This is the perhaps the worst part: “This is lost time for all of us,” Dr. Lauer said. “Instead of spending their time doing science and hopefully making discoveries that will make us all healthier, they’re rewriting grant applications.”
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As a West Philly baseball mom and volunteer for our local rec league, this article is spot on. The kids out there need safe play spaces and rec sports—and not just the robust programs in the northeast with snack bars, real bathrooms in club houses, and recruiting systems.
Incredibly proud to be part of this team emphasizing the importance of integrating palliative and supportive care principles into routine pulmonary and critical care!
“I was able to recognize my mother, who…spent nights with me, and my husband and younger brother, who would visit during the mornings and afternoons. My constant and singular thought during that time was this: If they could see me, then I was safe.”
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Table titled "Guidance for Communicating With Patients About Medical Numbers". Columns: Recommendation, Potentially Problematic Communication, and Preferred Communication. Examples include using numbers to convey risk and providing context.
Clinicians can enhance patient understanding by using numerical data instead of verbal probabilities, consistent denominators, absolute risk comparisons, and clear context for unfamiliar data types.
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I listened to this when it first came out and I’ve been thinking about it ever since.
Material deprivation is associated with more frequent emergency and unplanned healthcare utilisation in COPD.
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Three graphs show NPV in millions of dollars vs. wage rate, comparing promotion timelines. Early promotion yields the highest NPV gains with increasing wage rates, while stalled/no promotion has lower returns. Pediatric subspecialties NPV increases with wage, with a range shown.
Promotion delays in academic pediatrics cost physicians up to $3 million in lost earnings and widen pay gaps, highlighting the need for fair, timely advancement for a sustainable pediatric workforce. ja.ma/4nvdscM
Two bar graphs show national screening percentages. Graph A shows demographic subgroups, with categories like "Overall" and "Uninsured." Graph B breaks down screening by geographic region: Northeast, Midwest, South, West. Both compare 'Screened (status quo),' 'Reference,' and 'Screened (after improvement)'.
Targeted investment to boost screening rates in FQHCs could result in 1.87 million additional people screened and help narrow longstanding disparities in cervical cancer prevention. ja.ma/43zs57R
The ATS and CAPC are proud to introduce a new collaborative series of seven modules on ATS Ed+ for clinicians treating patients with serious illnesses. Earn CME! #pallipulm @anandiyermd.bsky.social @donsullivan.bsky.social @pallipulm.bsky.social
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I work with Veterans. If I told them that they "killed people and broke things for a living" they would (rightfully) tell me to go to hell.
Those that have had to kill someone in the line of duty most often view it with sadness, regret, and one of the worst experiences of their lives.
…of existing in some stranded time zone distinct from all those in the outside world.…except, instead of waiting for a plane, we were waiting for devastation or deliverance.
…on professionals either kindly or officious; the same long walk to unappealing, overpriced commerce; the same creeping exhaustion that enters, like the quality of the air, almost the moment you walk through the door; the same sense of temporal dislocation...
…of the brevity of life and the great looming precipice of eternity as Wordsworth was at Tintern Abbey, yet at the same time you are basically stuck at an airport. There is the same combination of impatience and impotence; the same constant proximity to strangers; the same unavoidable dependence…
Reading Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz and found her descriptions of ICU life impeccable, eg: “unless you work there, a hospital is no kind of place to spend so much time. Like a storefront church, its physical presence is at odds with its existential responsibilities. In an ICU, you are aware…
🤔 Ever wonder if our ICU families experience trauma? Esp those w a trauma history?
D Ashana & colleagues 👀 at just that thru interviews w 26 family members, just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare:
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Because all roads to quality of rural life are paved by policy, we're pleased to help spread the word about the @rururbbridge.bsky.social Beyond Resistance Campaign Virtual Launch.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
7:00pm ET
Find the link to register: ruralurbanbridge.org
JAMA viewpoint: "The One Big Beautiful Bill Act—Implications for Rural Health Care" by M. Bryant Howren and Jed R. Hansen. Published September 3, 2025. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.13518
Viewpoint: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's significant #Medicaid cuts threaten rural health care access and economic stability.
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A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S. revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.
Studies show that just one exposure to tear gas can increase the likelihood of respiratory illnesses. That's why in 2020, the ATS called for a moratorium on the use of tear gas and other chemical agents.
Learn more about the damage tear gas causes (via @wired.com): www.wired.com/story/what-t...
Our new @JAMAHealthForum study adds more evidence on how Medicare Advantage plans enrolling veterans are maximizing profits by not paying for care.
Veterans in high-veteran MA plans are much more likely to have surgical care paid by VA than plan itself—even when surgery occurs in non-VA hospitals…
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Varenicline, combined with behavioral counseling, increased vaping abstinence in youth who vape nicotine and do not regularly smoke tobacco.
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☎️ a friend time: looking for folks in ADULT hospital/ICU settings who support patients’ family members who are KIDS. Many places have child life (especially those with co-located peds hospitals)—anyone not have that model? Interested in folks’ experiences on this topic and would love to connect!
The White House's 2026 budget proposal recommends eliminating the Health Resources and Services Administration and cutting rural health funding by 25%, posing a threat to health care access and services in rural areas.
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After her dreams of becoming a doctor were denied, one California woman is working to make the profession more accessible to those with disabilities.
Reassuring data on varenicline in pregancy
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I have had the good fortune to visit the Coal Workers Program of NIOSH in West Virginia. The team is incredible - dedicated to protecting generations of workers doing jobs most of us can barely imagine. I’m glad to hear the program has been (temporarily) restored. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/live-...
Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to scholarly journals inquiring about their process and principles. As an organization, we respect and support the CHEST journal's editorial leadership and long-standing reputation. Read more here: www.chestnet.org/newsroom/che...