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Paul Kalanithi

@ParsOpercularis

Writer, neurosurgeon, sports enthusiast, dude with lung cancer (not necessarily in that order)

 Stanford, CA
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Joined January 2012
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For this doctor couple, the Super Bowl was about way more than football: stan.md/1AsvIJL
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.@FonzoRB292 Feb 2015
44 starters in the Super Bowl: 5 Star Recruits - 0 4 Star Recruits- 4 3 and below- 40 #KeepYourDream
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Matt Doyle@Mdoyle7631 Jan 2015
Terrific podcast w/ @Stanford prof Sepp Gumbrecht & Andrew Luck on "beauty in sports": itun.es/us/TaIz5.k?i=3344241…
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Drinking Everclear 190 is associated with getting into fights (OR=6.6) but Coors Light may be protective (OR=0.7) informahealthcare.com/doi/fu… Heh
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@CNS_Update28 Jan 2015
AMA #ethics journal sparks national discussion of Neurosurgery + Ethics: Perspectives on the Field in 2015. ow.ly/I1HRO @AmadioMD
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"I need some evidence." @DougBaldwinJr debates with @DeionSanders on Super Bowl Tonight: nfl.com/videos/nfl-super-bow… @nflnetwork #StanfordNFL
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Robin Moroney@rbnmrny27 Jan 2015
The periodic table with each element sized according to the number of mentions in books. Go IRON. Go Gold.
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"I like generic drugs; they've kept prices low. But w/out patent drugs, there are no generic drugs." Steve Paul, Voyager Thps #CNSInvestment
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supporting family caregivers reduced readmissions MT @medcitynews buff.ly/158Gec5 @UUtah Community Clinics' Care by Design Program
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Harlan Krumholz@hmkyale19 Dec 2014
90yo misses 4 meals in hospital 2° to procedure scheduling; happens everyday; weakens people who r sick. #time2change nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
Post-Hospital Syndrome — An Acquired, Transient Condition of Generalized Risk | NEJM

Post-Hospital Syndrome — An Acquired, Transient Condition of Generalized Risk | NEJM

Patients who were recently hospitalized experience a period of generalized risk for myriad adverse health events. Their condition may be characterized as a post-hospital syndrome, an acquired condi...

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"The hospital is an edifice we don't need except for ICUs and the operating room." -@EricTopol via @NPR n.pr/1FNxede

Imagining A Future When The Doctor's Office Is In Your Home

You can now monitor your heart rhythm with your cellphone. Dr. Eric Topol imagines a day when patients will be doing a lot more of their own medical testing, with doctors as advisers.

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@neurosurgery11 Jan 2015
Here's our #quoteoftheday from Dr. Harvey Cushing #quote #neurosurgery
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A science whistleblower was silenced and ignored. It ended well for everyone and didn't make matters worse... oh wait cancerletter.com/articles/20…
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Richard Hawkes@R_Hawkes4 Jan 2015
Top civil servant (@scope Chair Andrew McDonald) was warned to keep disability secret - via @Telegraph fw.to/SXT6ShI
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Times Obituaries@TimesObits4 Jan 2015
T. S. Eliot, the most influential English poet of his time, died #onthisday in 1965 thetim.es/1zJn44V
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@neurosurgery2 Jan 2015
.@CDCgov says #flu activity has reached epidemic threshold wapo.st/177Lzlh via @washingtonpost
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@AmerMedicalAssn27 Dec 2014
Finally, our #1 most RT'd story : How your feet can impact your BP reading. goo.gl/PBP6us  http://t.co/3FHc8NHgcB  #Bestof2014
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Simon Donner@simondonner22 Dec 2014
Great article by @KA_Nicholas worth a purchase of January @sciam scientificamerican.com/artic… Climate Change Will Alter the Taste of Wine
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@neurosurgery21 Dec 2014
Christmas is in 4 and here's our #quoteoftheday from Dr. Harvey Cushing #quote #neurosurgery
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The story of August Hirt (1898-1945) - how a respected German anatomist and microscopy expert became a notorious Nazi ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2545…
The science prior to the crime--August Hirt's career before 1941 - PubMed

The science prior to the crime--August Hirt's career before 1941 - PubMed

August Hirt (1898-1945) has achieved macabre renown for atrocities perpetrated during his years as professor of anatomy at the Reichsuniversität Straßburg 1941-1945. Little, however, is known about...

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