1/I've been sitting on this rage-🧵but it's less than 50d to the election, so...
IF A PERSON WHO WAS PRESIDENT FOR 4 YEARS & TRIED TO REPEAL MY HEALTHCARE SAID HE HAD "CONCEPTS OF A PLAN" FOR ITS REPLACEMENT, I'D BE PISSED.
You should too-it's YOUR healthcare!
Read on. 2/ I know younger folks may not even remember how bad things were before the Affordable Care Act aka Patient-Protection Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare.
👇🏽was just *some* of the ways you, as a patient, were screwed; & why so many went into medical bankruptcy.

1/ I have thoughts; I have a lot of thoughts.
"In a study of > 1.3MIL patients getting surgery, female patients treated by male surgeons had worse postoperative outcomes...."
Let's talk about this (thread 👇🏽)
#ILookLikeASurgeon
ja.ma/3rQMPV7 @JAMASurgery @JAMANetwork 2/Great article👇🏽
"female pts also had a 16% ⬆️risk of complications; an 11% ⬆️ risk of readmission; & were 20% more likely to have to stay in hospital longer."
Women had a ⬆️risk of death, readmission or complications when a man performed the operation."
theguardian.com/society/2022/j…

@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @janssen @pfizer @TakedaPharma 2/ 📸 Faculty disclosures & CME certification ℹ
Want a #CME certificate? → ℹ️ bit.ly/3IbTRdB
#MondayNightIBD @MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @janssen @pfizer @TakedaPharma 3/ 😭 most pts are NOT getting safe 💉 like flu, pneumonia & HepB.
🤷‍♀️ Why?
🚫Many GIs won't/can't give 💉
❓Many PCPs don't know what to give
📞 Better communication is needed
#MondayNightIBD

Who do you think should make vaccine recs & where should pts w/ #IBD get 💉?

1/ Every year, I give a talk that wipes me out-emotionally & mentally.
But it’s an impt talk to give: about the experience of women in medicine, academics, STEM.
It’s hard because it hits home; & because I answer any question & tell the truth.
Here are some facts; more in thread 2/ In medicine alone, there is high drop out of women as you go up the ranks.
And while marginally better over a 10 year period, it’s not even close to ACTUALLY better.
Why do so few women move up ranks?
Some of it should be apparent 👇.
For the rest--read on…

1/ With an ⬆️in anti-maskers (incl some elected to Congress), questions keep coming up: how do you know a mask works?
Here’s ANOTHER piece of evidence: a mask protects those around you AND it also protects YOU.
Read article; read thread
vox.com/science-and-he… via @voxdotcom 2/ New unpublished research from Kansas & Tenn suggests masks:
-prevent #COVID19
-blunt severity of #COVID19
-⬇️the number of serious cases that require hospitalization
“masks remain among our cheapest most effective tools to control the pandemic — if worn consistently.”

1/ I refrained from responding with the level of vitriol I felt last night because I was at a lovely same-sex marriage and wanted to celebrate the beautiful day/night with the wonderful people there.
But not tonight...
Follow the thread for some FACTS....

https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1056225003639857152

2/ Let's start with this excellent article summarizing some FACTS we know.
And as a reminder: FACTS don't give a DAMN if you believe them or not.
And the FACTS tell us that more guns = higher rates of murder and suicide...
scientificamerican.com/article/more-g…

1/ LOVE the guys .@tntradioempire: they make poop in a box as funny as dick in a box. Listen live, online, or via your favorite podcast.
Covered a few things, but NE!!! Please take note of thread for info on Medicaid-SPREAD FACTS.
Then: get out & vote FOR 427 Medicaid Expansion 2/ No, no, NO—Milk’s NOT racist! You know what’s racist? NAZIS.
Up to 75% of the world’s population has lactose intolerance-but most can tolerate limited amounts of dairy; & dairy is GOOD for you! And it does NOT cause cancer!
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22081693:
academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/1…

1/ Folks-I brought this up on @tntradioempire this am, so a little explanation of Trump's sabotage; read thread if interested 2/ First, Trumps exec order (EO) allows small employers to get health plans that don't meet ACA’s essential health benefits requirement.