SSPE — delayed and progressive brain damage from measles infection — is sadly something we’ll see more frequently moving forward. FYI, symptoms can be delayed by decades after initial infection www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I recently hosted @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Department of Medicine Grand Rounds with @cpsolvers.bsky.social — a fun and high-yield diagnostic journey! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff8q...
Hey out there -- if you have information about the job cuts at FDA, CDC, NIH or HHS at large, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking, in particular, for information about exactly what cuts were made.
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I’m just wondering if there could’ve been a better spot for that muppet
Aww, Kasia ❤️
How you like them apples, though?
Ahhh yes, jUsT asKinG qUesTIonS, my favorite
Ok, that’s a fair point
How was the margarita tho
Did he also have 25 fingers?
Radiological, bronchoscopic and anatomic considerations of the twisted-lung condition. A chest CT-scan showing a complete twist (white arrow) of the left pulmonary hilum in frontal plane B: CT-scan 3D reconstruction with the twisting motion visible (white arrow) C: endoscopic vision of the left main bronchus, showing stenosis and the twisting of the bronchial mucosa and smooth muscle (arrow).D: left pneumonectomy piece, the whole lung is congested affecting predominantly the upper lobe (arrow)
Spontaneous pulmonary-twist secondary to Legionnaire’s disease
Apparently "pulmonary twist" is a thing. In this case, in the context of Legionella pneumonia, the L upper lobe became twisted & necrotic, apparently due to infiltration and increased weight of lingula
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Don’t worry, it was (I hope) a fun convo for all!
*fart (are flatulence jokes allowed on BlueSky?)
I never said (either here or during the actual discussion) that CIN doesn’t exist. It was a respectful and lighthearted review of the literature
But does death cause coffee cessation?
A spine surgeon named Jack? Oh you mean a Lumbar Jack
Guess I’m just feeling a bit sedimental
Seriously, when I’m home I spend 90% of my time feeding small humans (or cleaning up after they eat)
Wish I still got to spin urine sometimes
I shoulda known!
Excited to read this, and I bet @tbrnaughttb.bsky.social would like it too!
Oh don’t worry, it’s just the tiny elf that lives in there trying to keep you on your toes
Name a more dynamic duo
Two photos. On the left, a black rolling chair (though the legs and wheels are out of sight) in a doctor's office. A post-it note with professional type is stuck to the top portion, where a person's back would rest. On the right, a close up of the post-it note where one can read "DOCTOR CHAIR" typeset onto it.
I’ve heard of robots replacing physicians but this seems a bit of a stretch
Got into a debate with nephrology about whether contrast-induced nephropathy is real, and I’ve never felt so alive
Children receive so many more vaccines these days. Is this ok?
Short answer: This is ok. Today’s vaccines target more diseases and do so more efficiently than older vaccines.
Longer answer: ⬇️
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We’ve decided to end the peer review process; instead, we will just be asking random people on the street what they think
mount rainier
orca jumping in front of space needle
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