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MOUTH SORES Have you ever had a painful sore pop up in your mouth, making eating and talking a struggle? Here is everything you need to know about mouth blisters. Learn what cau...
Atrial Fibrillation: @JAMA_current 🥸 Nice review in JAMA on AF by @darae_ko and team; congratulations. 😱 20-points here 👇👇👇 https://t.co/VxISa6doWy
The most dangerous health crisis nobody talks about: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Most people who have it don't even know they're sick. And by the time they find out, it's...
Relationship between HbA1c & Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) Level (Conversion of Fasting Blood Glucose to HbA1c) 1. What's the full Meaning of HbA1c? HaemogloBin Airman First Class 2...
1/Talk about dangerous liaisons! Abnormal brain vascular connections like a dural arteriovenous fistula (dural AVF) can be dangerous! This month’s @theAJNR SCANtastic thread is h...
HEALTH BENEFITS OF BITTER KOLA Bitter kola, also known as Garcinia kola, is a plant native to West Africa (me) with a long history of use in traditional medicine. 🌿 These are res...
Lets learn about the most given anticoagulation in hospitals , clexane/ enoxaparin. Easy peasy. Some important information what everyone should know. #MedTwitter
ICU Stories (fresh out of oven): Young patient with hx of polysubstance abuse (including iv heroin) was admitted w septic shock / peritonitis @ underwent exp-laparotomy etc. Hospi...
2024's top 10 advances in medicine (🧵) 1. The numerous benefits of GLP1R agonists As well as causing weight loss, GLP1s can prevent complications of obesity (diabetes, liver fibr...
The medical establishment told us heart disease was a one-way street. Dr. Dean Ornish proved them wrong. He showed that heart disease isn't just preventable—it's reversible. He...
Bad news for RSV vaccine development for infants! The FDA halted enrollment of young children in RSV vaccine trials after 5 infants developed severe RSV infections who received o...
ICU - Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Secrets: Did you ever admit to the ICU a patient with COPD exacerbation who came from the ED on NIV? Or who went home on NIV? If you are a pul...
How I start antibiotics: 1. Patient's immune status? Is host immunocompromised? 2. Localisation (site/systemic) of infection in the host. Severity? 3. Suspected pathogenic organism...
Each year in the USA, more people die of in-hospital drowning than of salt water and fresh water drowning combined ☠️ Here's how to maximize the benefits and minimize harms from I...
HIGH-DOSE VITAMIN C is one of the most powerful (yet suppressed) healing protocols in medicine. It has proven effective against cancer, infections, chronic fatigue, etc. Here’s e...
1/ Over a century ago, scientists uncovered a curious link between the gut & the pancreas. This sparked decades of research, culminating in one of the greatest medical breakthrough...
(1/x) In the #ICU, problem based vs. system based #rounding is commonly discussed (sometimes heatedly) between intensivists. I prefer one over the other (I will share below), but...
COUGH: WHAT WORKS? No matter how mild or severe a cough might be, taking the right medications makes the difference. There are times when you don't need medication to relieve a...
I'd like to point out that everything Paul Cheney observed in his original CFS/ME cohort(reduced EF, reduced sats, disappearing fingerprints, etc...) can be explained by obstructed...
A client sent me a Dm last month complaining of Low sperm and motility count. When i check his Total sperm count it was 1.8M with motility of 30%. After treatment the sperm and mo...
Lp(a) - probably the most important cholesterol test you have never heard of. For those with a family history of heart disease, this is a must do test. 🧵👇 /1 https://t.co/Y...
1/Time to FESS up! Do you understand functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)? If you read sinus CTs, you better know what the surgeon is doing or you won’t know what you’re doi...
VARICOSE VEIN: KEY THINGS TO NOTE Varicose veins are swollen and twisted veins that appear just under the skin. They're usually blue or purple and usually show up on your legs...
Microvascular Dysfunction in PEM Microvascular endothelial injury either related to endothelial dysfunction versus viral induced vasculitis may lead to limited delivery of oxygen...
