ER physician @USCArcadia. New student of #LifestyleMedicine @ACLifeMed. First author #JAMA report @ https://xitter.gq/t.co/24EUpWXFTL. Views own.
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Phil MD retweeted
My brother’s girlfriend’s cousin and his family were caught in their vehicle in Maui while the wildfires suddenly erupted around them.
No cell service, so Apple Emergency SOS was the only way they could get in contact with first responders. Literally saved their lives.
Phil MD retweeted
No IV access? Blown away🤯 by this technique using elastic compression bandage proximal → distal wrapping. Thank you @DrBluesNYC @nysora, full video link here:
youtube.com/watch?v=7lGE4OH0…
Phil MD retweeted
With infections surging due to the Omicron variant, physicians are now urging people to ditch cloth face masks and instead recommend pairing cloth masks with surgical models or moving on to stronger respirator masks on.wsj.com/3qNSzym
Phil MD retweeted
Intra-gastric tapoica pearls from boba tea, as seen on POCUS and CT
#medtwitter
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Phil MD retweeted
Ectopic pregnancy in THE LIVER 🤯
Via @grepmeded
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Phil MD retweeted
A quick thread:
A lot of people have asked me this week: Where did this ivermectin obsession come from? Who could possibly benefit from it?
Most importantly, why did my antivaxx aunt start eating horse goo from the tractor store?
It’s complicated, but here are some answers.
Phil MD retweeted
🦠NEW VARIANT—a new #SARSCoV2 variant C.1.2 just identified in South Africa & several countries, with concerns it could be more infectious and evade vaccines. #C12 also has mutation rate that is nearly **twice as fast** as the rate of the other variants.🧵
jpost.com/health-science/new…
Phil MD retweeted
My unvaxed patient, in tears, upon learning his wife just got intubated: “I don’t understand how this happened. We did everything we were supposed to do. We took every precaution!”
Its tragic.
Phil MD retweeted
On “natural immunity” vs vaccination:
1) Its not one vs the other. The best protection seems to be in those with prior infection AND vaccination.
2) The fact that 95% in ICUs are unvaccinated suggests either natural immunity ain’t so great, or not nearly enough really have it.
Phil MD retweeted
Did you hear vaccinated people with Delta “have just as much virus in their nose so are just as infectious as unvaccinated”?
Turns out vaccinated people have significantly less culturable virus present at the same Ct count
They are LESS INFECTIOUS 💥
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Phil MD retweeted
To help contextualize the newly released #IPCC Report, here's 800,000 years of Earth's CO2 history in 30 seconds.
Phil MD retweeted
If you are uninsured and happen to need a few stitches, do NOT go to my alma mater.
Phil MD retweeted
When CDC says <1% vaccine breakthroughs, let's be specific & say 0.008%. And in terms of severe disease, 0.0005% and in terms of deaths, 0.0001%. And Dr. Fauci said severe disease in elderly with other health problems to NPR. Reduce hesitancy by optimism
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Phil MD retweeted
Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks.
How? College volunteers w 2 hrs training simply called a roster of 6-9 folks 2-5X/week (elders' choice) to ask how they are.
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