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Paul A. Welling, MD

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MD-Scientist Professor, Physiologist exploring molecular mechanisms of sodium-potassium balance, hypertension & kidney disease. Hobbies: Travel, Golf, Food, Wine & Spirits, Biking, O's fan Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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Paul A. Welling, MD @pawellingmd.bsky.social · Dec 31

The Aldosterone Paradox: A Skeetutorial:

a man stands in front of a blackboard with the words it 's paradoxical and yet it works

ALT: a man stands in front of a blackboard with the words it 's paradoxical and yet it works

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 1d

In a national cohort of veterans, the 2024–2025 Covid-19 vaccine was linked to reduced risks of emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths from Covid-19 across the overall cohort and in various subgroups. Full study results: nej.md/47anKdz

#MedSky #IDSky

A graph showing the Covid-19–associated composite outcome over 180 days in the 2024–2025 vaccination season

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 3d

The unregulated and unscrupulous medical hydration spa industry

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... with @fperrywilson.bsky.social

What ‘Secret Shoppers’ Discovered About IV Hydration Spas

Researchers posed as potential clients to examine the practices and regulation of the burgeoning intravenous hydration spa industry.

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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · 9d

It's time! The #APS2026 abstract portal is open! Submit your best work through 12/3 and we'll see you in Minneapolis in April: https://ow.ly/EjFJ50X4p89 #WeArePhysiology 🧪

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Aug 21

Our Pitt Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department in the School of Medicine is recruiting..

Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪

Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science

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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · Aug 15

#BornThis Day in 1896, Gerty Cori was the first American woman to receive the 1947 #NobelPrize in #Physiology or Medicine (with scientist-husband Carl). Their work: How the body metabolizes sugar. More from @jwaonline.bsky.social: ow.ly/7YBR50WFiWz #ISpyPhysiology 🧪

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Paul A. Welling, MD @pawellingmd.bsky.social · Aug 14

The George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance announces its 3rd Opportunity Pool Program, supporting pilot grants (up to a maximum of $50,000 total costs) that address scientific and technological gaps in kidney research and promote new collaborations. www.uab.edu/okra/funding...

OKRA Opportunity Pool Program - George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Aug 11

NIH is considering changes in supporting publication costs--some ideas are quite radical and would endanger our ability to publish at all. I don't love the cots from the big for-profits but it does cost$ to run a journal. Please repost. Comment at:
osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form....

Dear SDB Members,

NIH is planning to cap APC (Article Processing Charges) from grant funds for publications, starting in January 2026.

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-138.html

Proposed Policy Options for Keeping Publication Costs Reasonable:

Option 1: Disallow all publication costs.
Option 2: Set a $2,000 limit on allowable costs per publication.
Option 3: Set a $2,000 limit on allowable costs per publication and allow up to $3,000 when peer reviewers are compensated.
Option 4: Set an 0.8% limit on the total amount of an award that can be spent on publication costs, up to $20,000. For example, $250,000 direct cost grant = $2,000 per year for publications.
Option 5: Set a $6,000 limit on both the per publication cost and the total amount of an award (0.8% up to $20k) that can be spent on publications.

The NIH is requesting comments by Sept 15.

It is also possible to contribute comments that are not about any of the 5 options.

Comments should be submitted electronically to the following webpage: https://osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form-maximizing-research-funds-by-limiting-allowable-publishing-costs/.

Responses are voluntary and may be submitted anonymously.

The SDB encourages you to submit your opinions on this important issue.

Best,
Richard Behringer
President, SDB

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Edgar V. Lerma 🇵🇭 @edgarvlermamd.bsky.social · Aug 10

Urine sodium (Urine Na) levels post-saline infusion in differentiating non-edematous hyponatremia ca. 2025
#Nephpearls #NephSky

👉🏼 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40775013/

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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · Aug 11

Coming up at APS:

• NCAR Lifetime Achievement Lecture: The Extended Autonomic System 9/4
• W/ @aurorascientific.bsky.social: Redox Regulation of Skeletal Muscle 9/9
• W/ @scireq.bsky.social: Critical Role of Pericytes in Pulmonary Circulation 9/16

Learn more: ow.ly/WEWs50WuRYU 🧪

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Aug 4

I don’t know why people are so confused by the idea of 1500% price decrease. If a drug originally cost $100 you’ll now get in free in a packet also containing $1400. Even I would vote for that.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 3

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

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STAT @statnews.com · Aug 4

Breaking: The Gates Foundation said it would commit $2.5 billion through 2030 to support women’s health initiatives, its largest funding commitment ever to the issue.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/04/b...

Gates Foundation pledges $2.5 billion to women’s health initiatives

Breaking: The Gates Foundation said it would commit $2.5 billion through 2030 to support women’s health initiatives, its largest funding commitment ever to the issue.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 27

TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding

VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.

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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · Jul 16

"We assert that these cuts and restructuring plans, developed without Congressional or stakeholder expertise, will essentially dismantle NIH as we know it."

APS and 100+ more associations urge Congress: Exercise oversight for National Institutes of Health: ow.ly/mMpe50WmmnA #advocacy 🧪

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Katie Wilkinson @drkwilkinson.bsky.social · Jul 12

Find some great language for your comment about the need for community input, need for rigorous validation of NAMs & importance of animal research at @faseborg.bsky.social ‘s statement : www.faseb.org/getmedia/9ee... 🧪

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Tracy Bale @thebalelab.bsky.social · Jul 3

The House Appropriations Subcommittee for HHS markup is scheduled for July 21 and full comm July 24. Not much time. Make those calls ☎️ to your congressional leaders NOW 🚨! Make sure they hear the devastation that will happen to research 🔬, training 👩🏽‍🔬 and health 🩺 if the proposed cuts go forward.

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APS Publications @apspublications.bsky.social · Jul 1

📢TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Submissions for the Physiology Essay Contest are due by Tuesday, July 15.

✍️What big open question in the field of physiology are you most excited about and why?

Submit today! ow.ly/KR7X50VR4e6

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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · Jul 1

READ: From @forbes.com, "How To Stay Focused At Work When Everything Feels Uncertain": ow.ly/N0cX50WgNZn #ProfDev 🧪

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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · Jun 25

If you're concerned about #biomedical research funding, it's time to raise your voice and take action. Sign up for APS Action Alerts to help elevate the collective voice and impact of the #physiology community: ow.ly/7gIr50WfGmX #SciPol #advocacy #FundScience 🧪

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · Jun 25

Robert F Kennedy Jr is not a vaccine skeptic. Reporters and editors who’ve decided it’s somehow more fair to call him one instead of the anti-vaccine activist and lawyer he is should stop mischaracterizing him so… in the pursuit of accuracy.

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Tracy Bale @thebalelab.bsky.social · Jun 24

If you are interested in support for #NIH funding, the Subcomm hearing on the HHS budget is happening TUESDAY 👇👇

Hearing on "The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget"

The Subcommittee on Health has scheduled a hearing on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET) in the John D. Dingell Hearing Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing is “T...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Jun 13

"For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities | Jason Stanley

For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault

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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social · Jun 13

RFK Jr. spouted dangerous vaccine falsehoods on national TV. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. Here's what the data actually shows. 🧵

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 12

RFK Jr is on Fox News going full anti-vax

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 9

If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.

4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.

The total funded was 99!

Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.

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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · Jun 8

The vehicle associated phosphoprotein REPS1 identified as a convergence point for #insulin and #exercise signaling, presenting a potential therapeutic target for treating individuals with #insulin resistance @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Insulin- and exercise-induced phosphoproteomics of human skeletal muscle identify REPS1 as a regulator of muscle glucose uptake

Kjærgaard et al. present a comprehensive map of insulin- and exercise-regulated phosphoproteome in human skeletal muscle. They identify REPS1 S709 being phosphorylated by both stimuli via RSK and invo...

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