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Gutting Alzheimer's research.

First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it.

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This comes up sometimes

Do fully vaccinated healthcare workers need a mask with measles patients?

YES. Health workers should wear a fit tested N95 respirator with suspected or known measles patients (or for 2 hours after the patient left a room)
www.cdc.gov/infection-co...

We’ve become a global attention economy wherein eyeballs are the currency.

High quality blue light district found herein

Follow without fear 💙

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

My post on FB a couple hours ago:

"If you can manage it, live your life so the people who knew you best speak like this when you're gone. I have failed but at least remember my advice."

Thoughtful thread. There really are some head scratcher ‘norms’ out there wrt IVF’s

Opera clap 👏

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the echo/ECG pendulum has swung in a weird way

I’m seeing patients with multiple echo/POCUS exams & zero ECGs

any ICU patient with a heart should get an admit ECG

will be trying to emphasize ECGs a bit to balance this out

(IMHO the apex skill is bedside integration of POCUS + ECG + CXR) #EMIMCC

1oo% agree. Quite difficult to see delta waves or hyperkalemia on POCUS

Private equity reduces patient care while enriching investors, Senate report finds The bipartisan investigation of hospital systems purchased by Apollo Global Management and Leonard Green & Partners reinforced the findings of past academic research.

To everyone's surprise, it turns out that attaching a money-sucking machine to a hospital system makes it worse.

Watched The Last Word - Lawrence O’Donnell got a fascinating and smart as hell final Presidential interview of Joe Biden. My expectations were limited but it was like sitting around the dinner table asking all the stuff you’d actually want to talk about. Joe Biden has so much depth. O’Donnell too.

Birman? Here is Ripley who is a very good big brother. The pipsqueak is an Aby.

Glymphatics - glial network drainage system

This topic just made it to my “gonna read everything” category

Abortion Pills Prescribed by Pharmacists Are Newest Effort in Abortion Fight Washington State’s program is the first, but other states are expected to try allowing pharmacists to prescribe the pills to counter growing efforts to curtail abortion access.

Another important initiative to keep your eye on:

A pilot program in WA state allowing pharmacists to tele-prescribe mifepristone
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...

A phone picture looking at an apartment building with a few palm trees in front of it, near dusk. The sky is still blue, but looming behind the building in the distance is an enormous cloud of smoke from the Palisades Fire near Los Angeles. The smoke is stained orange from the sun behind it.

🧵 I live in Los Angeles. We have not had to evacuate and are safe, but like many people here, I have friends who have lost everything. I realize I can't combat the firehose (see what I did there?) of bullshit spewing about this disaster from internet and media sources, but I'll say this:

Oralè Resister
LA Fires: who you going to call?
Mexico! #MexicanFireBusters
Mexican pilots, Mexican FireFighting Helicopters and Mexican Firefighters on the ground. All here to help Angelinos
Save lives and homes.
Thank you Mexico!
#LAFire #MexicoHelpsLA

"After this week we’ll likely see a rise in defensively designed homes. This is an interesting example of one of the few houses in LA that survived the fires thanks to smart passive design choices (and some luck)."

H/T Josh Rincon

Those tanker planes dropping water in LA are Canadian and being flown by Canadian pilots with balls bigger than Terrorist Trumps diapers. 🫄🍊 💩 ✈️ 🫡 🇨🇦

An interesting study of gaps between “healthspan” (yrs of healthy life) & “lifespan” across the globe.

Takeaway: the US has amongst the largest gaps, despite relatively low lifespan.

And women in the US have even bigger gaps. 🛟🩺🧪😷

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Fascinating to see the internal conflict between profit and public health discussed so cogently on CNBC

At least they came up with some noon-odious conclusions

Heya. Thanks for the post Alyssa MacKenzie 💜‬ ‪@alyssamackenzie.bsky.social‬

Thanks for clarifying. I can’t think of a single pediatric Surgeon who would purposefully kill any living being for sport.

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

The elephant in the middle of the room is that MAGA is an anti-education movement. Muscular, belligerent mediocrity is the MAGA brand. Tell Vivek the call is coming from inside the house. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Grand rounds smack down tour!
We could sell tix, pack the halls and raise funds for
community vaccine clinics.

Riveting and substantive discussion between two big thinkers. Each w the rare gift of boiling down complex observations to create real conversation.

Put it on as background for a long listen as you do a daily task.

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