George A. Mensah, M.D.

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How many birds are there?

NHLBI 2019 Research Highlights: As 2019 nears its end, we're looking back on some newsworthy findings from NHLBI-funded research. For more 2019 news highlights, browse here: go.usa.gov/xp62b @NHLBI_HEARTDir @NHLBI_LUNGDir @NHLBI_BLOODDir @NHLBI_Translate @TheBethesdaLabs

Diversity is good for innovation. This is a great conversation between @robotsmarts and @timnitGebru on the importance of representation and female leadership in tech. b-gat.es/2FhOpZ2

Overcoming the many challenges of rare genetic diseases. Terrific @nature collection of articles. nature.com/collections/ef… #rarediseaseday2019

Persistent racial/ethnic and income disparities in genetic testing and targeted treatment in patients with metastatic lung cancer. Via #CEBP. cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/early/…

An astute perspective on physician burnout: the history, the drivers, and potential for a renaissance thelancet.com/journals/lance… @TheLancet by @dmarchalik @GUMedicine

@Mxrgiela Big brains!😂

My head isn’t actually this big, it’s just the way the photographer held the came.... Nvm all that we don’t need to get into the logisticsssss, Merry Chargers 🌚✌🏾… instagram.com/p/BryhTC2hG92/…

Rwanda’s health system has become a model for other nations to follow. The country’s example should inspire all leaders to renew their commitments to primary health care. #Astana2018

Enough said.

Genetic risk scores look increasingly promising in clinical practice but empirical data will be needed to evaluate whether they can lead to behavior change. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2978968… @cecilejanssens @skathire @EricTopol @ATorkamani twitter.com/minouye271/sta…

Applying genome sequencing in healthy individuals is often justified by its relatively low cost. But even if sequencing becomes truly inexpensive, substantial medical costs can result actions that their results trigger. Via @JAMA_current. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

SUICIDE is more than a mental health condition: 1. Nearly 45,000 lives lost to #suicide in 2016. 2. Suicide rates up more than 30% in half of states since 1999. 3. More than half of people who died by suicide did not have a known #MentalHealth condition. go.usa.gov/xQmab

Important article highlights post-discharge vulnerability: 1 Sleep Disruption 2 Malnourishment 3 Mobility Restriction 4 Other Stressors 5 Allostatic Overload It also suggests interventions that might improve outcomes. journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/artic… … twitter.com/PaulSaxMD/stat…

Frameworks are emerging for integrating Social Determinants of Health (#SDoH) into #PrimaryCare. The 5 questions we need to ask and what we need to learn to make this a reality: bit.ly/2xjnk0s.

One single cell-level #epigenetics mechanism explaining why advancing age is such a powerful marker of #CardiovascularDisease and All-Cause #Mortality . #Aging #HLBSpopOmics #PHGKB cell.com/cell/fulltext/… … … twitter.com/EricTopol/stat… … twitter.com/EricTopol/stat…

On #WorldNoTobaccoDay, we support all who are trying to quit or recently quit #smoking. Tools, tips, and other resources are available at smokefree.gov. @NIH_NHLBI @atscommunity @American_Heart

The Global Burden of Disease keeps saying the same things...but we still don’t listen, says Graham MacGregor.

The CHIP you don't want annals.org/aim/article-ab… @AnnalsofIM Succinct summary of what we know and don't know about "Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential," a new risk factor for heart disease and pre-#cancer marker, common w/ aging