A pop-based cohort study shows an increased risk of autoimmune diseases post #COVID for at least a year. Researchers analyzed databases for >20 M ppl diagnosed with Covid during ‘2020-21.
In a large meta-analysis (of studies from 2019-‘21), researchers found that 43% of pediatric #COVID19 patients with neuro symptoms, had abnormalities on brain scans. These included strokes, encephalitis, myelitis, brain swelling…
"Now in its fifth year, SARS-CoV-2 has once again proved to be highly resilient, capable of reinventing itself to infect us. Yet we continue to make-believe that the pandemic is over, that infections have been transformed to common cold status by prior exposure(s), and that life has returned to normal. Sadly, none of this is true." #COVID19#longcovid#medtwitter
"..the Boston-based drug company Vertex is neither selling a transformative new treatment for cystic fibrosis in the developing world, nor allowing other local companies to produce it..."
We have seen this with #covid19 - #vaccines are STILL being hoarded by the West
🚨 Hello friends! I need neurosurgery care for untreated issues I’ve had since I was a baby, kid and young adult
It’s taken many years to be taken seriously and get to experts who can help! Medicare covers 80% but Medicaid covers nothing out-of-state 😥 Unfixed, I could die
We added in microclot and oxygen therapy goals too, in case I get lucky enough to get all of the care I need 🙏🏼
Please donate and share this fundraiser everywhere! Any amount helps, thank you 💜 https://gofund.me/e252e700
I need a tethered cord release with lumbar disecotomy — doctors in Nebraska, Georgia, Iowa didn’t help (or even look) so I must see the $$ #EDS tethered cord expert and her colleague in Rhode Island
"Doctors from a number of specialties can be good providers for people living with ME/CFS, but the first requirement is a willingness to listen carefully to the patient...Each patient brings with them a world of lived experience, and to be effective, a practitioner must be willing to respect that experience and utilize it in creating a treatment plan."
IMHO: #MedTwitter was killed by CoViD. The external attention and influence of the algorithm appeared to cause a devolvution into continuous virtue signaling.
There are reports that engagement on Threads is plummeting. Bluesky is having big problems. Mastodon hasn't quite achieved liftoff. And Twitter is way down. What we're witnessing is the end of mass social media. As someone who uses it to promote my work, I'm less than thrilled. On the other hand, I'm sure it's better for our mental health.
@dankennedy_nu
At least you're here trying to get #mastodon going. It's frustrating seeing media and medical people and organizations still working on #twitter as it becomes even more of a cesspool. #medmastodon#medtwitter
Inspired by #MedTwitter and graciously given the form, here's a good way to stay connected with the #DisabledInSTEM community as platform changes happen!
Vertex reports that, over a year after receiving stem-cell therapy, two type 1 diabetes patients no longer need insulin injections and their HgA1c levels declined.
Vertex’s treatment, VX-880, replaces damaged pancreatic islet cells with stem cells that have been “coaxed in a lab to develop into those same insulin producing factories.” 1 of 2 patients dropped out for unstated reasons. Patients do need to take lifelong immunosuppressants.
I've been thinking about why I feel so strongly about not being on Twitter, since I recently saw that some of my friends who took a break are going back.
I mean, I'm on Facebook and Instagram. It's not like I'm pure.
I think the red line for me is the owner very actively promoting things I believe are real and urgent threats. From elevating Russian misinformation to the attack this weekend on a vaccine scientist — I don't want to support that in any way.
@drahardja To be sure. But I've blocked Elon, and #MedTwitter and #OrthoTwitter are valuable. Probably other themes as well not relating to him or his minions.
Dogs have been used for decades to sniff out bombs, drugs, even bodies. Why not Covid? Enter two dogs--Rizzo and Scarlett--who are pretty doggone good at their job. (This was a fun story to cover!)
“Visits to the emergency department related to mental health issues among children and adults aged 6 to 24 in the U.S. increased fivefold from 2011 to 2020, according to a new study published
…The heightened effects of peer pressure, bullying, social media, and other pressures and stressors on adolescent brains have all been seen as compounding factors for greater mental distress among youth and young adults.”
Gibt es derzeit noch Möglichkeiten Vereine, Initiativen oder Gruppen mit medizinischen Material oder einer Geldspende für die medizinische Versorgung der ukrainischen Bevölkerung und/oder Armee zu unterstützen?
Before I followed #MedTwitter, I started with #MedBlr in Tumblr which has been a sort of refuge for me during my medical education and training years.. MedBlr is still fun and engaging. I'm still there.
Now, I'm on #MedMastodon and it already feels like a new home 💗😊