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Originally presented by Dr. Tullis of @torontoadultcf , these remarkable trends usher in a #CF#CareModel where learning begins with patients on the edge of medical knowledge. https://t.co/AZMvSwwEqv
Thanks to advances in research and care, the proportion of adults with cystic fibrosis — at 62% — has surpassed that of children. While we’re encouraged by these trends, there is more to be done to meet the changing needs of the CF community.
A national pool would solve several problems at once: address insurer churn, enable long-term tracking of patient outcomes, & ensure the federal government’s substantial investment in #genetherapy translates to real-world access.| The Incidental Economist https://t.co/1ehA5TScWx
“My philosophy is, you don’t want the job to change you,” Mr. Miller said. “You want to be able to change others on the job — by what you say and what you do.” https://t.co/2zBZfQxL2D
Petrochemicals for #plastic are, “expected to be the largest single driver of oil demand in decades to come. Big Oil keeps drilling to keep making $.Solar & wind - not as profitable, so they’re all in on the current model, and plastic can perpetuate it. https://t.co/SQSnHID5Ir
Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names in Health Care, the American College of Physicians | Annals of Internal Medicine = Physician > Provider; Clinician > Provider https://t.co/z6fcTZcPzv
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The NIH creates the bedrock on which biomed stands. Yes, the NIH funds disease-specific work, but they also fund curiosity-driven research … ideas & tools often come from scientists studying Qs that seem totally unrelated to human disease. #Science
#AI include:
* Decision support for diagnosing & predicting diseases
* Virtual assistants and automated in-basket tools for responding to patients
* Ambient scribes, documentation tools and coding assistance for reducing admin
* AI-assisted prior auths https://t.co/hNbfHiq7ga
Food can only be absorbed after conversion into their basic units: proteins, triglycerides, glucose... If a food has a strong, entangled matrix, this conversion into basic units becomes slow and the nutrients become de facto less bioavailable. #FeedTheGut https://t.co/g9PpnJxxNM
I just hope that our government can learn this lesson. Well ventilated buildings are a public health and productivity good.
@IndependentSage consistently advocated for cleaner indoor air from summer 2020 onwards.
Study examined 9 screening panels and found they accurately identified 95% of white babies w #cysticfibrosis, they missed, on average, 44% of Asian babies, 22% of Black infants and 14% of Hispanic, Native American and Alaskan Native babies. #HealthEquity
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“… students and licensed physicians prefer an ed model that combines clinical training w info on social services, caregiver support, and community resources. #PCP
Primary care physicians should be at the heart of treating Alzheimer’s https://t.co/mZkUHfhopG via @statnews
Having walk-in access to lab for blood draws (with consistently competent phlebotomists) and ease of scheduling with caring clinicians + app for communicating & tracking exchanges & health results with @onemedical has made me less cynical about our healthcare system.
“…for all of the partisanship and division in our culture right now, what I really found is that most folks want the same thing: They want to work hard and put food on the table, and they want their families to be safe and healthy,” Brown https://t.co/AFJ0iXcsyi via @19thnews
“Premature death is > 2x as likely for middle-income Americans as for those at the top of the income ladder, and > 3x as likely for those at the bottom than those at the top.” Nancy E. Adler, Who Linked Wealth to Health, Dies at 77 https://t.co/wmdJM0v7eL
"18–27-year-old PwCF had a lower rate of annual preventive visits compared to GP in the same age group of the GP (27% versus 42%)." Preventive service utilization among PwCF covered by private insurance is comparable to the GP - Journal of Cystic Fibrosis https://t.co/FceTLzPI83