#Ncbi

Joe Pierre, MD

psychunseen

1/12 THREAD on ECT:ECT has been demonized for decades (thanks Miloš Forman) despite it being one of the most rapidly effective interventions in all of psychiatry, often when previous interventions

Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

‘A man who threw his 11-month-old son into a river believed the baby was turning into the devil....the defendant had suffered from mental health problems throughout his life and at

ashley juavinett

analog_ashley

In 1939, Hodgkin & Huxley conducted the first, long-awaited recording of an intracellular action potential.Shortly after, Hitler invaded Poland, and Hodgkin & Huxley were forced to leave the lab and

Erik or Erika

transperbole

Links: WPATH: "Bias, not evidence dominates WPATH transgender standard of care"https://genderreport.ca/bias-not-evidence-dominate-transgender-standard-of-care/ ROGD / Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: The Use of Methodologies in Littman (2018)

Samantha Wang

DrSamanthaWang

1/15 #MedTwitter: You're admitting a 64YO male with ESRD on HD for hyperkalemia after missing dialysis. A troponin was checked & returned at 0.78 (nl

Public Defendering

fodderyfodder

We must call his everyday racism out. The white man is “sleepy joe” but the Black woman is a “monster.” He might as well blatantly tell his viewers her Blackness

Daniel Restrepo, MD

DrDanRestrepo

1/Patient admitted to your service with “syncope” after losing consciousness. You notice this on the right side of his tongue. What caused him to lose consciousness?(Posted with permission)#physicalexam #TipsForNewDocs #medtwitter

Amy O'Shea

NDaoshea

A few bits & pieces below as promised re ADHD hormonal imbalances My estrogen is & Progesterone is rn, so this is very much a 1st draft brain

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

Should guidelines be evidence-based?The PCR test works by duplicating the genetic material in a sample to a point where a specific genetic sequence is detected. Ct is the cycle threshold.

Alexis Anne Moore

alexisannemoore

1/ Did you know the CDC, W.H.O., PEPFAR and Gates Foundation work directly for the UN and are under a legal clause where no one can see their financial records?

Spotted Toad

toad_spotted

A biochemical mechanism for greater susceptibility of African americans to severe COVID: higher mean levels of IL-6 than Caucasians or Japanese controlling for BMI.( 1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3039107/#!po=14.6259 )IL-6 is cytokin

Jonah M. Kessel

jonah_kessel

New virtual reality images show what happened when the coronavirus attacked an otherwise healthy 59-year-old man. The images can help you understand your symptoms if you get sick. https://www.nytimes.com/video/health/100000007056651/covid-ards-acute-

Taliesin Magboo Cahill

tmc_RN

Nurses of twitter, I know we're busy :) but what do you think about providing #harmreduction in the hospital? (#nursetwitter #tweetorial)For an intro to harm reduction, read this excellent concept

Elisabeth Bik 💉 💉

MicrobiomDigest

My comments on the #MedBikini paper on @PubPeer."The authors fail to give a clear definition of their inclusion and exclusion criteria. This is not science, it is judgement. Which measurements

Dr. Urso

richardursomd

Here’s why this study is worthless!https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2771265?guestAccessKey=053387bf-8cfb-4ea9-952c-1dd260fd4aed&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_lin

Jonathan Ryder, MD

JonathanRyderMD

1/ While on my current GI rotation, I've been reading about Clostridioides difficile because, you know, #IDNerd. I ran across something I had not learned about before:A Hypervirulent Strain of