Nikoo Kafi McGoldrick

MBC patient. Patient advocate. Check out our novels @MayMcGoldrick and @JanCoffey Follow my blog on my cancer journey on the website

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The rapid expansion of data centers is triggering a growing public health crisis, according to a new analysis by Harvard researchers.

The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has created massive electricity demand, leading many data centers in states such as Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi to install on-site fossil fuel-powered backup generators. While the tech industry emphasizes grid reliability, public health experts are raising alarms about the local health impacts of these facilities.

A recent study led by Harvard biostatistician Michael Cork found that emissions from just one data center in Loudoun County, Virginia, could generate up to $99 million in annual health damages, including premature deaths, respiratory illnesses, and increased hospitalizations. These large fossil-fuel plants are often built near residential neighborhoods, frequently in socioeconomically vulnerable areas, exposing nearby communities to elevated levels of fine particulate matter and smog.

In addition to air pollution, residents are facing another serious issue: constant low-frequency noise from massive cooling systems, fans, and generators. People living near data centers in the US and Europe report chronic sleep disruption, headaches, anxiety, and other stress-related symptoms.

Medical research has long linked prolonged exposure to environmental noise with higher risks of cardiovascular disease, elevated stress hormones, and impaired cognitive development in children.

As tech companies continue to rapidly scale their infrastructure, critics argue that the significant but often overlooked public health and environmental costs of AI are being sidelined in regulatory and permitting decisions.

[Feldscher, K. (2026). Analyzing air pollution health, economic risks from AI data centers. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]

[Nikoo Kafi McGoldrick @NikooAndJim]

Heading to the Curebound Concert for Cures tonight 💗 Excited to see P!nk while raising awareness for Stage IV metastatic lobular breast cancer. MBC still has no cure and lobular breast cancer needs far more research, treatment options, and attention.

#Curebound

[Dr. Kelly Shanahan @stage4kelly]

There are more of us in 🇺🇸 being dx with metastatic breast cancer. We may be living longer (but nowhere near long enough), but if "early detection saves lives" shouldn't the incidence of MBC be ⤵️??? @metavivor needs you to help us fund research. https://t.co/aaIyVnC1Gc

[Nikoo Kafi McGoldrick @NikooAndJim]

So excited to be here—today has been all about hugs and catching up with old friends. Megan and I came all the way from Southern California, so there were extra hugs waiting for us. So many MBC thrivers, so many caregivers… a true community of givers. 💛
#lbbcmetsconf

[Nikoo Kafi McGoldrick @NikooAndJim]

See you in Philadelphia

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

It seems fairly clear that the US-Israelis bombed this school on purpose, as they bombed countless schools in Gaza, to test how much Western media will allow them to get away with.

[Touraj Daryaee @tourajdaryaee]

Golestan Palace, the Versailles of Persia/Iran,
a UNESCO heritage site was damaged.
کاخ گلستان

[Nikoo Kafi McGoldrick @NikooAndJim]

Help me to reach my fundraising goal. Donate now! https://t.co/FdCgv1tRi1

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Want to know the craziest part about insurance company Pre Authorization Denials ?

The insurance company defines the network of providers the patient can use

When they deny care, they are effectively saying "we don't trust the judgement of the doctors we require you to use" 🤯🤯🤯

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Bombing Iran in the middle of negotiations, while starving Cuba, while genociding Palestinians, while threatening to invade Greenland… the US and Israel are the single greatest threat to humanity and it’s not even close. We are all forced to live in the nightmare they create.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Make no mistake. The US/Israel war against Iran is a colonial war. Like the genocide in Palestine, the invasion of Iraq and Libya, the incineration of Vietnam and Laos, it is war to subjugate the people of the global South and annihilate their resistance. Colonialism has no place in humanity and it must be defeated.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

Incredible news out today.

The same mRNA tech used in COVID vaccines is now training the immune system to recognize triple-negative breast cancer.

In a new study, 10 /14 patients remained relapse-free at ~5-year mark.

This is why we fund science and support mRNA technology!

[Open Medicine Insights @OpenMedInsights]

Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer (ILBC): unmet needs, real solutions
Authors: Van Baelen, Sawyer, Van Cauwenberge, Aftimos, Covington, Maetens et al.
📖 @Annals_Oncology
🔗 https://t.co/U83BLGdDXV
New open-access review in Annals of Oncology dissects why ILBC remains a clinical challenge—and how we can do better.

Key messages
🟢 ILBC is biologically distinct from ductal cancer → one-size-fits-all approaches fail
🟢 Imaging underestimates disease extent → implications for surgery & local control
🟢 Unique metastatic patterns demand tailored surveillance strategies
🟢 Endocrine sensitivity ≠ endocrine simplicity: resistance mechanisms matter
🟢 Urgent need for ILBC-specific trials, biomarkers & therapeutic strategies

A must-read roadmap for improving outcomes in this underserved breast cancer subtype.
@LoiSher @GaiaGriguolo @CathyEngMD @AnaCSalgado @TheCrick @royalmarsden
#BreastCancer #ILBC #OncologyResearch #PrecisionOncology #AnnalsOfOncology #MedicalOncology

[Rebecca Shatsky, MD @Dr_RShatsky]

HR+ breast cancer data updates. Wonderful group of ladies right here that I love working with! @MeganKruseMD @OncLive @UCSDCancer @UCSDHealth

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

If you thought “You can keep your doctor” applied to the ACA, you are so 2010.

Now it’s the Medicare Advantage lie. Before you sign up for Medicare Advantage in the next month , call your doctor and anyone you get care from and ask them to confirm they are in your Medicare Advantage plan.

And remember. Original Medicare plans , plus Medigap, plus Part D may cost you a little more every month , but when you call your doctor to ask if they take original Medicare , the chances are really good they will be

Don’t get skunked by zero premiums. Medicare Advantage has no Pre Authorization. Many Medicare Advantage plan specialize in it !

[Nikoo Kafi McGoldrick @NikooAndJim]

Check out The Patient Story 💙’s Story! https://t.co/KEWIcxtWMG

[Nikoo Kafi McGoldrick @NikooAndJim]

Just dropped a new video diving into my personal journey of lobular breast cancer. Thank you for being part of this story. Watch now: https://t.co/mL86TpdCLK
#CancerJourney #WritingLife #StayStrong #Hope #stageIV

[Nikoo Kafi McGoldrick @NikooAndJim]

My October message: https://t.co/gD89lLmSno

[Nikoo Kafi McGoldrick @NikooAndJim]

#newrelease #bookrelease #freeebook #survivors #thrivers

[Dr. Kelly Shanahan @stage4kelly]

My breast cancer has spread to my bones and liver. I don't have bone cancer or liver cancer, I have stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. My hope lies in #research. Don't buy pink crap this month, donate to @metavivor instead. #ReseachMatters #METober