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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · Jul 5

Happy bear cub playing in sprinkler is what every #bluesky timeline needs... 🐻🤗

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · May 3

What's trusted and verified X4?
AG1, the most heavily marketed supplement, with no independent peer reviewed data to show any improvement in health outcomes

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Apr 16

so excited about this new study:

Kelly Issokson MS RD LDN (she/her) @gidietitian.bsky.social · Apr 14

Excited to share our @IBDJournals publication on food fears in #IBD: what are the drivers of fear/avoidance, how can we best help patients with #diet liberalization? Read on for specific strategies for your practice! @DrMadisonSimons
#ARFID

From Food Fears to Food Freedom: How Do We Best Manage Restrictive Eating in IBD?

Abstract. Prior research has estimated the rates of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) to be between 10-54% in patients with Inflammatory Bo

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STITCHES Medicine - the Best of Medical Research @medicine.stitches.today · Mar 20

Screening for food insecurity showed no improvement, but tailored meal deliveries and mobile food banks offered some benefits.

by O'Connor EA, Webber EM (...) Lin JS et 3 al. in JAMA #MedSky

📖 read the article:

USPSTF Review: Preventive Services for Food Insecurity

This systematic review to support a 2025 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of screening and interventions for food insecurity in health care settings.

jamanetwork.com

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Physios For ME @physiosforme.bsky.social · Feb 23

A new international survey has been released exploring the experiences of athletes with ME / Long Covid (with PEM)

Please share widely - all info on our website here

www.physiosforme.com/athletessurvey

ME in Athletes Survey | Physiosforme

www.physiosforme.com

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Feb 23

stress may lead to mast cell reactions to food & pain. Big caveat--it's interesting, and we're not mice. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Psychological stress-induced local immune response to food antigens increases pain signaling across the gut in mice

We recently showed that a bacterial infection can break oral tolerance to food and lead to IgE-dependent mast cell activation and food-induced abdomin…

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Kewin Siah @kewinsiah.bsky.social · Jan 27

Excited share that our @romefoundation.bsky.social Working Team's manuscript 📄 on Overlap in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction #DGBI is now published in @natrevgastrohep.bsky.social! Grateful for this amazing journey with global experts. Read here: nature.com/articles/s41...
#DGBI #GISky #GutSky

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · Jan 31

If you are in Maryland, please write to State Assembly member & ask them to preserve funding for community disability assistance programs. Wes Moore (D) has proposed absolutely gutting access programs for people w disabilities & their families who support them. bethesdamagazine.com/2025/01/20/d...

Disabilities community ‘deeply distressed’ by proposed $200M cut to state services

Proposals plan to cut $200 million from a state agency that administers resources for people with developmental disabilities.

bethesdamagazine.com

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Jan 31

Prevalance of hypermobile EDS at a gender affirming primary care clinic: 2.7%. So much interesting info here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The prevalence of hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome at a gender-affirming primary care clinic

This study utilized a sample of trangender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse (TGD) patients to build on emerging literature that suggests that hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome may be overrepresented in...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Jan 12

yes, he is--I sent you a DM

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Vivian O’Blivion🏴‍☠️ @obliviating.bsky.social · Jan 11

Hey, it’s one of those Mexican firefighters who came over here to take our jobs. And save our kittens.

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Jan 12

TY! I know you all do battle--I know you shouldn't have to! this poor kid is considering spending his life savings to buy extra time. I wish I could do more. The system is utterly morally bankrupt.

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Jan 10

oh! i didn't realize that was an option. that is *such* useful info.

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Jan 10

can't count how many times this has happened. Are there any effective tricks for getting insurance to cover biologics that patients are *stable* on when they've gotten terribly ill when they've been off? already looked at CCF.

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Jan 7

thank you. So many people with long COVID are shocked & believe this is new & they new to reinvent the wheel. if only someone listened to us decades ago, we'd be at least closer to answers.

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Jan 5

Q: Does gender play a role in GI symptoms? menopause? fascinating study.
A: women have more symptoms of GI disorders than men, & there are different symptoms w/age, maybe b/c hormone changes #menopause
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Sex Differences, Menses‐Related Symptoms and Menopause in Disorders of Gut–Brain Interaction

Our global epidemiology study shows symptom differences within the five most common DGBI based on sex, menopause, age, and menses. Sex hormone-mediated effects may contribute to greater symptom burde....

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Dec 17

awesome!

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Science for ME online forum @scienceforme.bsky.social · Dec 17

Cochrane, by dropping their planned review of exercise for #MECFS, disrespects the energy and time of those involved in that review AND leaves the existing review supporting exercise for ME/CFS and #LongCovid.

Our petition calls for its withdrawal,
www.change.org/p/cochrane-w...

Sign the Petition

Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

www.change.org

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Grace R @candidkitten.bsky.social · Nov 10

Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases

www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...

I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.

Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.

www.voicesforvaccines.org

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Dec 14

Brb throwing out all my fire alarms bc I’ve never had a fire

Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · Dec 14

@universalpotentate: Polio is a weird one to be concerned about. I did a quick check and there only 14 wild virus cases on polio in 2024. Those were in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
No one has died from it since 1990. About 200 cases/year come from the vaccine.
We kinda don’t need this vaccine any longer.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · Dec 14

I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Dec 11

he knows!😍

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Dec 11

generally, the reason why I'm late.

ginger and white kitty with a pink nose and pink toe beans

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Dec 11

yep. it's a loss any way you look at it--for disabled patients, for disabled providers, for COVID rates, the environment, traffic...but Medicare & common sense are mutually exclusive.

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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD @cherylharrisrd.bsky.social · Dec 10

thank you for this reminder to take my iron supplement! 😘

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