#MEDICINE

Yesterday we walked through Matamoros and visited with families who are being impacted by the Trump administration's attacks on the right to seek asylum. Most of them are living in
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Found this helpful.Sets expectations for a long stay-at-home period (through early June) but clearly explains the benefits of that.* You don't just flatten the curve but can really reduce the
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Thread on a potential silver lining of #COVID19 My friend @BenMazer is a pathologist and he's noticed huge declines in specimens obtained for cancer diagnoses. Reason: hospitals have stopped elective
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I hope Indians will realize a few things due to CoVid19 pandemic -1. Healthcare is everyone's responsibility not just doctors'2. It takes years to build manpower and in India, hospitals
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Walked into my house yesterday after getting off work and my best friend was there unexpectedly. She had the kids in time out and looked exhausted. I didnt think much
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Why is the MSM suddenly in hardcore anti-hydroxychloroquine mode? HCQ destroys the narrative?Very obviously coordinated... 4am talking points much? This thread may add data for those who need it.HCQ is
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I was the Anesthetist in a C-section today. Patient had a history of high grade fever with sore throat and mild shortness of breath. We sent the patient for covid
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THREAD1)Iraqi military intelligence confiscated 19 containers of smuggled medicine from #Iran.All the while, @JZarif, Iran's apologists/lobbyists & #FakeNews outlets like @nytimes & @CNN, blame U.S. sanctions for "medicine
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Per @Caulimovirus’s request, I shall post more about the kidneys:The kidneys are more commonly known as “the parotids of the retroperitoneum” because of their similar primary function, to convert blood
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I am shaking with fury. I challenge Canadians to watch what just transpired on @CBCNews between my colleague and I - that is the sexist, hierarchical crap women have to
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Crocs for All Docs:Emergency medicine- the all terrain edition. Trauma shears, ketamine, your Patagonia vest - you can fit it all in the bitchin’ front pockets. Imagine having an admit
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Current scenario of doctors in Pakistan; a thread recently, often i catch my regretting why i choose "doctory" and i don't knw wt i would do instead for this is
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I believe if you give a motivated and undistracted student dedicated time and resources that they have the capacity to do well. They also need to be in a positive
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Can we start a thread on books by Indigenous authors? I really want to start reading more books this year! So far I've read: 1. There There by @thommyorange2. Trail
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New higher R0 from CDC reanalysis... it’s a 5.7!(95% Confidence Interval: 3.8–8.9). Wowzers. This much higher #SARSCoV2 R0 value carries lot of implications for vaccines and treatments and containment measures
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Metabolic health. This phrase is tossed around a lot on Tw and other platforms. Is it your BG level? A1c? Trig/HDL ratio? ApoB or non-HDL level? Well, yes.. sort of,
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