Karin Cook

Topographical Model of #MS wins a Bronze at #CannesLions Health & Pharma. @SKriegerMD @harrisonandstar. Beyond Proud canneslionsarchive.com/winners/entry/…

in this new perspective piece in @msj_research, “MS becomes a treatable disease: 30 years later” @fdlublin and I marvel at how far #MS treatment has come since the first therapy in 1993, and how far we have left to go. @sinaibrain @mssociety 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/135245…

@TheRealDoctorT exactly…

@kcooknyc Hmm… 22 more stories?

On the morning of his 95th birthday, Joe woke up at exactly 6AM. This small irony never failed to irritate him: he had never been a morning person, but the more the years passed, the earlier he woke. “Well, this is it!” He said, to no one, as he swung his legs out of bed. 1/

@TheRealDoctorT what about his 22 followers ;-)

There was no response. The doc frowned, and felt for a pulse. “Well I’ll be… he actually did it.” And the doc sat a few moments longer, saying a prayer in his mother tongue. Joe opened a door, and beamed to see Sally, and so many people he loved. And he stepped through.

@LGlaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken thanks for such a wonderfully written tribute and the meaningful reminder to channel roger when caring for co-survivors

In my 10+ years of co-survivorship, doing life with @DGlaucomflecken through 2 separate cancers, 1 SCA and fighting off his death with 10 mins of #CPR, only ONE (1) of the medical professionals we interacted with has ever asked how I was doing. Meet Roger. authors.elsevier.com/a/1giY02p-l5Vhe

@npcrowe Under the Skin — brilliant new book by NYT magazine writer @lindavillarosa — powerful narrative that knits together history of racism in medicine, the devastating impact on the health of our nation, and her journey as journalist, patient, caregiver — vital read for all clinicians

Fabulous conversation with Drs. Williams & Krieger discussing the topographical model of #MS and how to empower patients to maximize reserve @blackdoctor_org @NerdyNeuroMD @SKriegerMD

@JackieWoodson @lindavillarosa @doubledaybooks @cafeconlibrosbk can’t wait!

So looking forward!! @lindavillarosa @doubledaybooks @cafeconlibrosbk

I’m gonna put this bluntly. 1️⃣If you are a healthcare professional - doctor, nurse, pharmacist, etc - & you are telling your patient that they are inherently “at risk” of certain poor outcomes because they are Black, you are committing malpractice. 1/

@SKriegerMD evidently ;-)

Dear #MedTwitter, is there such a thing as altmetric inferiority complex? 😳

@LGlaucomflecken thank you for perfectly explaining why checking in at MSKCC w/ my newly dx child yesterday i didn’t recognize my identity as “visitor” - maybe it would help (lexically) if we try to define the experience vs the relationship — shellshocked, terrified, gutted—yet shielding it all

.#medtwitter, patients, and caregivers, I’d love your thoughts. 8/8

The term “caregiver”needs work. It’s a hospital-centered term, by way of the patient. It describes the caregiver’s *work* in relation to *someone else.* It ignores the real and myriad ways the caregiver lives with and is affected by the disease daily. 🧵 1/8

@uche_blackstock 1. allow yourself to write badly and imperfectly — just get it down, then go back and shape. 2. get a reader you trust to call out your blind spots & push you to be even braver. 3. don’t fall in love early— revisions often require sacrificing our darlings 4. be ruthlessly honest

Any writers out there, please drop below any advice you have for the writing process.👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿

This month, I’ve started, in earnest, writing the manuscript for my upcoming generational memoir LEGACY. The book will be the third baby that I birth. No matter how it turns out, I will love it unconditionally with all my heart.

50 > 50 women at the height of their powers — plus a behind the scenes look at the vision by @Forbes photo director and powerhouse Robyn Selman. lnkd.in/gRWMhfC — Launched @msnbc lnkd.in/gxxg2UR

congrats @SKriegerMD — can’t think of a better way to celebrate that auspicious debut. here’s a dynamic view of topographical model showcasing 20 yrs of #ms in 20 seconds w/ simultaneous animations of localization, loss of reserve, recapitulation, and disability accumulation

@elizmccracken thanks @elizmccracken for the lovely shout out re what girls learn. writing about neuroimmunology these days — cells and cytokines are characters too ;-)

@gradydoctor hope you are planning to compile these gorgeous human encounters in a central publication — is that in your plan @gradydoctor ?

#WhatsYourWhy Every day I ask strangers and others if they'll receive the #COVIDVaccine when available to them. And every day, I learn new reasons why each individual person feels the way they do. I'll share a few of those exchanges for the next 7 days. #BlackWhysMatter

@uche_blackstock in context of covid, seems like charges for bioterrorism are in order

They smeared feces throughout the hallways of the Capitol. And we are the ones treated as animals.

@JackieWoodson such a vital place, and so very necessary

Baldwin for the Arts baldwinforthearts.org

essential read jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

@uche_blackstock I am afraid that this line represents a far more serious condition — selfishness.

The line for #COVID19 testing at my neighborhood’s urgent care center this morning. It’s the longest line that I’ve ever seen there and signifies the profound damage committed by this administration to undermine public health messaging. THREAD.