A non-medical friend recently asked me to describe clinic. I told her to imagine you have 20 meetings in a day, half of them new clients with urgent needs. Each requires your best self. You are late for at least 10 of them. You must prepare a report and deliverables for each one.

We need to replace the phrase “it’s not rocket science” with “it’s not renal physiology”

Please don't mix fruits and a whole lot of raw green and colored veggies into a blender and make yourself a detox juice if you have pre existing liver disease. This is the second patient this week who seems to have developed kidney injury after daily consumption of home made

If you’re co-managing a patient thought to be in remission & they develop a new symptom please don’t say “maybe your cancer’s back, ask your oncologist” because no amount of tests or reassurances can unring that bell Living in fear of recurrence can be a Pyrrhic victory 😔

Please make a better insurance provider Mark Cuban

Here's all of biomedical research. Each dot is one of 21 million papers, based on connections between their abstracts identified by AI. Scroll for the tour, which is both beautiful & shows the method's ability to answer important questions about science. static.nomic.ai/pubmed.html

Treating People Equally does not mean Treating Them The Same

Diabetes rates: 1. 🇵🇰Pakistan: 30.8% 2. 🇰🇼Kuwait: 24.9% 8. 🇪🇬Egypt: 20.9% 10. 🇶🇦Qatar: 19.5% 12. 🇲🇾Malaysia: 19% 14. 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia: 18.7% 17. 🇲🇽Mexico: 16.9% 26. 🇹🇷Turkey: 14.5% 27. 🇧🇩Bangladesh: 14.2% 48. 🇱🇰Sri Lanka: 11.3% 53. 🇿🇦South Africa: 10.8% 54. 🇮🇶Iraq: 10.7% 55.

So Apple just announced “Screen Distance” which encourages you to view your iPad / iPhone screen from a safe distance. 👍🏼 And then announced the Vision Pro.. with 2 screens an inch away from your eyes. 🙃😬 #WWDC23

“Once you have the basic necessities of life, why not live your life with a purpose?” 💵 💰 will never match the satisfaction of creating a difference in people’s lives.

Arguments using data✅ Acknowledging potential shortcomings of the study✅ Open to and hopeful for better studies to reach a better informed stance on the matter✅ Mark Cuban has the resources, intentions, intellect and ethics to create the biggest positive impact in healthcare💯

Do I have this right? - ABIM requires yearly fees from physicians who are already cert to “maintain certification” - no evidence that MOC helps pt care - ABIM will report you as “not certified” if you don’t pay - hospitals require certification Idk kinda sounds like extortion

Cancer rate (cancer cases per 100,000 people): 1.🇩🇰 Denmark: 335 2.🇮🇪 Ireland: 326 3.🇧🇪 Belgium: 322 4.🇭🇺 Hungary: 321 5.🇫🇷 France: 320 6.🇳🇱 Netherlands: 315 7.🇦🇺 Australia: 312 8.🇳🇴 Norway: 312 9.🇸🇮 Slovenia: 300 10.🇺🇲 USA: 297 12.🇬🇧 UK: 296 14.🇷🇸 Serbia: 291 17.🇨🇦 Canada: 287

Oh you’re going to a teaching hospital in July? Well get ready… for the most compassionate care from extremely empathetic interns along with their vigilant supervising attendings. Hope you like open ended questions and doctors listening to you bc you’re gonna drown in it.

Pakistan has the highest prevalence of diabetes in the world 😳