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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

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Having to write these bios gives me a sense of existential dread. In other news, some people on other platforms think I occasionally have interesting things to say. #medsky twitter @arghavan_salles IG @arghavansallesmd Tik Tok @arghavansallesmdphd

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Mar 23

I know not everyone can keep up with all the grant terminations, but it’s important to know what we’re losing so I’ll try to compile them here.

First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · Mar 22

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 2d

I just learned that the number of children in the U.S. navigating life with Long COVID exceeds that of the number of kids with asthma.

Wow.

Long COVID is here to stay—even in children

Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...

www.thelancet.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11h

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Just some light reading for today... www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 20h

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, is a billionaire because he exploits workers. The company doesn’t pay its fair share of taxes (nor does he). He bought WaPo so he could tank it.

There are other places to buy almost everything you find on Amazon if you don’t want to support these unethical practices.

WIRED @wired.com · 21h

There's one Dyson we like better than the others, and you can score it on sale during Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days. www.wired.com/story/dyson-...

I Can't Stop Recommending This Dyson Vac—Don't Miss It on Sale

There's one Dyson we like better than the others, and you can score it on sale during Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days.

www.wired.com

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 22h

A reminder: 40% of US Nobel prize winners since 2000 have been immigrants.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on quantum mechanics

Trio led experiments demonstrating that bizarre properties of quantum world can translate into measurable effects in the everyday The Nobel prize in physics 2025 has been awarded to British, French and American scientists for their work on quantum mechanics. John Clarke, a British physicist based at the University of California at Berkeley, Michel Devoret, a French physicist based at Yale University, and John Martinis, of the University of California Santa Barbara, share the 11m Swedish kronor (about £871,400) prize announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Continue reading...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 22h

🧵 #MythBustingTuesday
The CDC reportedly floated separating the MMR into individual shots without any published evidence that doing so improves safety.
Let’s unpack why this myth persists, what the data show, and why countries like Senegal are moving in the opposite direction.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

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

Oh for sure, this is not like an individual issue like a health problem or major losses. I guess I’m just saying when people can’t even support someone going through something like that, it’s no surprise they’re completely unable to deal with something even more complicated

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

Most are quick to offer platitudes. Some may even offer suggestions. Almost none will roll up their sleeves and do something—anything—to help. That’s how we find ourselves here, now.

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

What I’ve learned over my many years of struggles is most people, unless they have faced real challenges themselves, have no idea how to support someone going through a challenging time. This relates to our national problems in that people are generally clueless what to do when things go wrong.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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

That certainly isn’t going to help things. We’re in a terrible mess as it is

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

Yeah it doesn’t seem like this approach is changing anytime soon

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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

Even though they don’t pay me for my content, people on here love to tell me what and how to post. It’s entitled and weird.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

I'm cohosting a fundraiser in the DMV area next week for @drannieandrews.com, who's scheduled to perform a LindseyGrahamectomy on the United States Senate next year. If you're interested, you can DM Annie's finance director, @hreneeharvey.bsky.social, for the contribution/RSVP link.

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

And that it continues as it is, with the last big change having been over 20 years ago

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

Yeah, but remember we cut back the hours to only 80 hours a week so that should be fine without cocaine 🙄

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

I would say someone should tell residency program directors, but they already know

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Our community says that imposing extreme hours – 12-hour days, six days a week – is more likely to result in burnout and business failure rather than success

Readers warn: ‘Bring in a 996 work week and watch your business fail’

www.independent.co.uk

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 2d

Tr*mp appointee!

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 2d

Pretty incredible that the judge held this hearing late on a Sunday and added a TRO banning any national guard deployment to Portland. She didn’t seem very happy.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.

I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵

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