ashtin armstrong

[Sara K. Runnels @omgskr]

My ideal summer body is one that I have complete control over

[Ashley Winter MD || Urologist @AshleyGWinter]

Thinking back to when I was in med school & asked my (male) GYN for an IUD. He told me it wasn't for women like me (No kids not married). I knew he was wrong but didn't feel I could argue. If I had been given that IUD I would not have needed an abortion.

[Natalie Crawford, MD @ncrawfordmd]

In case you think abortion laws don’t matter: last week a pharmacist declined to fill a prescription for a patient of mine with an ectopic pregnancy citing SB8 restrictions.

The same medicine that saved my life in 2013 when I had my own ectopic pregnancy

1/4

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

WE DID IT!! We capped the out-of-pocket cost of insulin in Texas!

Our bill is headed to the Governor’s desk for a signature! #txlege

[Laura Marston @Kidfears99]

Daily reminder the insulin I’ve used for 24 years, Humalog, has gone from $21/vial to $275/vial with no changes to the insulin itself. That’s a 1200% increase on a “product” I die in 2 days w/o.

3 months = $2,267.99.

We need federal insulin price caps TO SURVIVE.

[ACLU @ACLU]

HB 1570 was just passed through both chambers in the Arkansas legislature, banning trans youth from accessing health care and health insurance coverage that we deserve and need.

Our rights and lives are under attack.

Governor Hutchinson must veto this bill.

[Laura Gao ☕️ @heylauragao]

The killer is 21. He's close enough to my age that we could've gone to school together. Don't assume racism is only limited to older, out-of-touch white folks who worship Trump. Our generation seems more accepting but deeply rooted hatred is hard to undo.

[Katie Porter @katieporterca]

Women. Accounted. For. All. The. Losses.

[allie #insulin4all (she/her) @autoimmuneallie]

insulin as bottled water: a thread

1. humalog — kirkland signature
tried and true, common in many a household, a bargain compared to other brands if you have a costco membership/participating formulary

[Namira Islam @namirari]

Diversity is who is in the room.

Inclusion is who has influence in that room.

Anti-racism is a mindset, way of being, and goal for a group of people in a room.

These are not interchangeable terms.

[del-cole-ray. @dcgales]

I nearly died 4 years ago for this very reason. My urine was black, I lost mobility in my lower body, my muscle tissue was rapidly deteriorating, and my kidneys were failing...but 6 doctors said my creatinine levels were “normal” for my demographic. medical racism is murder.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Drug makers sued Minnesota over a law requiring them to give low-cost insulin to people who can't afford it.

1 in 4 diabetics ration insulin due to skyrocketing cost.

The law is named after Alec Smith, who died after rationing his insulin because he couldn't pay $1,300/month.

[not lindsay @lindsaaaytweets]

this page is from a medical textbook that was published in wait for it...2017.

[Steven Spohn (Spawn) @stevenspohn]

On June 11th, Michael Hickson, a quadriplegic black man with COVID-19 was killed by a hospital in Austin Texas.

Doctors decided he had "no quality of life" and was not worth spending the resources to save.

The conversation between his doctor and his wife was caught on audio 1/?

[Malone @malone_mk]

“But what will it look like on darker skin?”- A question I’ve often asked myself during my time at medical school

This constant cerebration led me to curate a handbook that presents clinical features on darker skin. I hope this resource shifts the culture of medical education.