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Not only experience, which is important, but clinical #research does not parse out the Japanese man or woman from the South Asian man or woman on heart disease risk, epidemiology, treatment.

#EBM lacking for us then

#MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter
And then there is the question of who is white.

Iranian/Persian & Arabs are white on census.
Does the rest of America agree?

Racists & xenophobes tend to use loophole to say being anti-Muslim (whom they consider to all be Arab) is “not racist.”

latimes.com/projects/la-me…
Proving again: race is a social construct

Not until 2020 Persians really started to call selves “POC” (for self protection)

Have lots of Persian friends
Urdu culture has Farsi roots

But let’s be honest: Persians have seen selves as superior race, apart

wbez.org/stories/renewe…
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We can all learn a lot from Dr. Fauci's @60Mins interview. A thread 1/7 @giasison @raymondnaguit @jaicabajar @DOHgovph @SecDuque @senatePH @rapplerdotcom @ABSCBNNews @cnnphilippines @PhilippineStar @gmanews @HouseofRepsPH
1. Realistic Vaccine Timetable
2. Importance of Transparency and Engagement with the Community. #WearAMask #SocialDistancing #VaccineWorks #FollowTheProtocols 2/7
3. Importance of Factual and Scientific Based Assessment/Advice @DrTonyLeachon @WHOPhilippines #ScienceOverPolitics #ListenToMedicalExperts #StopTheDisinformation 3/7
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Ahead of tomorrow's World #Hepatitis Day, WHO calls to fast-tracking the elimination of hepatitis B among mothers and children for #HepatitisFreeFuture.

More: bit.ly/30RCTwV Image
The proportion of children <5 years of age chronically infected with #hepatitis B - new WHO estimate ⬇️

🟢 Just under 1%: 2019
🟢 Around 5%: Between 1980s and early 2000s (pre-vaccine era)

More bit.ly/30RCTwV

#HepatitisFreeFuture #VaccinesWork
This marks the achievement of one of the milestone targets to eliminate viral #hepatitis in the @GlobalGoalsUN ─ to reach under 1% prevalence of hepatitis B infections in children under five years of age by 2020.

More: bit.ly/30RCTwV

#HepatitisFreeFuture #VaccinesWork
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Images of Infectious Diseases

This is the histopath and gram stain of culture of a lymph node biopsy of a person with tender purulent inguinal adenopathy.
Dr. @dwchallener
Dr. @ali_eberly
MCQ #MayoIDQ to follow Image
72M. Crohn’s. 2 pet dogs. 1 pet cat.
2 mo after L knee surgery —> tender L inguinal node with purulence. No F/C. No response to TMP-SMX.

Biopsy (see photo): Stellate suppurative granuloma with central necrosis and clumps of bacteria.

What is the most likely diagnosis?
1/
#Gram stain: a first step in bacterial identification —> two major groups:
1. Gram-positive: retains primary stain (crystal violet)
2. Gram-negative: does not retain crystal violet but counterstained by safranin/fuchsine —> red / pink

Named after Hans Christian Gram (photo) Image
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Ensuring children 👦👧 get a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine 💉 is key to helping them grow into healthy adults 💪 and protecting them from both hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus.

#VaccineWorks
Hepatitis D infection occurs only in people with hepatitis B, and affects 15-20 million people around 🌎🌏🌍

It is important to ensure you and your family are protected through vaccines 💉

#VaccinesWork
Co-infection with #hepatitisD & #hepatitisB is the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis. It is a major cause of deadly liver diseases ❗️ including liver cancer.

#VaccinesWork
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Jugar #fútbol era una actividad muy peligrosa a finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX. De hecho, con cierta frecuencia resultaba mortal.

James Dunlop, gran jugador escoces a finales de 1800, murió a las 21 años.

Este es el monumento en su memoria.

Sigue...
Joe Powell del #Arsenal (en la foto) se fracturó la muñeca en un partido en 1896 y, a pesar de que le amputaron el brazo en un intento desesperado por salvar su vida, murió cinco días después.

Después, en 1899, un jugador del Reading murió luego de romperse el tobillo.
En 1923, Tom Butler del Port Vale murió después de romperse un brazo mientras jugaba contra el Clapton.

Seis años más tarde, Harry Cunningham murió después de romperse un dedo gordo.

No eran nada extrañas las muertes de futbolistas pocos días después de una partida.
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