#MEDICAL

Wendell Potter

wendellpotter

WORD TO THE WISE>> During this coronavirus crisis, keep an eye on every move of my old industry: health insurers. Behind the PR spin, they will be doing everything they

M.P.

OmanReagan

Starting early in 2020, British Columbia spread pandemic misinformation. The province told us that there was no such thing as asymptomatic spread. Scientists and other health experts had already made

Ms Love

mslove_TLB

BREAKING #News@realDonaldTrump promotes Medical Experimentation on the American people, in violation of the Nuremberg Codes. #USA Approves Pfizer Covid Vaccine - (1st Jab to be given in less than 24

G Peters ♿️ It's still a pandemic btw.

mssinenomine

I suspect most people even if inclined to support #BillC7 would agree that before MAiD should be expanded we should be certain the current law is properly managed and monitored.

Tom Kindlon

TomKindlon

[Thread]Nice, thoughtful article“Pandemic social isolation provides glimpse into the everyday realities of #chronicallyill patients: The COVID-19 pandemic is teaching the world a lesson in empathy for those who have had

Jessica Campbell

haesstudentdoc

“Just ditch diets”, “anti-diet” and “anti-weightloss” resolutions. A thread. For folks, who’s survivial, acceptance or saftey has relied on participating in restrictive eating or a particular performance of “health” these

Fairynuff1979

fairynuff1979

Tell the women who had to leave school at 15 and get a job to support their brothers staying on at school, that it wasn’t about their sex. 1/#SexNotGender #WarOnWomen

Jenna

JennaACY

Some great reporting here. A woman believed she developed a horrifying side effect of the COVID vaccine - but she was injected with salt water, nothing more. The medical condition

Alison Lai

alisonlaiMD

Around this time, back when I was an R3 (which feels so distant, somehow), I had what was multiple small breakdowns with staff and friends alike. Residency is HARD. And

Sara "cisn't" Springer

saraaspringer

CW for dysphoria and transphobia. But if you work in OCD/ED/BDD research, please pay attention to this one. I'll elaborate a bit.https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/medical-school-suspends-study-tortured-transgender-people-science/ I

Caleb LoSchiavo, MPH

calebloschiavo

Now that I've gone through the stages of being disappointed, angry, and snarky, here's an actual public health thread on why an indoor basement sing-a-long piano bar is one of

The artist formerly known as lizard brain

stoweyvik

"sorry you had a bad adoption" if I've read it once I've read it 1000 times. Here's the thing, in my short time in the twitter Adoptee community I've met

Abi

Diminishablekit

The take care of yourself thread, from me! I’m not a medical professional, I’m just speaking as someone with an adrenaline/cortisol imbalance. First, Maslow. Start with the basics. Are you

Anne Sosin

asosin

What do you mean by vaccine equity? And why does it matter for population health? This is the question that I’ve been asked all week. Here’s a short explanation: Thanks

Garrett Reuscher

GarrettReuscher

I’m fairly ecstatic about the huge wins for drug policy reform. Five states legalized cannabis, two states passed medical marijuana, Oregon decriminalized all drugs and legalized therapeutic use of psilocybin,

Andrzej Kozlowski

akoz33

These are two remarkable virologists: Pyotr (on the left) and Konstantin Chumakov. They are brothers, Pyotr us one year older. Their parents were famous Soviet virologists Mikhail Chumakov and Marina

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