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#Information cascade alert!
The US #intelligence agencies are supposed to reveal all information they have with respect to the #OriginOfCovid
I wanted to use the opportunity to explain exactly what you will see happening in the media, no matter the content of those reports
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The US #intelligence agencies are supposed to reveal all information they have with respect to the #OriginOfCovid
I wanted to use the opportunity to explain exactly what you will see happening in the media, no matter the content of those reports
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First, let's talk about expectations.
From the get-go, it is absolutely clear that there is no #smoking gun or similar to be expected.
The intelligence services all had access to the same information and most assessments are low confidence, with 4 agencies favoring #zoonosis.
From the get-go, it is absolutely clear that there is no #smoking gun or similar to be expected.
The intelligence services all had access to the same information and most assessments are low confidence, with 4 agencies favoring #zoonosis.
Within the 'manmade' mythology, too many unverified stories are taken as gospel truth.
Overall, the best LLs can hope for is that the IC can verify some #circumstantial evidence that they have spun into their #mythology; but honestly, I highly doubt that.
Overall, the best LLs can hope for is that the IC can verify some #circumstantial evidence that they have spun into their #mythology; but honestly, I highly doubt that.
This systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that adherence to a healthy lifestyle is likely to reduce the risk of breast cancer.
- The main components included in the healthy lifestyle indices were: diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption and body mass index (BMI); followed by tobacco consumption, supplements use, and breastfeeding.
- Most of the prospective studies included five variables in the index : diet, physical activity, alcohol and tobacco consumption and BMI...
I watched the @7NewsSydney Vape Debate moderated by @AmeliaBrace between (then) premier @Dom_Perrottet and (current) premier @ChrisMinnsMP with interest.
Buckle up. It's a 🧵
Buckle up. It's a 🧵
[Amelia] In New South Wales they're technically only available by prescription, but there's a booming Black Market trade out there.
[Chris] Yeah I am concerned about, I guess, the ability the ease of ability for particularly young people to get access to Vapes.
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#HeartAttack
"Tombstone" ECG - Named so aptly because if not treated in time, it maybe fatal.
54y male smoker
Chest pain since 2 hours
Emergency angioplasty done within 1 hour of arrival and stabilized.
#stentingsaveslives #MedTwitter #CardioTwitter
#HeartAttack
"Tombstone" ECG - Named so aptly because if not treated in time, it maybe fatal.
54y male smoker
Chest pain since 2 hours
Emergency angioplasty done within 1 hour of arrival and stabilized.
#stentingsaveslives #MedTwitter #CardioTwitter
Contrary to other studies, in this Spanish population with high cardiovascular risk, higher cardiovascular health score using the American Heart Association's Life’s Simple 7 metrics was associated with a decreased risk of incident atrial fibrillation in lean individuals only.
- The American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 health score consists of 7 modifiable metrics: physical activity, diet, smoking status, BMI, systolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, and cholesterol.
"He was very fit Sir"
60y guy. Heart attack 2y ago. Multiple blocks - advised bypass surgery. Didn't get it done. Medication stopped. Took herbal treatment. No follow up with Cardiologist. Now presented with cardiac arrest. Brain dead. What many people think as "fit" - just means… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
60y guy. Heart attack 2y ago. Multiple blocks - advised bypass surgery. Didn't get it done. Medication stopped. Took herbal treatment. No follow up with Cardiologist. Now presented with cardiac arrest. Brain dead. What many people think as "fit" - just means… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
So when people say somebody vert fit or apparently healthy died suddenly, I always take it with a pinch of salt because many a times, underlying health conditions existed and were ignored and not taken care of. Commonest being uncontrolled #Diabetes or #hypertension.
Not all coronary artery disease patients need angioplasty or surgery, but strict control of blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes becomes super important. Plus regular exercise and diet control. Follow up with a Cardiologist to keep a check needed too on a regular basis.
This is a threaded version of Chapter 21, titled,
“Gaia’s Weeping:
“Toxic Womb ~ Toxic Earth.
“How We Re-Create Human Prenatal Irritation-Burning in a Polluted Planet;
“Earth Diagnosis, Prognosis, & Prospects”
READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2022/02/psycho… #psychology #Earth
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“Gaia’s Weeping:
“Toxic Womb ~ Toxic Earth.
“How We Re-Create Human Prenatal Irritation-Burning in a Polluted Planet;
“Earth Diagnosis, Prognosis, & Prospects”
READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2022/02/psycho… #psychology #Earth
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of the book, *Psychology of Apocalypse:
*Ecopsychology, Activism, & the Prenatal Roots of Humanicide*
by Michael Adzema
READ &/or dwl entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1n96g-3FZ #psychology #Earth #climate #PMEs #environment #FetalMalnutrition #pollution #womb
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*Ecopsychology, Activism, & the Prenatal Roots of Humanicide*
by Michael Adzema
READ &/or dwl entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1n96g-3FZ #psychology #Earth #climate #PMEs #environment #FetalMalnutrition #pollution #womb
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“[*Quotes/highlights:*] “…we re-create that which we need to experience. We stood upright; & now, unless something radical happens, it will lead to the end of life for ourselves & possibly everything else on this planet in short order.” []
->… drive.google.com/file/d/1gewWZG…
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->… drive.google.com/file/d/1gewWZG…
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In this one, a higher adherence to the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 cardiovascular health score was found to be associated with lower risks of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among US adults.
- The American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 cardiovascular health score consists of 8 modifiable metrics: physical activity, diet, smoking status, BMI, systolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, cholesterol, and sleep.
heart.org/en/healthy-liv…
heart.org/en/healthy-liv…
- A higher LE8 score was independently associated with lower mortality risk from all-cause and cardiovascular diseases.
This is a threaded version of Chapter 20, titled,
“Prenatal Earth, Life in Gaia’s Womb:
“Pollution as a Psychedelic?
“Will We Be Born?
“Can You Look Your Belly in the Face?”
READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2022/02/psycho… #psychology #environment #anthro #climate #ecopsychology
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“Prenatal Earth, Life in Gaia’s Womb:
“Pollution as a Psychedelic?
“Will We Be Born?
“Can You Look Your Belly in the Face?”
READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2022/02/psycho… #psychology #environment #anthro #climate #ecopsychology
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of the book, *Psychology of Apocalypse:
*Ecopsychology, Activism, & the Prenatal Roots of Humanicide*
by Michael Adzema
READ &/or dwnld entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1n96g-3FZ #psychology #environment #anthro #climate #prenatal #ecopsychology #pollution
PA 20/2
*Ecopsychology, Activism, & the Prenatal Roots of Humanicide*
by Michael Adzema
READ &/or dwnld entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1n96g-3FZ #psychology #environment #anthro #climate #prenatal #ecopsychology #pollution
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“[*Quotes/highlights:*] “We continually re-create the discomforts we have not faced. There is no escape from the things we have ‘put out of our mind.’ That is the closest thing to hell that exists, though there is redemption in it.” []
THREAD… drive.google.com/file/d/1gewWZG…
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THREAD… drive.google.com/file/d/1gewWZG…
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Here, frailty phenotypes were associated with risk of overall CVD and its subtypes in a graded manner, with pre-frailty and frailty increasing the risk of CVD by 15% and 47% respectively, over a period of ~11 years in individuals with a mean age of ~56 years without baseline CVD.
- Frailty phenotypes were associated with a high risk of overall CVD and subtypes in a graded manner.
- Compared with non-frail people, pre-frail or frail people had a 15% or 47% increased risk of CVD, respectively.
This one found adherence to multiple healthy lifestyle factors to be associated with improved circulating metabolites from different pathways, with fatty acids mediating the association between all 5 lifestyle factors and the risk of CVD in individuals with diabetes.
- This study aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the associations of multiple lifestyle factors (waist circumference, smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity, and diet) with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics among individuals with diabetes.
- Adherence to healthy lifestyle factors, including non central obesity, non-current smoking, moderate alcohol intake, physically active, and healthy diet, was associated with 44 plasma metabolites across multiple metabolic pathways.
Elevated #Homocysteine levels increase the risk of #stroke
1. Homocysteine (Hcy) is a sulfur-containing amino acid produced by the demethylation of the essential amino acid methionine, and the normal level is 5-15 µmol/L. High Hcy levels can increase the risk of stroke.
1. Homocysteine (Hcy) is a sulfur-containing amino acid produced by the demethylation of the essential amino acid methionine, and the normal level is 5-15 µmol/L. High Hcy levels can increase the risk of stroke.
2. Total Hcy elevations above 15 µmol/L are an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke.
The risk of stroke is two times higher in people with Hcy >15 µmol/L as compared to those with Hcy level <10 µmol/L.
#MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter
The risk of stroke is two times higher in people with Hcy >15 µmol/L as compared to those with Hcy level <10 µmol/L.
#MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter
3. The risk of #death is 43% higher in patients with ischemic stroke, who have elevated Hcy levels.
Hcy is not only a risk factor for, but is also correlated with, stroke severity, worse #prognosis, and stroke recurrence.
Hcy is not only a risk factor for, but is also correlated with, stroke severity, worse #prognosis, and stroke recurrence.
This study in Finnish twins finds that an unhealthy lifestyle during pubertal years (obesity, smoking, binge drinking, low levels of physical activity) is associated with accelerated biological aging in young adulthood.
- Both the class with the overall unhealthiest lifestyle and that with a high BMI were biologically 1.7–3.3 years older than the classes with healthier lifestyle patterns when DNAm GrimAge was used...
... and had 2–5 weeks/calendar year faster pace of biological aging when using DunedinPoAm.
Doctors in India live 10 years lesser than average population- What can doctors do to save their lives?
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Yes, you heard it right. Studies from Kerala and Pune by Indian Medical Association revealed these shocking statistics- doctors die about a decade earlier that the rest.
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Yes, you heard it right. Studies from Kerala and Pune by Indian Medical Association revealed these shocking statistics- doctors die about a decade earlier that the rest.
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Life expectancy of a Malayali (native of Kerala) is 74.9 years but according to the IMA study, the mean ‘age of death’ of a Malayali doctor is 61.75 years. Indian doctor’s average lifespan is 55-59 years, almost 10 years lesser than that of the general population (IMA, Pune).
Life expectancy of a Malayali (native of Kerala) is 74.9 years but according to the IMA study, the mean ‘age of death’ of a Malayali doctor is 61.75 years. Indian doctor’s average lifespan is 55-59 years, almost 10 years lesser than that of the general population (IMA, Pune).
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Common causes of death: #heart attacks (27%) and #cancers (25%). Other causes include #infections and #Suicides.
Risk factors for diseases and #death: physical inactivity, #obesity, #overweight, #stress, #sleep deprivation and long working hours are common among #doctors.
Common causes of death: #heart attacks (27%) and #cancers (25%). Other causes include #infections and #Suicides.
Risk factors for diseases and #death: physical inactivity, #obesity, #overweight, #stress, #sleep deprivation and long working hours are common among #doctors.
Remember puffing on red-tipped Phantom Sweet Cigarettes as a child, to look cool?
With huge advertising, smoking was made a fashionably acceptable social behaviour, at work, in bars, cinemas
homes etc; imposing all activities being incomplete without a #Cigarette !
#nosmoking
With huge advertising, smoking was made a fashionably acceptable social behaviour, at work, in bars, cinemas
homes etc; imposing all activities being incomplete without a #Cigarette !
#nosmoking
Smoking #cigarette was legitimated, celebrated & glamourized on Hollywood screen through stars like Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney
Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper
Humphrey Bogart,Lauren Bacall Marlene Dietrich etc, ensuring that it’d never lose its sophisticated lofty significance
Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper
Humphrey Bogart,Lauren Bacall Marlene Dietrich etc, ensuring that it’d never lose its sophisticated lofty significance
#Cigarette was ‘imposed’ across all social classes & women!
In 1925, #Marlboro was introduced as a woman’s cigarette, ‘Mild as May’
The poison was thus transported to the rest of the world!
By 17th cent, 🇮🇳, China,SE Asia
Middle East, WAfrica started growing #tobacco
#nosmoking
In 1925, #Marlboro was introduced as a woman’s cigarette, ‘Mild as May’
The poison was thus transported to the rest of the world!
By 17th cent, 🇮🇳, China,SE Asia
Middle East, WAfrica started growing #tobacco
#nosmoking
What are the short-term effects of #vaping and #tobacco #smoke on lung ventilation and perfusion?
Inspired from a recent study in @radiology_rsna by Nyilas, Bauman et al. pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra…
#tweetorial thread 👇
Inspired from a recent study in @radiology_rsna by Nyilas, Bauman et al. pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra…
#tweetorial thread 👇
BACKGROUND:
Randomized control trials suggest that #vaping
can effectively support #smoking cessation.
What is the effect of #vaping on airway inflammation and airway resistance?
Randomized control trials suggest that #vaping
can effectively support #smoking cessation.
What is the effect of #vaping on airway inflammation and airway resistance?
Answer: It has been shown that after 5 minutes of vaping the airway inflammation and airway resistance increases⬆️
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
#Cannabis: Do you really know what you take?
A thread… #CannabisCommunity
Do you know that cannabis plants are used for both recreational and medical purposes? The legal use of cannabis, however, varies from one state to another...
A thread… #CannabisCommunity
Do you know that cannabis plants are used for both recreational and medical purposes? The legal use of cannabis, however, varies from one state to another...
So before indulging yourself, it is quite necessary you confirm the legality of #cannabis in your current state.
Products that contain cannabis are made from the dried flowering tops, leaves, stems, and seeds of the hemp plant.
Products that contain cannabis are made from the dried flowering tops, leaves, stems, and seeds of the hemp plant.
Medical Uses Of #Cannabis
From intensive research, cannabis or its products have been found useful in the management of medical ailments below…
- Chronic pain in adults
- Some symptoms of multiple sclerosis
- Nausea and vomiting
- Insomnia
- Anxiety
- Low appetite, etc
From intensive research, cannabis or its products have been found useful in the management of medical ailments below…
- Chronic pain in adults
- Some symptoms of multiple sclerosis
- Nausea and vomiting
- Insomnia
- Anxiety
- Low appetite, etc
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I remember how excited I was a year ago when @cdoug Tweeted his statement about how we need to #ChangeTheConversation about #THR and #Smoking. His latest tweet reminds me that his voice is one of many. This gives me hope.
I remember how excited I was a year ago when @cdoug Tweeted his statement about how we need to #ChangeTheConversation about #THR and #Smoking. His latest tweet reminds me that his voice is one of many. This gives me hope.
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"The debate is heated, driven as much by emotions and philosophies as by facts. One hopes that the debate will move to an evidence-based discussion as research fleshes out the factual basis for evaluating the roles of these novel products."
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/artic…
"The debate is heated, driven as much by emotions and philosophies as by facts. One hopes that the debate will move to an evidence-based discussion as research fleshes out the factual basis for evaluating the roles of these novel products."
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/artic…
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“We must not focus our efforts so narrowly on preventing tobacco use by youth that we send smokers the message that we have abandoned them -- that their addiction is their own fault and that we don't care about them.”
washingtonpost.com/archive/opinio…
“We must not focus our efforts so narrowly on preventing tobacco use by youth that we send smokers the message that we have abandoned them -- that their addiction is their own fault and that we don't care about them.”
washingtonpost.com/archive/opinio…
Join us tomorrow for the launch of a new accredited tweetorial – a case-based program on the assessment and management of patients with IgA #nephropathy (#IgAN). Free CE/#CME for #physicians, #nurses, #pharmacists! Expert author none other than @IgAN_JBarratt. FOLLOW US . . .
. . . and tell your colleagues to join you here on @ckd_ce, your ONLY source for accredited #tweetorials in the #CKD space! #nephtwitter #nephjc @nephondemand @Nephro_Sparks @edgarvlermamd @ChristosArgyrop @goKDIGO @nicklimd @CKJsocial @ERAkidney @kidney_boy @kidneypathology
1) Welcome to our accredited #tweetorial on optimal contemporary mgt of #IgAN. Earn 0.5h CME/CE credit #physicians #nurses #nursepractitioners #physicianassistants by following this thread. I am @IgAN_JBarratt. @MedTweetorials #nephtwitter #nephjc #FOAMed #MedEd
@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @JanssenUS @pfizer @TakedaPharma 2/ 📸 Faculty disclosures & CME certification ℹ 👇
#CME certificate 🏅 → ℹ️ bit.ly/3GOowNG
#CME certificate 🏅 → ℹ️ bit.ly/3GOowNG
@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @JanssenUS @pfizer @TakedaPharma 3/ 👌let's 🚴
In addition to 💉, pts w #IBD should undergo regular #PreventiveHealth #HCM:
📌Cancer Screening 🦀
📌Bone Health assessment 🦴
📌Mental Health 🥺
📌Treatment specific Testing 💉💊
📌Nutrition
📌Smoking cessation 🚬
#ICYMI vaccines #MNIBDTweetorial 📎 @🔚 of 🧵
In addition to 💉, pts w #IBD should undergo regular #PreventiveHealth #HCM:
📌Cancer Screening 🦀
📌Bone Health assessment 🦴
📌Mental Health 🥺
📌Treatment specific Testing 💉💊
📌Nutrition
📌Smoking cessation 🚬
#ICYMI vaccines #MNIBDTweetorial 📎 @🔚 of 🧵
@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @JanssenUS @pfizer @TakedaPharma 4/ 🧩Who is IS? #IBD pts on or had within last 3 months:
🚩 Prednisone > 20mg/day >2wks
🚩 AZA >2.5 mg/kg/day
🚩 6MP >1.5 mg/kg/day
🚩 MTX >0.4 mg/kg/week
🚩 Cyclosporine
🚩 Tacrolimus
🚩 Tofacitinib, ozanimod
🚩 TNFi, UST
Also:
🚩 Significant protein-calorie malnutrition
🚩 Prednisone > 20mg/day >2wks
🚩 AZA >2.5 mg/kg/day
🚩 6MP >1.5 mg/kg/day
🚩 MTX >0.4 mg/kg/week
🚩 Cyclosporine
🚩 Tacrolimus
🚩 Tofacitinib, ozanimod
🚩 TNFi, UST
Also:
🚩 Significant protein-calorie malnutrition
If VLNC helps some people stop smoking, I will be glad to see it. I'm concerned about sending people the wrong message about nicotine. I'm going to park some random thoughts throughout the day in this 🧵, as I work on the @SaferWiki VLN page. safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/inde…
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Some people are concerned when people making the switch from smoking to vaping dual use. What happens if people dual use cigarettes and VLNC? Is smoking less/day a good thing? Is it reducing harm? Some against vaping have said "no".
Some people are concerned when people making the switch from smoking to vaping dual use. What happens if people dual use cigarettes and VLNC? Is smoking less/day a good thing? Is it reducing harm? Some against vaping have said "no".
3/🧵fda.gov/media/135146/d… (page 6)
My concern is sending consumers the wrong message about nicotine. It's not the nicotine that causes death and disease. If someone likes smoking and doesn't want to quit they need to understand that VLNC isn't safer, it's less addictive.
My concern is sending consumers the wrong message about nicotine. It's not the nicotine that causes death and disease. If someone likes smoking and doesn't want to quit they need to understand that VLNC isn't safer, it's less addictive.
What all steps can our friends with Diabetes take to keep their feet healthy?
Always remember, Prevention is better, cheaper and safer than cure.
Few pointers about footcare for patients with Diabetes. A thread 🧵
Do read and share.
#Diabetes #Footcare (1/n)
Always remember, Prevention is better, cheaper and safer than cure.
Few pointers about footcare for patients with Diabetes. A thread 🧵
Do read and share.
#Diabetes #Footcare (1/n)
November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. #ViolenceAgainstWomen is a human rights violation that remains largely unreported and manifests in physical, sexual and psychological forms #SpreadTheWord @UN_Women 🧵
TW: Abuse
Have you experienced abuse and need help? If you have felt threatened, unsafe or need assistance, please see the list of country help lines. You are not alone.
endvawnow.org/en/need-help
Have you experienced abuse and need help? If you have felt threatened, unsafe or need assistance, please see the list of country help lines. You are not alone.
endvawnow.org/en/need-help
TW: Abuse
#ViolenceAgainstWomen can manifest insidiously:
👉 Intimate partner violence (psychological abuse, battering, marital rape, femicide)
👉 Sexual violence and harassment, stalking
👉 Forced marriage & child marriage
👉 Human trafficking
👉 Female genital mutilation
#ViolenceAgainstWomen can manifest insidiously:
👉 Intimate partner violence (psychological abuse, battering, marital rape, femicide)
👉 Sexual violence and harassment, stalking
👉 Forced marriage & child marriage
👉 Human trafficking
👉 Female genital mutilation
2/8 However, our study was unique in design compared w/ prior studies, allowing for more accurate estimates of mortality risk: 1) larger, more representative cohort; 2) more contemporary control groups
3/8 We characterized mortality risk separately for pts with pre-hospital and in-hospital #STEMI
