#Ncbi

Dr. James Cantor

JamesCantorPhD

New study out on suicide rates in trans folk. The article analyzed *actual* completed suicides rather than self-reported thoughts or attempts: 0.80% in transwomen 0.25% in transmenhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32072611 Interestingly, cis-

Brahmajee Nallamothu

bnallamo

Would you sign your name to your peer review?Since March 2019, @CircOutcomes has offered “Signed Reviews” as a voluntary program.Here’s what we've found so far...1/ It is uncommon but not

Natalie

LifeofNoods

Long COVID is a lonely battle. My cousin through marriage took her own life after a 9 month struggle with long COVID. She was being gaslit by medical professionals who’s

#StayHome

AshHultman

Dear @livingwithmcas, do you know of other studies than the ones below with intravenous vitamin C and MCAS? A friend is going into the hospital soon, and we want to

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

21st century respiratory virus epidemics:SARS: Guangdong, China, 11/2002MERS: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 6/2012Covid-19: Wuhan, China, 12/2019Spot the common factor: very low relative air humidity.https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1230382802857680898

Shannon Ruzycki

ShannonRuzycki

The @globeandmail published this editorial which argues that it is “unjust” to “discriminate” against non minorities who apply for jobs in academia by prioritizing diverse candidates.(1/n) I am uniquely qualified

Greg Lehman

GregLehman

Knee Valgus and ACL injuries.A reflective thread on what we can say.If you retweet what should be a comment I'm not responding :)Keep it clean!Let's go 1/x Large and violent

Subhasree Ray

DrSubhasree

Tomato:One of the most basic vegetables (originally a fruit) in Indian cuisine is a powerhouse of nutrients - Vitamin K1, B9, C, potassium, antioxidants - lycopene, beta-carotene, naringenin & chlorogenic

Lauren Westafer, DO MPH MS

LWestafer

in EM we love clinical decision tools, risk stratification tools. HEART, Canadian (___), Wells, PERC, Ottawa (__)...but, what do we really know about them? a short thread from the talk

Rajesh Raj

Kidneymedic

#nephmadness #EthicsRegion1/ Kidney failure treatment: what’s the right decision?An active, 77-year old Retiree with diabetes and ischemic cardiomyopathy has advanced kidney disease and needs to think about treatment options. Would

Ramya Ramaswami

ramya_ramaswami

Our study out on the characteristics of effusions among patients with HHV8/KSHV-associated diseases and HIV out in @AIDS_Journal.https://journals.lww.com/aidsonline/Abstract/9000/Elevated_IL_13_in_effusions_of_patients_with_HIV.96598.aspxWh

Swacch (Uro)Surgeon

viswas_mr

DCGI has granted permission for emergency use of drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) as adjunct therapy in moderate to severe COVID-19 patients. "A significantly favourable trend (2.5 days difference) was seen in

Tony Breu

tony_breu

1/13Why is ferritin elevated in anemia of chronic inflammation?If the evolutionary point was/is to keep iron away from bacteria, why is our main maker of iron stores elevated? 2/Let's start

illogics

illogics

A CASE FOR MASKS IN THE ERA OF COVID-19: THREAD Masks DO work. In fact, surprisingly well. In the study below, they did a test on a variety of different

Satya Patel

SatyaPatelMD

1/14 I was always asked as a student if I wanted to give fluids to a patient, but no one ever told me how they think about. Here is my

Tamar Haspel

TamarHaspel

If anyone still cares about nutritional epidemiology, perhaps we should talk about FIBER, since there's a brand spanking new study showing high-fiber diets are associated with less breast cancer risk.