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The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology @thelancetendo.bsky.social · Aug 26

New—Risk differences and underlying factors of #cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes versus type 1 #diabetes: a longitudinal cohort study of Swedish nationwide register data www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #T1D #T2D #CVD

#MedSky #EndoSky #CardioSky

Risk differences and underlying factors of cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes versus type 1 diabetes: a longitudinal cohort study of Swedish nationwide register data

In this study, type 1 diabetes was associated with higher overall risk for cardiovascular disease events and all-cause mortality than type 2 diabetes, particularly at ages older than 60 years for the ...

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Michael Weintraub, MD @mweintraubmd.bsky.social · Jun 22

Continuous glucose monitors are an excellent tool… when they work!

Studies report up to 26% early failure rate of these devices.

#ADA2025 #ADASciSessions

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · May 27

An exaggerated but not wholly inaccurate portrayal. 🤷‍♂️ Gentrifying and cleaning up, but still with a bit of a gritty underbelly.

I enjoyed AK. Lots of local flavor, and a couple of buddies were extras in season 1.

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · May 27

For @kavehmd.bsky.social and @glaucomflecken.bsky.social et al. Apropos of this week’s House of Pod. Spotted in Oceanside, CA a couple of months ago. #ThePitt

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Apr 10

*cough*

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Dana M. Lewis @danamlewis.bsky.social · Apr 2

Not everyone (HCPs or pts) knows enzyme doses may need adjusting for different meals, depending on fat *or* protein content.

If you know someone with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI / PEI), they may be interested in PERT Pilot:

Android: bit.ly/PERT-Pilot-A...

iOS: bit.ly/PERT-Pilot-iOS

A comic showing a doctor saying take 2 pills, a patient questioning what to do with a different sized meal; a second panel showing two different sized meals; a third panel showing the patient thinking through how much to take; and a 4th panel showing the patient realizing that different meals need different doses.

PERT Pilot is a free mobile app that enables people with EPI (PEI) to record what they eat, what enzymes they took, and whether the dose worked, so they can improve their dosing over time.

Android: https://bit.ly/PERT-Pilot-Android
iOS: https://bit.ly/PERT-Pilot-iOS

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Apr 2

It’s not exactly what you describe- but it’s close.

(Full disclosure: I’ve basically been a KP patient my whole life, and even with chronic disease management, haven’t had any major issues.)

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The Onion @theonion.com · Apr 1

Attorney General Seeks Death Penalty For All UnitedHealthcare Customers

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Apr 1

… the Kaiser model?

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Mar 30

Among the studied population, a high(er) carbohydrate diet was associated with an increase in risk of a major cardiovascular event (heart attack, stroke, etc) or death of between 2% and 10%.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Mar 29

FDA lead forced to resign: “I was willing to work to address the Secretary’s concerns regarding vaccine safety and transparency…However, it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out

Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Mar 29

If you don’t test then you don’t have any infectious diseases

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Mar 28

NEW: Per a source with knowledge, the entire HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, or OIDP, was just fired.

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Mar 29

RIP VX-264. We never even knew thee.

investors.vrtx.com/news-release...

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · Mar 28

Getting vaccinated
Protect yourself
Protect others

Grateful to see this manuscript validating expansion of HPV vaccine both across broader age ranges and of all genders

The Journal of Infectious Diseases @jidjournal.bsky.social · Mar 27

Strong Herd Effects of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination

✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky

Strong Herd Effects of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination

Substantial health benefits of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination have been observed in many settings around the world and are due to both high direct and indirect vaccine effects. HPV vaccines have high efficacy for those vaccinated and vaccinated persons provide indirect protection to those who remain susceptible to infection, through reductions in exposure to HPV.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 6

Another unvaccinated child dies from measles, a fully preventable disease, and only the second child to die from measles in the US in the past 22 years

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Mar 4

Large quantities of recreational psychopharmaceuticals.

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Feb 24

Someone should send them the link to the Million Bazillion episode on the subject. 😉

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Feb 24

Honestly it’s just madness

Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · Feb 24

The Fort Knox conspiracy theory seems to have begun with this exchange on X. 2 days later Fox ran a segment about it. A few days after that Trump began bringing it up w reporters. Hard to overstate how much influence posters on a far-right forum have over the national conversation right now

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Feb 16

We have VIP visiting town. Air Force 2 landed nearby overnight. The local Reddit discussion has been chuckle-inducing.

Screenshotted portion of comment thread from Reddit.

The first comment reads: “Yep. Seabird hotel is swarmed by cops and other agents. He was 100% right

A reply to the first comment reads: “I’m at the Seabird now and can confirm all the couches are wrapped in plastic.”

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · Feb 2

Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky

This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters.

Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Jan 22

Poe’s Law.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s...

Poe's law - Wikipedia

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Jan 22

Given the lack of any sourcing (beyond links to generic news websites, not specific stories), I would take this with a salt lick- not just a grain or two.

Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Jan 22

[CITATION NEEDED]

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Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Jan 21

*on, not in.

Chris Wilson @gwsuperfan.bsky.social · Jan 21

Discovered today that I was somehow now “following” Trump, Vance, and Melania in FB. Fixed that issue, but not happy with Meta right now.

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