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Originally presented by Dr. Tullis of @torontoadultcf , these remarkable trends usher in a #CF #CareModel where learning begins with patients on the edge of medical knowledge. youtu.be/1xuuxvxxjVw

A national pool would solve several problems at once: address insurer churn, enable long-term tracking of patient outcomes, & ensure the federal government’s substantial investment in #genetherapy translates to real-world access.| The Incidental Economist theincidentaleconomist.com/w…

“My philosophy is, you don’t want the job to change you,” Mr. Miller said. “You want to be able to change others on the job — by what you say and what you do.” share.google/HkRlKxnjELBEa4X…

Petrochemicals for #plastic are, “expected to be the largest single driver of oil demand in decades to come. Big Oil keeps drilling to keep making $.Solar & wind - not as profitable, so they’re all in on the current model, and plastic can perpetuate it. theguardian.com/environment/…

Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names in Health Care, the American College of Physicians | Annals of Internal Medicine = Physician > Provider; Clinician > Provider acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…

magazine.foriowa.org/story.p… The NIH creates the bedrock on which biomed stands. Yes, the NIH funds disease-specific work, but they also fund curiosity-driven research … ideas & tools often come from scientists studying Qs that seem totally unrelated to human disease. #Science

#AI include: * Decision support for diagnosing & predicting diseases * Virtual assistants and automated in-basket tools for responding to patients * Ambient scribes, documentation tools and coding assistance for reducing admin * AI-assisted prior auths share.google/TsHGlDexpqfuF83…

Food can only be absorbed after conversion into their basic units: proteins, triglycerides, glucose... If a food has a strong, entangled matrix, this conversion into basic units becomes slow and the nutrients become de facto less bioavailable. #FeedTheGut search.app/yh7sW2CLVqdbrhNW6

I just donated to The Grantsformers Summer Picnic Potluck! Help support Cystic Fibrosis Foundation today! passion.cff.org/the-grantsfo…

#Diets #Nutrition nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…

Study examined 9 screening panels and found they accurately identified 95% of white babies w #cysticfibrosis, they missed, on average, 44% of Asian babies, 22% of Black infants and 14% of Hispanic, Native American and Alaskan Native babies. #HealthEquity nytimes.com/2024/05/29/well/…

I just donated to 2024 Sweat for a Cure! Help support Cystic Fibrosis Foundation today! passion.cff.org/2024-sweat-f…

“… students and licensed physicians prefer an ed model that combines clinical training w info on social services, caregiver support, and community resources. #PCP Primary care physicians should be at the heart of treating Alzheimer’s statnews.com/2024/03/27/alzh… via @statnews

Having walk-in access to lab for blood draws (with consistently competent phlebotomists) and ease of scheduling with caring clinicians + app for communicating & tracking exchanges & health results with @onemedical has made me less cynical about our healthcare system.

“…for all of the partisanship and division in our culture right now, what I really found is that most folks want the same thing: They want to work hard and put food on the table, and they want their families to be safe and healthy,” Brown 19thnews.org/2024/01/gifford… via @19thnews

“Premature death is > 2x as likely for middle-income Americans as for those at the top of the income ladder, and > 3x as likely for those at the bottom than those at the top.” Nancy E. Adler, Who Linked Wealth to Health, Dies at 77 nytimes.com/2024/01/18/healt…

Treating Opioid Use Disorder in General Practice — Diagnosis, Harm Reduc... youtu.be/BWtDaCSocMk?feature… via @YouTube

"18–27-year-old PwCF had a lower rate of annual preventive visits compared to GP in the same age group of the GP (27% versus 42%)." Preventive service utilization among PwCF covered by private insurance is comparable to the GP - Journal of Cystic Fibrosis cysticfibrosisjournal.com/ar…