@SusieWiles @gtconway3d Best of luck in recovery. Due to amazing research over decades, and dedicated/trained physicians and non physician providers, you will no doubt get lifesaving treatment.
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Rob Optican
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Rob Optican
@RobOpticanMD
Baseball and college hoops. Healthcare policy idealist and realist. Past and present Blue Devil. Tweets are my own and do not represent Duke or the ACR.
Katılım Eylül 2009
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Last week, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Nearly one in eight women in the United States will face this diagnosis. Every day, these women continue to raise their families, go to work, and serve their communities with strength and determination. I now join their ranks.
I am grateful to have an outstanding team of doctors who detected the cancer early and are guiding my care, and I am encouraged by a very good prognosis.
I am also deeply thankful for the support and encouragement of President Trump as I undergo treatment and continue serving in my role as White House Chief of Staff.
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@MaddiWulfeckMD Take Me Home, Country Roads share.google/ucpIggXlvTUAI2…
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🩻 Unknown Case
👷♂️A patient with years of occupational exposure presents with slowly progressive dyspnea.
CXR below 👇
🫁This is a pattern that forms when many tiny abnormalities slowly merge into something much bigger.
🤔What’s the diagnosis?
Bonus:
• What exposure classically causes this?
#Radiology #RadTwitter #ChestXray #MedTwitter
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Rob Optican retweetledi
Almost everything RFK Jr says here is wrong.
Reyes’s Syndrome is related to aspirin use particularly after a viral illness, but in children, not in pregnant women.
High dose aspirin isn’t recommended during pregnancy because it can cause premature closure of the ductus arteriosis. Low dose aspirin can be used during pregnancy.
Ibuprofen is not used during pregnancy because of concerns about harming the fetal kidneys.
Acetaminophen is considered safe for use during pregnancy.
As always, when you have medical questions, talk to your doctor. The Sec of HHS is not a reliable source of medical information.
FactPost@factpostnews
RFK Jr: You shouldn't take Tylenol during pregnancy. But it's better than taking Ibuprofen or aspirin because of Reye's Syndrome. Joe Rogan: What's Reye's Syndrome? RFK Jr: I'm not sure exactly what it does.
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As a former U.S. Surgeon General who held an active medical license and practiced medicine while in the role (at Walter Reed and aboard the USS Comfort) it is incomprehensible that the Senate is even considering a nominee for this role who lacks any active license and has never practiced unsupervised. 🤯
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📈 New #NeimanHPI study in @JACRJournal: Radiologist turnover rose 61% over the past decade, with clinical workload as the leading factor. Turnover odds doubled in 2020–2022.
When workload hits 12,940 wRVUs, turnover starts climbing fast.
These insights highlight urgent opportunities to strengthen retention across radiology.
#Radiology #HealthPolicy #Workforce #Burnout #MedicalImaging #HPI #JACR #PhysicianWorkforce #HealthcareTrends
neimanhpi.org/press-releases…
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@anne__rogers Guaranteed to increase bat speed by 1 mph. Couldn't hurt!
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New year new look? Jonathan India chopped his locks and reset this offseason, getting back to what he knows and who he is. And now...
"I’m excited about [this season] and ready to get after it." mlb.com/royals/news/jo…
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@NicoPerrino @gtconway3d They're funneled through the legislative process for another reason also. The Constitution.
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As a wise man once told me, “Civil libertarians understand that the manner in which things are done are an important part of the legacy of liberty, not just the outcome.”
Alex Tabarrok@ATabarrok
From Gorsuch concurrence.
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@nytimes Whoever thought that the FDA would become an actual clown show?
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Breaking News: The FDA reversed its decision on Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine and agreed to review it for possible approval, Moderna said. nyti.ms/3ZKKLPT
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Not an ideal resume item for an official who directs US health policy.
The Intellectualist@highbrow_nobrow
HHS Secretary RFK Jr: “I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”
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@ChrisStirewalt If we had a run of the mill normally partisan but law abiding non-megalomaniac president, they might have a normal mid term.
We've never had a midterm when a pseudo-Mussolini is in the Oval.
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Republicans don't need to have a terrible midterm. It could just be your normal, run-of-the-mill bad midterm like the party in power usually has. Heavens to Betsy, quality might still matter.
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Never thought I'd see the day when CDC social media would try to gaslight America.
CDC@CDCgov
Framing measles as an American policy failure is inaccurate and misleading. Under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC has surged resources, including vaccines and therapeutics, nationwide to support state and local response efforts and contain outbreaks. We are setting the global standard for public health. -Dr. Ralph Abraham, CDC’s Principal Deputy Director
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@ChrisStirewalt @thehill Weicker, Brooke, Baker, Scott, Griffin, Goldwater, Rhodes.............
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Is that the twinkling of dissent in Republicans' eyes? @thehill
thehill.com/homenews/campa…
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How this brutal winter storm is possible with climate change – and possibly even more likely | CNN share.google/jovet6e3yiweZS…
Unfortunately, Don is probably too obtuse to pass an intro to meteorology course.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Trump: "Record Cold Wave expected to hit 40 States. Rarely seen anything like it before. Could the Environmental Insurrectionists please explain — WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING???"
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@ScottJenningsKY do you still correspond with W or Mitt?
(Curious their take on current happenings.)
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A ref to the APA guidance that “is unethical for a psychiatrist to offer a professional opinion” of a public figure “unless he or she has conducted an examination and has been granted proper authorization for such a statement.”
psychiatry.org/File%20Library…
Jonathan Reiner@JReinerMD
Repeal the Goldwater Rule.
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Know what would be even cooler? Addressing the problems that have pushed out Ob Gyns.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Dr Oz: "Alabama has no OBGYNs in many of their counties, so they're doing something pretty cool. They're actually having robots do ultrasounds on these pregnant moms."
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🚑 Trauma case: 35M s/p high-speed MVA, hypotensive with SOB. Coronal CT chest/abd shown.
What's the key finding & dx? #RadEd #MedTwitter #Trauma #Radiology
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Rob Optican retweetledi
🧵Artificial intelligence isn't failing medicine. Our infrastructure is.
After diving into this topic on @Contrast_Pod, here's the uncomfortable truth ⬇️
#Radiology
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