Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity
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Treatment with tirzepatide led to a lower risk of a composite of death from Cv causes or worsening HF and improved health status in HFPEF and obesity
https://t.co/fbvGLz6KbQ
First Law of Medicine=Primum Non Nocere=First Do No Harm.
I've taught it to students and residents for decades.
In recent years, I've encountered increasing numbers who've never heard it.
God protect their patients.
#Ethics#Meded
I want to leave Matthew Perry’s own words here as the way we remember him. There will never be another like him- he lit up so many hearts in so many ways. Godspeed to Paradise!
"Engaging with and studying the humanities can help us give better patient care. Literature, art, and history remind us that patients are whole persons with lives that exist beyond medical problems."- @mepmccarthy@Medicalenglishb@AHHEresearch https://t.co/sYeWvx65sA
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
'India🇮🇳,
I reached my destination
and you too!'
: Chandrayaan-3
Chandrayaan-3 has successfully
soft-landed on the moon 🌖!.
Congratulations, India🇮🇳!
#Chandrayaan_3#Ch3
April Burrell was catatonic, stuck at the nurses’ station — unmoving, unblinking and unknowing of where or who she was.
She was diagnosed with a severe form of schizophrenia, an often devastating mental illness. She also had lupus, an underlying and treatable autoimmune condition that was attacking her brain.
After months of targeted treatments — and more than two decades trapped in her mind — April woke up. https://t.co/aItpzVNVf2
US researchers report urinary tract infection caused by pan-resistant E coli
It appears to be the first US case of an infection showing resistance to all available beta-lactam antibiotics
https://t.co/VUGVU3mnB4
#AMR
New study: Gut bacteria convert choline from RED MEAT into TMA, which becomes TMAO, a chemical that may cause cardiovascular disease. Berberine, a natural molecule that lowers blood sugar (like metformin does) also inhibits production of TMAO 💪 https://t.co/67IJCJgRUh
The authors consider three levels of health care applications for large language model systems with increasing potential for disruption (and uncertainty). https://t.co/z6NkqmOHxH #artificialintelligence
Whoa!
Kaiser is one of the nations leading healthcare organizations structured to reduce costs & improve outcomes
Geisenger is one of the most technologically innovative health systems in US - Driving tons of research
Love to see what comes of this
https://t.co/h6E6u8Rp59
#ACC23#LBCT 🫀PI, Prof Hoeper discusses findings from the STELLAR Phase III Trial
📽️👉 https://t.co/DEBX3BmOOQ
In pts with pulmonary arterial hypertension receiving stable background therapy, #sotatercept resulted in a greater improvement in exercise capacity.
#CardioTwitter
Happening now: impact of variable access to pregnancy termination in pts w/ pulmonary and sleep diseases. @amiksodhi starts by talking about the physiological changes during pregnancy @accpchest#CHEST2022#CHESTSoMe
I was pretty disappointed after this loss. But my coach told me to save this photo because “one day that girl will win a lot of Grand Slams.”
I am glad I listened. Thank you #Serena for a lifetime of inspiration. 🐐
A very special moment for us: this is not only #Webb’s first image, but also the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date! 😍
COVID Vaccine reduces Long COVID
JAMA data in 2.5k people shows (vs 0 vaccine doses & adjusting for pt differences) 2 to 3 doses of vaccine ⬇️ #LongCOVID by 75% to 85% 👊
B5 #Omicron is SUPER contagious & lessening LC risk is a great incentive to #Vaxx
https://t.co/8DBNwDwicU