Once again, US hospitals are filled to overwhelmed with people desperately ill with COVID-19. You know what's not happening? Not one US hospital is filled with people suffering side effects from the COVID vaccine. /…fresh, creative framing from Gary Parrish …/

FDA approved- the Pfizer Covid vaccine Not FDA approved- vitamins, probiotics, melatonin, glucosamine, chondroitin, fish oil, Co-Q 10, turmeric, curcumin, green tea extract, and every other supplement you buy at the health food store.

Who’s vaccinated? 1. Donald Trump and every other living US president 2. All 50 governors- both R and D 3. Nearly 100% of US Congress 4. 96% of American physicians 5. 75-80% of the military (soon 100%) Who’s not vaccinated? 99.2% of all people currently dying of Covid-19

What a difference a year makes

Listening to a pediatric hospitalist describe his recent week. 18 kids admitted for COVID. 17 eligible for vaccines, none of them vaccinated, none of their siblings or parents were vaccinated. This is the same trend that every peds hospitalist I have talked to experienced.

Actors, friends, and Welsh football team co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney added another role to their résumés: colonoscopy advocates.

Had a nice 30min Lyft ride with a Mexican driver. We spoke entirely in Spanish. It came up that I’m a GI doc. He asked me abt his hemorrhoids. At the end I walked 2 my building, called out, “Mucho gusto!” &he yelled in front of others, “GRACIAS POR EL TIPS DE ME HEMORROIDES!”😂☠️

The U.S. self-reported rate of mental health distress is similar to Canada’s (27%) and Sweden’s (24%). And yet… Annual gun homicides: Canada: 300 Sweden: 60 United States: 15,500 It’s the guns.

US Death count in War Vietnam War 1955-75 58,281 Korean War 1950-53 36,516 Iraq War 2003-11 4,614 Afghanistan War 2001-21 2,402 US gun deaths 2019-21 133,759 51 years of war 101,813 deaths 3 years of US gun deaths 133,759

Imagine hearing this story and then deciding the best thing to do is nothing.

I just wish I lived in a country where both of the major political parties in power agreed that Nazis using assault rifles to mow down children in public was something that could be immediately and firmly denounced.

It's hard to argue with the data. More guns = more gun deaths

GI ladies of UPMC St Margaret - physicians, APPs, nurses - at the wonderful Gut Club last night hosted by Pitt Division of GI, Hepatology & Nutrition featuring excellent speaker William Chey on Integrative Care for IBS 💩

Job Posting Postdoctoral Research Associate - University of Pittsburgh - Pancreatic cancer translational research tinyurl.com/3e2rd29s PM me if you are interested or have any leads! Feel free to share!

How come nobody ever told me about Pittsburgh? It’s so nice here with the hills and the water and lots of sauerkraut for some reason. Big fan.

Don’t forget the bridges and pierogis!

Honored to have just learned from the famous Philippe Mathurin, famous alcoholic liver disease researcher, creator of the Lille Model for alcoholic hepatitis and determine response to corticosteroids, at Pitt Division of GI, Hepatology & Nutrition’s Gut Club!

My (v cognitively intact) 97 yo inpt was nervous to try a recommended med. I tried my best to convince her it was safe & needed. She seemed reassured. When I left she said, “Have a good life my dear!” No one’s ever told me that before, & coming from a centenarian made my day.

At the Focal Point, Ferrell et al select "Enteroscopy-assisted band ligation for hemostasis of deep small-bowel bleeding (with video)." giejournal.org/article/S0016-… #GITwitter Pitt Division of GI, Hepatology & Nutrition PittDeptofMed UPMC

Excellent talk by Dr. Norah Terrault Norah Terrault at the University of Pittburgh’s Gut Club. Steroids in alcoholic hepatitis - Maddrey DF no longer to be used but the MELD score. Most significant benefit when MELD 25-35. Pitt Division of GI, Hepatology & Nutrition