Benjamin Seligman
@errorbars.bsky.social
Physician, demographer, occasional curer of patients and gravlax. #MedSky
What is #frailty? It's loss of the body's ability to recover from the stresses life throws at it, particularly acute illnesses and invasive procedures. As we get more frail, it becomes harder to recover from even minor physiologic stressors.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
What is #frailty? It's loss of the body's ability to recover from the stresses life throws at it, particularly acute illnesses and invasive procedures. As we get more frail, it becomes harder to recover from even minor physiologic stressors.
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"TV says you got that high-class blues
Seems the caravan to Aruba is not the road that you would choose
A barstool intellectual with a master's degree in small talk
And going to the movies
Catalina breeeeeeze"
#BlueJeanCommittee #DocumentaryNow
Seems the caravan to Aruba is not the road that you would choose
A barstool intellectual with a master's degree in small talk
And going to the movies
Catalina breeeeeeze"
#BlueJeanCommittee #DocumentaryNow
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"TV says you got that high-class blues
Seems the caravan to Aruba is not the road that you would choose
A barstool intellectual with a master's degree in small talk
And going to the movies
Catalina breeeeeeze"
#BlueJeanCommittee #DocumentaryNow
Seems the caravan to Aruba is not the road that you would choose
A barstool intellectual with a master's degree in small talk
And going to the movies
Catalina breeeeeeze"
#BlueJeanCommittee #DocumentaryNow
It was so bad that US life expectancy progress ground to a halt in the 1960s due to cardiovascular disease.
September 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It was so bad that US life expectancy progress ground to a halt in the 1960s due to cardiovascular disease.
Why is halting #NIH study sections and grantmaking bad? Because our leadership in research is mostly in biomedicine. We're ceding our main technological strength if this continues.
January 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Why is halting #NIH study sections and grantmaking bad? Because our leadership in research is mostly in biomedicine. We're ceding our main technological strength if this continues.
Can I ask which trail? Always looking for new ones to check out. Just did Red Rock Canyon for the first time today!
January 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Can I ask which trail? Always looking for new ones to check out. Just did Red Rock Canyon for the first time today!