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  1. 💡 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

  2. Email from #MEAction:

    "We are less than a month away from launching #MillionsMissing 2024, and we are thrilled at the success we’re already seeing with the campaign!

    We know the impact of #TeachMETreatME will be HUGE with thousands more clinicians across the country being educated on how to diagnose and treat the ME. Some of these clinicians will become the specialists we so desperately need."

    Full email -

    mailchi.mp/meaction/teachmetre

    @mecfs

    #MEcfs #LongCovid #MedEd #MedMastodon #PatientLed

  3. Jaime Seltzer of #MEAction gave her first "Teach M.E., Treat M.E." talk yesterday, part of a campaign to educate health care workers about ME/CFS and Long Covid.

    Lots more talks scheduled for May and June.

    This whole initiative is led by people who have ME/CFS and Long Covid.

    Link: bsky.app/profile/exceedhergras

    [New link added - the old thread on Bluesky was deleted]

    #MEcfs #LongCovid #MillionsMissing #MedEd #MedMastodon #PatientLed

  4. Children aged 0-4 years are less likely to be injured in a motor vehicle crash if they are restrained in a rear-as opposed to forward-facing car seat.

    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/369182

    #Child #Children #Safety #ChildHealth #MedMastodon #Traffic #TrafficAccidents #Auto #MotorVehicles @medmastodon

  5. What happens when kids ask this pediatrician if eating seeds can make a watermelon grow in their stomach? 😳🤣

    Check out the 200th episode of "But Why? A Podcast for Curious Kids" from #NPR #VermontPublicRadio because kids ask the darndest things!

    #kids #STEM #podcast #tweetiatricians #tootiatricians #MedTwitter #MedMastodon #science

    Link: vermontpublic.org/podcast/but-

  6. Another case to learn from on #Radiopaedia. Dual chamber pacemaker - which complication you can see here? Answer tomorrow.

    #FOAMrad #FOAMed #chestrad #radres #radmastodon #medmastodon

  7. If you're #scicurious but aren't in a scientific field, feel free to reach out and ask about peer reviewed studies and trusted references.

    Remember: Toot responsibly!

    #SciFedi #MedMastodon