Latest posts tagged with #MEDsky on Bluesky
The levels of apurinic/apyrimidinic endodeoxyribonuclease 1 (#APEX1) in the serum could be used as a diagnostic biomarker in cholangiocarcinoma (#CCA) and hepatocellular carcinoma (#HCC). Study in the Egyptian Liver Journal.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4truf3S
#RareDisease #MedSky #OncSky
On today's date April 8, 1906, Auguste Deter -first patient ever diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease died at an institution in Frankfurt, Germany. Her physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, performed an autopsy on her brain, leading to foundational discoveries about the disease.
#MedSky #Pathology
Researchers invented a fake disease to test the spread of misinformation, and it worked a little too well. ChatGPT gave medical advice for 'bixonimania,' found in bogus preprints that thanked Starfleet Academy. They were only preprints, but it does highlight a significant area of concern.
#MedSky
Thousands of cardiovascular professionals from around the globe came together to connect, learn and be inspired at ACC.26.
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Foundation models for health records face a "portability paradox."
While they beat traditional models on internal data, they lose that edge during external validation. Feature-dense patterns may actually reduce foundation model's utility across different clinical settings.
#Medsky
Today would have been Gita Ramjee's 70th birthday. Born in Uganda, her family fled during Idi Amin's bloody dictatorship for South Africa, where she spent her career improving HIV prevention in a region savaged by it. She passed away of Covid in 2020 at age 63.
#WomenInSTEM #MedSky ⚕️
How do mobile laboratories support outbreak response - directly in the field?
Join the next #GenEpiBioTrain training:
'Mobile labs and field sequencing during outbreaks'
📅 13 & 15 April
⏰ 09:00–12:30 (CEST)
💻 Online - bit.ly/4tx9B2p
#IDsky #EpiSky #MedSky #OutbreakResponse #PublicHealth
How Does Antiphospholipid Syndrome Affect The Body? (Beyond the Blood to Major Organs)
"A #stroke ..is one of the big bad ones when #AntiphospholipidSyndrome misbehaves..more than 20% of #strokes in patients younger than 45 years of age may be attributed to APS..also more common in males.": buff.ly/rSk1XA3
#neurology #ChronicPain #awareness #BloodClots #ChronicIllness #MedSky
“Ozempic just got cheap enough to change the world.”
A key patent expired in India last month. Within days, multiple companies launched generics — with 40+ more coming.
Price: ~$14/month
US price: up to $349/mo.
Same drug. Completely different future
#BlueSky #MedSky #NurseSky #IMSky #GISky #EMSky
#CBD significantly reduces antiseizure medication cycling, polypharmacy burden, and health care resource utilization in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (#LGS), Dravet syndrome (#DS) and tuberous sclerosis complex (#TSC).
Read more: https://bit.ly/41S6lCX
#RareDisease #MedSky
The Latina #Physician Wage Chasm: A Secondary Analysis of the American Community Survey: https://bit.ly/3OcsNDF #MedEd #MedSky
Here's to the crazy ones... the ones who chose to be rural doctors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Ry...
@docmcohen.medsky.social @glaucomflecken.bsky.social #MedSky
‼️🔥 5 full days of Infectious Disease CPD available to stream! 20 CPD Credits available
BONUS: Includes our wildly popular Case Challenges & Panel Discussions!
On-demand access 52nd Annual Remington Winter Course in Infectious Disease
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#IDSky #MedSky
Regulation of Alternative Splicing by PARP1 in HTR-8/Svneo Cells: Implications for Placental Development and Spontaneous Abortion
The findings of this study confirm the role of #PARP1 in regulating #Cytotrophoblast function, advancing our understanding of #PregnancyLoss and identifying potential #therapeutic targets. #medsky
Full article here: doi.org/10.1007/s115...
The April issue has arrived! Issue highlights include the use of #AI in #clinical care, cost effectiveness of IV #iron for iron-deficient women with heavy #menstrual bleeding, #ctDNA as a prognostic biomarker for #LBCL, and more. See the full lineup here: https://ow.ly/bZvq50YEywg
#HemeSky #MedSky
"To see how workouts can help gut microbes quell cancer, researchers had mice with cancer run on treadmills." A small mouse on a treadmill in a gym setting with rowing machines.
Workouts can help gut microbes quell cancer in mice, a study published in Cell Press reports. Researchers found that exercise reshapes the gut microbiome in mice and, by increasing microbial production of formate, enhances CD8 T cell-mediated immune function:
https://ow.ly/VMMb50YEAGr
🧪 #MedSky
Become an Affiliate Examiner
Are you interested in shaping the future of anaesthesia exams?
Apply to be an Affiliate Examiner!
Open to higher trainees (ST 6-7), SAS doctors and post-CCT fellows.
Deadline: 30 April.
Details 👉 https://ow.ly/2J0a50YkXCf
#Ansky #Medsky
Patients deserve to feel recognized when they participate in research.
Too often in the past, research has been done TO patients rather than done WITH them.
Read this article @bmkwan.bsky.social worked on with @thelizarmy.bsky.social: buff.ly/43MDfBM
#medsky #cansky #btsm #radonc #oncsky
Ryan White was a teenager when he died of HIV disease 36 years ago today - #IDSky + #MedSky + #ReproSky.
Here's a particularly vile way of how doctors refer to very painful conditions:
"Pain Catastrophizing".
If you ever hear these words coming out of a doctor's mouth, get out of that office IMMEDIATELY.
#chronicillness
#medsky
#rheumatology
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These things are noticed.
Patients and colleagues may not confront you, because there are power imbalances and other factors…
but they are noticed, and not in a good way.
Please stay home when sick. Wear a properly fitted respirator at work. It’s the professional thing to do.
Join us to talk about medical gaslighting, trust between doctors and patients, and diagnostic uncertainty. #medsky
South Carolina’s huge measles outbreak may finally be ending. Here’s how it happened. www.healthbeat.org/2026/01/27/s... #IDsky #publichealth #medsky #episky
Protein and genomic models achieve 99% precision, 92% recall in predicting antiphage systems, revealing 12 new ones in Escherichia & Streptomyces. PMID:41926572, Science 2026, @ScienceMagazine https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adv8275 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
Congratulations to Dr @kevinrouault.bsky.social, who has been awarded £1m from @cancerresearchuk.org to launch a clinical trial aiming to improve quality of life for people with myelodysplastic syndromes, a form of blood cancer with limited treatment options.
🧪 #medsky #oncosky @qmul.bsky.social
