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Drmaypole
@drmaypole.bsky.social
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Pediatrician cartoonist parent in search of the intersection of humor with everything (and everyone), mildly obsessed with complex care, canoeing and the animals of our lives.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · Jan 14
Fueled by TV based medical dramas, some patients enter the health space slinging #lingo that might not be as precise as they think it is. Our job? Clarify their meaning, and if possible, find plainer/common language.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 8h
Lynx, ready for dinner
#catsky
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 13h
The doorknob moment files: how not to end the doctor visit.

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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 13h
The poetry of baby poop.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 13h
Getting into college is a developmental and cognitive journey. The task of the applicant is to both understand and articulate why they want to go to a particular program- and what they might do once they get there. #HighSchoolSeniors
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 13h
Time to play… Spot the future specialist!
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 13h
Physicians check thyselves- be not too casual or jokey with medical lingo as it may not play well with patients. They do listen! #graphicmedicine #medsky
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Kristen Stuppy, MD, FAAP @pediatricskc.medsky.social · 2d
Listen to true experts, like @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social , not political appointees with an agenda.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 2d
My comments with @celinegounder.com @kffhealthnews.org

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Inside the High-Stakes Battle Over Vaccine Injury Compensation, Autism, and Public Trust - KFF Health News
The evidence is unequivocal: Vaccines do not cause autism. Yet adding autism to the list of conditions covered by a federal payout program, as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems inclined to ...
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 22h
Rising risk: the ability of patients to be seen in an environment where they can ask questions freely and discuss private matters safely.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 23h
once again, the opposite of intuitive.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
Are there misadventures with Bad #Mentors?
How much time you got? (A sampler below-avoid these!)
#meded #graphicmedicine #medsky
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
#BadSign: what if #FakeNews makes its way into #Healthcare? #medsky #graphicmedicine
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
in #NewEngland, #Apples are serious business. If you do a #Upick, no other fruit tastes as #fresh or as good (unless, maybe its shiny) #fall
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
Little known fact: #InfantFormula is expensive. Special infant formula (hypoallergenic, certain diets) are incredibly so. One might think it is ordered as a pharmaceutical (no), or a nutritional item (nope, not in Ma.). In many places it is classified as DME—durable medical equipment. #pedsky
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
Usually siblings are a huge help in managing anxious younger brothers or sisters. Or...not. #pedsky
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
Perhaps when the Singularity occurs, and #AI achieves its own consciousness…the moment won’t be as clear or idyllic as one might expect.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Leave it to kids….
In the midst of a chaotic day made challenging by a local traffic accident that impacted arrivals by hours, the tension was cut by the sweet parting words of a 3 year old yelled at full arena volume. Everyone smiled. #pediatrics
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Teaching kids to swallow pills: Have the child place a pill or capsule on their tongue w water at the ready. Then, as the acrid taste of the med hits their taste buds, a big gulp of water will hopefully help them gulp it down. Caveat: don’t wear nice shoes, as they may spit it out. #graphicmedicine
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Let’s remember together that kids are here to remind us how much funny can be found in the world. #pedsky #graphicmedicine
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Good to remember that over the centuries, much about the practice of medicine has NOT changed.
Take the complaints about documentation, for example.
#EHR #medsky
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Somebody was not so disappointed that he didn’t go on the run today. (But got a shorter walk instead)
#Morningrun.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Would adding #AI to an electronic health record…would that be a good thing? #graphicmedicine
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Not considered MAHA friendly, I presume.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 3d
Worth a look round
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 3d
Our put in just below the confluence of the Assabet and Concord Rivers. The downstream miles gave us plenty of sights,including the Old North Bridge, a juvenile bald eagle, kingfishers in abundance, trees trembling with migratory birds & the fall colors #morningpassle
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