#Disease

So today, I had a career talk for a bunch of life sciences undergrads on why we need to do research.I started by asking: "Name five Filipino scientist from the
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1/4 Both many on the right and many younger people have mocked the #coronavirus as only a danger to old people.Even if that was true, that should be enough to
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On now! @abhiAsolanki discussing the management of locally recurrent prostate cancer after EBRT #ASTRO20 #pcsm #radonc Great discussion of patient selection for salvage therapies and potential outcomes. Bottom line, we
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Why Avril Lavigne is underappreciated and deserves way more: a thread 1. She writes her own songs and wrote songs for other artists (break away by Kelly Clarkson), she writes
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Why does data matter so much in #COVID19 and why is the UK getting it wrong? A thread on transparency. And it starts with this. This is the Hong Kong
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1/ “WE CANNOT TEACH IN MASKS”-“Historically, the deprivation of the face & the refusal of contact with others (frequently in the context of virulent disease) have been the very first
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Where we are with #tocilizumab for #COVID19 . Neat summary in @JAMA https://ja.ma/2IJ8HPc  . The fact remains that we need good RCT data. The observational studies so far are small,
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7 new Innovation because of #COVID First is Quick-and-dirty ventilators: Virgin Orbits squeeze bag ventilator: in a few days, engineers at Branson’s space venture,built a simple, but effective ventilator from
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We know communities of color suffer most from COVID-19. The way we’re allocating $175b in relief funding is also biased against them.Thread on our new paper, led by superstar @pragyakakani
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The coronavirus is characterized by obstructing respiratory pathways with thick mucus that solidifies & blocks the airways & lungs. The key to preventing/treating the virus is opening & unblocking these
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April is just a week away, which means autistic people everywhere are bracing ourselves for what is known in non-autistic circles as “Autism Awareness Month.” Here are some things you
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This thread by @AlexBerenson distorts my work in a way that can only be willful, given that others have made the same arguments in the past on twitter and I
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In 1918 and 1919, masks also stoked political division. Then, as now, medical authorities urged people to wear them to help slow the spread of disease. And then, as now,
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Not surprised at these results given my audience. I’m going to talk about Euthanasia for a while. It has really bad ramifications for those who live with disability. This is
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«The lack of recoverable viral culture samples of SARS-CoV-2 prevents firm conclusions over airborne transmission.»Let’s not be worried about the virus floating everywhere in the air. 1/nhttps://twitter.com/carlheneghan/status/137472963
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there seems to be a lot of grandstanding by the lockdown governors (who are almost invariably democrats as this issue has become distressingly partisan) but when one looks at red
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