#Diagnosis

Before the COVID crisis, we had 1 doctor for every 5 ICU patients. Now we have 1 doctor for 20 ICU patients. Relatives of patients still expect hourly updates, multiple
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How good are doctors at diagnosis? This is the most relevant paper I have written. Not perfect but addresses a huge issue I think could change medicine if acknowledged…it has
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In the House Oversight Committee, a mom (who is clearly frustrated and advocating for her daughter) just repeatedly said that antigen COVID-19 tests *may cause cancer*. There's absolutely no evidence
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My downstairs neighbor is in a pretty famous band: a thread you didn’t want and after reading, still won’t want He walks his cat in the backyard (it’s a nice
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When my eldest was first getting diagnosed with autism, my partner & I wondered whether giving him a "label" was the right thing to do. Maybe the label would stigmatise
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Some people might wonder, "Hey, Fengo. Why the orange heart?"Here's why: Multiple sclerosis.The ribbon for MS is orange. MS is a potentially debilitating disease of the central nervous system. The
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Man I really should just tell people about my ADHD symptoms rather than pretend they don't exist huh... Seeing this in my reccomended kinda sparked this tweet. Please give it
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Alright people it is STORY TIMEhttps://twitter.com/DrT_DVM/status/1266129838810599424 Like I said in yesterday's followup, the call came in requesting that we rush to the farm to take a look at a pregnant
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So, Dr. Sean Conley has basically decided not to answer about 90% of the questions we deserve answered.He won't say whether Trump has *ever* been on oxygen.He won't say when
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The same people who judge you for boundaries and having a family or personal life in the music business are the ones who wake up at 50 and realize the
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Gonna admit that I haven't changed my pinned tweet (treated as extended bio) cuz I wasn't sure what to put cuz of the damn character limits.However, I've been working on
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In 2015 I was dying from an eating disorder that was exacerbated by insulin insecurity. .@BeyondType1 is an org that has published multiple blog posts about the risk of ED
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I like to be jovial, even when I'm anxious I try hard to make a joke or be relatable. I've gone through periods where I've needed to lean on friends
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Request from a virologist- on #influenza As you can see from the Southern Hemisphere flu season, there is very little flu. This is great news..except, we select the viruses that
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#twitteroftime you know I love wholesome threads. Tell me about a time when someone did something simple and kind for you that you’ve never forgotten. #aielfightquarantineblues 1/ After my first
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Look, I think we can all agree that diagnostic categories are useful constructs that are often divorced from biological realities. The general public grossly underestimates how many sick people are
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