Amy Guzik MD

Correspondence “When our patients go without medical care, the harm is not theoretical. It is measurable. Fear doesn’t just keep people away from clinics and EDs, it pushes patients into crisis.” “We Do Care” by Bernard E. Trappey, M.D., for Minnesota Physician Voices

Physicians throughout Minnesota bear witness to the devastation that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wreaking. They implore physicians everywhere to raise their voices.

Read “We Do Care” by Bernard E. Trappey, MD, for Minnesota Physician Voices: nej.md/4akke1G

in no way the most important thing but it is incredibly jarring how many times people have opened up their devices in the last year to see autoplay videos of people being killed

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You could read a NYT op-ed about how women make workplaces worse, or you could read an editorial I wrote for
the Journal of Child Neurology about how women -& diverse people, generally -make medicine better:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(didn't think I would need to write this in 2025)

The shutdown leaves telehealth for Medicare patients in limbo Telehealth for Medicare started during the pandemic and became popular quickly. But the shutdown put an abrupt halt to payments for the service.

Telehealth for Medicare started during the pandemic and became popular quickly. But the shutdown put an abrupt halt to payments for the service. n.pr/4hHf7uy

Sudden symptoms weakness or numbness, facial droop or speech change? BE FAST and Call 911!

Brain health for all ages: a global call to action The World Federation of Neurology represents 125 member societies globally and aims to foster brain health and quality neurology worldwide. The term brain health has become an acknowledged term of cru...

"43% of the global burden of disease is neurological, a concerningly high number."

On #WorldBrainDay, a new letter—Brain health for all ages: a global call to action ➡️ tinyurl.com/yjvtunj3

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”

In the US alone.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cover of The Lancet's April 26, 2025 issue. Quote on cover reads: "The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science."

🆕 'Supporting medical science in the USA'

Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/2ra3r7e8

📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/5n74jjn7

But… Do we call it myocardial accident? 🧠🤷‍♀️#stroke

Dr Sarah Song speaking at Neurology on the Hill

Dr. Sarah Song speaking on some of the important, timely, and actionable issues facing Neurology patients and critical Neuroscience research NOW 🧠

#NOH25 #AANadvocacy
@aanmember.bsky.social

#NeuroSky #MedSky #NeuroSKYence 🧪🩺 💊

✔️childhood vaccines save lives ✔️efforts to expand health insurance coverage improve outcomes
✔️restricting access to reproductive health services worsens outcomes
✔️”science on climate change could not be clearer, and evidence of its adverse health consequences increases daily”

“sexual& gender identity are distinct from biological sex, neither are matters of personal choice,& discrimination vs LGBTQ pop harms phys & mental health. Policies [opposing] gender-affirming care& efforts to protect LGBTQ population[…] should be opposed as vigorously as threats to any population”

“racial and ethnic health disparities are real [and] are perpetuated by structures and institutions in society that systematically disadvantage […] minoritized populations.” “Policies that deny the existence [and] ban efforts […] to reduce disparities […] should be opposed by the profession.”

How Should Health Care and Public Health Respond to the New US Administration? This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization, taken so far during the first week of the Trump administration.

“Many institutions will stay silent, feeling a responsibility to remain nonpartisan. […]Some programs plan to fly under the radar by not attracting attention […] We must draw the line when the science is clear that a policy will increase the risk of disease, complications, or premature death.“

Just sitting here … waiting (im)patiently for the Neurology nerds to show up 🧠♥️