Bluewater61 MD

Picture of Elisa Perego, expert patient and researcher ; picture of a Women, black hair, smiling

⭐🎉 We are honored and proud to welcome Elisa Perego, researcher and expert patient (Italy), to our federation as a highly qualified member.

@elisaperego78.bsky.social coined the term #LongCovid, giving a name and global visibility to a condition that millions were experiencing in silence.

Line graph titled 'Incident dementia' shows hazard ratio (95% CI) vs. caffeinated coffee intake. The curve starts at 1.0, declines until about 3 c/d intake, then slightly rises. Intake c/d ranges from 0 to >5. No. of cases and person-years are also provided.

Moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee or tea was linked to reduced #dementia risk and modest improvements in cognitive outcomes; no benefit was seen for decaffeinated coffee in an observational study of US adults.

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The CDC says it's fine to resume normal activities 24 hrs after Covid symptoms are improving. A new, large prospective study with digital tracking shows recovery takes much longer than that www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

U.S. Olympic men’s cross-country ski team member Ben Ogden, second from left, speaks at a news conference Thursday, Feb. 5 at the competition venue in Tesero, Italy. From left, Ogden’s teammates are Zak Ketterson, JC Schoonmaker and Zanden McMullen. (Nathaniel Herz for FasterSkier)

Masked members of the U.S. women’s Olympic cross-country ski team pose for a photo Thursday, Feb. 5 after a news conference at their competition venue in Tesero, Italy. From left , Jessie Diggins, Hailey Swirbul, Sammy Smith, Julia Kern, Novie McCabe and Rosie Brennan. (Nathaniel Herz for FasterSkier)

Encouraging to see some members of the US Olympic team wearing masks to protect their health ahead of competition.

Maskierte Mitglieder des US-amerikanischen Olympia-Skilanglaufteams der Frauen posieren am Donnerstag, dem 5. Februar, nach einer Pressekonferenz am Wettkampfort in Tesero, Italien, für ein Foto. Von links: Jessie Diggins, Hailey Swirbul, Sammy Smith, Julia Kern, Novie McCabe und Rosie Brennan. (Nathaniel Herz für FasterSkier)

Februar 2026 und Olympiamannschaften tragen Masken!

„Unsere oberste Priorität ist es, sicherzustellen, dass unsere Athleten und Mitarbeiter während der gesamten Spiele gesund bleiben“, so Kristen Bourne, eine der amerikanischen Trainerinnen.

fasterskier.com/2026/02/in-i...

six years ago, today:

There is no „going back to normal“ for ICU survivors. ICU teams are doing miraculous jobs and giving all they can, kudos to every single one of them. But still, for the patients there is only life „before“ and „after“ ICU. PICS is real and psychological support is sorely missing.

Es würden überhaupt nicht so viele Fälle von ME CFS passieren, wenn man die aktuelle Hauptursache, nämlich COVID, nicht so political correct im Hintergrund erwähnen würde, sondern wenn sich die die MECFS Community lautstark und politisch aktiv für Prävention der Ursache exponieren würden.

We are currently seeing more #chikungunya cases in travelers than usual -all of them returning from the Seychelles
If you returned from there with symptoms like fever, joint pain (which can persist for weeks or months), fatigue or a rash, it is advisable to see your doctor and get laboratory testing

MUST read for every doctor and HCW! And there is a follow up coming in June, that I can‘t wait to read!!

Ebook sale

My first book, In Shock, is on sale for only $2.99 the month of February. Given…(gestures vaguely) all of this… it’s a great time to read about the essential role of compassion in healing and also get ready for After Shock, coming in June. #medsky

If you read Virginia Giuffre‘s book , you will learn that he yearned for shoulder rubbing with famous scientists, because he considered himself an intellectual and it stroked his ego. So, I would be careful to consider scientists and seminars that he sponsored related to his pedophile activities.

Winter Olympics meltdown over Covid fears after one positive test The head of the Netherlands Olympic delegation has revealed their team have been issued with strict instructions to combat potential COVID-19 concerns at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina.

"The head of the Netherlands Olympic delegation has revealed their team have been issued with strict instructions to combat potential COVID-19 concerns at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina."

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympi...

#COVID #COVID19 #Olympics #WinterOlympics

Derzeit steigen die Probeneinsendungen im #Sentinelsystem wieder an: Zunahme der #RSV-Infektionen (13%) in Österreich
Auch das SARI-Dashboard verzeichnet einen Anstieg der RSV-bedingten Krankenhausaufnahmen

#Influenzawelle mit 30% auf einem stabilen Plateau
einzelne SARS-C2-Fälle
#ZentrumVirologie

Some researchers
> support Let it Rip and mass infection dynamics with SARS-CoV-2
> enter the growing field of Long Covid research
> ask for funding for Long Covid
> collect prizes, accolades and funding for researching a disease they contributed not to prevent

The work of ICU Teams cannot be appreciated enough! Yet, ICU is super traumatic, PICS is real, and post ICU psychological care should be standard. Been there, treated by a great team, yet suffering from long term effects years later. As MD, I understand it all, but never got to be my old self again

📢 EMA recommends: 6 new medicines 💊 for approval, including the first #GLP1 #medicine indicated for a serious liver disease and an extension of indication to the first emergency nasal spray for allergies in children.
#PublicHealth #medsky
www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/meet...

Remembering Dr. Gladys West (1930-2026), the mathematician whose complex algorithms modeling Earth's shape and satellite data became the foundation for GPS. A true "hidden figure" whose brilliance transformed how billions navigate the world.

#GladysWest #GPS #WomenInSTEM #HiddenFigures #STEM #Tech

📉25% LOWER ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY! Wowzers—one of the largest long-term safety studies ever undertaken: “Among 28 mil adults, those who received an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to die in subsequent 4 years than unvaccinated, corresponding to a 25% lower risk of death from all causes.”

Time-lapse of various species of mushrooms growing

In meiner Stadt täglich: man fährt mit dem 🚙 langsam auf den 🦓 streifen zu, schaut, ob ein Fußgänger dort steht. Niemand sichtbar, also rollt man weiter. In dem Moment fährt aus der Seitengasse ein Radfahrer ungebremst über den 🦓 Streifen. Bis jetzt ist es sich immer ausgegangen, aber Adrenalin pur!

Heartfelt thanks on behalf of the patients who cannot speak sedated and with a tube down their throat. You rock!

Ich fahre vorsichtig Auto, speziell d. Seitenabstand beim überholen ist mir wichtig. Das fällt aber bei Scootern schwer, die sind schnell, wendig, und Verkehrsregeln werden häufig ignoriert. 2. Problem: Radfahrer, die auf Zebrastreifen mit Tempo die die Straße kreuzen, keine Chance für PKW - Lenker.

Weekly respiratory viruses update:

- #influenza circulation HIGH, but has peaked
- #RSV circulation ELEVATED and increasing and increasing
- #SARSCoV2 circulation remains at LOW levels.

More info: erviss.org
#ERVISS #RespiratoryViruses #IDsky #EpiSky #COVID19

UK loses measles elimination status Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.

The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced.

Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.

Austria loses its WHO status as measles-free, too, together with Armenia, Azerbaijan Uzbekistan and Spain. This comes as no surprise, considering the rise in numbers in recent years and the decline in MMR vaccine coverage
#VaccineHesitancy #PublicHealthImpact #AllChildrenNeedProtection

Herzoperation erstmals mit Roboter In mittlerweile sechs städtischen Spitälern stehen derzeit Operationsroboter (Da-Vinci-Roboter) zur Verfügung. Erstmals in Österreich wurde kürzlich eine Herzoperation mit Hilfe eines Roboters durchge...

Vienna Clinic uses DaVinci Robot to perform minimal invasive Coronary Artery Bypass, no thoracotomy.

Klinik Floridsdorf führt erste minimal invasive Bypass Operation mit OP Roboter durch. Keine Öffnung des Brustkorbes (Thorakotomie) nötig.
wien.orf.at/stories/3339...

Column | I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor. I gave the new ChatGPT Health access to 29 million steps and 6 million heartbeat measurements. It drew questionable conclusions that changed each time I asked.

The performance of the newly released ChatGPT Health, via a thorough assessment by @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social
with his health data, is very disappointing
gift link wapo.st/49GEASP

This #Marburg outbreak in Ethiopia has been declared over. The country went 42 days — 2 incubation periods — without finding any new cases. The final count of confirmed cases is 14. Nine of those people died.

Wow, everyone should discover Stellenbosch & Franschhoek : SWEAT Africa’s Backdrop. These towns are science and innovation hubs. Home to Stellenbosch University and the Technopark innovation hub, the town is rich with researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs sweat.africa