Ben Stahl

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@SawyerMerritt @grok what does this series / sequence of events suggest for spcx stock price possibilities over the next year?

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@RealCandaceO Look everyone! An American made influencer bashing the democracy that made her in favor of an authoritarian communist country

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@RealCandaceO Copying a globally dominant US brand with a local fake is fine, but let’s not put the dupe in the same ballpark as the original.

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@Gabriele_Corno AI BS = BLOCK

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@DutchRojas It’s almost like most physicians have no business running a business and don’t know a thing about business or politics.

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@drterrysimpson Partially true. In fact it can be argued that MET capacity is more predictive of mortality than coronary plaque. In other words, I’d prefer coronary plaque in a high MET capacity (high VO2 max) human to one w a low MET capacity.

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@SecKennedy As a physician, I don’t get to set my “prices” if I operate in insured/medicare world…Medicare does.

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@OSHeartDoc @drjohnm @AndrewFoy82 The error isn’t the decision to put in a stent, the error is doing a cath on a patient without an indication for a heart cath.

I discuss high CAC with pts all the time w/o cards ref. Very few of those patients end up in a cath lab. Even w referral, I can’t remember on who did

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@drjohnm @AndrewFoy82 “CAC scores, regardless of severity, are rated as inappropriate indications for invasive coronary angiography in asymptomatic patients.”

- ACCF/SCAI/AATS/AHA/..etc 2012 Approp Use Criteria for Diag Cath. Patel et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Vol 59, No 22

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@drjohnm Blaming a calcium score for terrible decisions by the cardiologist is quite a take.

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@Marion436842126 @Donna7563291556 Indeed rhabdo is well documented very rare side effect of statins hence reg blood work & informed consent from patient.

Multiple large non-industry studies (ie - Univ of Iowa Indep Study 2024/2025) show no sig long-term kidney fxn decline, potentially even kidney protective

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Meh bad take

In Texas, we contest property value increases because they mean higher property tax bills.

Neighborhoods where people care about poorer neighbors have HOAs that keep them out.

As a Texan with a nice house, I’m thrilled property values have stopped rising so quickly and rents are cheaper.

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@thetrueshelby This elusive hard to diagnose medical condition is scientifically referred to as “old people’s skin”

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Doctor here… I lose money on vaccines. Some vaccines I can’t buy for what insurance reimburses me to administer. The admin fees don’t really cover the staff time to administer + store + insurance + loss. Never seen a “kickback” 🤷🏼‍♂️

One reason why some docs I know have this policy (I don’t) is their patients under 2mo old. Infants <2mo old have not had chance to be vaccinated. An unvax toddler w bad cough could be exposing newborn to pertussis…85% of pertussis deaths are in <2mo old group.

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@bobtimusprime @RonDeSantis 😂😂😂

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@AmericaFir64969 @RonDeSantis Damn I wonder where my check has been going. All these checks people think we doctors get must be going into an account I haven’t been told about. I can’t WAIT to find it!

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@LisaMaret @RonDeSantis The infants under 2mo haven’t had the chance yet and their risk of serious illnesses death is much higher as well

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Doc here part of the evil medical est. Unfortunately, cardiology guidelines suggest LdL >190 usually familial = statin.

I’ll get coronary artery calcium score, repeat LDL w ApoB, lipoprotein A & discuss after.

Saturated fat reduction prob helps.

Don’t hold all of us accountable! Good luck.

Don’t listen to people saying if calcium score “low” don’t worry. If calcium score >0, that’s an advanced disease problem. Goal is to avoid heart attacks, not avoid meds.