Family Practice doc, public health advocate, and occasional maker of liquid nitrogen ice cream. Rides a bike to work some days. Formerly on med-mastodon.
Posts are not medical advice, and I'm not speaking for my employer.
| pronouns | she/her |
| courtesy title | Dr |
| surrounded by | cats |
| sustained by | caffeine and spite |
"The Texas attorney general has secured an unusual settlement over child transgender care that compels Texas Children’s Hospital to create the nation’s first ever 'detransition clinic' in addition to paying the state $10 million."
#healthcare #hospitals #lgbtq #transgender #ChildrensHealth #texas
More good news about COVID vaccines!
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-vaccination-may-protect-household-members
"COVID-19 patients who were vaccinated against the virus were much less likely to infect household members than unvaccinated patients"
"…household contacts of patients vaccinated in the past six months were 43% less likely to test positive than household contacts of unvaccinated sick people, the study shows"
This effect was not found if the vaccine was more than 7 months ago.
This is horrific and a massive breach of ethics where it concerns consent.
The University of Southern California (#USC) and University of California, San Diego (#UCSD) have millions of dollars in contracts to sell bodies donated for scientific research to the #Navy who gave them to the #IDF. (Our tax dollars at work.)
Yes, the IDF. Easier to know how to kill #Palestinian kids if you take aim at some #American corpses first, I guess.
Both universities have said they plan on continuing the program. Maybe rethink your plans to donate your body to science, if that was on your agenda.
I wrote this important thread, please read if you can and boost for visibility. 
Here's how to react if someone is having a generalized tonic-clonic seizure in front of you!
Different situations are taken into account to give as much info as possible.
Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how
Vaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/routine-vaccines-may-cut-dementia-risk-experts-have-startling-hypothesis-on-how/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
New antiviral approved in Japan to protect against covid infection in people who have already been exposed. According to the article Xocova has applied for US approval for post-exposure use. More effective than Paxlovid with fewer side effects.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01546-0?linkId=61870217
@Zygos I got one a few years ago in preparation for an organized multi-day tour. I only turn it on a few times a year. Most of the time I'm on commuter paths or busy city streets and the audio signal of "OMG there's someone behind you!!" is incessant.
It's useful when I get far enough out of the city that traffic is more sporadic.
> AI transcriber for use by Ontario doctors 'hallucinated,' generated errors, auditor finds
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ai-scribe-system-hallucinations-9.7197049
Artificial intelligence note-taking tools intended for use by Ontario doctors provided incorrect and incomplete information or demonstrated "hallucinations," and were not evaluated adequately, the province’s auditor general says in a new report.
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Burn This Dyspho Out 🏳️⚧️
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