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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d

One thing is aging. Another is aging without the major age-related diseases. Extending healthspan. www.freethink.com/biotech/eric...

Forget just living longer. Eric Topol wants to help Americans live better, too.

In "Super Agers," the writer and medical researcher maps a path to extending healthspan with AI, targeted drugs, and lifestyle changes.

www.freethink.com

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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 5d

Mixed feelings about the heat today: having dinner outside with insect repellant and worried about next summer

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Jillian Horton @jillianhortonmd.bsky.social · 6d

This is kind of response under the guise of "failure of professionalism" or "lack of collegiality" has deep roots in medicine. Not aligned with protecting the public.

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 8d

During Covid, when @gorskon.bsky.social & I coauthored a piece for @bmj.com on the links between right-wing climate denialist billionaires, anti-vaxxers, & the Great Barrington Declaration, some physicians felt it was "uncollegial" to be critical of the GBD

Now the GBD are Trump & RFK Jr's lackeys😔

Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 8d

Not being a physician, what I see is a toxic push for collegiality among medical professionals that has people not calling out bad actors, or as here, going out of the way to praise them, hoping they’ll reform and fly straight, when what they needed was to be called out and disempowered.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7d

Where are the people who were so outraged that Biden asked google to pull misinfo at Covid, now that Trump has made Apple pull the ice tracker app

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 9d

As a reminder, a Hopkins doctor is to blame for this.

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College of Family Physicians | Collège des médecins de famille @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 10d

Multiple COVID-19 infections pose a risk for developing Long COVID. People who got infected twice with COVID-19 were twice as likely as those who got COVID-19 once to develop Long COVID symptoms that affect the major organs in the body.
time.com/7322188/covi...

Repeat COVID-19 Infections Could Double Your Risk of Long COVID

The latest study shows that getting repeat COVID-19 infections can come at a high health cost.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 9d

It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12d

The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 12d

The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.

The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29d

“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.”

The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.

Kash Patel’s DOJ Scrubbed Study Showing Right-Wing Violent Attacks Outpace All Other Extremism

As MAGA world rages about left-wing violence, the government appears to have removed a research paper showing contrary evidence.

jpaladino.substack.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 17

Covid accelerates vascular aging
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · Aug 16

Caption this

Washington Post photo, captioned "Federal agents patrol the Lincoln Memorial on Friday." It shows 4 armed federal agents 3 with DEA on their vests, standing in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/15/dc-emergency-lawsuit-police-schwalb/

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Craig @craigplazure.bsky.social · Aug 17

The CDC shooting didn’t even really register in the news and the details are absolutely insane

John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · Aug 17

First the terrorist tried to enter campus in a car filled with guns. When he wasn’t allowed past the gates, he started firing from a CVS drugstore across the street. From a semi-automatic weapon, 500 shots is a lot. He was at it for a long time.

Here are the weapons & shell casings he left behind.

Two automatic rifles, some rifle magazines, and a backpack on the floor of a CVS

One rifle and many shell casings on the ground near an outdoor staircase

Magazines and shell casings resting on the steps of outdoor staircase

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College of Family Physicians | Collège des médecins de famille @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Jillian Horton @jillianhortonmd.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks so much, Oly. Always a privilege to work with that incredible team.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Jul 14

From a time when childhood vaccines were just a figment of imagination.

Row after row of baby headstones.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Jul 13

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Sick Children Will Be Among the Victims of Trump’s Big Bill

Cuts to federal health-care spending make it harder for doctors to make the oldest promise in medicine: that we will do no harm.

www.newyorker.com

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Jul 14

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Shout out to RFK jr, Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham and everyone else who made it possible for my daughter’s camp to add “has your child recently been exposed to the measles?” to the camp drop off intake form.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · Jul 6

Helpless? Prayers? That’s what pastors and civilians should be doing. We pay members of Congress to ask hard questions, start investigating,and find out if the government could have done more. Do it now before the next storm. We aren’t paying you to pray. We are paying you to help all of us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 6

Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."

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NO KINGS IN AMERICA… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · Jun 30

True story…👇

So, be grateful.

Not. Everyone. Is. So. Fortunate. 😎✨

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · Jul 2

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

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Jillian Horton @jillianhortonmd.bsky.social · Jun 28

Not how we wanted this story to end. But I'm grateful for space to tell you about this amazing woman & how much she reminded me of one of the greatest Canadians. Love you forever, Vanessa Davis.

@terryfoxfoundation.bsky.social #breastcancer

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Like Terry Fox had hope, my friend Vanessa Davis had gratitude until the very end

It wasn’t a delusional spin on the devastation of what she faced – a cancer she knew would inevitably kill her. Her gratitude was a deliberate, intentional choice

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Jillian Horton @jillianhortonmd.bsky.social · Jun 28

Love love love this ❤️❤️❤️

Daniel Woolf 🇨🇦 @woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social · Jun 25

@jillianhortonmd.bsky.social greetings from two winnipeggers past and present here at Queen’s!

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Jun 12

You and your children will breathe more air pollution because of this action. People will have more asthma attacks. People will have more heart attacks. All while climate impacts accelerate.

NPR @npr.org · Jun 12

The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal challenges from environmental groups.

Trump's EPA plans to repeal climate pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants

The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal challenges from environmental groups.

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · Jun 12

Really glad to see this strong show of support for Dr. Stockton.
HCWs must be supported to advocate for safe and timely care for their patients, and for system improvement.
Canada needs whistleblower protections... too many good HCWs are being silenced and muzzled and intimidated

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