Christine Wiebe

Medical journalist and editor

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

@abe_verghese Congratulations! Can’t wait to read it!

[Dr. Rick Pescatore @Rick_Pescatore]

My success with phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal far outstrips my experience with escalating benzodiazepine doses, and the operational benefits are significant. My typical approach is 130mg mild, 260mg moderate, 10mg/kg severe. Short course of 100mg capsules for those dc’d.

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

Same

[Sharon @sassysdreams]

My Comcast/Xfinity television service is DOWN and Comcast refuses to answer the telephone!! Their automated system will not allow me to speak with anyone in any department. They are a nightmare company!! #Comcast #Xfinity #comcastoutage @Xfinity @XfinitySupport

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

A waitress just gave me far inferior service (and surly attitude) compared with the two tables of men next to me. What do I do about a tip?

[F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE @fperrywilson]

$3000. That's the average OUT OF POCKET cost to have a baby in the US among those with private health insurance.

Authors of this study advise pre-natal financial counseling for those considering having kids.

This is not family values.

https://t.co/z8eYR6A08U via @medscape

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

Sometimes you have to do the best with what you can get. https://t.co/wLJMwYiJhj

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

Great reporting from our @ReporterGoodman about the landscape of hospital workers who still aren't vaccinated for #COVID_19. https://t.co/YyyJVCaJgH

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

Did journalists get it mostly right or mostly wrong? https://t.co/6qkgcKtnQf

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

The feel-good story of the week! https://t.co/ytjzPtv9UW

[F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE @fperrywilson]

25% of young women in a recent survey said they were avoiding getting vaccinated due to fertility concerns. There is no evidence to suggest that coronavirus vaccines cause fertility issues.
But SARS-CoV-2 itself might. Where is ACE-2 expressed besides the respiratory tract?

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

This is a great read!

[Brenda Goodman @ReporterGoodman]

This is interesting: Children have the highest seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 antibodies of any age group--meaning evidence of past COVID infection, according to CDC's Dr. Hannah Kirking who presented at the FDA AdComm meeting on vaccines today. Fewer samples, though, too.

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

Doctors continue to assert there is no systemic racism in medicine. https://t.co/O1QIWGsatr @cjstreed

[F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE @fperrywilson]

A new @PLOSMedicine paper uses Mendelian randomization to do some causal inference around Vitamin D and COVID. The upshot? Supplementing is unlikely to protect you.

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

@fperrywilson How do we make progress? Asking for real. @BlackWomenDocs @blackdoctorsusa @gradydoctor #BlackDoctors #DiversityInMedicine

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

Peter Hotez, Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese -- oh my! It's a conversation you don't want to miss. https://t.co/HGIj0ew8ym

[F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE @fperrywilson]

Why do cancer diagnoses spike at age 65?
Simple - it's when people (finally) get reasonable health insurance (via Medicare).
Of course these cancers were there before that magic age. Untreated.
If only there was a way to extend Medicare to more people...
https://t.co/AzLHWgIok1

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

JAMA editor-in-chief Howard Bauchner, MD, has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation of their podcast on racism. https://t.co/t9N9sNLFl3

[Robert Centor MD MACP 🇮🇱 @medrants]

#UncleBob discussed this topic on rounds today. The brief article does a great job of hitting all the important points.

New Gout Guidelines: Primary Care Pointers https://t.co/ks9L9V1LVQ via @medscape

[Christine Wiebe @ce_wiebe]

Know any #COVID #deniers? Share this interview and the moving video behind it. https://t.co/uvxqT1fjI0 https://t.co/em5FBfOvyW