Joanne Silberner

Freelance multimedia journalist. Medical research, global health, health policy, Covid-19. DM open. Story ideas welcome. @[email protected]

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Doing an AMA on Reddit now about hypochondria
https://t.co/qP6FpqPdjN

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Richard Cash, who died this week, played a major role in developing oral rehydration therapy, which has saved tens of millions of lives https://t.co/bdn4TYUFlo

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Thirty years ago I did a series of stories on Toby Quitslund's fight against breast cancer for NPR. Here's an update, put together by the brilliant @Kevin_Kniestedt for @KUOW
https://t.co/zlaGCcn8qa

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NPR has reposted the story I did for Undark on the need to regulate noise. All good! Though with last week's Supreme Court decision limiting rulemaking by federal agencies, I think it will take a new act of Congress, literally, to get the EPA going. https://t.co/Uwur3xi47M

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The Reagan administration defunded an EPA noise control division, leaving us with little federal help in fighting harmful, everyday noise. https://t.co/ZfN55lYNp6

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Do you think that taste is limited to the tongue? Do you think that only certain parts of the tongue can recognize specific tastes? Nah! https://t.co/T3Du4sGAIe

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I moved to an island for the quiet. Turns out to be a good thing for my health. https://t.co/o5rfpZTSFT

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Mild cogntive impairment or full-blown dementia - what happens to writing ability? https://t.co/oVQwJdp0J4

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A hug is worth a thousand pictures.
https://t.co/oHjTCmpFmL

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@lauriemcginley2 @washingtonpost @WSJ @latimes @KFFHealthNews Best of luck, Laurie, and congratulations!

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@marynmck Their loss - or really, their readers' loss. And they will lose readers.

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@ddiamond @uereinhardt Did a story once on what kind of health care moms of politicians and policymakers got. Uwe was happy to tell me his mother got free A+ care, including several weeks at a wonderful health spa every year. Then he gave that sly smile and said, 'of course, she lives in Germany.'

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@HelenBranswell Yes please!

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How do you bring attention to a disease that is "neglected-neglected"?https://t.co/RcAc2Hlaul

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It's hard to think about now -- everything is hard to think about now -- but once the traumatizing events are over it will be good to think about recovery. I talked to Robert Jay Lifton before the current war started. He has some ideas. https://t.co/4vBnw5YmSU

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Brilliant narrative on the meaning and role of dust. Who knew? A fun (and worrisome -- my beloved EV is a culprit) read. @hautepop https://t.co/30mmWqn6Vy

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Private equity’s intrusion into US healthcare

Bad things can happen when capitalism meets medical care, writes @jsilberner https://t.co/BBuqfZEQ6S

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The model for short-term medical missions to foreign countries used to be: fly in, give care, leave. Things were starting to change when COVID ended missions entirely. They're getting going again. How're they doing? https://t.co/7Bn6jiEbwF

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@SarahMackAttack ooh child (things are gonna get easier) by the Five Stairsteps-- works for me!

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Scientists are working on the connection between the gut microbiome and mental health. https://t.co/RAEF9dBPnr