#medmastodon — Public Fediverse posts
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The #clinicalTrial I've been participating in for a revolutionary new #cholera #vaccine has been published in #TheLancet, and the results are excellent.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00682-6/fulltext
I'm one of the data points in this article. 😉
The immunity from the new vaccine is so long-lasting that they're extending the study: they asked me to come back again in six months so they can test again to see if I still have immunity.
It's astonishing how many lives this vaccine will save.
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Czy subiektywna ocena stanu zdrowia może być obiektywną prawdą o nas samych? Nadia Laskowska analizuje rolę czynników emocjonalnych w procesie leczenia i dzieli się swoimi doświadczeniami z polskiej psychiatrii.
Ważny głos o jedności ciała i ducha oraz o prawie do godnego chorowania.
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What happens if you boost a toot from a Mastodon server that has gone offline (perhaps forever)? Does it work as normal, unless you try to visit the original website? Or do weird things break?
Below I will link to the test toot (that is currently unreachable). Next I will boost it.
@kateiacy https://med-mastodon.com/@kateiacy/115537310444405215
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In international public health news, the WHO says Chad is the first country in the world to eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV, syphilis and heb-B.
#medmastodon @medmastodon #iDmastodon #vaccines #publichealth #medicine
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Metformin reduces risk of Long Covid. https://thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/metformin-has-been-shown-to-reduce-the-risk-of-long-covid-why-isnt-it-more-widely-used/?mc_cid=01de0f1b88&mc_eid=4b751fcf19
#TheSickTimes #LongCovid #ProlongedPandemic #pandemic #disease #illness #sick #chronic #MedMastodon #medicine #medical #Metformin #Rapamycin #diagnose #prognosis #wellness #digestion #diabetes #hba1c #doctor #doctors #clinic #GP #physicians
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More reasons to get flu and COVID vaccines.
‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu.
"data from thousands of people show that infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is linked with a nearly twofold increase in cancer-related death, possibly helping to explain why cancer death rates increased early during the COVID-19 pandemic."#medical #health #vaccines #medmastodon #IDmastodon #cancer @medmastodon https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02420-1
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1. https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Women-with-Disabilities-and-Special-Needs-Guideline.pdf
2. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/7/e016757
3. https://rcm.org.uk/blog/2025/06/improving-maternity-care-and-support-for-pregnant-women-with-disabilities/
4. https://birthrights.org.uk/factsheets/disability-and-long-term-health-conditions-and-maternity-care/
5. https://criplife.co.uk/pregnancy-and-disability-ensuring-inclusive-maternity-care-for-prospective-disabled-mothers/
6. https://www.ableize.com/health-and-fitness/pregnancy-and-parenthood/I guess obstretics is My New Thing.
#maternity #pregnancy #ObGyn #Obstetrics #pregnant #nativity #disabled #DisabledJoy #DisabledFedi #disability #MedMastodon #med #meds #medicine #medical
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https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Women-with-Disabilities-and-Special-Needs-Guideline.pdf "Appendix 1: MOTHERS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES GUIDANCE TOOL
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Value family – Involve individuals who best know the woman with learning disabilities as they can provide additional information that may be helpful to the decision-making process.
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Avoid making assumptions – Do not assume that because someone has a diagnosis of a learning disability that they cannot be good enough parents
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Look for support – Professionals should not work in isolation and should involve learning disability services for further support and guidance.
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Understand emotions – Take into consideration that many mothers with learning disabilities have their own anxieties and worries about motherhood and fear of judgment. Do not assume they are being difficult.
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Establish reasonable adjustments – Professionals should put reasonable adjustments into place to ensure women with learning disabilities can comprehend and understand information to give informed consent. I.E. easy read, pictorials, large font, visual and hearing aids.M
Mental Capacity – Do not assume capacity. In liaison with the Mental Capacity Act 2005, professionals should consider completing a Mental Capacity Assessment (MCA) to establish whether the women can give informed consent. Professionals should also consider best interest, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and involving an Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA).
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Efficient discharge – Professionals should consider possible support that can be put into place to ensure a person-centered discharge is consolidated. Consider, access to health and additional services, transport, financial support and accommodation.THINK... VALUE ME"
#maternity #pregnancy #ObGyn #Obstetrics #pregnant #nativity #disabled #DisabledJoy #DisabledFedi #disability #MedMastodon #med #meds #medicine #medical
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Omfg. Read section 3.4 "Learning Disabilities support" on page 5. Literally everyone will be helped by these suggestions, not just diagnosed disabled people.
https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Women-with-Disabilities-and-Special-Needs-Guideline.pdf
"3.4 Learning Disabilities support
Although 7% of people with learning disabilities become parents ( Best Beginnings) the Equality Act 2010 obligates responsibility to service providers to ensure that reasonable adjustments are put into place to ensure the holistic needs of people with learning disabilities are met to the highest standards.
Remember to think VALUE ME! (Appendix 1)1. Early intervention strategies should be considered. Ensure that the community midwife is involved and if they are under 20 consider discussion with the specialist teenage pregnancy midwife for additional support.
2. Professionals should ensure that adequate time is provided for consultations, appointments and formal discussions. Taking time to allow the woman to understand the information in
order to make an informed decision.
3. Professionals should ensure that reasonable adjustments are put into place to aid with understanding. Including: easy read, pictorials, large font, visual and hearing aids.
4. Abilities led practice rather than inabilities led practice. Professionals should avoid making assumptions based on a diagnosis of a learning disability as often mothers will have their own anxieties, fears and worries regarding motherhood.
5. Avoid assuming that mothers are being difficult. Consider other possible reasons such as the environment, loud noises, bright lights (especially if they have a dual diagnosis of learning disability and ASD), sensory needs, stress and anxiety. Provide a side room if possible."#maternity #pregnancy #ObGyn #Obstetrics #pregnant #nativity #disabled #DisabledJoy #DisabledFedi #disability #MedMastodon #med #meds #medicine #medical
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A public health success story.
Earlier this year (2025), the World Health Organization (#WHO) validated #Guinea as having eliminated the devastating sleeping sickness as a public health problem.
It's a story of public health having lost the trust of the public, largely due to not communicating well -- but after figuring out new ways of doing things, managed to earn trust back again.#publichealth #IDmastodon #medmastodon #Africa #scicomm @medmastodon
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#Prävention auf vier Rädern: #CharitéBerlin & #BMWGroup starten Forschungsprojekt zur Frage, wie moderne #KI-Sensoren den Gesundheitszustand beim Autofahren erfassen können. Das Ziel: Gesundheitliche Risiken wie #Schlaganfall oder #Herzinfarkt frühzeitig vorhersagen.
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New prospects for patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease: Researchers at #CharitéBerlin discover a therapeutic approach that could specifically reduce inflammation & cancer risk in #MorbusCrohn's & #ColitisUlcerosa. They now describe the point of attack in Nature Immunology.
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Neue Perspektive für Patient:innen mit chronisch-entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen: Forschende der #CharitéBerlin entdecken einen Therapieansatz, der Entzündungen & Krebsrisiko bei #MorbusCrohn & #ColitisUlcerosa gezielt senken könnte. Den Angriffspunkt beschreiben sie jetzt in Nature Immunology.
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3/3 Vierte Förderphase: Seit 2007 erforscht das #Exzellenzcluster
NeuroCure die Ursachen neurologischer & psychiatrischer Erkrankungen sowie die komplexen Mechanismen des gesunden Gehirns. Ziel ist es u.a., Krankheiten wie #Alzheimer oder #Parkinson besser zu verstehen.#MedMastodon #Forschung #Medizin #Exzellentstrategie #Exzellenzcluster #ExzellenterDonnerstag #BerlinUniversityAlliance
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2/3 Wo endet Gesundheit, wo beginnt Krankheit - und was passiert dazwischen? Das Exzellenzcluster #ImmunoPreCept geht diesen Fragen nach und möchte herausfinden, was uns gesund hält - auf zellulärer & molekularer Ebene. Im Fokus stehen chronisch-entzündliche Erkrankungen und Krebs.
#MedMastodon #Forschung #Medizin #Exzellentstrategie #Exzellenzcluster #ExzellenterDonnerstag #BerlinUniversityAlliance
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In case it was missed in the post above, this is my updated article:
👉 https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/04/01/anna-severe-me-cfs/
My doctor predicts I will die if I don’t leave soon.
I need a solid, safe, home I can go to and recover to at least a stable baseline. It’s not full recovery, but it’s better than a slow death.
Help please 🙏
#PwME #LongCovid #MECFS #Hypothyroidism #ChronicIllness #Neisvoid #Abuse #Housing #Dysautonomia #SocialWork #MedMastodon #PWLC #MutualAid
#HumanRights #Press #Housing #Journalism #MECFS #SevereME #Abuse #Neglect #MutualAid #Narcissist #Psychopath #MCAS #MCAD #Endometriosis #ChronicPain #CostOfLivingCrisis #Melbourne #Australia #DomesticAbuse #DV@chronicillness @longcovid @neisvoid
@disabilityjustice
@disability @socialwork
@dysautonomia @mutualaid
@mecfs
@chronicpain
@mcas
@australia
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Adherence to #Guideline Recommendations on Psychotropic #Drug Use for Challenging Behavior in #Dementia
"...Of all newly started prescriptions, 17% were evaluated within the recommended 7 days after starting..."
#Geriatrics #Care #Alzheimers #Deprescribing #MedMastodon
https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(24)00897-1/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
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This sounds like a really interesting book.
"A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES: HOW CONTAGION, CLASS, AND CAPTIVITY SHAPED US,
FROM CHOLERA TO COVID-19."It focuses on six disease crises from the 19th century to the present—cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish flu, sleeping sickness, Ebola, and #COVID-19.
#history #medicine #medmastodon @medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectious #pandemic #endemic #lockdown #quarantine
https://www.nasw.org/member_article/edna-bonhomme-history-world-six-plagues-how-contagion-class-and-captivity-shaped-us -
Trained sniffer rats can detect #TB and using them is cheaper than standard lab tests.
#medicine #medmastodon @medmastodon #tuberculosis #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases #infectious #health
https://www.medangel.org/giant-rats-and-dedicated-volunteers-transform-tb-detection-in-tanzania/
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COVID, even mild infections, affects brain function.
#brain #medmastodon @medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectious #COVID #SARS #neurology #psychology https://theconversation.com/mounting-research-shows-that-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-including-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216
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Update on bird flu and worrisome North American chicken and animal farming practices.
#birdflu #meat #dairy #health #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases @medmastodon #medmastodon #agriculture
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@auscandoc A bit more info about Disease X in the Congo..
#diseasex #IDmastodon @medmastodon #medmastodon #infectiousdiseases https://promedmail.org/promed-posts/
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Antibiotico-resistenza, #Italia sul podio in Europa per #infezioni mortali
In fondo alla classifica anche per uso di #antibiotici (44,7% dei degenti vs media europea 33,7%)
#Medicina #Farmaci #Salute #Sanita #MedMastodon #Cure
https://www.adnkronos.com/cronaca/antibiotico-resistenza-italia-morti-news_7jjk2jnIXR3beZEBq6AUNb -
Systematic #review of #guideline recommendations for older and frail adults with type 2 #diabetes mellitus | Age & #Ageing
"...proportionately less #recommendations for individuals who are frail..."
#Geriatrics #Frailty #Health #Care #Therapy #MedMastodon
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The #H5N1 avian flu virus jumped species again and has killed a number of seals in #Canada.
#IDmastodon #medmastodon @medmastodon #infectious #infectiousdiseases #flu #influenza #avianflu
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Up to 75% of patients presenting for colorectal cancer surgery have iron deficiency.
Is iron deficiency without anaemia associated with worse postoperative outcomes?
#healthcare #medicine #anaesthesia #surgery #irondeficiency #MedMastodon
https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.16444
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Single-use vs reusable flexible bronchoscopes - which one is preferable when you consider safety, efficacy, cost-effectiveness & environmental impact?
Check out this great narrative review for some analysis!
#airway #sustainability #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia
https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.16430
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@Anaes_Journal such an outlier case.
You’d imagine the ventilation pressure and the force to insert the tube would have been a pretty big clue.
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Recently, I had conversations with 2 people who turned out to be vaccine skeptics. They stopped getting #COVID vaccines after their first jab or two. So, I told them about the 30+ year history behind mRNA vaccine development. That it has been (and continues to be) worked on for treating cancer as well as for other diseases. And that mRNA vaccines were part-way developed for #SARS during the 2002-2004 outbreak (but work stopped because the infection petered out for various reasons) and for Zika. And that when the pandemic came along, most of the pieces of for creating an #mRNA #vaccine for COVID were already in place -- which is why the the vaccines came out relatively quickly. And that they underwent clinical trials before they were approved for release.
Both conversations ended with "Wow, I didn't know any of that. You've given me something to think about."
I'll take it as a win.
Sometimes it's #history more than #science that can help get a message across.Sources:
1.Timeline: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/decades-making-mrna-covid-19-vaccines
2. One of the best summaries of the mRNA vaccine and its history. https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/10/the-story-of-mrna-how-a-once-dismissed-idea-became-a-leading-technology-in-the-covid-vaccine-race/ -
Mission #HIV-Heilung: Prof. Christian Gaebler, HIV-Forscher an der #CharitéBerlin und dem @bih_charite, will herausfinden, warum das Immunsystem mancher Menschen mit HIV das Virus selbst in Schach halten kann – um daraus neue Therapien zu entwickeln. Dafür erhält er vom Europäischen Forschungsrat jetzt einen #ERC Starting Grant. Gratulation! 👏
#BessereMedizin #Medizin #ERCStG #CharitéImmunologie #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #Wissenschaft #Forschung #Immunologie
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Wie gut das Immunsystem arbeitet, hängt zum großen Teil an der korrekten Unterscheidung von Fremd und Selbst. Mit Prof. Johannes Huppa übernimmt ein anerkannter Experte für diesen Erkennungsmechanismus jetzt die Leitung des Instituts für #Immunologie der #CharitéBerlin. Er wird am @MDC_Berlin und im Deutschen Krebskonsortium DKTK forschen. 💙-lich willkommen!
#BessereMedizin #CharitéImmunologie #Medizin #Forschung #Wissenschaft #MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon
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#Sars-CoV-2 (#COVID) found in samples of multiple species of #wildlife in the US. From a short news report in JAMA regarding a study in Nature Comm.
"SARS-CoV-2, the #virus that causes COVID-19, has previously been identified in certain species of wildlife, including white-tailed deer. But new research in Nature Communications suggests it may be common in other types of wildlife, especially species living near high-trafficked human areas.
The researchers took nasal and oral swabs from 23 common wildlife species in Virginia and Washington, DC, between May 2022 and September 2023. They detected the virus in 6 species of deer mouse, opossum, raccoon, groundhog, rabbit, and bat. The researchers also collected 126 blood samples from these 6 species, with 5 species displaying antibodies that indicated prior exposure. Their analysis showed that antibody detection was 3 times higher in animals near hiking trails and high-traffic public areas than in low human-use areas.Additionally, the virus isolated from an opossum in 2022 showed previously unreported mutations, suggesting animal-to-animal transmission, the researchers reported. Although there is no evidence of viral transmission from animals to humans, the researchers stressed the need for further surveillance of novel mutations that could endanger wildlife and humans."
#Medmastodon @Medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases
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A nasty, rare mosquito-borne disease popped up in a human case #Massachusetts. Not West Nile but a different one. (But #WestNile is around too)
@medmastodon #Medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases #infectious #brain https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rare-deadly-mosquito-virus-concerning-163854630.html
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The Long Covid Moonshot
It's not enough.Jessica Wildfire
August 07 2024
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Variante agressiva do vírus Oropouche circula no país
Nova linhagem se multiplica com rapidez e pode facilitar a transmissão
Gilberto Stam
6 ago 2024
https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/variante-agressiva-do-virus-oropouche-circula-no-pais/
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Audiograms and Prevalence of Hearing Loss in U.S. Children and Adolescents 6–19 Years of Age
L Humes 2024, JSLHR"For children and adolescents in the United States, hearing was unaffected by differences in sex and race/ethnicity, with only age impacting pure-tone thresholds and only at the lowest (500 Hz) and highest (8000 Hz) frequencies examined. The overall prevalence of hearing loss was about 11%."
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The experience of stigma related to hearing loss and hearing aids: perspectives of adults with hearing loss, their families, and hearing care professionals
Nickbakht et al., 2024"Hearing care professionals focused on the stigma of hearing aids more than hearing loss, whereas adult participants focused on stigma of hearing loss. Family member data indicated that they experienced little affiliate stigma."
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14992027.2024.2353862
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Für seinen herausragenden Beitrag zur #Lungenphysiologie: Prof. Wolfgang Kübler von der #CharitéBerlin erhält Julius H. Comroe Jr. Distinguished Lectureship der American Physiology Society. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏
👉 https://www.charite.de/forschung/themen_forschung/2024/wolfgang_kuebler_geehrt/
#Medizin #Forschung #Wissenschaft #Auszeichnung #BessereMedizin #CharitéBiomedizin #MedMastodon #Medibubble #Physiologie
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What can we do to help #nonprofit healthcare live up to its mission? A few thoughts. #organizational ethics #medmastodon https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nonprofit-healthcare-virtue-and-mission-with-dr/id1595967846?i=1000651795860
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👶 Für den besten Start ins Leben: Liegt das Ungeborene kurz vorm Entbindungstermin in der Beckenendlage, kommt an der #CharitéBerlin Dr. Larry Hinkson zum Einsatz. Mit einer neuen sanften Methode kann er Babys im Bauch drehen und so einen #Kaiserschnitt vermeiden.
👉 https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/mitte/dr-hinkson-dreht-babys-im-bauch-durch-sanfte-beruehrungen
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🚀 Völlig losgelöst von der Erde 🌍
Wer Schwerelosigkeit, Kälte & Isolation erforschen will, kann sich dafür jetzt ausbilden lassen: Ab dem WS2024 bietet die #CharitéBerlin gemeinsam mit der Université de Caen Normandie und der Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School den Masterstudiengang für #Weltraummedizin 👨🚀👩🚀 & #Physiologie in extremen Umwelten 🗻 an.
Jetzt bis 1. März bewerben!
#MedMastodon #Master #CharitéSpaceMed #Studium #Weltall #Astronomie #Raumfahrt
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Being the subject of a peer review of practice can be scary, but it could be the best CPD activity you do all year.
https://oslercpdhome.com.au/blog/peer-review-of-practice
#meded #meducation #FOAMed #medtwitter #tipsfornewdocs #juniordoctors #juniordocs #jdocs #tipsfornewinterns #CPDHome #CPDHomes #ausdocs #medmastodon
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Osler has just released its latest platform upgrade.
Here's 5 great new features for you to take advantage of
https://osler.app.link/to5PXpmkHCb
#meded #meducation #medmastodon #medtwitter #AMEE23 #doctors #tipsfornewdocs #CPDHome #CPDHomes #CPDHours #FOAMed #FOAMcc #juniordoctors #juniordocs #ausdoc #ausdoctors #ausmed #ausmedicine #tipsfornewinterns
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If patients do NOT need PPIs, stop them, or better yet, do not start them #MedMastodon #IDMastodon #MedEd #Gastrodon #medicine
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#FactOfTheDay: 21% of Black parents/caregivers cited general distrust of vaccines as a reason for not vaccinating children, nearly double the rate of Latin@ caregivers (9%) and White caregivers (11%).
#Vaccination #Vaccine #VaccinesSaveLives #COVID #COVID19 #VaccineHesitancy #MedComms #Pediatrics #MedMastodon #PublicHealth @publichealth @pediatrics
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#FactOfTheDay: High-income earners cite vaccine distrust as a reason for not vaccinating children (7%) at half the rate of those making less than 30K (13.8%).
#Vaccination #Vaccine #VaccinesSaveLives #COVID #COVID19 #VaccineHesitancy #MedComms #MedMastodon #Epidemiology #PublicHealth @epidemiology @pediatrics @publichealth
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It's that day again...
This one goes out to *every* #healthcare worker, professional and manager on planet earth...
❤️
#ValentinesDay
#MedMastodon
#HealthTech
#DigitalHealth
#MentalHealth
#DigitalMentalHealth
#BehaviouralSciences
#OSI #PTSI #PTSD
#ADHD #CPTSD #MRI
#Addiction #Anxiety
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It's that day again...
This one goes out to *every* #healthcare worker, professional and manager on planet earth...
❤️
#ValentinesDay
#MedMastodon
#HealthTech
#DigitalHealth
#MentalHealth
#DigitalMentalHealth
#BehaviouralSciences
#OSI #PTSI #PTSD
#ADHD #CPTSD #MRI
#Addiction #Anxiety
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It's that day again...
This one goes out to *every* #healthcare worker, professional and manager on planet earth...
❤️
#ValentinesDay
#MedMastodon
#HealthTech
#DigitalHealth
#MentalHealth
#DigitalMentalHealth
#BehaviouralSciences
#OSI #PTSI #PTSD
#ADHD #CPTSD #MRI
#Addiction #Anxiety
#COVID19 #pandemic