Kennedy Will Quietly Undermine Vaccination, Not Publicly
As I have been saying since it was first reported that Kennedy needs to stop being obviously anti-vax, he’s not going to. He will just devastate vaccination more quietly. I hate being right about this. https://t.co/WCKW4qW20l
Severe Pain Doesn't Always Mean a Torn Tendon
I have probably written more about tendons in the past year than most surgeons have written in their careers. I do this because tendon disorders are among the most common issues I see in the office. You will need to...
Out‑of‑Pocket Payments Cut Healthcare Costs, Study Shows
Spot on. Allowing patients to pay for more services out-of-pocket is key to reducing health care costs. The Economic Lesson From Weight-Loss Drugs https://t.co/6X0A7vZYyM
FDA, Vaping Policy, and Hantavirus Updates on Squawk CNBC
My segment today on @SquawkCNBC on @CNBC on FDA issues, vaping policy, and updates on hantavirus. @AEI #Vaping #FDA #Hantavirus https://t.co/qVXwsCtAcR
Healthspan over Endless Life: Avoid Tithonus’s Cursed Immortality
People are complaining about doctors promoting "healthspan" at the expense of extreme life extension. The myth of Tithonus is relevant here. Made immortal by a goddess, she forgets to give him everlasting youth. He ends up shut into a room unable...
West Virginia Leads, Bans Artificial Food Dyes Nationwide?
West Virginia becomes the first state to ban artificial food dyes. Should other states do this or perhaps the federal government? SecKennedy wvgovernor @EvanWorrell4WV @JasonBarrettWV MAHA #FoodBabeArmy
Expert Care Beats Myths: Trust Qualified Autism Knowledge
My villain origin story: Me, after 6 years of post-medical school specialized pediatric training & 20 years of working w/ neurodivergent children and studying/reviewing the literature: "Learning to understand your child will help them make progress. There is no 'cure' but...
Debunking AI Myths in Nursing This Nurses Week
Join our #NursesWeek conversation today, Myth Busting: #AI in #Nursing (05/11)! 💻 Register Here: https://t.co/lrbn6CJPAM #NurseTwitter @ANANursingWorld https://t.co/padQG2SXye
End Preventable Maternal Deaths: Support Moms Year‑round
After the brunch and flowers, we need to show up for moms the rest of the year by finally taking on preventable maternal deaths. #HealthyMomsHealthyBabiesAmerica https://t.co/njB28BAINh
LQDA’s Soaring Market Share Proves Drug Superiority
$LQDA "Market share has gone from 10% to 16% to 23% across past 3 quarters" That doesn't happen against an entrenched competitor unless the drug is truly better.
Integration Costs Shift to RPA as APIs Become Liabilities
Software ships at near-zero marginal cost. The maintenance tail does not. Every API is a liability the moment it ships, and a finite R&D budget can only service so much of yesterday's surface area before next quarter's earnings call wins...
Turning Postpartum Skepticism Into Women’s Health Unicorn
Imagine pitching the company that would eventually become the first unicorn in women’s health, only to have investors laugh in your face at the word "postpartum". On the latest Lifers, @_KateRyder and I go deep on what it actually...
GLP‑1 Drugs Boost Survival, Cut Recurrence in Obese Breast Cancer Patients
In women with breast cancer and obesity or T2 diabetes, a large propensity matching retrospective analysis reports association of GLP-1 drug therapy with improved survival and reduced risk of recurrence https://t.co/GjimCr97S0
GNPS2 Enables Comprehensive Drug Metabolism Toolkit
Nature Protocols: A versatile toolkit for drug metabolism studies with GNPS2: from drug development to clinical monitoring https://t.co/lEejrO6gXT https://t.co/qlybcRgD9V
FDA Embraces AI: Radiology Leads 1,400 Approvals via 510(k)
The FDA, a global leader in healthcare regulation, is adapting its framework to include AI-based medical devices, with 1400 approvals and clearances to date, indicating an acknowledgment of AI’s expanding role in healthcare. Radiology leads in AI device approvals reflecting deep...
Providers Gain Upper Hand in No‑Surprises Arbitration Rule Talks
In the race to meet with regulators shaping forthcoming No Surprises Act arbitration rules, providers are winning https://t.co/QnV7scejZ2 via @statnews
Fractyl Secures Dutch CTA for First GLP‑1 Gene Therapy Trial
Fractyl Health today announced that it has received Clinical Trial Application (CTA) authorization in the Netherlands to initiate the Phase 1/2 first-in-human study of RJVA-001 - $GUTS first clinical candidate from its Rejuva 🧵👇 GLP-1 Gene Therapy platform and the...
Beware Payer Panic; GLP‑1 Drugs Defy Bankruptcy Predictions
This is a reminder: when payers warn a new class of drugs will bankrupt a system, be cautious. We saw this with PCSK9 cholesterol meds, and then with Alzheimer's drugs. Unless of course that class of drugs begins with G and...
Rare Disease Community Gains New Treatment Hope After Five Years
Five years after disaster, a rare disease community gets new chance at treatment Yet another heart-rending story from @Jasonmmast. https://t.co/9vgOKpInL3
Swallowable Soft Robot Measures Stomach Acidity Without Endoscopy
A swallowable, electronics-free soft robot enables real-time stomach acidity measurement and fluid sampling, offering a less invasive alternative to endoscopy by gliding through the stomach and transmitting data via ultrasound. medicalinnovation
Hantavirus Detected on Ship: Risk Remains Unclear
Why the "mildly" is irrelevant here: -we were simply watching for if any other passengers tested positive; not the viral load -the important part of the result is that *the test showed another passenger has hantavirus*. That means people still getting sick...
POD24 Signals Urgent Need for Wise Management
POD24 in follicular lymphoma: time to be “wise” [Mar 17, 2022] @JohnPLeonardMD @BloodJournal https://t.co/jLMd14D4Ur #lymsm https://t.co/991dNQe3JH
First‑line Lymphoma Therapies Linked to Higher Osteoporosis Risk
Increased risk of osteoporosis following commonly used first-line treatments for lymphoma: a Danish Nationwide Cohort Study [Feb 11, 2020] Baech et al. Leukemia & Lymphoma https://t.co/oapmDJlQV7 #lymsm #BoneHealth #SuppOnc #geriheme
PET‑CT Can Opportunistically Assess Bone Density in Hodgkin Lymphoma
Opportunistic Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density by PET-CT in Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients [Jun 6, 2019] Cohen et al. Endocr Pract https://t.co/jdxVy80vMB #lymsm #supponc #oncorad #BoneHealth
Zoledronic Acid Prevents Bone Loss in Lymphoma Therapy
Zoledronic Acid for Prevention of Bone Loss in Patients Receiving Primary Therapy for Lymphomas: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Phase III Trial [Dec 29, 2012] @Lymphoma_Doc @mtmdphd et al. CLML https://t.co/iPOYSXEA1M #lymsm #SuppOnc #BoneHealth #NCT00352846 https://t.co/UlaqHyy65d
Mild Animal Skin Disease Detected in MSM, No Livestock Contact
Doctors in several European cities are seeing cases of an animal skin disease in men who have sex with men who haven't had contact with the livestock that normally contract this disease. The good news is, it's mild & treatable....
Many Common Surgeries Fail to Outperform Placebos
Imagine a pill that works no better than a sugar pill BUT still gets prescribed thousands of times a year. That's the state of these surgeries: Vertebroplasty- no better than sham (NEJM, 2009) Knee arthroscopy for OA- no better than sham (NEJM, 2002) Meniscectomy-...
GLP‑1 Cash‑pay Users Set to Triple by 2030
In its initiation on $HIMS, The J.P. Morgan healthcare team estimates the long term GLP-1 cash pay addressable market to be over 120M individuals in the US, with only ~3M of those currently utilizing compounded or branded GLP-1s (~2.5% penetration)....
New Patent Covers Short-Acting Monoamine Releasers
Short-acting monoamine releasers D Nutt, A Borthwick, R Tyacke - US Patent 12,590,077, 2026 https://t.co/P99hvyXiil
New Discovery Bridges Eastern and Western Medicine
I find this sort of show-off online design irritating, for it adds little to nothing to understanding and drags out reading. The Astounding Discovery That Could Link Eastern and Western Medicine https://t.co/FJjz1KWRVV
Missing the Obvious: Ask the Right Questions in ICU
A woman walked into a hospital able to give her own history. She did not walk out. Nobody asked the right question for eighteen hours. The procedure was an NG tube under anesthesia. The complication was a tear in the...
Fertility Industry Skips Basic Tests for Profit
This essay by @rivatez is the most thorough piece I have ever seen on what is wrong with the American fertility industry. We see this every day at Ferta. Women come to us after one or two clinics have already...
LinkedIn Job Titles Forecast Healthcare AI’s Next Frontier
We might literally be watching the future of healthcare form in real time through LinkedIn job titles. I keep on finding new job titles there that are related to healthcare AI and emerging care models, including roles such as healthcare navigators...
Make Healthcare Data Sharing as Standard as Banking
Imagine if your your school refused to share data with university admissions, or your bank refused to share your data with your lenders or your builder refused to share data with your roofer.... This is not normal. Make healthcare normal
Both Health and Foster Systems Need Unified Individual View
There’s a fascinating parallel here between what leading #health systems are trying to accomplish in value-based care and what foster youth systems desperately need: a shared operational picture of the individual. https://t.co/om9O8rO3P8
Health Care Is a Right, Not a Profit Business
Health care should be a right not a for profit industry. The entire planet has free health care for its citizens. Only in America is a for profit industry. We don’t have to live like this.
Repatriation Flights Pose Minimal COVID Risk, WHO Confirms
WHO and each country have done good job of managing the disembarkation from the ship and repatriation. --> Risk of spread on the repatriation flight is low (masks, high ventilation/filtration on airplanes, private flights w/ no public, medical teams taking...
Insurers Deny Care Yet Lack Required Malpractice Coverage
If insurance companies can deny care and call it "medically unnecessary", why aren't they required to have malpractice insurance doe when they get it wrong and someone gets sicker or tragically dies ?
Remote Nurse Robots Begin Deployment in U.S. Hospitals
Remotely Operated Nurse #Robots Are Entering U.S. Hospitals by @Khulood_Almani #Robotics #MedTech #HealthTech #Tech #Healthcare https://t.co/CKY0kbTmo4
MANE Secures Patent, Launches Trials to Address Minoxidil
Turns out I was dead wrong in this thread from some four years back. $MANE managed to get a patent (US 12,268,688 ) and is conducting full-scale trials to assuage the obvious safety concerns with the approved Minoxidil oral dose.
Trump's Aid Cuts Let Richest Exploit Poorest Children
From @NickKristof, an accounting of what has happened after Trump gutted lifesaving aid. “Forget the efforts to dress this show up. The truth is ugly: The world’s richest men are crushing the world’s poorest children.” https://t.co/CoI6eUrkW3
Vinay Prasad’s CV Misstates President’s Cancer Panel Membership
The Cancer Letter reports that Vinay Prasad’s CV inaccurately claimed past membership on the President’s Cancer Panel. Prasad did nor respond to repeated requests for comment, the publication said. https://t.co/ZbYKOKQ95c
Insulin Resistance Outweighs LDL as Heart Disease Risk
Insulin resistance is a much bigger risk factor for heart disease than LDL cholesterol. h/t ifixhearts That's why a fasting insulin may be a better test than LDL cholesterol for heart disease risk.
Mandate Real‑Time Ledger Transparency to Cut Hospital Costs
The path of least resistance to reducing the cost of medical care is to require all Non Profit Hospitals and providere to be required to post on their website a Real Time and downloadable General Ledger with all entries ...
CPR Doubles or Triples Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates
CPR can double or triple the chances of survival from cardiac arrest. Learn CPR. https://t.co/9QjBRXV9dv
Healthcare Pricing Is Engineered to Be Unshopable, AI Fuels Manipulation
If you think all we need to do in healthcare is let people shop for prices and they will fall, is ridiculous The number of hospitals and insurance comps walking away from each other, particularly for Med Adv, tell us...
Longevity Hype Ignores Limited Healthspan Evidence
Why is there such obsession with extending lifespan when the bigger issue is that average healthspan is 65 years and there are no data (except in super-centenarians) that longer lifespan = longer healthspan (known as compression of morbidity)? https://t.co/w33aRn71cn
WHO Expands COVID Contact Definition to Shared Enclosed Spaces
Good update from WHO, with a very important clarification of what a “contact” is: —-> “Exposure in enclosed or shared spaces (e.g. multiple days on same ship, aircraft/conveyance seating proximity, etc.)” I don’t love the “multiple days” in the example bc it’s inconsistent...
AMH Measures Egg Count, Not Pregnancy Potential
AMH does not predict whether you can get pregnant naturally. It predicts how many eggs your ovaries will produce on stimulation drugs. That is it. Fertility clinics use it to scare women into IVF because it is a number that...
Evidence-Based Lifestyle Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors
We are thrilled to provide this resource for people who are looking for a path through breast cancer and beyond. 💗 PAVING the Path to Wellness with Evidence-Based Lifestyle Medicine Tools for Cancer Survivorship is a fabulous resource for those newly...