Ottawa looks like Bejing this evening- extremely hazy

The United State Preventive Services Task Force has opted to update/possibly revise their prior recommendations for screening of asymptomatic individuals for CKD based on a comprehensive examination of the benefits and harms of various strategies. What outcome do you expect?

Affirmative action in College Admissions as a racial “checkbox” now “dead” as a consequence of the SCOTUS opinion released today. No big surprise, but now what happens to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Universities and Medical Schools? Very important issue!

The conflicts between the majority and dissenting opinions on SCOTUS concerning racial “color blindness” is deeply disturbing. Yet another broad divide has opened in America, this one about identity ideology. How can we best proceed to heal this festering wound?.

CVS (largest chain Pharmacy in the USA ) just announced a new “transparent “ prescription pricing policy. Whether it will impact prescription drug prices overall is unknown but consumers will now know the cost of the drug and the dispensing fee/mark-up separately. Good move!

Dr. Cavanaugh. Thanks for your question. In response , I offer the hypothesis that moderate oral doses of methyl prednisolone are equivalent to targeted release Budesonide in terms of efficacy and safety for reducing proteinuria and delaying ESKD in IgAN. Am I wrong?

Harbaugh to the Chargers! Hooray- great news!!!

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I am getting pretty fed up with math quizzes, visual tests and dictionary inquiries. Can’t we do better than this. X is getting very boring!

Much improved X. Whoever did it, Thanks.

"Trump has brought democracy to its breaking point. Will the voters care?" (TheHillOpinion) trib.al/f8H20LJ

Great thinkers are often prescient in their pronouncements, and Hannah Arendt is one of the greats...

For Kidney Health Advocates- lets all get on the same page: 1) only <5% of incident CKD is caused by HTN;2) progression of CKD can be slowed by treatment of HTN when proteinuria is concomitantly present; 3) HTN is mostly consequent to CKD, not caused by CKD.

What to expect in your garden when your gardener is an artist. Thread 🧵 1/15. flowers shaped into a sleeping bird