Vijay Rao, MD, PhD
vijayrao7474.bsky.social
Vijay Rao, MD, PhD
@vijayrao7474.bsky.social
Cardiology, Heart Failure, CardioOncology, Indiana ACC Governor; Cardiovascular Research; Patient Advocacy; Wine Enthusiast; World Cuisine; Tennis; #CardioSky #skytennis #CardioOnc
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Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it.

Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.

Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".

Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.

substack.com/redirect/169...
June 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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In today’s episode of What Are They Thinking: “If you don’t see a hurricane coming… does it really exist?”

🚨 The Dept of Defense is shutting down its weather satellite program. No more data. No more updates. Meteorologists are scrambling—and we’re heading into peak storm season.

Brilliant timing.
June 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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🚨The GOP provision to DEFUND Planned Parenthood is staying in the Big Ugly bill. Clinics will shutter. Women will lose access to cancer screenings, birth control, and basic care.

I will be forcing a vote to try to strip it out.

Fight like hell. We need to kill this bill.
June 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Many others are posting abt this too but this graphic viscerally shows how dire the presidential budget is for NASA 🔭🧪and worldwide astronomy. I can’t express how sad this makes me, as an American scientist. And it’s mostly already paid for projects, so also no logic in terms of saving money.
June 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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@cliffordhudis.bsky.social at #ASCO25: ~40% cut to NCI budget in Admin's '26 proposal. We are in a tragic paradox: remarkable science & historic cuts to resources needed to turn these opps into hope for millions of pts. Our advocacy, is more important than ever ➡️ brnw.ch/21wT3U4
Federal Funding for Cancer Research
As Congress negotiates Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations bills, urge them to make cancer research a top priority.
brnw.ch
May 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A #JACCCardioOnc perspective from Dr. @vijayrao7474.bsky.social, et al outlines the current state of #CardioOnc quality assessment and proposes a roadmap for meaningful metrics to improve care.

Get the details: bit.ly/3YhYnll #ACCCardioOnc @icosociety.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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🔺>2 billion adults are #overweight or #obese!
🔺Highest age-standardised prevalence in Oceania, north Africa, Middle East
🔺Compared with 1990, 🌎 prevalence of #obesity ⬆️ by 155% in males, 105% in females
#GBD2021
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
No country to date has successfully curbed the rising rates of adult overweight and obesity. Without immediate and effective intervention, overweight and obesity will continue to increase globally. Pa...
www.thelancet.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Honored to co-chair this effort with @mayocvonc and ACC Cardioonc council and @ICOSociety to lay the framework for quality initiatives in #Cardioonc @JACCJournals @ACCinTouch
jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…
@AnaBaracCardio @sdent_cardioonc @SarjuGanatraMD @Richardkcheng2 @anita_deswal
https://jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…
February 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Honored to co-chair this effort with @mayocvonc and ACC Cardioonc council and @ICOSociety to lay the framework for quality initiatives in #Cardioonc @JACCJournals @ACCinTouch
jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…
@AnaBaracCardio @sdent_cardioonc @SarjuGanatraMD @Richardkcheng2 @anita_deswal
https://jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…
February 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Franciscan's director of cardio-oncology Dr. Vijay Rao's latest co-authored white paper in #JACCCardioOnc, underlines the urgency for standardized quality metrics in the growing field of #cardiooncology.

Read the article at www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
January 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.

So,I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Great article. I try and get the patient to own it. They need to know their uric acid target, they need to adjust their (usually) allopurinol in 100 mg increments. Give them the tools!!!
January 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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when the star on the tree is an actual star lol

A NASA photo of the Christmas Tree Cluster 🎄
December 24, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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December 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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It’s time for pediatricians to SPEAK UP.
December 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM