#BSMC2018
Dangerous associations with country music listening.

#SillyStudies

#BSMC2018
Does beano work?
This graph shows farts in beano vs placebo

See, science is funny.

@medmyths

#BSMC2018
> a million impressions from 307 tweets made by 87 conference tweeters.

Twitter may be an underused #EBM tool!
@drjohnm
@Drug_Evidence
@medmyths
@CaulfieldTim
@BestScienceCME
@VineetMD

#BSMC2018
Word cloud from hashtag measures. Love that #mikekolber is same as #EBM

@Tina_Korownyk

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#MikeAllan
The state of marijuana research.

Limited for glaucoma and anxiety (and negative).

However severe seizure disorders for kids have some promising results.

#BSMC2018
New Cdn H. pylori guidelines kind of suck. Guideline committee admits 14/15 "strong recommendations" are based on 14/15 low or very low quality pieces of evidence.

Instead, consider @ABFamDocs guideline, with evidence & gives...

Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors Objective To develop an evidence-based guideline to help ...

#MikeKolber talks "gums to bums" ie EBM for GI topics.

Suggests trialing PPI taper.... and here is a GUIDELINE on how to do it:
http://www.cfp.ca/content/63/5/354

#BSMC2018

#BSMC2018 is drawing to a close (but still excellent content left).
SAVE THE DATE for 2019, May 3/4, same place.

Registration will open just before Xmas, here: https://bestsciencemedicine.com/

& between now and then, stay up to date with @medmyths podcasts at...

Nice work @BestScienceCME (@jessiebryce) live tweeting of #BSMC2018 has quite the reach! (via http://keyhole.co
>800,000 impressions!
Look how far around the world we have gone!

Welcome to new and old tweeters!
Including:
@VineetMD
@TMacDB
@DeirdreAndres
@CaulfieldTim

Acts of kindness RCT, @UBCmedicine @UBC_BrainLab @kimschon Shows kids having better mood and more friends. #BSMC2018

Challenging the dogma, an RCT that shows that inhaled corticosteroids for worsening asthma symptoms NOT associated with reducing exacerbations, and may affect height. #BSMC2018

New(ish) pediatrics studies presented by @Tina_Korownyk
#BSMC2018

And to be clear, there is NO SCIENCE to support this therapy. And much to suggest that it is potentially HARMFUL. #BSMC2018

The "o-shot" using a large portion of "tokens of legitimacy" (btw this is an injection of stem cells into vaginal tissue". Exposed by @CaulfieldTim and @DrJenGunter #BSMC2018

#stemcell therapy being portrayed as "routine" rather than experimental. "Implicit hype and scienceploitation" ... sprinkled with "tokens of legitimacy"
@CaulfieldTim #BSMC2018

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The #GordieHowe effect on public's perception of efficacy of Stem Cell treatment. "Heartbreaking" selling false hope. #BSMC2018

Actual harms documented from stem cell therapies. Stem cells NOT ready for clinical use. #BSMC2018

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Day 2 on May 5th...
Beautiful Vancouver, lovely Waterfront @FairmontHotels
Science and evidence fun on a sunny Saturday.

#bsmc2018
@CaulfieldTim kicks off Day 2
With Stem cell therapies debunking.

The sciencecorn is very pleased with Day 1 material at the @BestScienceCME #BSMC2018 in beautiful VANCOUVER.

Rheum labs. If swollen,painful joints. Not muscle pain. Not OA.

#KamShojania
@Providence_Hlth #Rheum

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#bsmc2018 @PHS_PrimaryCare
Dr Christy Sutherland
Shares the evidence for #harmreduction
@BCCSU

#BSMC2018
The current evidence on blood pressure treatment boiled down to one slide...
@amtejani
@Drug_Evidence

#BSMC2018 @amtejani tells us about “the right amount of blood pressure”

@Drug_Evidence

#BSMC2018
#MikeKolber
His rules for VTE treatment. And post op vte prevention.

@BestScienceCME
@ABFamDocs

#BSMC2018 unprovoked vte recurrence rate 30% over 10 years.
...higher than I thought...
#MikeKolber

Thanks @DoctorTommy for the great talk on concussion (Star Wars!)
#BSMC2018

Yoda runs us through the key messages...
#BSMC2018
@DoctorTommy

“Badlip Reading”

PACE YOURSELF!
#BSMC2018
@DoctorTommy