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Walter M Chesnut

Parsifaler

1) COVID-19: ARDS, CANCER, AUTOIMMUNITY, NEURODEGENERATION AND THE IL-6 (AGE) AMPLIFIERThe spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, by the dual actions of being a super-antigen and binding to a7 nAChR receptors, allows

ice9

__ice9

Another reminder that outcomes for intubated patients with this disease are... not great.The sorts of vent settings required to keep them from dying of hypoxia tend to further intensify the

Samantha Wang

DrSamanthaWang

1/14 #MedTwitter: The ED pages you for an admission: a 24-year-old male with a history of IVDU presenting with fever. How do you take his drug history? 2/14 As a

YesThatShoe

the_shoe_yes

When you pin people down, they will just say "Well... abortion." And here is the piece I intend to write at some point- voting Republican does not reduce abortion. At

Frederik H. Verbrugge

FH_Verbrugge

Why #kidney function does not equal #GFR (and certainly not Cr), making it an elusive target in clinical practice & the latter a poor surrogate outcome, despite its robust correlation

Michael Nielsen

michael_nielsen

What would be some excellent readings for a class on "The Future of Matter"? Kitaev on "Anyons in an Exactly Solvable Model and Beyond": https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0506438.pdf . @FrankWilczek on "Quantum Mechani

GenderGP

GenderGP

Following the @BBCNewsnight segment on “detransitioners”, here’s some evidence-based research about transition ‘regret’ that @TaviAndPort could have cited...Thread... Of 162 trans adults, only 1 reported they would choose not to

Angela Madden

AngelaMMadden

Just a few thoughts about why I support #FreeSchoolMeals based on my work as a clinical dietitian, academic and researcher1/15 Inadequate healthy food intake impacts negatively on health and wellbeing

Justice for Breonna Taylor

female1st

Transgender activists diminishing the sex based oppression women and girls face, and the generational trauma that we have inherited from our mothers and grandmothers, is textbook misogyny. So here's a

Stuttering research

speechlabmsu

For most speakers, the #speech sounds one hears (i.e., auditory feedback) matches well with the sounds that one intends to make while speaking. Thread (1/...) (2/...) A mismatch of the

Conor Ruzycki

caruzycki

Quick note: as others have pointed out, plexiglass barriers like the ones to be used tonight in the VP debate (and ones that I've seen used in restaurants in Edmonton

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/health/22whoop.htmlDoes this ring any bells?It’s a now-classic ‘PCR false positive pseudo epidemic’.Different infectious organism (a gram-negative bacterium) & disease (whooping cough) but all th

Robert Dickson

robertpdickson

[thread] The paradox of treating ARDS is this: because we don't have a drug to reverse lung injury, we provide supportive care with two therapies - oxygen and mechanical ventilation

Dr Unburnt🔥Poorman

DrPoorman

Like everyone, I'm glued to covid-19 news. A lot of it good, and a lot of it bad.Here is a thread about things reporters are getting wrong. 1/ Hydroxychloroquine: there

Ted W. James, MD MSc #DistanceMedEd

TedWJamesMD

For the 1st of 30 days of #DistanceMedEd, I am going to touch on a question that is near and dear to my heart:Why is upper GI bleeding so deadly

David R Tomlinson 💙

DRTomlinsonEP

#EPeeps Are you looking for something to do while visitags turn red?Here’s an idea+it even involves looking at much beloved squiggly lines: transmural RF effect in vivo!Pic: LAPW 1st siteGA,