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elbert j chu

@elbertchu

I hunt signal & slay noise. Instigator. @MedPageToday; bylines @NYTimes @PopSci. Co-founder @ReduxWatch

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Thirty-one states, including Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah, have laws or rules requiring oversight of neonatal intensive care hospitals. New Mexico does not. Why? propublica.org/article/no-on…

No One in This State Is Officially Tracking the Quality of Care in Neonatal Centers

Without a federal system of NICU-specific oversight, regulation of the units falls to each state — and New Mexico isn’t doing much. But over 30 other states show it can be done.

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One of my biggest pet peeves: alkalinization to fight cancer! You CAN'T make yourself alkaline and if you could, you'd die.
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You: This one untested supplement will restore balance to my body Your body:
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I think Luke & Han are lucky Leia took over their "rescue" on the Death Star or it would've been a very short movie.
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My 5 year old daughter picked these shoes, and a boy at school said Star Wars is for boys. She said Star Wars is for girls too. What do you think @HamillHimself ?
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Roneet Lev@roneetlev27 Sep 2018
Join @medpagetoday for a Twitter chat to discuss strategies underway to reduce opioid deaths and hospitalizations and other issues surrounding the opioid epidemic. #medpagelive
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#BigPharma Alchemy: How to transform two $40 generic drugs into $3,000 pills. bit.ly/2tsSTEa #wealthcare
How Two Common Medications Became One $455 Million Specialty Pill

How Two Common Medications Became One $455 Million Specialty Pill

After I was prescribed a brand-name drug I didn’t need and given a coupon to cover the out-of-pocket costs, I discovered another reason Americans pay too much for health care.

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Flush burn trash. Why does America waste tons of valuable drugs? @marshall_allen @ProPublica bit.ly/2p7uTWY
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Hospitals' "Golden trash" catalogued. @marshallallen @ProPublica investigate the massive waste bit.ly/2m6PHdt
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Can tilapia skin be used to bandage burns? Great storytellling by @nadiasussman buff.ly/2mdV6lC
This easy maneuver, borrowed from the Dutch, could be life-saving for #cyclists buff.ly/2cON4KU #NYC
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Michael Luo@michaelluo18 Sep 2016
First take of @nytimes story on Chelsea explosion. nytimes.com/2016/09/18/nyreg…

Powerful Blast Injures at Least 29 in Manhattan; Second Device Found (Published 2016)

An explosion caused by what the authorities believe was a homemade bomb injured at least 29 people in the Chelsea neighborhood. A second explosive device was later found four blocks away.

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Does Air Pollution Reduce Cycling’s Health Benefits? on.natgeo.com/2aATXA0 via @NatGeo
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Come work with me and @elbertchu at @medpagetoday: We're hiring a growth editor everyday.taleo.net/careersec… – at Berkeley, CA
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Americans rely on a broken system to lose weight — here’s why it’s useless to count calories buff.ly/23H601A
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Sensors Could Slip into the Brain, Then Dissolve When the Job Is Done buff.ly/1Qlf86u xitter.gq/elbertchu/status/68948…
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Can chocolate milk speed concussion recovery? Experts cringe @ikeswetlitz on @statnews buff.ly/1SJON2E
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"Failure is success if you learn from it." —Unknown
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What one man learned from obsessively tracking his vital signs for 48 years buff.ly/1OH9f4d
“I have been on a jihad to streamline the review process and get things out the door faster.” buff.ly/1VBMFtd
"What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it." -Uknown
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