Lauren Miller

This is actually a real issue! This paper finds car seat laws saved 57 kids in 2017… but also reduced births by 8,000 that year (& 145,000 since 1980!) as families held off having more than two kids as their cars couldn’t hold more seats! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Congrats to the Harvard Combined Residency Program in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on their trainee graduation! 12 residents and fellows from Mass Eye and Ear graduated from the program.

That's a big deal in US healthcare Kaiser Permanente @aboutKP and @GeisingerHealth nytimes.com/2023/04/26/hea… by @ReedAbelson

Today's decision by a TX court ordering the FDA to stay its longstanding approval of #mifepristone disregards facts in favor of ideological assertions and will harm patients. The AMA will continue to support access to care, including abortion medication. spr.ly/6013Oymdc

Mortality rate: Mifepristone 0.65/100,000 Penicillin 2/100,000 Phosphodiesterase inhibitors 4/100,000 We live in a post truth world. Facts are irrelevant. The safest drug has the most regulation.

As we countdown to Match Day, I want you to meet Dr. Kevin Jon Williams. For nearly 20 years, he fought for - and eventually won - a student-optimal matching algorithm. It’s one of the great stories of advocacy in Match history… and the NRMP refuses to acknowledge it. (a 🧵)

Study shows incidence of suicide among pts undergoing cancer operations was significantly elevated compared to general population, highlighting need for programs to actively implement regular suicide screening among such pts ja.ma/3iFveia

ift.tt/JBDFRlY Rate of atypical nodal metastases in surgically treated HPV‐associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

My favorite sentence: "In addition to the spectacle of prestigious academic institutions trolling for votes" jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

What Mehmet Oz means when he says abortion should be between "a woman, her doctor, and local political leaders." #PASenateDebate Thx @amyschumer

Criminal.

Matt Levine somehow explains this in the most hilarious way, worth a read

The 64-year-old woman’s whole mouth had pulled over to the right, as if the left side had just given up. The lower lid of her left eye sagged, and the edge was red and looked irritated. What was wrong with her?  nyti.ms/3dZIQCI

Behavioral biases. Distribution is pretty normal, but 95 always rounds to 100.

Attention interested applicants: join us for a webinar on Wed, Sept 14 @ 7 PM to learn more about resident life and getting to know our current residents! Email julie_arria@meei.harvard.edu to register! #otolaryngology #harvardmedicalschool #masseyeandear

I am reticent to say more concerning the merits of this newsletter at this posture before it has been fully litigated. The world will have to wait. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… A thoughtful sharing of a physician's journey with oropharyngeal cancer

It's impossible to pull a quote from this post that beats the title. @newyorkteacher/guessing-c-for-every-answer-is-now-enough-to-pass-the-new-york-state-algebra-exam-93bac55b3e24" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@newyorkteache…

Sharks and orcas aren’t just hanging out underwater deciding whether to attack us. Like the humans you pass on the street, they’re mostly busy doing their own thing -- which often involves worrying about not being attacked themselves. nyti.ms/3QpKn33

New study found similar #SurvivalOutcomes seen in a real-world population of patients with #HeadAndNeckCancer compared to #CheckPointInhibitor clinical trials. ja.ma/3A3oIGY #Research