MTHFR C677T) has higher risk of severe COVID infections and Long COVID. buff.ly/Bevs5WN
Genetic testing for MTHFR gene may help stratify patients for treatments for COVID infection.
#medsky #IDsky #hemesky 😷
Genetic testing for MTHFR gene may help stratify patients for treatments for COVID infection.
#medsky #IDsky #hemesky 😷
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Well, this is not good. I like to say that if someone has invasive VRE infection (eg. BSI), it's as much of a marker of how ill they are than the actual cause. But patients with cirrhosis are those people.
I actually saw a commercial for rifaximin for HE on TV the other day (!) #IDSky
I actually saw a commercial for rifaximin for HE on TV the other day (!) #IDSky
Research shows: Rifaximin prophylaxis drives resistance to daptomycin, an unrelated, last-resort antibiotic
Rifaximin is used for hepatic encephalopathy in liver patients at high risk for infections, including VRE treated with daptomycin. The antibiotic was thought to pose a low resistance risk
Rifaximin is used for hepatic encephalopathy in liver patients at high risk for infections, including VRE treated with daptomycin. The antibiotic was thought to pose a low resistance risk
Rifaximin prophylaxis causes resistance to the last-resort antibiotic daptomycin - Nature
Rifaximin use, particularly in patients with liver cirrhosis, may be compromising the clinical use of daptomycin.
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Well, this is not good. I like to say that if someone has invasive VRE infection (eg. BSI), it's as much of a marker of how ill they are than the actual cause. But patients with cirrhosis are those people.
I actually saw a commercial for rifaximin for HE on TV the other day (!) #IDSky
I actually saw a commercial for rifaximin for HE on TV the other day (!) #IDSky
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Dear Humans,
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
March 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Dear Humans,
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
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RFK Jr finally recommends vaccination to deal with the measles outbreak hitting Texas right now.
This is quite the about face for a man who’s been spreading harmful anti-vaxx rhetoric for years.
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/k...
This is quite the about face for a man who’s been spreading harmful anti-vaxx rhetoric for years.
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/k...
RFK Jr. urges people to get vaccinated amid deadly Texas outbreak
Kennedy has a long record of sowing skepticism about vaccines, but advocated for them in a Fox News op-ed today.
www.axios.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
RFK Jr finally recommends vaccination to deal with the measles outbreak hitting Texas right now.
This is quite the about face for a man who’s been spreading harmful anti-vaxx rhetoric for years.
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/k...
This is quite the about face for a man who’s been spreading harmful anti-vaxx rhetoric for years.
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/k...
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Posting this classic every time it happens to me in real life
February 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Posting this classic every time it happens to me in real life
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SSRIs and stimulants save the lives of the children taking them
February 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
SSRIs and stimulants save the lives of the children taking them
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Fun fact: several groundbreaking cancer drugs of the past 5 years that have saved thousands of lives are generated by horseshoe-crab reproductive organs
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Fun fact: several groundbreaking cancer drugs of the past 5 years that have saved thousands of lives are generated by horseshoe-crab reproductive organs
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I bet doom scroll meant something way cooler in the middle ages.
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I bet doom scroll meant something way cooler in the middle ages.
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This was just reported at press release an hour ago at Mass General Hosp. www.massgeneral.org/news/press-r...
Massachusetts General Hospital Performs Second Groundbreaking Xenotransplant of Genetically-Edited Pig Kidney into Living Recipient
Massachusetts General Hospital announced the successful completion of its second transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney into a living recipient.
www.massgeneral.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This was just reported at press release an hour ago at Mass General Hosp. www.massgeneral.org/news/press-r...
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Ozempic now FDA approved for CKD!
January 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ozempic now FDA approved for CKD!
Going through a lot of family stuff today and little things like this make it better.
Suspect I'll be watching this for the rest of the day.
If you're feeling down today, here's a raccoon playing with bubbles.
#happyfriday #joy #joyful #happy
#happyfriday #joy #joyful #happy
January 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Going through a lot of family stuff today and little things like this make it better.
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Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Wow — there are now more than 29 MILLION users on Bluesky! Spread the word!! 💙🦋
bsky-users.theo.io
bsky-users.theo.io
January 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wow — there are now more than 29 MILLION users on Bluesky! Spread the word!! 💙🦋
bsky-users.theo.io
bsky-users.theo.io
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Torsemide is proposed to have clinically important pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic advantages over furosemide. This study found no meaningful pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic advantages for torsemide versus furosemide. bit.ly/JASN0481
January 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Torsemide is proposed to have clinically important pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic advantages over furosemide. This study found no meaningful pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic advantages for torsemide versus furosemide. bit.ly/JASN0481
I finished my first set of 30 longitudinal knowledge assessment questions for the #ABIM yesterday. Pretty painless and way better than having to take a long exam. The fact that you get immediate feedback is worth it alone. I hate taking a test and having to wait for results.
January 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I finished my first set of 30 longitudinal knowledge assessment questions for the #ABIM yesterday. Pretty painless and way better than having to take a long exam. The fact that you get immediate feedback is worth it alone. I hate taking a test and having to wait for results.
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Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
January 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
@shivambhatt.bsky.social I finished Wind and Truth yesterday. I started a stormlight reread a few months ago and today is the first day I’m not reading a Sanderson book. Any suggestions on what to read next?
December 24, 2024 at 6:33 PM
@shivambhatt.bsky.social I finished Wind and Truth yesterday. I started a stormlight reread a few months ago and today is the first day I’m not reading a Sanderson book. Any suggestions on what to read next?
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BREAKING: New photos show UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson being killed in #NYC by a masked suspect “proficient in the use of firearms” who calmly shoots him from behind — “quickly” clearing a gun jam before opening fire on him again, cops say...
STORY: lawandcrime.com/crime/united...
STORY: lawandcrime.com/crime/united...
New photos show masked suspect gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO and fleeing on bike
Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare — one of the largest health insurers in the country — was shot and killed in New York City on Wednesday in a targeted attack, according to cops and reports.
lawandcrime.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:15 PM
BREAKING: New photos show UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson being killed in #NYC by a masked suspect “proficient in the use of firearms” who calmly shoots him from behind — “quickly” clearing a gun jam before opening fire on him again, cops say...
STORY: lawandcrime.com/crime/united...
STORY: lawandcrime.com/crime/united...
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Bluesky doesn’t have to be bigger than Twitter to be successful. It just has to be inviting, engaging and big enough that people can find people and accounts they enjoy engaging with, and or following.
Then People tell accounts and friends on other platforms to come here. It’s a SOCIAL network
Then People tell accounts and friends on other platforms to come here. It’s a SOCIAL network
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Bluesky doesn’t have to be bigger than Twitter to be successful. It just has to be inviting, engaging and big enough that people can find people and accounts they enjoy engaging with, and or following.
Then People tell accounts and friends on other platforms to come here. It’s a SOCIAL network
Then People tell accounts and friends on other platforms to come here. It’s a SOCIAL network
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Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
New #LinkinPark album “From Zero” drops today
a woman singing into a microphone with a blue background
ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with a blue background
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM
New #LinkinPark album “From Zero” drops today