Benjamin Seligman

Do we still break out polymyxin B in cases like this? ☹️

Not super relevant, but I'm pretty sure the beat is from "Rapture" by Blondie, where Debbie Harry raps about a man (not twelve) from Mars who goes from eating cars (not flars) to bars to exclusively guitars.
I assume cocaine was involved.

Especially the IV form...

Diphenhydramine: It is time to say a final goodbye Diphenhydramine, once a pioneering antihistamine, is now overshadowed by second-generation antihistamines with similar efficacy and fewer adverse effects. Current data suggest that the adverse side-ef...

Literally last February:
Diphenhydramine: It is time to say a final goodbye - World Allergy Organization Journal
www.worldallergyorganizationjournal.org/article/S193...

Step 1 boards questions are banned. Turner Syndrome? Complete Androgen Insensitivity? Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia? Can't teach any of that. Don't even mention 5-alpha reductase deficiency, that'll make their heads explode.

Netanyahu has nothing but contempt for American Jews. It's not subtle.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

CCPR is excited to host
@mikegeruso.bsky.social to discuss his book, After the Spike, Wednesday, Jan 11 @6pm, in UCLA's 314 Royce Hall. Comments by CCPR Director @marthajbailey.bsky.social
& @philipncohen.com. Reception to follow. RSVP here: eventsrsvp.ucla.edu/CCPRLecture2...

This week CCPR's seminar series will feature @philipncohen.com discussing his book, "Research is Not Enough: Public Engagement and the Citizen Scholar." Join us on January 14 @12pm in Public Affairs 337.

COVID continues to exact heavy toll on older US adults, study suggests

Roughly 1 in 100 adults aged 65 and older were hospitalized each year of the study period.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

I don't know if everything has been linked so clearly, but I think it's a good way to look at it.

Not so random: the idea was to clear senescent cells, which release signals that inhibit regeneration (maybe including synthesis of prostaglandin E2). Senolytics are still a pretty active area of work, just didn't pan out in this case.

Unity Biotechnology fails early test, raising doubts its ability to develop drugs to reverse aging symptoms The failure of a clinical trial by Unity Biotechnology is likely to raise new doubts about its ability to develop drugs to reverse the symptoms and diseases associated with aging.

Millennial geriatrician here. There was a recent drug failure that also regenerated cartilage, targeting an aging mechanism. I hope they found a better target, but for now we'll have keep working out our quads 😕

www.statnews.com/2020/08/17/u...

Let it not be lost on us that the flu season is real, real bad the year that the administration fucked around with the flu vaccine committee and decided not to cooperate with international disease experts. Stark cause and effect, and it's only going to get worse if we let RFK continue his work.

YouTube video by ABC News High school student suddenly dies from bacterial meningitis: School district

Just a couple shots protect you from having to bury your child.

THIS ISN’T HARD. VACCINATE!

With the changes to the #CDC child vaccine schedule, expect to see more older adults get seriously ill from preventable #flu, #RSV, and #COVID infections. Vaccines for children protect the people who look after them, too.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but replacing an asshole with another asshole is only progress if you're doing anus transplants.

Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew

Oh, just get vaccinated (part 5,000)

"Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)

We've been in the Darkest Timeline for a while. Thanks for helping Congress have some sense!

Geeze, glad you're getting a break!

6 weeks? Like, 42 straight days? 😮

"Ryleigh did not receive a #flu shot this year."
Horrible. Preventable. Transmissible.
I take care of older people and it's awful enough when they get seriously ill and disabled or die from severe flu. I never want to know the heartache when it's a child.
Get #vaccinated.

Long chorus of men I'm adding to, but, yeah, Linux is pretty user-friendly now. Been using Ubuntu since 2020 and at worst it's fine

He orders a cognac, so much for that idea.

I'm watching "M" for the first time and it's chilling, but is the amount of #beer at work normal for #Germany? Everyone seems drunk off their ass except for Beckert (which might have helped with some of his...issues?).

There we go, Steve Miller's problem is solved and future doctors will excel at singing "Dem Bones"!

I look forward to our first all-ortho medical school faculty once hires are based on USMLE scores.

Awful and potentially avoidable. Even if you think your kids will be fine, their grandparents might not be. Don't let your kids become viral vectors.
#Vaccinate

I just finished two weeks covering the #geriatrics service. Every time, I guide families about the #caregiving needs of their loved ones. All the options rely on #immigrants to do the hardest work. Know-nothing white supremacy will harm older adults and their families

I may be preaching to the choir, but get your #flu shot! Scared of needles? There's an inhaled vaccine!
Allergic to eggs? We've got recombinant and cell-based vaccines!
Dislike the US #healthsystem? Any #vaccine at all will make you less likely to have to interact with it!

we did not get a quiet day.

go get your damn flu shots people.