REDUCE-AMI trial: In Pts with acute MI who underwent early coronary angiography and had LVEF>50%, metoprolol/bisoprolol did not ⬇️all-cause death/new MI vs. placebo at 3.5 yrs.

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🚨New in Annals of Int Med🚨

Our team systematically reviewed clinical practice guidelines for managing elevated BPs pressure in the hospital...

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Why are so many of super concerned about H5N1 (avian flu)? Quick thread for the lay person....

1) H5N1 is not the typical seasonal flu. It lives mostly in birds (hence 'avian')

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Let’s keep our facts straight and our sources valid. The naturopathic ‘doctor’ gets the Dr title in this article and I’m the first name (no title) lowly allergist. STOP equating a medical specialty to ‘holistic’ non-evidence based quackery - even if it ‘sounds good.’

There’s no take down of a guru so solid, so clear, so well-researched, that fans will not dismiss it. Cult leaders can predict THE END OF THE WORLD multiple times and keep followers. The woman who wrote this book died from cancer. Her books are still selling!

Great resources if you're curious about myocarditis, the numbers, and context vs infection and other vaccines

You're working in the ED when a 30 y.o male presents 30 minutes after envenomation to the right index finger by his pet snake (left).

He has a picture of culprit (right) , and it is definitely NOT from America.

A 🧵on U.S. exotic envenomation management.

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Reminder for #TwitteRx

🔹Spasticity ≠ Spasm
🔹Meds for spasticity ≠ Meds for spasm

🤖2 seats left!!🤖 DM if you'd like to join our next WIP Rounds featuring Dr. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Dr. Lisa Burry. Invitation open to anyone in the department of medicine. Pre-requisite being you're friendly and don't mind nerding out over research.

A meta-analysis doesn't overcome major flaws in its studies

If you put in garbage, you don't get a diamond.

You just get stronger garbage 🚮

In today's #onhealth news, Doug Ford govt has decided to no longer fund your #familydr to call u in for #cancerscreening .

It's up to #Ontarians to keep track themselves now & hope Cancer Care Ontario - now Ontario Health
has their address for a letter.
(Often they don't)

Good luck to all 🙃
#onpoli

“ #Measles takes your immune system back to a state where it thinks it’s never fought off an infection before.”

Measles & the immune system with Samira Jeimy

By Maddi Dellplain

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