@akelly1.bsky.social
Retired health care
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Teacher of English as a foreign language.
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Teacher of English as a foreign language.
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Loving Jean Cretien. “Stop this nonsense”
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever. Some patients don’t trust us. Others say they don’t need us. It’s time for us to think of ourselves not as the high priests of health care but as what we have always been: healer, by @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/2025... @newyorker.com
The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever
Some patients don’t trust us. Others say they don’t need us. It’s time for us to think of ourselves not as the high priests of health care but as what we have always been: healers.
www.newyorker.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever. Some patients don’t trust us. Others say they don’t need us. It’s time for us to think of ourselves not as the high priests of health care but as what we have always been: healer, by @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/2025... @newyorker.com
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Doctors relied on cholesterol levels to assess heart disease risk for decades.
In 2025, accumulated research led to more screening for C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, as a better predictor of heart attacks and strokes, a professor of family medicine explains:
In 2025, accumulated research led to more screening for C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, as a better predictor of heart attacks and strokes, a professor of family medicine explains:
How C-reactive protein outpaced ‘bad’ cholesterol as leading heart disease risk marker
C-reactive protein – a marker of inflammation – is as easily measured with blood work in a doctor’s office as cholesterol.
buff.ly
December 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Doctors relied on cholesterol levels to assess heart disease risk for decades.
In 2025, accumulated research led to more screening for C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, as a better predictor of heart attacks and strokes, a professor of family medicine explains:
In 2025, accumulated research led to more screening for C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, as a better predictor of heart attacks and strokes, a professor of family medicine explains:
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The CMA is looking to recruit physicians leaders to the CMA Board of Directors, Awards Committee, Committee on Ethics, Governance Committee, Nominations Committee, and the AGM Vice Chair role. Help us shape the future of Canadian health.
Deadline to apply is December 29.
Learn more: bit.ly/3HvTsYV
Deadline to apply is December 29.
Learn more: bit.ly/3HvTsYV
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The CMA is looking to recruit physicians leaders to the CMA Board of Directors, Awards Committee, Committee on Ethics, Governance Committee, Nominations Committee, and the AGM Vice Chair role. Help us shape the future of Canadian health.
Deadline to apply is December 29.
Learn more: bit.ly/3HvTsYV
Deadline to apply is December 29.
Learn more: bit.ly/3HvTsYV
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Yesterday I posted the 1st of my 2 recent papers with @tarakiran.bsky.social on the #GenderPayGap in medicine. Today I'm thrilled to share the 2nd, done with Dr. Fahima Dossa.
We wanted to see if #WomenInSurgery did different types of work than their male colleagues.
1/8
#Medsky #Surgsky🧵
We wanted to see if #WomenInSurgery did different types of work than their male colleagues.
1/8
#Medsky #Surgsky🧵
Building on work that @tarakiran.bsky.social and I published 5 yrs ago, we're excited to announce the first of two new papers on the #GenderPayGap in Canadian medicine. This one is for @jama.com.
Data shows "pink collaring" or devaluation. Incomes going down when women enter a specialty.
#Medsky🧵
Data shows "pink collaring" or devaluation. Incomes going down when women enter a specialty.
#Medsky🧵
Proportion of Female Physicians in a Specialty and Median Annual Payments
This cross-sectional study evaluates whether an increase in the proportion of female physicians in a specialty is associated with a decrease in the median annual payments for that specialty.
jamanetwork.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yesterday I posted the 1st of my 2 recent papers with @tarakiran.bsky.social on the #GenderPayGap in medicine. Today I'm thrilled to share the 2nd, done with Dr. Fahima Dossa.
We wanted to see if #WomenInSurgery did different types of work than their male colleagues.
1/8
#Medsky #Surgsky🧵
We wanted to see if #WomenInSurgery did different types of work than their male colleagues.
1/8
#Medsky #Surgsky🧵
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Michael Bublé surprises seniors at Greater Vancouver Food Bank vancouversun.com/entertainmen...
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Michael Bublé surprises seniors at Greater Vancouver Food Bank vancouversun.com/entertainmen...
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Musical Bouquet by Ann Kelly
This vibrant artwork features a lively bouquet of flowers, each petal crafted from colorful paper, creating a dynamic interplay of shapes and hues. The background showcases a serene blue sky, while th...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Overdose deaths in the US are down 41% from epidemic peak in 2023. Modelling suggests declines in death are due to 1) decreasing size of the susceptible population; 2) stabilization of the mortality rate.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Structural Drivers of the Drop in Opioid Overdose Deaths in the US
This decision analytical model uses the SOURCE model to elucidate factors underlying the recent decline in US overdose deaths.
jamanetwork.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Overdose deaths in the US are down 41% from epidemic peak in 2023. Modelling suggests declines in death are due to 1) decreasing size of the susceptible population; 2) stabilization of the mortality rate.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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What Canada’s new supplement labels still won’t tell you canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/21/w... via @canadahealthwatch.ca
Me: "The marketing of supplements has also become … one of the primary ways that the health misinformation ecosystem is funded."
🚩 Increasingly supplements = red flag for bunk.🚩
Me: "The marketing of supplements has also become … one of the primary ways that the health misinformation ecosystem is funded."
🚩 Increasingly supplements = red flag for bunk.🚩
What Canada’s new supplement labels still won’t tell you
The new rules don’t address the biggest gap of all.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What Canada’s new supplement labels still won’t tell you canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/21/w... via @canadahealthwatch.ca
Me: "The marketing of supplements has also become … one of the primary ways that the health misinformation ecosystem is funded."
🚩 Increasingly supplements = red flag for bunk.🚩
Me: "The marketing of supplements has also become … one of the primary ways that the health misinformation ecosystem is funded."
🚩 Increasingly supplements = red flag for bunk.🚩
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NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
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I’m seeing more patients recently taking peptides off label. This is an exceptionally well written review, I found it very helpful in understanding the trend and the (lack of) data around these new and unproven meds
Influencers and celebrities
apnews.com/article/pept...
My recent review of the field
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
apnews.com/article/pept...
My recent review of the field
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’m seeing more patients recently taking peptides off label. This is an exceptionally well written review, I found it very helpful in understanding the trend and the (lack of) data around these new and unproven meds
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Ontario announces incentives of $25K-plus for nurses to commit to long-term care https://globalnews.ca/news/11522895/ontario-long-term-care-incentives-for-nurses/
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ontario announces incentives of $25K-plus for nurses to commit to long-term care https://globalnews.ca/news/11522895/ontario-long-term-care-incentives-for-nurses/
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Long term planning went astray. Why? Mistakes in forecasting?
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Long term planning went astray. Why? Mistakes in forecasting?
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition regarding permanent residency for Ukrainians
Petition regarding permanent residency for Ukrainians
Petition e-6866 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition regarding permanent residency for Ukrainians
Petition regarding permanent residency for Ukrainians
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ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over six years through a state-funded program.
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
www.propublica.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over six years through a state-funded program.
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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Trump is set to announce deal Thursday to lower price of Lilly, Novo obesity drugs for some Medicare beneficiaries.
Part of "most favored nation" pricing push — with potential for public health impact.
(On a separate note: Trump calls these drugs "the fat pill" and has questioned if they work.)
Part of "most favored nation" pricing push — with potential for public health impact.
(On a separate note: Trump calls these drugs "the fat pill" and has questioned if they work.)
White House nears deal to lower obesity drug prices for Medicare coverage
The price of Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk drugs could be lowered to $149 per month in some cases.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trump is set to announce deal Thursday to lower price of Lilly, Novo obesity drugs for some Medicare beneficiaries.
Part of "most favored nation" pricing push — with potential for public health impact.
(On a separate note: Trump calls these drugs "the fat pill" and has questioned if they work.)
Part of "most favored nation" pricing push — with potential for public health impact.
(On a separate note: Trump calls these drugs "the fat pill" and has questioned if they work.)
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Taking over 5,000 steps per day may slow tau protein buildup and cognitive decline in people with preclinical #Alzheimers disease, according to a 14-year study of cognitively unimpaired older adults published in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/47Qw02J #medsky 🧪
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Taking over 5,000 steps per day may slow tau protein buildup and cognitive decline in people with preclinical #Alzheimers disease, according to a 14-year study of cognitively unimpaired older adults published in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/47Qw02J #medsky 🧪
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"The future is still being written. Through choices in policy, investment, education, and care for one another and the Earth, we can still create a turning point. It begins by embracing our shared humanity and recognizing the profound interconnectedness of all life on the planet"
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
academic.oup.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"The future is still being written. Through choices in policy, investment, education, and care for one another and the Earth, we can still create a turning point. It begins by embracing our shared humanity and recognizing the profound interconnectedness of all life on the planet"