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STITCHES Medicine - the Best of Medical Research @medicine.stitches.today · Jul 22

Women with preexisting diabetes face unique pregnancy risks, but management guidelines now emphasize effective insulin use and metformin benefits.

by Al Nofal A, Benkhadra K (...) Murad MH et 8 al. in J Clin Endocrinol Metab #MedSky

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A Systematic Review Supporting the Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Preexisting Diabetes and Pregnancy

AbstractContext. Women with preexisting diabetes mellitus (PDM) are at increased risk of pregnancy-related complications.Objective. To summarize the availa

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · Jul 22

Love this!

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Researchers from Cardiff University and Swansea University have created a pop-up science shop with games, treasure hunts and even a horror show to help young people learn more about microbes, bacteria, viruses, antibiotic resistance, and vaccines
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Pop-Up Shop 2025 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

www.superbugs.online

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Vicki Mercado-Evans, MD, PhD @vickime.bsky.social · Mar 22

Thank you so much Dr. Samuel!

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Vicki Mercado-Evans, MD, PhD @vickime.bsky.social · Mar 21

8 years, 2 moves, 2 kids, and countless late nights, early mornings, cups of ☕️ and great times with amazing people. So grateful to have had this #mdphd journey and excited for the next chapter!

#pathmatch #pathsky #match2025 #doubledoctor

BCM MD/PhD Program @bcm-mstp.bsky.social · Mar 21

Congratulations to all the medical students who matched today! We are particularly proud of the 15 MDPhD Students that Matched! We can't wait to see what you do next!! @bcmhouston.bsky.social #Match2025 #MatchBCM #doubledoctor

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Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · Mar 18

Do you know a science trainee who excels at #scicomm writing? Invite them to apply to the #LaskerEssay Contest by March 31! The winning essays will be published in @jclinical-invest.bsky.social. Find this year’s topic and the full contest guidelines here: buff.ly/42bjvwf 🧪

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Vicki Mercado-Evans, MD, PhD @vickime.bsky.social · Mar 18

We did it!!! I’m going to be a #pathologist!!!! My oldest seems to be taking an early interest as well 😉

#pathmatch2025 #match2025

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Altmetric's Ghost Donut @altmetric.com · Mar 13

Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡

Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.

herrison2000.bsky.social @herrison2000.bsky.social · Mar 13

About to talk to medical affairs colleagues, with the news that Bluesky is carrying more posts about new journal publications than X #bluesky #altmetrics #x #xparrot

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · Mar 4

A legend died today.

In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert

Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
1/n

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Feb 27

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!

If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!

Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.

JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺

#24HourEconomicBlackout

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Thomas P200 Burke @findmeinthelab.bsky.social · Feb 21

I started out our lab meeting today with a ~15 min summary of what the NIH does, indirects, current attacks on the NIH, and what we can do to fight.

Some of my lab members follow the news, some don't, but I think they were all highly interested in learning. Happy to send these slides to anyone

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Feb 16

We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”

Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Feb 8

Please take care of yourselves.

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Katy Patras @katypatras.bsky.social · Oct 25

Why is preterm birth risk doubled with maternal UTI? It depends on the immune response. We found distinct immune signatures in a UTI-associated preterm birth mouse model. In a human cohort from @AShea_Lab, urine cytokine levels could predict preterm birth. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Distinct maternofetal immune signatures delineate preterm birth onset following urinary tract infection

Preterm birth is the leading cause of infant mortality resulting in over one million neonatal deaths annually. Maternal urinary tract infection (UTI) during pregnancy increases risk for preterm birth;...

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Vicki Mercado-Evans, MD, PhD @vickime.bsky.social · Feb 9

Grateful to have been part of this! The microscopic hunt for NETs was a treat for my inner budding pathologist 🔬

Katy Patras @katypatras.bsky.social · Jan 10

After almost a decade (started while I was a postdoc with @nizet.bsky.social and finished by my own stellar students), happy to see this finally out. We found that Tamm-Horsfall protein, the most abundant protein in urine, enhanced NETosis to protect against UTI. insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

JCI Insight - Tamm-Horsfall protein augments neutrophil NETosis during urinary tract infection

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Feb 7

Oh, hell yeah

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Cover of The Lancet: "Health institutions may be hesitant to criticise the new administration publicly, but this timidity is a mistake.
Trump's actions must be called out for the damage they are doing."

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Vicki Mercado-Evans, MD, PhD @vickime.bsky.social · Jan 28

Congratulations!!

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Vicki Mercado-Evans, MD, PhD @vickime.bsky.social · Jan 28

To get involved with the American Medical Women’s Association Gender #Equity Task Force bit.ly/amwa-getf

#medsky #womeninmedicine

Gender Equity Task Force - American Medical Women's Association

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Vicki Mercado-Evans, MD, PhD @vickime.bsky.social · Jan 28

“…balancing demanding medical careers, but also caring for their families…time to celebrate the dedication/resilience...need policies that provide better work-life balance and family support…#disparities are more pronounced in women of color and other intersectional backgrounds…”

-AMWA

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jan 26

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.

Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.

Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Jan 25

Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social

Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · Jan 22

Scientific advancements aside, this is economically irresponsible

Every $1 spent by NIH generates $2.46

For example, in 2023, $47B in NIH spending generated ~$93B

Halting NIH spending will LOSE the US a lot of money (and talent)

An image of NIH campus. Text says : With annual budget of more than $47 billion, NIH is the largest single public funder of biomedical and behavioural research in the world. In fiscal year 2023, NIH funding generated an estimated $92.89 billion in economic activity

Every state and almost every congressional district received a share of NIH investment
Each year, NIH awards over 60,000 grants that directly support more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 different institutions
In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · Jan 20

I’m going to continue to love those around me, do good at every opportunity, support those who need it most, and find happiness wherever I can.

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Vicki Mercado-Evans, MD, PhD @vickime.bsky.social · Jan 10

This is a true loss for patients and the medical community. What can we early-career trainees do?

Serve as mentors, increase exposure through community outreach, serve on admissions/interview committees and advocate for candidates. What else?

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Jan 9

"The number of Black enrollees fell by 11.6% compared to last year, while the number of Hispanic enrollees decreased 10.8%. The numbers were even starker for Indigenous students; the number of American Indian or Alaska Natives dropped by 22.1%"
www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/m...

Medical schools report steep drop in enrollment of Black and Hispanic students after Supreme Court ruling

Enrollment of Black and Hispanic students in medical schools dropped precipitously last year after the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in admissions.

www.statnews.com

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · Dec 18

Libraries are so cute. Please get the Libby and Hoopla app on your phone and the Kanopy app for your TV. It makes the libraries so happy and you can access books, movies, magazines, audiobooks, tv shows, and joy. YOU GET FREE JOY

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Nov 27

This approach has a well-known consequence: it's called the minority tax that faculty of color often face as we're called upon to address inequities in the larger system. I just want to make sure we don't keep adding to that tax. 4/4.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The burden of service for faculty of color to achieve diversity and inclusion: the minority tax

The exclusion of Blacks/African-Americans, Latinx/Hispanics, and Indigenous people from science has resulted in their underrepresentation in the biomedical workforce, especially in academia. Faculty d...

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