#MEDICINE

Thread on fasting.A few years ago, I got into water fasting.Here’s what I learned, the major event which saved me, and why I continue to do them.Next one, is 3-days
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harry styles being very very very clear about his sexuality, a thread ༄ “I would love to fellate george harrison” “but daddy I love him” “this shirt makes you
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I'm doing a lot of really fascinating research into ethnobotany of the Plains tribes (especially Ponca) for part of the novel I'm working on now. What incredible information! My character
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I'm not hopeful the emergence of Long Covid will inevitably lead to better understanding/recognition of ME/CFS. 1/9 There is, as we know, entrenched ignorance/prejudice about ME/CFS in the medical profession.
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If you went to any other profession and told them that the core activity they do all day can be replaced it would be comical. If you tell doctors and
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Stand back and think. In the 80s journalists risked their lives in Easternn Europe to get the truth out. Now they're shivering in fear, fretting over what they can "legally
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Great thread on how Evidence Based Medicine, an otherwise good thing, is not always a good thing. EBM has strongly guided the beliefs of Anders Tegnell and the Swedish approach
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Doctors, this one is for you (a thread):I had a telephone appointment today with my GP today regarding some low iron levels and sleep changes. We discussed testing, symptoms, and
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i met and chatted with Chris Whitty and heard him speak and read his work well before he was CMO. He is a really decent, lovely, extremely bright &knowledgeable man
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Oh what a time it is to be a science/physiology student! As vaccines have (slowly) started rolling out in Ontario there’s also been an increase in discussions on vaccinations ()
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// ableismthe wc community is spreading the hashtag #WarriorCatsAbleism today. ive made my feelings on this subject very clear before, but i want to reitirate that this series has a
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Long thread about mandatory COVID vaccines inbound!I'm glad that a vaccine is coming. I personally want to take it but am skeptical because of how rushed the work had to
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Hey all! It's my birthday! If you'd like to with me, I hope you'll follow a bunch of awesome #blackmedtwitter, #BlackDisabledLivesMatter, #BlackintheIvory folks. Hearing diverse is great, amplifying
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The biggest obstacle to Medicare for All isn't the insurers, believe it or not—it's the providers (hospital corps, pharma, and the AMA). But the AMA is not representative of doctors
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Had a very interesting conversation with my 19yo neighbour yesterday. He’s done with 12th but is taking a year’s break because he can’t decide between engineering and medicine. He wanted
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1/ What's amazing to me - as I read papers written in the 2000s about how to face flu epidemics (Part 2 of Unreported Truths, coming soon!) is that the
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