Helene M Epstein Author

It's bad here. It will be worse in the red states. Thanks for sharing. Important info here.⤵️

It's bad here. It will be worse in the red states. Thanks for sharing. Important info here.

Online medical info is both a boon to patient autonomy & a dangerous source of unreliable advice, products, & bad data. Ch 13 covers how to use the three main resources –– social media crowd-sourcing, symptom checkers & AI chatbots ––while protecting yourself.
bit.ly/13Online
#HealthTech

[Spoiler] The attacks against our rights have been so constant, even the games in the @nytimes now remind us of our constitutional freedoms! #strands #Constitution #Vote #Speech #Assembly #Liberty #Life

A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk

The ultimate #Misdiagnosis, premature organ donation. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...

My favorite doctors share their doubts when it’s called for. I’m seeking accuracy, not speed. Of course, I expect them to 1st rule out any life-threatening conditions quickly, then commit to getting the necessary answers. 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 bit.ly/DxUncertain

Do you know the 4 major barriers to getting a second opinion and how to get past them? The answers are in my latest chapter 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻. (And it's 100% free)
helenemepstein.substack.com/i/167293196/...
#Misdiagnosis #SecondOpinions #PatientSafety

It's a fantastic project!

Throughout my book, I consistently recommend getting a second opinion. Here are the What, Why, When, How and How Much of getting Second Opinions. bit.ly/2nd-Opinions
#SecondOpinion #PatientSafety #Surgery #PeaceOfMind #Cancer #Scheduling #Multidisciplinary #PatientAdvocate #RemoteSecondOpinions

Blown away by this pledge. Dr. Mark Graber is a visionary. Over 15 years ago, Mark identified that the biggest patient safety issue is misdiagnosis. His leadership has made patient lives healthier & safer. I've long admired him; his support means the world to me. open.substack.com/pub/heleneme...?

The Bear is back Wednesday night! #TheBearHulu

Jess Craven on Substack OK so this is raw and I’m sorry for that. But what’s happing in Los Angeles is horrifying.

Watch to the end. Share everywhere. This is important.
#LA #Immigration #AnneFrank #FascismInAction
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YouTube video by The ShiftShapers Podcast #517 Patient No More: Medical Harm, Misdiagnosis, and Taking Control with Helene M. Epstein

This podcast specifically covers the difficulty of getting diagnosed properly if you have #Endometriosis, #MECFS, #LymeDisease, #AutoImmune diseases, + for #Women, #Seniors, #Children, #Immigrants & God help you if you’re a #BlackFemale! youtu.be/KteebB8svDY
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YouTube video by The ShiftShapers Podcast #517 Patient No More: Medical Harm, Misdiagnosis, and Taking Control with Helene M. Epstein

I love doing podcasts! (Although you can’t tell by my face) I especially had fun doing this one. The host is wonderful. It’s a wide-ranging discussion about the size & cost of medical error & the kinds of patient harms that occur because of it. Plus #solutions. youtu.be/KteebB8svDY 1/2

A Black female patient is asking her doctor for help with her symptoms, her pain, with a colorful array of word sound waves. But his back is turned to her and he is not helping her.

Gaslighted, Dismissed or Ignored By Your Doctor? All three are dangerous to your health. Do you know the difference? Why they each happen and how to combat them? There are steps you can take when it happens to you or someone you love. Here are NINE of them. bit.ly/Ch10Gaslighted
#PatientEmpowerment

Sen. Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles Noem was in L.A. to address the ongoing demonstrations against President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

"If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how [DHS] responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers" in the LA community, throughout California & throughout the country.”
#ICE

4 of 4. ...due process, the vacuuming up of our private data, the attacks on rule of law,or the police state that's just around the corner. Let's also protest to support the strength of our judicial system!
#BodilyAutonomy #ReproductiveRights #DueProcess #Privacy #RuleOfLaw #SupportJudges

3 of 4. ...institutions like #universities, the cowardly weakness of the members of #Congress, the crippling #tariffs and inconsistent economic actions that harm so many small and medium businesses, the attack on...
#BodilyAutonomy #ReproductiveRights #DueProcess #Privacy #RuleOfLaw #SupportJudges

2 of4. ...destruction of funding for #science and #publichealth, the dismantling of #DEI, the #misogyny and wish to control women's bodies, the lack of intellect and planning while they destroy our educational ...

#BodilyAutonomy #ReproductiveRights #DueProcess #Privacy #RuleOfLaw #SupportJudges

1 of 4. On June 14, and every day you protest, help maintain civil control. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝘄!

Whether you are protesting against the demonization of #immigrants, the...

#BodilyAutonomy #ReproductiveRights #DueProcess #Privacy #RuleOfLaw #SupportJudges

Justices Grant DOGE Access to Social Security Data and Let the Team Shield Records

Are you flipping kidding me?! SCOTUS Justices Grant DOGE Access to Social Security Data and Let the Team Shield Records www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

The author is leaning on a fiberglass pig sculpture on a street in Stamford. The pig is seated and the outside of its body is covered in Chinese symbols to replicate antique porcelain.

I made a new friend! A new temporary outdoor art exhibit featuring 26 fiberglass piggies called OINK! in Stamford Downtown. This lovely gal is modeled after classic Chinese porcelain and is outside our fantastic library.

Our credibility is already shot. No other country's leaders trust us anymore and they're right not to. The majority of the American citizens no longer trust this administration either.

There's a woman in a social media group I'm in who attacks everybody and writes only in ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME. They tolerate her behavior because she has dementia. Perhaps constantly attacking others and writing inALL CAPS is a sign that Trump has dementia.

😟🥺😔💔 I’m horrified with the ICE version of American justice & its corrupt leadership. Now, the most law-abiding immigrants, the ones who go to court to become legal residents, are being scooped up. Why? To meet a quota quickly because real criminals hide from the law & finding them is too much work

Obscure provision in House bill threatens enforcement of court rulings on Trump At stake is whether judges can enforce their orders blocking Trump policies that are ruled unlawful, as they already have 180 times.

“Without the threat of contempt, legal experts say the Trump administration could ignore court orders with impunity.”

Project 2025 was once a secret. Now it’s being written into our country.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

A Documentary About Life, Death and ‘The Cathedral’

JIMMY & THE DEMONS opens at the Tribecca Film Festival June 8th. The first 3 screenings sold out so they added a 4th A few tickets are left for 6/15. We love you, Uncle Jimmy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/m...

Of course it did. Because they just don't care if they get the Science right. Plus, that's what happens when you try to bend the facts to your fantasies. You have to make sh*t up.

I left Twitter before it was X because Elon Musk posted a Pepe the frog message. This is worse. The QAnon language, the symbology… I'm also hearing rumors that he's going to use a false flag operation during the June 14 ego parade to declare an emergency & take on war powers. Hope that's inaccurate

Glad to meet you, too.