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  1. Healthcare workers of various types are in short supply in Canada. It’s a key reason why we have backlogs in care. Lots of jobs. The province of BC on the west coast has made it much easier for healthcare workers from the US to move there. Other provinces are working on shortening the process too.
    Heard about this source helping Americans learn more about moving to Vancouver Island. There was a great show on CBC Radio’s programme White Coat, Black Art hosted by Dr. Brian Goldman on this topic, interviewing the Maffins who created helpful info and sources.
    There is also a group on Discord with discussions and where questions can be answered, also started by the Maffins.
    #Canada #Healthcare #MedMastodon

    engageq.notion.site/islandinfu

  2. Healthcare workers of various types are in short supply in Canada. It’s a key reason why we have backlogs in care. Lots of jobs. The province of BC on the west coast has made it much easier for healthcare workers from the US to move there. Other provinces are working on shortening the process too.
    Heard about this source helping Americans learn more about moving to Vancouver Island. There was a great show on CBC Radio’s programme White Coat, Black Art hosted by Dr. Brian Goldman on this topic, interviewing the Maffins who created helpful info and sources.
    There is also a group on Discord with discussions and where questions can be answered, also started by the Maffins.
    #Canada #Healthcare #MedMastodon

    engageq.notion.site/islandinfu

  3. Healthcare workers of various types are in short supply in Canada. It’s a key reason why we have backlogs in care. Lots of jobs. The province of BC on the west coast has made it much easier for healthcare workers from the US to move there. Other provinces are working on shortening the process too.
    Heard about this source helping Americans learn more about moving to Vancouver Island. There was a great show on CBC Radio’s programme White Coat, Black Art hosted by Dr. Brian Goldman on this topic, interviewing the Maffins who created helpful info and sources.
    There is also a group on Discord with discussions and where questions can be answered, also started by the Maffins.
    #Canada #Healthcare #MedMastodon

    engageq.notion.site/islandinfu

  4. Healthcare workers of various types are in short supply in Canada. It’s a key reason why we have backlogs in care. Lots of jobs. The province of BC on the west coast has made it much easier for healthcare workers from the US to move there. Other provinces are working on shortening the process too.
    Heard about this source helping Americans learn more about moving to Vancouver Island. There was a great show on CBC Radio’s programme White Coat, Black Art hosted by Dr. Brian Goldman on this topic, interviewing the Maffins who created helpful info and sources.
    There is also a group on Discord with discussions and where questions can be answered, also started by the Maffins.
    #Canada #Healthcare #MedMastodon

    engageq.notion.site/islandinfu

  5. Healthcare workers of various types are in short supply in Canada. It’s a key reason why we have backlogs in care. Lots of jobs. The province of BC on the west coast has made it much easier for healthcare workers from the US to move there. Other provinces are working on shortening the process too.
    Heard about this source helping Americans learn more about moving to Vancouver Island. There was a great show on CBC Radio’s programme White Coat, Black Art hosted by Dr. Brian Goldman on this topic, interviewing the Maffins who created helpful info and sources.
    There is also a group on Discord with discussions and where questions can be answered, also started by the Maffins.
    #Canada #Healthcare #MedMastodon

    engageq.notion.site/islandinfu

  6. 💡 A genuine surprise: The active ingredient in #Viagra, sildenafil, helps treat a rare genetic disorder! This unexpected finding has now been uncovered by researchers at #CharitéBerlin. The drug showed positive effects on the course of the disease in six patients with #Leigh syndrome. More on the promising results:

    👉 charite.de/en/service/press_re

    #medicine #science #research #MedMastodon #RareDiseases

  7. 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
    medangel.org/maldives-achives-

  8. 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 nature.com/articles/d41586-025

  9. 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
    medangel.org/bolet-mouna-intro

  10. 🥳 Superproud of this bunch: the management team of the CoClarity #RCT. Submitted the trial protocol today.

    CoClarity: A Shared Decision Support Tool to reconsider the use of Anti-Thrombotic Therapy in patients with #cancer in the last phase of life

    ✅ Lower risk of #thrombosis
    🛑 Higher risk of bleeding
    ❓ When to stop?

    #SDM #geriatrics #deprescribing #medmastodon

  11. 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
    nasw.org/member_article/edna-b

  12. 📢 New research alert!

    📝 Our study in #Thrombosis and #Haemostasis explores anticoagulant use in life-limiting diseases

    ➡️ most patients continued therapy until end-of-life with comparable risks of bleeding or clots after stopping.

    ✅ understanding helps to improve quality of life of future patients

    🥳 Kudos to Eva Kempers!

    🔗 10.1055/a-2524-5334

    #palliativecare #geriatrics #medmastodon

  13. 🥳 Thrilled to share our latest publication in #Thrombosis Research!

    📖 Emily Martens led this important study on #deprescribing #antithrombotic therapy in end-of-life #cancer care

    ❗ Lots of practice variation across #Europe
    ➡️ More #evidence needed

    🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.202

    #geriatrics #medmastodon #palliativecare

  14. Disagreement on foundational principles of biological #aging

    This survey published in #PNASNexus reveals that aging researcher experts disagree on:
    1️⃣ definition of aging?
    2️⃣ when does it start?
    3️⃣ is it a disease?

    #ageing #geriatrics #medmastodon

    🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae

  15. 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: niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditi
    2. One of the best summaries of the mRNA vaccine and its history. statnews.com/2020/11/10/the-st

    #publichealth @medmastodon #medmastodon #IDmastodon

  16. #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
    The Nature study: nature.com/articles/s41467-024

  17. 👶 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.

    👉 bz-berlin.de/berlin/mitte/dr-h

    #Medizin #MedMastodon #Schwangerschaft

  18. New post: A view from the Sicily Evidence-Based Healthcare Conference

    absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/

    Last week was the 10th international gathering of EBHC teachers & developers in Sicily. I reflect on some of the major themes - "living" systematic reviews & guidelines, pandemic divisions, & equity in EBHC.

    #MedMastodon #EpiVerse #Guidelines #SystematicReviews #EHBC2023

  19. 3/ my friend and colleague (and her kids!) took a break from their break to tell us why they #vaccinate as a #Pediatrician family

    vaccinating within a family protects other family members who might be too young to get #immunizations or whose immune systems are compromised, creating walls of protection to prevent spread of communicable diseases
    #VaccinesWork #MedThreads #MedMastodon #MedTwitter #tweetiatricians #IVax2Protect

  20. Neighborhood Social Environment and Body Mass Index: The Mediating Role of Mental Wellbeing: New research article using DataHaven @ctdata #Connecticut #wellbeingsurvey data w/ colleagues from UConn, Tufts, Harvard, MGH and Yale mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/16/6602 #publichealth #obesity #mentalhealth #MedMastodon