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Marty Makary MD, MPH

@MartyMakary

@JohnsHopkins professor, @theNAMedicine member, @harvardchansph alum, author of 2 NYT bestselling books. Respect independent thinkers. Prefer data over dogma

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Vinay Prasad MD MPH(@VPrasadMDMPH) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Not sure why they say 'link is unclear'.
It is clearly linked. It is causally linked.
Whether the benefits outweigh the risks can be debated vs alternatives like bites.
Many quotes on this topic from people with conflicts w car t makers.

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UVA Health(@uvahealthnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Alzheimerā€™s researchers found the toxic tau protein warps the shape of the nuclei of nerve cells, or neurons. This alters the function of genes contained inside and reprograms the cells to make more tau. UVA School of Medicine
bit.ly/48FQnxp

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PatientRightsAdvocate.org(@PtRightsAdvoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Findings from JAMA Network & Marty Makary MD, MPHā€™s new report ā¬‡ļø

These are just a few examples of how Americaā€™s healthcare system is failing patients when it comes to prices and bills.

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ProPublica story out today on our work to apply appropriateness measures to health care to cut the waste & lower health care costs with quality metrics developed by physicians. Caitlin Hicks MD, MS Will Bruhn, MD. propublica.org/article/thousaā€¦

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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH(@MonicaGandhi9) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Mycoplasma pneumonia is well described, not new, not mysterious, has treatments, and any pneumonia causes whitening in areas of the lung on radiographic imaging

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Why are taxpayers paying for a 50,000-person study to evaluate the commercial product of a private company? This is what's wrong with healthcare--the GRAIL company would get all the upside(billions) as the American people bear financial risk
sensible-med.com/p/us-healthcarā€¦ Sensible Medicine

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Medicare will cover the GRAIL test for 50K ppl and use the results to assess its benefit. This means taxpayers will fund the research to see if it saves lives instead of the company.Ā 'The decision by Medicare represents a fleecing of America.'Vinay Prasad MD MPH sensible-med.com/p/us-healthcarā€¦

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Will be interested to see what comes of this investigation into CAR-T cancer therapy, an expensive therapy that involves extracting immune cells from a patient, re-engineering them to attack cancer and infusing them back into the body.
reuters.com/business/healtā€¦

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We have the most medicated generation of children in the history of the world. Glad to see new research on non-pharmaceutical interventions to help kids

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I donā€™t consider myself ā€˜shortā€™ except when Iā€™m hanging out with Megatron ā¦Calvin Johnson Jr.ā©.
Thanks Calvin for your friendship & your wonderful family. Keep up the great work with your Foundation and businesses!

I donā€™t consider myself ā€˜shortā€™ except when Iā€™m hanging out with Megatron ā¦@calvinjohnsonjrā©. Thanks Calvin for your friendship & your wonderful family. Keep up the great work with your Foundation and businesses!
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