Our team recently published results of a study where we fed LBP CPGs and other trusted info into LLMs, then gave it a patient scenario and asked for treatment recommendations, then had PTs rate those recs for accuracy and usefulness.

Bottom line: even when we help the AI, it still can’t replace us.

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Many of us are stuck in purgatory, where our grants haven’t been terminated but they also haven’t sent the notice of award or $ to continue an ongoing grant. 31 days without funding and counting.

Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.

Here is a link to 60 Minutes NIH segment...

www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti...

Current and Projected Future Supply and Demand for Physical Therapists From 2022 to 2037: A New Approach Using Microsimulation AbstractImportance. Projections of physical therapist supply and demand provide critical insights into workforce trends, including factors that may influen

What's the job market outlook for PTs?

academic.oup.com/ptj/article/...

“Highly paid insiders at the NIH.”
😂😂😂
MAGA people sometimes show their whole asses.

Senior NIH scientists could get a job paying 2x or more in the private sector. But they accept lower pay, and give up ability to start/advise companies, because they believe in America.

They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.

This is a very good idea.
👇👇 Any Senators or members of Congress willing to “go to the NIH campus in Bethesda and follow the doge kids around?”

Somehow the following two things are true:

- most actual scientists cannot read my work for free, and there are strict rules about when/whether I’m allowed to send a copy of my work to an interested fellow scientist
- Mark Zuckerberg can just steal it and use it to train his AI tools for profit.

The reasoning is bullshit.

The true reasoning is “We, Trump/MAGA political strategists, have determined that the most politically palatable university to attack first is Columbia, and we want other universities and the public to stay quiet while we do this.”

They’re coming for you next.

Total tax rate by income and compared over different time periods, showing the wealthiest now pay lower tax rates than at that other time and compared to any other group

The 400 wealthiest people in the US pay the lowest income tax rates of anyone. Which is where a lot of our problems come from. www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/o...

An IC-specific NOFO that I submitted to in Feb required a Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives, so we submitted one, but now that has disappeared from the NOFO.

This is terrifying.

Yes. Journalists should note this:
Every science or tech student, age 5-35 today, is looking at the destruction of their career prospects due to Trump and Musk.

We should be interviewing those students and talking about the impact to their lives.

Trump administration cuts $400 million in federal funding to Columbia <i>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.</i>

Columbia called the cops on students— *like trump wanted*— & this is how Trump responds.

One should never comply with evil, but if even your complicity with evil will not save you— & it will not— then why comply?

Do not comply; not in advance, not at all. Fight for the right thing, no matter what.

CDC plans to study autism, vaccines Move comes despite strong evidence finding no link between them. By LENA H. SUN and LAUREN WEBER • The Washington Post

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

Materials produced or authored by NCI staff that address topics that may be controversial, high profile, or sensitive must be sent to the NCI Clearance Team for review prior to publication. Depending on the nature of the information, additional review and clearance by the NCI director, deputy directors, NIH, and HHS may be required. In some cases, the material will not need further review, but the NCI Clearance Team will share it with NCI leadership, NIH, and/or HHS for their awareness. Examples of controversial or high-profile topics include, but are not limited to: Cancer Moonshot NCI budget COVID-19 Vaccines H5N1/bird flu Opioids , Marijuana Dietary guidelines/ultra-processed foods Obesity Stem cell or fetal tissue research Abortion Autism Peanut allergies Fluoride Measles Diversity/equity efforts Gender ideology Environmental justice Discussion of federal policies Topics of federal investigations Issues concerning pending legislation Topics that have received recent attention from Congress Topics that have received widespread or critical media attention

The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials.

Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.

I have this exact question about a recently-submitted grant that should have been reviewed by an IC-specific panel…

It’s almost like it’s a bad thing when private equity owns our health care. 🙄

Our health care system is the worst.

Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this

Most PTs have no idea of the amount of work that *thousands* of volunteers are doing for them every year around the country. Our profession has so many people who are good to the core. Come see what your state chapter is all about.

We are having the worst flu season in 15+ yrs & staring down an avian flu threat that has already spread unchecked in other mammals and taken American life

Our government response is to cancel planning for the next flu shot, cancel funding for bird flu vaccines & treatments, & cut Medicaid coverage

Terrible.

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

Dear scientists at US universities: Trump/Musk continue to freeze your grants. NIH is not reviewing grants nor funding them in council. This is a backhanded, legal method to effectively stop NIH grants.

See thread and linked article.

Are we going to “keep our heads down” about this?

Health Workers Think DOGE Is About To Backfire, Big-Time Mass layoffs have hit departments whose literal purpose is to save money or improve health outcomes.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are messing with your Medicare benefits.

Democrats passed a law to finally let Medicare negotiate with Big Pharma for lower prices.

Now Trump and Musk laid off the negotiators.

That means higher drug costs for you. Nothing efficient about that.

NCCIH?

i'll just add that completely gutting our science, technology and medical research and trying to destroy our universities is a very weird way to counter chinese aggression and influence