Concerns about the approval of #lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease
"...We are concerned about the approval of this #drug with uncertain net benefit that might foster false hope and expectations among people with #Alzheimer’s disease and their #carers and which might further overburden already overstretched #healthcare systems in Europe..."
Sixty seconds on... geriatric BMI.
"...age-related changes in the body are not well captured by BMI and [...] #healthcare professionals should “interpret #BMI with caution in people aged 65 and over..."
#Nutrition #Diet #Geriatrics #Care #Health #Medicine #MedMastodon
Next week, May 5th to 9th, we're at the Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA) 2025 conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. Come by our stand to learn more about our courses.
https://specialoperationsmedicine.org/soma-2025/
#medmastodon #medical #medicine #remote #austere #wilderness
One of our faculty, Aebhric O'Kelly, created this mnemonic for a quick reference and reminder to downgrade a tourniquet. This is a lesson greatly needed in current conflicts.
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Great preparation for the TP-C examination
A new study shows doctors missed 65% of mistakes generated by #AI
At the same time, 90% of the docs rated the AI drafts as trustworthy, "accurate" (70%), and "safe to use" (75%).
What does this mean for "human-in-the-loop"? Read more at this week's AI Prognosis:
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/human-in-the-loop-artificial-intelligence-health-care-ai-prognosis/
#health #healthcare #medicine #artificialintelligence #medmastodon #healthtech
Oh, and yeah, we published that a few weeks ago: https://academic.oup.com/ckj/article/18/4/sfaf028/8024413
#ADPKD #kidney #epidemiology #statistics #rstats #MedMastodon #medicine
Aaaaand the onboarding process for a new clinical position remains exactly the same shitshow it was a decade ago... two decades ago... and still takes 2-3 months.
Provisioning: Sign these 20 affidavit sheets and fax or email them back to us.
Me: This says I have read and agree to abide by "all such bylaws and any policies and procedures that are applicable to appointees of the Medical/Professional Staff." Can you send the bylaws to me? [Repeat above for several other mandatory policies]
P: ... No one has ever asked for them before. Please give us your CAQH username and password.
Me: you know that the CAQH ToS explicitly says not to share login credentials, right? Not that they work anyway.
P: Just give them to us.
For years, I have filed a HIPPA complaint with the privacy office of every website I go to that has a Google Analytics tag that serves my protected health information, like my doctor, MyChart, labs, pharmacies, home health, case management etc. I get brushed off. It just makes me uncomfortable.
🔗 'Read the Manual': Misconfigured Google Analytics Led to a Data Breach Affecting 4.7M
Personal health information on 4.7 million Blue Shield California subscribers was unintentionally shared between Google #Analytics and Google #Ads between April 2021 and January 2025 due to a misconfiguration error.
#hippa #Privacy #GoogleAds #Google #MedMastodon
🔗 BCBS NOTICE OF DATA BREACH: https://news.blueshieldca.com/notice-of-data-breach
"On February 11, 2025, Blue Shield discovered that, between April 2021 and January 2024, Google Analytics was configured in a way that allowed certain member data to be shared with Google’s advertising product, Google Ads, that likely included protected health information. Google may have used this data to conduct focused ad campaigns back to those individual members. We want to reassure our members that no bad actor was involved, and, to our knowledge, Google has not used the information for any purpose other than these ads or shared the protected information with anyone."
I've now had my feeding tube for 13 years.
Many people knew me as #FeedingTubePaul due to my previous social media accounts on other web platforms due to my advocacy and how-to videos.
It's important to know your choices when filling out your living wills, esp younger people, like if you want artificial nutritional life support. COVID showed us that people of all ages should be aware of their options. I almost didn't get a feeding tube because I was unaware of what life with one would be like. I'm glad I did. It took watching videos of children born with digestive issues living their best lives, just eating differently, to change my mind.
Here is a +decade old short profile about the reasoning for my #FeedingTube from the makers of the Mic-Key feeding tube. #MedMastodon
It records the beginning journey for me. #Introduction
Edit: They changed their website after merging companies.so the link to Wayback Machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805134551/https://tubefed.com/tales/meet-paul-chambers/
#MedMastodon #Parkinsons #Health
🥳 Superproud of this bunch: the management team of the CoClarity #RCT. Submitted the trial protocol today.
CoClarity: A Shared Decision Support Tool to reconsider the use of Anti-Thrombotic Therapy in patients with #cancer in the last phase of life
✅ Lower risk of #thrombosis
🛑 Higher risk of bleeding
❓ When to stop?
I have been asking for this for months!!
So much is happening to fast. Check out @STAT's timeline of everything that's happened in health & medicine in the last ~100 days since Trump took office, with links to our stories:
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/trump-100-days-timeline-science-health-nih-cdc-fda-hhs/
#health #healthcare #medicine #publichealth #science #research #sciencemastodon #medmastodon #trump
#NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s #Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
#Research #Science #WHI #Trump #Grant #Funding #MedMastodon
https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-cancels-its-first-and-largest-study-centered-women
"A new U.S. government portal lets anyone report a health-care provider — including Canadian ones — for allegedly “chemically or surgically mutilating children.” " -- Gender affirming care providers in both countries could be at risk.
Very nice #thesis defense by Jonathan Bogaerts earlie this week. 🧑🏻🎓
Depresribing of antihypertensive medication in the very old, an inspiring topic for lively (and funny) discussion!
🥳 Congratulations, Jonathan!
Details and background on the scandle around #Alberta's moves to increase private medical care in the province.
"While AHS typically pays $4,044 per hip, $4,036 per knee and $4,833 per shoulder surgery, Alberta Surgical Group charged $8,303 per hip, $8,510 per knee and $11,243 per shoulder surgery prior to contract renewal negotiations, according to document."
#medmastodon #health #doctors #Privatization @medmastodon https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/15/Real-Cause-Alberta-CorruptCare-Scandal/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
New guideline for #healthcare practitioners in managing pediatric obesity.
@medmastodon #medmastodon #pediatrics #child
https://obesitycanada.ca/healthcare-professionals/pediatric-clinical-practice-guideline/
While little is known about the mysterious #Oropouche virus in Latin America, a number of deaths have been reported along with impacts on unborn babies. A #CharitéBerlin study has discovered that the pathogen is more widespread than previously thought.
#CharitéVirology #CharitéPaper #medicine #science #research #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #Medibubble #LatinAmerica #travelling #virology
Über das #Oropouche-Virus in #Lateinamerika ist bisher wenig bekannt, es gibt aber Hinweise auf einzelne Todesfälle & mögliche Folgen für ungeborene Kinder. Eine #CharitéBerlin-Studie zeigt jetzt: Der Erreger ist in der Region weiter verbreitet als gedacht.
#CharitéVirology #CharitéPaper #Medizin #Forschung #Wissenschaft #MedMastodon #Virologie #Medibubble #Reisen
if you or anyone you know would like to gift me a 30 day buffer of my two mission-critical medications from Jase Medical, I would gladly accept that donation.
it's very clear that the actual health care system will not be helping me on this, and I won't have sufficient money to pay for the meds myself any time soon. #MutualAid #MedicalAid #MedMastodon
