#Colonoscopies

Ebony Jade Hilton, MD

EbonyJHilton_MD

In @chadwickboseman’s passing we highlight tragic truth for Black ppl. Did you know that Blacks have higher death rates & die at younger ages for MOST cancers including colon, lung,

My father is one of the most culturally out-of-touch people on Planet Earth. He's also a gastroenterologist so he heard about Boseman's passing through a clinical lens. Here's a summary

1/ Relating to the tragic Chadwick Boseman news, and colon cancer: I’ve had stomach issues most of my adult life. In my early 40s, my gastroenterologist suggested a colonoscopy. It

Rachel Issaka, MD MAS

By one report, #colorectal cancer screenings have declined by 86% due to #COVID19. Thankful for the opportunity to propose strategies to address this problem with #MaSomsouk @UCSFCVP in @JAMAHealthForum https://jamanetwork.com/channels/health-forum/f

The House of Pod - Med Podcast

In the coming days we’ll have a good opportunity to have a public discussion of our current colon cancer screening recommendations & when they should start (these talks have already

It's been a huge influx of young adults getting diagnosed with colon cancer and we don't know why. It's often aggressive and advanced at presentation. This is just terrible. I've

As someone who lost their dad to colon cancer when he was young, I feel for his family. Colon cancer can and does impact younger people, but often times doctors

2020 🌈 Vision 🗽

Absolutely, turn the hero talk into votes for blue wave candidates that respect science and know first hand the challenges we all face in this crisis.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/politics/doctor-politicians-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share #It

Micheline Maynard

I've been getting colonoscopies every three years for the past 20 years, because of colon cancer in my family. You may be making your first appointment. Here are my tips

Dr Ellie Murray

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: why are COVID deaths *still* not going up 3 weeks after case counts started increasing? There are many possible explanations, but one I haven’t seen mentioned

1) Quebec on Friday disclosed that #COVID19 hospitalizations dropped by 27 to 684. This represented the steepest decline in hospitalizations since Feb. 15., with most of the decrease taking place

Jay Boogie 🌊🍁

HERE WE GOOOO Controversial Question Threadhttps://twitter.com/theejayboogie/status/1253089655832170501 1. Do you call trans people by their pronoun or do you call them “them” “it” etc? 2. Is it more disrespectful to be

Today is #PSCAwarenessDay. I have PSC and sometimes it can be tough, both physically and mentally. As not many people know about PSC, and as I become a bit more

Hear me out:What if we just brought back jousting tournaments? (1/34) Jousting tournaments promote many useful and virtuous things, such as:- horses- suits of armor- family crests displayed on shields-

Tomorrow afternoon I’m having a routine medical screening procedure — which happens to also be a popular punchline among comics. It’s a colonoscopy. Thread: The tl;dr of a colonoscopy is

Tweetorial on our @JAMASurgery paper looking at the contribution of RVUs to differences in physician compensation across specialties.Many have suggested RVUs are the PRIMARY reason... but it really hasn't been