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MD(c) @schulichmeddent | Co-founder @bipocwhn|(she/her)| Avid traveller🏔& full-time big dog lover | interested in family medicine, prevention & women’s health

[Dr. Jobin Varughese @OCFP_President]

100% we know what to do: ✅Support Primary Care infrastructure, ✅expand team based care, ✅ensure PC integration.

A commitment to make Primary Care truly foundational in Ontario will bring benefits in the short & long term & the whole system will function better.

[npj Digital Medicine @npjDigitalMed]

New today 📢 #Endometriosis notoriously can take time to diagnose, could #AI help cut the wait? This review explores current research on the clinical use of AI for endometriosis.

@MoeElgendi, @DrPaulYong, @DrAllaire, @brinthajohan

https://t.co/jVmtj3hGID

[Amanda Selk @DrAmandaSelk]

Rant: The current standard of care in lichen sclerosus is REGULAR use of topical steroids. Even if people don’t like the idea. That’s it. Chronic treatment for a chronic condition like diabetes or hypertension. NOT as needed use. Also emollients. Not laser. Not PRP.

[Lucy Barker @lucycbarker]

In Canada, we need better data to prevent maternal mortality. Critical to this is understanding how discrimination and inequities including racism, ableism, and poverty impact maternal outcomes. Ignoring tragic outcomes and disparities will not fix them.

[Amanda Selk @DrAmandaSelk]

I’ve never met someone who liked a pap. I’ve met many who avoid getting them for various reasons. It’s time for governments to support HPV testing and allow self collection. Hpv tests are better at preventing cancer than paps. Sign and share. We need you https://t.co/3ES3EchRq5

[Farrah Khan @farrahsafiakhan]

fantastic 🧵 by @actioncanadashr on what you can do to take action on abortion rights in Canada. I would add for Ontario folks - our provincial election starts tomorrow. Don't hesitate to ask candidates where they stand and how their party will support universal ACCESS #OnPoli.

[Simone Vigod @simonevigod]

Do you - or does anyone you know - need to decide whether to continue #antidepressant meds in #pregnancy? If so, we have ~200 spots left in our @WCHResearch study of an online tool to help you decide - you can participate from the comfort of your home: https://t.co/OxHXxNztxj

[Amanda Knox @amandaknox]

A few months ago, in that blurry haze of new motherhood, I left my infant daughter Eureka on the couch for just a few seconds. She rolled and slipped and tumbled to the floor, hitting her head, then burst out crying. /a thread to #SaveMelissaLucio

[Lucy Barker @lucycbarker]

In >12,000 postpartum people with psychiatric ED visits in Ontario, under half received timely follow-up, with disparities for those who were younger, living in low-income neighbourhoods & smaller communities, & immigrants. Out now in @TheLancetPsych https://t.co/z9mgrKzxtG 1/5

[Shirlene Obuobi MD @shirleneobuobi]

I , a cis woman, have felt unsafe in these interactions. If this is what I get from wearing a badge, what are my trans/ genderqueer colleagues experiencing just by existing outside of a binary?

[Dr. Mark Walker @DrMWalkerMD]

Thanks @BogochIsaac. More evidence of benefit of #vaccine in #pregnancy. Protection of infants!! @SOGCorg @BORNOntario @OMNI_Obstetrics @cope_network @DarineElChaarMD @TaliBogler

[Michelle Morais @dr_mmorais]

PLEASE get your #CovidVaccine if you are pregnant. It is safe at ANY time. It does NOT cause infertility, fetal anomalies, etc. It DOES reduce the risk you or your baby could get a life threatening illness. As a high risk OB, I only want what is best for my patients!!

[SOGC @SOGCorg]

The SOGC is aware of social media misinformation of increased stillbirth rates and the implication that this is related to vaccination. Following careful review of Canadian data, there is no evidence of increased stillbirth rates as suggested.

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[Lisa Richardson MD @RicharLisa]

#TransDayOfRemembrance is today—a time to honour the lives of all transgender people who have died due to acts of anti-transgender violence.

“I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost.”
- Gwendolyn Ann Smith

[University of British Columbia @UBC]

November 20 is Trans Day of Remembrance.

We honour those lost to violence, those who live through violence and transphobia, and recognize the need to disrupt the violence and oppression that trans people continue to face. Get involved: https://t.co/VVGJqiSBrP

#TDOR

[Amanda Selk @DrAmandaSelk]

Very proud of this Qi initiative where we had massive sustained decrease in opioid prescribing post csection. #obgyn #surgery #meded #opioid https://t.co/6Hdqw31Eqr #please stop giving out opioid scripts to all post op patients and instead individualize. #savelives

[Canadian Global Surgery Trainees’ Alliance (CGSTA) @cgstaglobalsurg]

Fresh off the press! Come read our first CGSTA collaboration paper covering Global Surgery Research Collaborations during the COVID-19 pandemic. #MedEd https://t.co/Z1BbR5BCsd

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

Following the publication of some new data from Norway on the safety of #COVID19 #vaccination in #pregnancy, I have updated my summary slide!

👩🏾‍🔬11 studies

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇨🇦🇬🇧🇳🇴From five countries

🤰🏼 On 81,458 people vaccinated in pregnancy

👍🏻 Find no increased risk of adverse outcomes

[Shawnté James, MD: The Olds™/Elder Millennial @ShawnteJamesMD]

Dr. Chaudhri was an inspiration.

I followed her story, my heart simultaneously breaking for her pain, and aching with love for her, and her end of life mission to support underrepresented scientists.

So when my vague abdominal symptoms a few months ago, I thought of her.