Daniel Sunderland, DO
@thebandageman.bsky.social
Husband, dad, nerd, and #FirstGenerationToCollege #osteopathic #FamilyMedicine physician providing evidence-based #PrimaryCare to adults and children! Posts≠medical advice/care. Call your family doctor! Pronouns he/him/his📍West Hartford, CT #nutmegsky
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Millions of soon-to-be uninsured Americans are looking for a ‘plan B’ @npr.org www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Millions of soon-to-be uninsured Americans are looking for a 'plan B'
In January, millions of Americans will face more costly premiums on their ACA health plans. Some will go without insurance, pay out of pocket to see doctors, and use special prescription drug plans.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Millions of soon-to-be uninsured Americans are looking for a ‘plan B’ @npr.org www.npr.org/sections/sho...
If you could use help with #food costs in #Connecticut, please learn more below!
#foodinsecurity #nutmegsky #foodismedicine
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#foodinsecurity #nutmegsky #foodismedicine
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CT lawmakers, United Way team up to provide grocery aid
Grocery gift cards starting at $25 will be distributed to eligible Connecticut families who reach out to their local social service agency.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you could use help with #food costs in #Connecticut, please learn more below!
#foodinsecurity #nutmegsky #foodismedicine
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#foodinsecurity #nutmegsky #foodismedicine
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This is a great reason to vaccinate your child against COVID-19, unless you enjoy spending time in the ER or urgent care clinic.
#vaccination #covid19 #publichealth
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#vaccination #covid19 #publichealth
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Effectiveness of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children...
This report describes COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among children ages 9 months to 17 years.
www.cdc.gov
December 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is a great reason to vaccinate your child against COVID-19, unless you enjoy spending time in the ER or urgent care clinic.
#vaccination #covid19 #publichealth
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
#vaccination #covid19 #publichealth
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
I'm glad to see this, especially because these universities usually have generous in-house grants for low income students like I was.
Since the federal #studentloans programs just cut advanced degree financing access, this might help keep the door open.
#diversity ctmirror.org/2025/12/11/w...
Since the federal #studentloans programs just cut advanced degree financing access, this might help keep the door open.
#diversity ctmirror.org/2025/12/11/w...
Without affirmative action, colleges prioritize economic diversity in admissions
America's top campuses remain crowded with wealth, but some prestigious colleges are enrolling record numbers of low-income students.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm glad to see this, especially because these universities usually have generous in-house grants for low income students like I was.
Since the federal #studentloans programs just cut advanced degree financing access, this might help keep the door open.
#diversity ctmirror.org/2025/12/11/w...
Since the federal #studentloans programs just cut advanced degree financing access, this might help keep the door open.
#diversity ctmirror.org/2025/12/11/w...
4 pieces of advice for caregivers from caregivers : Life Kit @npr.org www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1...
'Forgive yourself': 4 pieces of advice for caregivers, from caregivers : Life Kit
Two women who took care of their moms as unpaid caregivers share advice about how to approach the job, find support and make time for self-care.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
4 pieces of advice for caregivers from caregivers : Life Kit @npr.org www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1...
High deductible health plans are only good if you have:
1) minimal chronic #health problems, and
2) low likelihood of needing anything beyond a physical and an occasional sick visit
Otherwise, you risk medical-financial catastrophe.
#medsky #fmsky #insurance @npr.org www.npr.org/sections/sho...
1) minimal chronic #health problems, and
2) low likelihood of needing anything beyond a physical and an occasional sick visit
Otherwise, you risk medical-financial catastrophe.
#medsky #fmsky #insurance @npr.org www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Republicans push high deductible plans and health savings accounts
A Republican call to give Americans cash instead of health insurance subsidies revives an old idea that has left millions with medical debt.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
High deductible health plans are only good if you have:
1) minimal chronic #health problems, and
2) low likelihood of needing anything beyond a physical and an occasional sick visit
Otherwise, you risk medical-financial catastrophe.
#medsky #fmsky #insurance @npr.org www.npr.org/sections/sho...
1) minimal chronic #health problems, and
2) low likelihood of needing anything beyond a physical and an occasional sick visit
Otherwise, you risk medical-financial catastrophe.
#medsky #fmsky #insurance @npr.org www.npr.org/sections/sho...
7 deaths, hundreds of injuries linked to faulty Abbott glucose monitor
#diabetes @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g...
#diabetes @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g...
7 deaths and hundreds of injuries are linked to faulty Abbott glucose monitors
About 3 million glucose monitoring sensors were potentially affected by a production error that caused incorrect low glucose readings.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
7 deaths, hundreds of injuries linked to faulty Abbott glucose monitor
#diabetes @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g...
#diabetes @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g...
Remove national holidays... replace with our despot's birthday.
How is this not a huge red flag for a free society?
#nokings
How is this not a huge red flag for a free society?
#nokings
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national parks. n.pr/48oR7tq
National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national parks.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Remove national holidays... replace with our despot's birthday.
How is this not a huge red flag for a free society?
#nokings
How is this not a huge red flag for a free society?
#nokings
#CDC has absolutely lost all credibility. Please turn to trusted sources like @aafp.org and @ameracadpeds.bsky.social, where we are still doing the work to keep our communities healthy.
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
#CDC has absolutely lost all credibility. Please turn to trusted sources like @aafp.org and @ameracadpeds.bsky.social, where we are still doing the work to keep our communities healthy.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
1) There are no data to say that the new approach works.
2) Antibody levels don't measure cellular immunity.
3) They're forcing parents to get an unnecessary blood draw and after each dose.
#medsky #fmsky #pedsky #idsky #vaccines #vaccinessavelives
1) There are no data to say that the new approach works.
2) Antibody levels don't measure cellular immunity.
3) They're forcing parents to get an unnecessary blood draw and after each dose.
#medsky #fmsky #pedsky #idsky #vaccines #vaccinessavelives
In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
An awareness day is absolutely a strategy, especially now that we have a bi-*annual* subcutaneous (superficial) shot to prevent people from contracting #HIV. This is a game-changer. We should be leading the implementation, not cowering from the fallout of yanking support for #AIDS eradication.
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree. n.pr/3Xu36zt
For the first time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Adding fiber is the most common thing that I recommend:
-it can absorb excess cholesterol (so your body doesn't)
-it levels out blood sugar spikes that can lead to diabetes
-it helps you feel satisfied by your meal
-and yes, it helps keep your 💩 comfortable
@npr.org www.npr.org/2023/09/19/1...
-it can absorb excess cholesterol (so your body doesn't)
-it levels out blood sugar spikes that can lead to diabetes
-it helps you feel satisfied by your meal
-and yes, it helps keep your 💩 comfortable
@npr.org www.npr.org/2023/09/19/1...
Easy ways to add more fiber to your diet : Life Kit
Rethink your relationship with fiber, the dietary superhero of food — and learn clever ways to add more of it to your diet.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Adding fiber is the most common thing that I recommend:
-it can absorb excess cholesterol (so your body doesn't)
-it levels out blood sugar spikes that can lead to diabetes
-it helps you feel satisfied by your meal
-and yes, it helps keep your 💩 comfortable
@npr.org www.npr.org/2023/09/19/1...
-it can absorb excess cholesterol (so your body doesn't)
-it levels out blood sugar spikes that can lead to diabetes
-it helps you feel satisfied by your meal
-and yes, it helps keep your 💩 comfortable
@npr.org www.npr.org/2023/09/19/1...
Reposted by Daniel Sunderland, DO
In the latest episode of the Not Otherwise Specified podcast, host Lisa Rosenbaum, MD, and her guests lay bare the joys and rewards of full-spectrum primary care and consider ways of stoking students’ passion, and strengthening their ability, to pursue it.
Listen to the full episode: nej.md/4og9ght
Listen to the full episode: nej.md/4og9ght
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In the latest episode of the Not Otherwise Specified podcast, host Lisa Rosenbaum, MD, and her guests lay bare the joys and rewards of full-spectrum primary care and consider ways of stoking students’ passion, and strengthening their ability, to pursue it.
Listen to the full episode: nej.md/4og9ght
Listen to the full episode: nej.md/4og9ght
The yard light-up deer that I bought a few days ago are on " #BlackFriday " sale... for $10 more each.
#inflationgames
#inflationgames
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The yard light-up deer that I bought a few days ago are on " #BlackFriday " sale... for $10 more each.
#inflationgames
#inflationgames
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Dr. Wright Clarkson, a family medicine resident at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Washington, shares how microaggressions and attitudes toward primary care physicians shaped his experience as a medical student.
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Dr. Wright Clarkson, a family medicine resident at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Washington, shares how microaggressions and attitudes toward primary care physicians shaped his experience as a medical student.
I'm practicing in suburban #Connecticut. The #healthcare provider density in my area is pretty high. Even so, there are those of us still practicing this style of friendly neighborhood family medicine.
Our competitors are the big-system PCPs.
@nejm.org
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Our competitors are the big-system PCPs.
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Doctor with a Capital D | NEJM
NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests lay bare the joys and rewards of full-spectrum
primary care practice and consider ways of stoking students’ passion, and strengthening
their ability, to pursu...
www.nejm.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm practicing in suburban #Connecticut. The #healthcare provider density in my area is pretty high. Even so, there are those of us still practicing this style of friendly neighborhood family medicine.
Our competitors are the big-system PCPs.
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Our competitors are the big-system PCPs.
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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In older patients with frailty who were receiving antihypertensive drugs and had a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg, reducing antihypertensive drugs did not lead to lower all-cause mortality over 4 years than usual care. Full RETREAT-FRAIL trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/45NUK9v
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In older patients with frailty who were receiving antihypertensive drugs and had a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg, reducing antihypertensive drugs did not lead to lower all-cause mortality over 4 years than usual care. Full RETREAT-FRAIL trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/45NUK9v
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Influenza remains an important cause of illness and death. In a phase 3 trial, a nucleoside-modified mRNA (modRNA) quadrivalent vaccine was found to be superior to a standard quadrivalent vaccine in preventing influenza illness. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/43udoTG
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Influenza remains an important cause of illness and death. In a phase 3 trial, a nucleoside-modified mRNA (modRNA) quadrivalent vaccine was found to be superior to a standard quadrivalent vaccine in preventing influenza illness. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/43udoTG
I joined a local, practicing primary care physician-led association of offices in a partnership track for many of these reasons.
#medsky #fmsky #primarycare
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#medsky #fmsky #primarycare
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Why Being Employed as a Physician Is Actually the Riskiest Career Path (And Why Starting Your Own Practice May Be Safer) – InvestingDoc
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November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I joined a local, practicing primary care physician-led association of offices in a partnership track for many of these reasons.
#medsky #fmsky #primarycare
investingdoc.com/why-being-em...
#medsky #fmsky #primarycare
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Instead of struggling with weekly injections, patients may soon be able to swallow a daily pill to lose weight. Both the makers of Wegovy and Mounjaro are seeking FDA approval for tablets. n.pr/4pq8uzy
5 things to know about the new obesity pills that are on the way
Instead of struggling with weekly injections, patients may soon be able to swallow a daily pill to lose weight. Both the makers of Wegovy and Mounjaro are seeking FDA approval for tablets.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Instead of struggling with weekly injections, patients may soon be able to swallow a daily pill to lose weight. Both the makers of Wegovy and Mounjaro are seeking FDA approval for tablets. n.pr/4pq8uzy
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Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions. n.pr/49F5HOn
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions. n.pr/49F5HOn
At the same time as we are decreasing the maximum Grad Plus loan that let people like me (who didn't come from money) become doctors.
#medsky
#medsky
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S. n.pr/4pt2A0r
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
At the same time as we are decreasing the maximum Grad Plus loan that let people like me (who didn't come from money) become doctors.
#medsky
#medsky
The "horrors" of socialism:
-your local police force
-your local public schools
-your local firefighters
You know, the services that let us all take care of our neighbors who need it.
How horrible would it be to tax the ultra-rich to fix other community problems like #homelessness and #healthcare?
-your local police force
-your local public schools
-your local firefighters
You know, the services that let us all take care of our neighbors who need it.
How horrible would it be to tax the ultra-rich to fix other community problems like #homelessness and #healthcare?
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The "horrors" of socialism:
-your local police force
-your local public schools
-your local firefighters
You know, the services that let us all take care of our neighbors who need it.
How horrible would it be to tax the ultra-rich to fix other community problems like #homelessness and #healthcare?
-your local police force
-your local public schools
-your local firefighters
You know, the services that let us all take care of our neighbors who need it.
How horrible would it be to tax the ultra-rich to fix other community problems like #homelessness and #healthcare?
Medicare "Advantage..." isn't really.
If you want more middlemen and roadblocks to get the care you need in your golden years, this is the plan for you.
#medicare #medsky #fmsky
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
If you want more middlemen and roadblocks to get the care you need in your golden years, this is the plan for you.
#medicare #medsky #fmsky
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Medicare "Advantage..." isn't really.
If you want more middlemen and roadblocks to get the care you need in your golden years, this is the plan for you.
#medicare #medsky #fmsky
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
If you want more middlemen and roadblocks to get the care you need in your golden years, this is the plan for you.
#medicare #medsky #fmsky
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...