I have such dichotomous thoughts when it comes to what’s happened over the past year in medicine.
First, I marvel at industry’s ability to mobilize & put together a truly novel/brilliant vaccine program in minimal time
... What an amazing feat to have the body create the antigen
This could truly pave the way for years of amazing therapeutics if properly tested.
But on the other hand I see the sketchiness & the malice
Mysterious organization like surgisphere literally propping up and disappearing, journals publishing outright fraud, sketchy trials purposefully over-dosing patients with therapeutics for unclear purposes, PCR thresholds...
don’t forget myocarditis in all athletes! Made for great clickbait ...vitamins & supplements being hailed as cures, while pharma scrambles to grab every penny by repurposing drugs...
Misinformation campaigns, disastrous public health policy & so much more.
And our vaccines...
A vaccine with so much data that you have to force 30% of healthcare workers & 40% of the military to take it
A vaccine with such clear efficacy you still have to wear a mask
A vaccine with such clear adverse events, AZN was pulled from low risk age groups, likely JNJ to follow
This past year has been a wild ride. I am constantly mixed with so many emotions and thoughts. But at the end of the day, what helped me was to educate myself, trust my judgement and my inner voice and to consider the words of people I trust ...
And with all of this confusion and emotions, our societal addiction have run amuck. Doctors literally thanking Burger King, Starbucks, Krispy Kreme and samual Adam’s for their free food. Some doctors even comparing these items to “love” ... my my how warped we have become
It’s a challenging time, it’s has been one of the most challenging times. But what I know is that family, values, friends and community are more important than political party, government policy & public opinion. I think this is the most important lesson I learned.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
Thread
We came under heat for having @biolayne on @LCMDPodcast
We were offered money to NOT give him air time
Colleagues were upset b/c of his childish rants, calling MDs & PhDs cowards/clowns, etc
1/5
What I learned from the interview of him, his health coach and a client success story is that his scope is limited.
All he can do is provide education and psychological support.
2/5
Our practice NOT only provides psychological support and education, we also deal with medical issues, lab work, medications, imaging, testing
We truly provide a holistic apprach. We actually SEE lab work results
These are things dietitans and gurus will never be able to do
3/5
Is restricting addictive, unhealthy food the cause of the spiral or our thin idealization, fat shaming, unnecessary weight pressures particularly on our young women... ?
Restricting or limiting harmful things is not the problem.
While dieting in general is associated w/ disordered eating, other psychocial factors like thin idealization & body image seem to be more strongly associated
doi:10.1037/abn0000219
Severe dietary restriction does not induce acutely induce binge eating
Two new medical students have started rotating in my practice.
I asked them why they got into medicine, and both said they had an overwhelming desire to help people.
I asked them in their two years of clinicals have they ever truly affected anyone in a primary care rotation.
I asked them have they ever taken a patient off of a blood pressure medication or off of the diabetes medication, did they ever make a diagnosis that changed the life of one of their patients for the better...
They said they have not.
Imagine growing up, dreaming about helping people... Only to find out that it was a big scam.
And well I’m not surprised, what does it say about the mentors that our medical students have, what does it say about a profession that her medical students cannot see real medicine.