Timothy O'Brien

Indie writer working in health & science publishing, news, and media. I link to studies I've covered and other interesting research. @OpenBooks volunteer 📚

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@chicagotribune I need to speak to customer service but your phone system is not functioning. Please contact me asap

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"The prices that U.S. medical providers charge incorporate a hidden surcharge to cover their costly administrative burden" Reuters Health story from last year: https://t.co/FyIWUIjF7s

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Old news, but wow: "U.S. insurers and providers spent $812 billion on administration, amounting to $2497 per capita (34.2% of national health expenditures) versus $551 per capita (17.0%) in Canada" https://t.co/oTqO0h0b8H?

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@LisaJeanTweets https://t.co/uli5hP83Kr

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Today marks the 100th anniversary of opening of the Second International Congress of Eugenics, held at the American Museum of Natural History in NY. It was attended by a lot of respectable scientists, including two scientists of music. Here is a snippet from the opening address:

[Carlo Jose "Caz" San Juan, MD @callouscomics]

Today's Callous comic strip!
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"C‑TAH Auto-Mode with built-in pressure sensors effectively produces appropriate physiological responses reflective of changing patients' daily needs and thus provides almost physiological heart replacement therapy"

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New Artificial Heart Shows Promising Results in 'Auto-Mode' – Initial Clinical Experience Reported in @asaiojournal https://t.co/Am8iVRRkl9 @lippincott

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Joe's political cartoons on the Trib website: https://t.co/T1NpY7XPZW

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Really well done by cartoonist @Joe4nea Also by @chicagotribune OpEd page for giving this drawing the larger format it needed #GraphicMedicine #Depression

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@Jimthomsen Fear discombobulated my spleen

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@eric_clapp It’s really hard, but much better! Congrats

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"Multiple aspects of perioperative care...are extremely complex and difficult in patients with cannabis use disorder. Their high-risk cardiorespiratory profiles combined with specialized anesthetic considerations...necessitate very unique perioperative management"

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"For patients undergoing spinal surgery, the diagnosis of cannabis use disorder is associated with higher complication rates," reports @SpineWebJournal
https://t.co/lbWtsiOYNA #cannabisusedisorder #spinetweets @lippincott

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"Literally every other medical and surgical specialty has overcome this problem to a greater degree than has orthopaedic surgery; we're dead last in gender diversity"

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"At the current rate of change, it will take more than 200 years for the proportion of women in orthopaedic surgery to reach parity with the overall medical profession," reports @Clinorthop https://t.co/T0BCjUUVOq #orthotwitter @lippincott

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For critically ill #COVID19 patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (#ECMO), risk of death remains high – but much lower than suggested by initial studies, reports @AnnalsofSurgery
https://t.co/A6j1A3Z042 @lippincott

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#Freelancers, While the tax filing date has been extended, estimated/quarterly taxes haven't - Still due on April 15 and June 15 https://t.co/664DNekxhU

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Seems really irresponsible to publish any information or speculation about these jurors. Poorly done https://t.co/53LiUEOEBB?

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@caseymarieob https://t.co/p5nFvAhZMH

[Kira Lerner @kira_lerner]

Exciting initiative happening at @NewsHour -- The Communities Initiative will hire six local journalists in often overlooked parts of the U.S. to report under-told stories for NewsHour’s digital, social and broadcast platforms https://t.co/PzzeOvgLKu