The whole idea that IMG/FMG have this magic love in their hearts for the rural poor is somewhat laughable. Given the choice, they will live and work right where most others want to be…and it’s not a rural setting.
Boomer Esiason was an NFL quarterback that played 14 seasons.
Seems far from mediocre.
Similar experience 4 years ago. Father in law died alone of Covid . They only let us in to see him after he died .
Th FDA is absolutely correct, and confirms what I’ve said all along. This $IBRX @DrPatrick “lymphopenia” push means nothing until or unless they come up with real data showing patient benefit. The “number” doesn’t matter.
Curious if John Oliver will do a profile of bluesky — because that’s the good version of @x , right ?
The hurdle to becoming a U.S. medical graduate especially if you’re white / Asian / male are significant even if you have the academic ability to make it.
Affirmative action may have been outlawed, but the medical schools and competitive residencies are controlled by a cabal that still very much practices it.
Add to that 400-500k worth of total debt.
Creating an easy pathway for IMGs to hit the U.S. market is a middle finger to US citizens who are perfectly capable of filling the need.
The obvious solution here is to create an accelerated low cost pathway for gifted high school students to practice medicine, and simultaneously work to fix the practice of medicine that is under assault from a number of entities seeking to commoditize physician (provider) labor and keep labor costs low.
IMGs that are coming here with an interest in serving the rural poor in the US for some reason reject serving the rural poor in their own countries who would surely greatly benefit from their skills.
Dr. Makary will end up being the best @US_FDA commissioner in US history! He is pushing very hard to revolutionize the drug approval process. Especially in the age of AI, this is absolutely critical. We are very lucky to have him lead an institution that impacts millions of lives
A Brazilian guy trying to fit in during his Arab company interview 😂
FDA's pediatric priority voucher program has been a huge success.
X timestamps must be malfunctioning. This tweet must be from 2011.
Even in the relatively short follow up in studies of low/zero calcium scores there are still lots of cardiac events..
I’ll say provocatively that the decline in usefulness of guidelines over time has a lot to do with the rise of the professional subspecialty societies.
As an example - Nuclear medicine society guidelines and Society of Cardiac CT guidelines are going to come to very different interpretations of the same data.
Great piece.
340B should be reformed as a capped safety net grant.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20251029.834131/
Well-written counterpoint to CAC CT in risk prediction/preventive cardiology, worth a read by my #YesCCT enthusiasts and skeptics alike (@khurramn1, @RonBlankstein). Importantly, I don’t see the CAC Consortium or SCAPIS data mentioned. Thoughts from the imaging community?
the truly ironic part of this is that the basis of the roe v wade decision was essentially "dr patient confidentiality."
watching those who championed it now oppose doctors being able to speak freely with patients and treat them as they deem fit just proves, yet again:
none of this is about principle. it's all about power and getting what they want, not what others want.
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Follow along as Dr Bruggerman exposes the many reasons US physicians have less time with their patients than ever, and ends the week with solutions!
Foxes auditing henhouses-classic healthcare edition. 🦊 Who’s holding them accountable?
This post is spot on.
The reproducibility crisis is a signal that science needs a cultural reset.
Status is conferred to scientists by the scientific community based on their willingness to collaborate with other scientists in pursuit of the important truths.
Now it is confrrred based on ability to signal alignment with favored political agendas, or on arbitrary metrics of influence, funding levels, and the volume of output regardless of its importance, reproducibility, or quality.
“I want to live” - Canadian Patient
Canadian Doctor Prescribes Euthanasia For Sore Knee
👍👍This sounds very familiar…
@DutchRojas @DrDiGiorgio @anish_koka
It is because of the gold standard research conducted at NIH that children with rare diseases are provided the opportunity of lifesaving therapies and treatments.
We are proud of our friends at @US_FDA launching a framework for accelerating the development of individualized therapies for ultra rare diseases.
Read more about FDA’s plan to accelerate cures here ➡️ https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/fda-launches-framework-accelerating-development-individualized-therapies-ultra-rare-diseases.html @HHSGov
Greedy health systems abuse American doctors ➡️ American doctors leave➡️health systems cry “doctor shortage” ➡️push new laws to allow FMGs to fill jobs too abusive for American doctors
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Easy litmus test for anyone in public health is if they support 👇🏽
Queen of performative caring. She's awful & what she did to NZ was appalling.
I totally agree with the proposals put forth by @ashishkjha here. He forgot to include 340B reform, but other than that, these are spot on:
Site neutral payment, allow POH, eliminate certificate of need!
Below is the story of the first patient treated with a prime-edited therapeutic, developed by @PrimeMedicine in a trial led by Dr. Élie Haddad and his team at CHU Sainte-Justine. This teenager suffered from chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), an immunodeficiency, and now—10 months after treatment—the patient is healthy, stable, and living with a functioning immune system. Tracy Attebury, whose story was previously told by @ginakolata @nytimes, was the second patient treated with a prime-edited therapeutic.
https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54638.html
1/ Meet Numan Ramzan. He runs a scam call center out of Lahore, Pakistan.
His employees tried to scam me…but instead of paying them money, I hacked their computers and his live CCTV cameras.
More from @SamirUnni on @DRsLoungePod
Medicaid fraud detection: Not a partisan issue
Ironic.
The TMB's focus is getting EGYPTIAN doctors to Texas.
Meanwhile, month 15 of waiting for my license . . .
MUST WATCH: Jimmy's Seafood, founded in 1974, is a true American Dream story.
From Jimmy's incredible effort to build something from nothing, to his sons' work to grow the legacy even further - it's no wonder the restaurant has become a household name across Maryland.
Is the pendulum beginning to swing from hospital employment back towards private practice? I’ve recently interviewed more orthopedic surgeons looking to join our practice who are currently employed by hospital systems and have become disenchanted. They are now finding out what we talk about here:
1. They are not able to earn the same income they did while on their guarantee.
2. They don’t market them
3. Recruit other surgeons to compete with them in the same marketplace
4. Must now stay in marketplace for 4 years or pay back millions under their PLA