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Diagnosed in days, not years: http://Uterinekind.com for "bad periods" #endometriosis #PMDD #PCOS #fibroids #adenomyosis #VWD #EDS #POTS Board Certified Patient Advocate Host: Hello Uterus podcast Former SiriusXM/ESPN Anti-racist #ERANow climbs🏔swims🌊

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · Jan 22

In case anyone would like to grab the archive of the reproductive rights website recently taken offline by...whoever is dismantling our health education tools, here it is:

web.archive.org/web/20250114... #medsky #obgyn

ReproductiveRights.gov - Know Your Rights: Reproductive Health Care

While Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion remains legal in many states, and other reproductive health care services remain protected by law.

web.archive.org

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 8h

Public health is not partisan. It is health for the public.

That means all of us.

Defend Public Health.

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 10h

Meanwhile, in the US, Republicans are voting to cut clean energy projects.

Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 15h

Great news.....

Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @carbonbrief.org

Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far

Clean-energy sources have powered Great Britain entirely for a record 87 hours this year — a milestone toward 2030 targets

eastangliabylines.co.uk

Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 11h

That’s cool. And the program tagline is obv: Where does your wood come from? Hope they’re taking advantage of the buzz around Taylor Swift’s song Wood.

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Eric H Cline @digkabri.bsky.social · 19h

Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 11h

Yet born straight from an ancient forest at the same time.

I ❤️❤️❤️ the Portland airport. Favorite in the country.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1d

There are hundreds of years of history of women’s scientific accomplishments not being recognised or being minimised (“not notable”). It *still* happens. Many female scientists are only acknowledged on Wikipedia thanks to the efforts of, yes, other female scientists, notably physicist Dr Jess Wade.

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 1d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 11h

Had the same reaction! And not just statistically significant clinical results but, from the patient perspective, life-changing results.

Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 11h

It’s non-invasive neurostimulation. Same tech is being used to manage opioid withdrawal in NICU. Looks like it means the difference between anemic and not anemic. Very exciting.

Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 11h

One thing I didn't consider is how his own people would manipulate the F out of him. They probably have AI-crafted crap playing on a loop and he has no idea.

Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 11h

...in Hickman County

Even the name of the company is as if written by a 1st year screenwriter.

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Roger ZenAF @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 12h

Argentina gets $20 billion. Qatar gets an air base on US soil. Dipshit gets nearly $1 billion to retrofit his flying bribe. ICE gets $11.25 billion added to their annual detention budget.

But our enlisted personnel are currently hitting up food banks to fucking eat because they aren't getting paid.

Ghoul Patrick @gpatrick.bsky.social · 13h

Soldiers lined up at the food bank.

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 12h

The data are 👀👀👀
~54-57% reduction in menstrual bleeding and ~20% shorter menstrual cycles. Spark Biomedical's OhmBody device is a paradigm shift in treating heavy menstrual bleeding. Non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical. This would have SAVED me.

Peer-reviewed & published: tinyurl.com/2kb9va44

Frontiers | Transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation to reduce heavy menstrual bleeding in women with and without von Willebrand disease

Prior studies have revealed that electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve modifies platelet phenotype and reduces blood loss in preclinical models of soft t...

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 13h

😂😂😂

"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government.”*–Declaration of Independence

*costumes encouraged

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 17h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 13h

The people who are employed by we, the citizens, want to traumatize us and cause us pain. They are attacking us. Threatening us. Trying to drive us into fear and chaos.

They must be stopped now.

Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 13h

Why it's so important to fund female health research:

ADHD and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) are linked. Those with ADHD are at greater risk for PMDD.
www.the-independent.com/life-style/h...

We are NOT small men. (And we don't exist FOR men, but that's another post.) #primarycare

What is PMDD? Study finds link between serious condition and women with ADHD

A recent study found that having ADHD makes women around three times more likely to experience premenstrual dysphoric disorder

www.the-independent.com

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 16h

Adding: Peter Thiel’s company, Palantir, signed a partnership with Oura. The ring that records your personal health data. 😳

He also funds 28, a “menstrual-focused” app and right-wing Cosmo mag, Evie.

Run. Fast. Faster.

www.vice.com/en/article/p...

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 1d

Wellness influencers are killing people. Paloma Shemirani was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which 80% of people survive, at age 22. She was dead within 7 months because dietary changes and coffee enemas didn’t work. Her airway collapsed under pressure from a tumor and she died at age 23.

Wellness influencers are literally killing people

YouTube video by Dr. Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 1d

Same. Have you watched Acapulco on Apple?

Hector. Oh, Hector.

Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 1d

When the CDC dashboards are updated, pay attention to your local data. Personally, I’ll prioritize local data. And note discrepancies.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

🖥️Most CDC data dashboards are not being updated during the shutdown. Go to your state (or local/county) health department for up to date information on respiratory viruses, food borne outbreaks, and other health information.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if research wasn’t kneecapped (just in time).

The tsunami of lawsuits would be ripping.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Each year in the United States, pollution from the oil & gas industry causes 91K premature deaths, more than 10K pre-term births, 216K cases of childhood asthma, & more than 1600 cancer cases. People of color are significantly more affected, with the biggest burden in predominantly Black communities

The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States

Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.

www.science.org

Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know why I felt the need to drag him to the dark side...😂

Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 2d

That's when his ego runs away with him and he switches friend groups, starts hanging out with the rich mice. It wasn't much before another 200 mice "moved into" town that he formed his first organized crime group: Ice Mice

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 2d

First time seeing it through their POV and 😂!

He made the family proud, probably got a date out of it after telling the story of how the horses chased him and there were pitchforks and fire; it was a good, good night for the gatherer.

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Carol Johnson @withloveperiod.bsky.social · 2d

Love bordeaux blanc too! Soup sounds fabulous.