MJ Markham, MD ☀️

Rural-Urban Disparities in Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among US Women This cross-sectional study examines rural-urban disparities in cervical cancer incidence and mortality among US women.

Rural-Urban Disparities in Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among US Women @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Beyond the White Coat: Why High-Achieving Professionals Need More Than Just Rest I thought I just needed rest. I loved my job.

I wrote a newsletter on LinkedIn about my experience recognizing (and recovering from) burnout:

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This is a fantastic opportunity!

The very important thing for scientists to take from this:
The public campaign to defend science is working!

It is harming Trump. He sees that it is effective. And that is why he brought a kid with cancer to this speech.
This is a sign of their vulnerability to public opinion. 🧪

Yep.

So many things to be sad about since Jan 20. 😞

Thank you

I lost a patient unexpectedly too soon this week. One of the many things I hate about this is that her husband will forever associate Christmastime with losing her. 😔

ASCO has arrived folks!! Let’s keep up this momentum! please follow the links below! #OncSky #CanSky #CancerBS #BCSM

Health insurance industry PR is working overtime right now diverting blame to physicians for claim denials and rising costs. I feel compelled to remind everybody that Optum (UHC) is the largest employer of physicians in the US. We have never had less power in healthcare than we do right now.

Task Force Supports Women Over 30 Collecting Samples for Cervical Cancer Screening TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In guidelines that may encourage more women to get screened for cervical cancer, a leading health task force has back

New US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations support HPV self-swab in cervical cancer early detection.
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😂😅😢😭😭😭

Ever wondered why walking around museums is weirdly tiring? At normal speed our legs act like pendulums, swinging forward from the hip & saving us a huge amount of energy. In "museum shuffle" our muscles must do ALL the work of constant readjustment. So cake in the cafe is scientifically justified 🥳

I found this the best way to listen to my kids - and to hear them - when they were in the middle-school to early high-school years. They were much more likely to share openly if I kept my hands on the steering wheel and made very little eye contact with them.

For patients and doctors, insurance prior authorization can be a dangerous game | Opinion Doctors trying to get patients necessary drugs and procedures stymied by health insurance prior authorization. It's not a game. It's life and death.

"For both patients and providers, prior authorization can feel like an unfair game they are designed to lose."

Honored to work w/ Dr @nathangray.bsky.social on a graphic op-ed out now @usatoday.com on how #PriorAuth can leave some patients literally dying in pain.

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Quite true. 😬

The Atlantic 10: The Best Books of 2024 The titles that made us think the most this year

🚨The Atlantic 10 is out today! 🚨

I can't wait to read so many of these.

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Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target The agency long benefited from broad bipartisan support. But Republican criticism has intensified, and new choices for top health posts hope to upend the organization.

The National Institutes of Health, the world’s leading public funder of biomedical research, has long benefited from broad bipartisan support. But come January, when President-elect Trump and congressional Republicans take charge, the NIH may face a reckoning.

I was happy to give up my uterus. This seems like a kinder, gentler replacement.

🙋🏻‍♀️ Orange Julius 🍊

This summer, I had the life changing experience of being on safari in South Africa. I've just made this photo my profile banner photo, but the entirety of the image doesn't show up well.
My goal on safari was to see big cats. I was not disappointed.

YES!

I’m exiting that toxic space.

I’m determined to fill my feed with all of my passions - patient-centered oncology, food writing, all things travel, science, and funny cat videos. 🤩

I hate when they don’t feel well. I’m so sorry. (I am thrilled to see you here though!)

Attention: ASCO
@jrgralow.bsky.social @juliaclose.bsky.social
Lets flip the bird. No pun intended. Maybe.

Every. Patient.

Oh no!

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