Very nice #thesis defense by Jonathan Bogaerts earlie this week. 🧑🏻‍🎓

Depresribing of antihypertensive medication in the very old, an inspiring topic for lively (and funny) discussion!

🥳 Congratulations, Jonathan!

#geriatrics #hypertension #medmastodon

Details and background on the scandle around #Alberta's moves to increase private medical care in the province.

"While AHS typically pays $4,044 per hip, $4,036 per knee and $4,833 per shoulder surgery, Alberta Surgical Group charged $8,303 per hip, $8,510 per knee and $11,243 per shoulder surgery prior to contract renewal negotiations, according to document."

#medmastodon #health #doctors #Privatization @medmastodon https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/15/Real-Cause-Alberta-CorruptCare-Scandal/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Pediatric clinical practice guidelines

Canadian Pediatric Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline New guideline sets new standard for pediatric obesity management in Canada With this first update in over 20 years, Managing Obesity in Children: A Clinical Practice Guideline gives healthcare professionals â€¦

Obesity Canada

While little is known about the mysterious #Oropouche virus in Latin America, a number of deaths have been reported along with impacts on unborn babies. A #CharitéBerlin study has discovered that the pathogen is more widespread than previously thought.

👉 https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/a_mysterious_pathogen_oropouche_virus_more_common_in_latin_america_than_previously_thought

#CharitéVirology #CharitéPaper #medicine #science #research #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #Medibubble #LatinAmerica #travelling #virology

Press reports: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Press release of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Über das #Oropouche-Virus in #Lateinamerika ist bisher wenig bekannt, es gibt aber Hinweise auf einzelne Todesfälle & mögliche Folgen für ungeborene Kinder. Eine #CharitéBerlin-Studie zeigt jetzt: Der Erreger ist in der Region weiter verbreitet als gedacht.

👉 https://www.charite.de/service/pressemitteilung/artikel/detail/der_raetselhafte_erreger_oropouche_virus_in_lateinamerika_haeufiger_als_gedacht

#CharitéVirology #CharitéPaper #Medizin #Forschung #Wissenschaft #MedMastodon #Virologie #Medibubble #Reisen

Pressemitteilung-Detail: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Pressemitteilungen der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

if you or anyone you know would like to gift me a 30 day buffer of my two mission-critical medications from Jase Medical, I would gladly accept that donation.

it's very clear that the actual health care system will not be helping me on this, and I won't have sufficient money to pay for the meds myself any time soon. #MutualAid #MedicalAid #MedMastodon

If you're coming to the US for a conference, rethink that plan. Urology colleagues considering coming to the #AUA2025 (Las Vegas, NV, USA April 26-29) should consider the remote options instead. Don't come to the US.

#MedMastodon #Urology #Mastodongs

https://www.news.com.au/sport/boxing/australian-mma-legend-renato-subotic-detained-in-the-us/news-story/e3ce4ffa87bd2eefbb596d61d66306a1

In case it was missed in the post above, this is my updated article:

👉 https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/04/01/anna-severe-me-cfs/

My doctor predicts I will die if I don’t leave soon.

I need a solid, safe, home I can go to and recover to at least a stable baseline. It’s not full recovery, but it’s better than a slow death.

Help please 🙏

#PwME #LongCovid #MECFS #Hypothyroidism #ChronicIllness #Neisvoid #Abuse #Housing #Dysautonomia #SocialWork #MedMastodon #PWLC #MutualAid
#HumanRights #Press #Housing #Journalism #MECFS #SevereME #Abuse #Neglect #MutualAid #Narcissist #Psychopath #MCAS #MCAD #Endometriosis #ChronicPain #CostOfLivingCrisis #Melbourne #Australia #DomesticAbuse #DV

@chronicillness @longcovid @neisvoid
@disabilityjustice
@disability @socialwork
@dysautonomia @mutualaid
@mecfs
@chronicpain
@mcas
@australia
@melbourne

Nearly a year on and severe ME patient Anna is still trapped in life-threatening domestic abuse

Nearly a year on and severe ME patient Anna is still trapped in life-threatening domestic abuse from Canary on 1 April 2025

Canary

Adherence to #Guideline Recommendations on Psychotropic #Drug Use for Challenging Behavior in #Dementia

"...Of all newly started prescriptions, 17% were evaluated within the recommended 7 days after starting..."

#Geriatrics #Care #Alzheimers #Deprescribing #MedMastodon

https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(24)00897-1/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email