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Esra Amber, MD, PhD
@esraamber.bsky.social
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Psychiatrist. North north 🇺🇸. Penchant for disliking politically oriented professional brains. Views are my own, that i can disown 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Esra Amber, MD, PhD @esraamber.bsky.social · Dec 7
Go #BlueSky! X is everone's ex now
chimoose.com Greg Matthews @chimoose.com · Dec 6
More on our comparisons of physicians on X vs BlueSky - our panel of ~1,000 docs on both platforms posted 23% less on X in November relative to October. They posted 845% MORE on @bsky.app. Sign up for more updates! bit.ly/hcpbluesky #MedSky #PharmaSky #ASH24 MORE TO COME!
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · Sep 24
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
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Esra Amber, MD, PhD @esraamber.bsky.social · Sep 24
👏🏻👏🏻
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · Sep 22
Reposting for the Monday crowd 👇🏽
awaisaftab.bsky.social Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · Sep 20
Rewriting the Grand Plan of Clinical Neuroscience

A Review of “Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That” by Nicole C. Rust ( @nicolecrust.bsky.social )

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/rewriting-...
Rewriting the Grand Plan of Clinical Neuroscience
A Review of “Elusive Cures” by Nicole C. Rust
www.psychiatrymargins.com
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Donna E McArthur @deltaechomike.bsky.social · Sep 24
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Acetaminophen is a recommended treatment for fever and pain during pregnancy - Canada.ca
Health Canada currently maintains that there is no conclusive evidence that using acetaminophen as directed during pregnancy causes autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders. Acetaminophen is commo...
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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · Sep 24
Autistic People are NOT a burden on the country (or the world) we are also NOT a problem to be solved.
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Esra Amber, MD, PhD @esraamber.bsky.social · Sep 24
Lol yes!
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On diverse inclusive culture, @townpost.bsky.social · Sep 24
#WashingtonState denies DOJ request for voter rolls:
#wa #seattle #waleg
www.columbian.com/news/2025/se...
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~ Shanna Lee James~ Author @2bdynamic.bsky.social · Sep 20
It's Always good to support an Author .. follow @geniuslemur.bsky.social
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Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell.bsky.social · Jul 21
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker
Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?
www.newyorker.com
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · Jul 21
Given Joanna Moncrieff’s appearance on the FDA panel today, folks may be interesting in my prior analysis of her anti-medication playbook and her strategy of attacking medical psychiatry

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/anatomy-of...
Anatomy of Moncrieff's Anti-Medication Playbook
A 3-step strategy of attacking medical psychiatry
www.psychiatrymargins.com
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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · Jul 18
A huge part of diagnostic bloat in psychiatry—and downstream patient attachment to diagnoses as identities that reveal supposed explanations of themselves—is simply the product of a reimbursement system that incentivizes multiplying diagnoses to enhance billable “complexity.”
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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · Jul 21
Lelia Gibson-Green was diagnosed with stage 4 blood cancer. Years of chemotherapy and other forms of treatment helped her recover, but her immune system was compromised.

She now needs an IV immunoglobulin treatment every four weeks for rest of her life. Medicaid covers costs of about $40,000/round
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Jul 17
The Republican campaign to destroy all our non-military national security tools - on display last night - underscores their dangerous misunderstanding of the world.

China and Russia spend billions on things like information warfare and economic coercion - as Trump disarms.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · May 21
#Dailyglimmer Big sky this morning
A bright sunrise with an orange sky and pink clouds
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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · May 22
The House Republican reconciliation bill will now ban both surgeries and HRT prescription under Medicaid for all Americans.

Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect.

I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”
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Esra Amber, MD, PhD @esraamber.bsky.social · May 22
FYI..
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Shandana Nawaz, MD @nawazshandana.medsky.social · Jan 18
To any woman who needs to hear this:
aidaccess.org will mail reproductive healthcare to your house discreetly and will work with you on prices. woman will donate money to help other women get the care they need.

PASS IT ON folks.
#Obgynsky #Medsky
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Get abortion and miscarriage care, wherever you are.
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Trina @bhean-teine.bsky.social · May 22
"A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood during foggy weather early Thursday, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks, authorities said."

#MomSky
apnews.com/article/plan...
Small plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood, setting home and vehicles on fire
A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks.
apnews.com
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · May 22
This is absolutely terrible news.

With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.

h/t @merz.bsky.social
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.reuters.com
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Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698 田一彦 @allentien.bsky.social · May 16
#BrainFunction #Diabetes

neurosciencenews.com/agrp-diabete...

#SharedFacts from #HealthScience #CellularReality
Surprising Diabetes Fix Found in the Brain - Neuroscience News
New research reveals that hyperactivity in a specific set of brain cells, AgRP neurons in the hypothalamus, plays a key role in type 2 diabetes—independent of obesity.
neurosciencenews.com
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Denise Smith RN🩺☮️🐾☯️🌴 @denisediana7.bsky.social · May 18
💚🌎🌳
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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · Apr 18
#cdnpoli

Carney's reaction lol
heyfrazer.bsky.social Frazer 🇨🇦 🇳🇿 @heyfrazer.bsky.social · Apr 18
“Security clearance makes you gay” #cdnpoli
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❀༻𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕫𝕚𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕖༺❀ @schultziepie.bsky.social · Apr 18
Who needs safe food & drug guidelines anyway?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe
While Food and Drug Administration inspectors who make sure food and drugs meet quality standards were spared in recent cuts, key support staffers were dismissed.
www.npr.org
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Apr 18
Worth being aware, if you aren't already, of the 100-mile border zone loophole that allows that federal government to stop and interrogate anyone, without probable cause.

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · Feb 18
#cats
Cartoon by Safely Endangered Top panel: Humans meeting for the first time Hey, I'm Lisa Sorry, what is your name again? 2nd panel: Dogs meeting for the first time Would you like to be my best friend? I've already written you into my will Bottom panel: Cats meeting for the first time Who the fuck are you? Fuck you, that's who Fuck you
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