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Georgeta Vaidean

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MD/MPH/PhD. UNC@Chapel Hill Alumna. CVD Epi. MayoCl crtf'ed HWC. Lifestyle Med. Prev. Cardio. Behavioral Cardiology. Research. Teaching. Speaking. Traveling. Dancing. #CardioSky #MedSky

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Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · Nov 10

“Things aren't difficult to do. What's difficult is to put ourselves in the state of mind of doing them”
Constantin Brancusi (1876 - 1957)
"The Sleep"
The fleeting moment when reality & dream are intermingled

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Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · 4d

Europe's larges research info search engine/discovery platform LIVIVO, operated by the German National Library of Medicine, ZB-MED: now indexing preprints. Great filters and search functions.

This alternative to PubMed is growing bold & fast 😍

ZB MED - Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften @zbmed.bsky.social · 8d

🚀 Neu in LIVIVO: Preprints suchen!
Unser Suchportal bietet die Möglichkeit, gezielt nach 📝 Preprints zu recherchieren – klar gekennzeichnet & direkt verlinkt. So gelangen Forschende schneller an neueste Erkenntnisse.

🌐 mehr Infos: www.zbmed.de/ueber-u...

🌐 direkt zu www.livivo.de

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 29d

Stop normalizing the grind and start normalizing whatever this is

Illustration of various woodland animals (fox, badger, rabbits, mice, squirrel, hedgehog) circle dancing in an autumn forest.

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Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Coffee Day and best wishes. Coffee creates moments of detachment, savoring, mindfulness, and good company, fueling the energy to keep going, one sip at a time 😍

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · Aug 12

A letter from myself and @jdwilko.bsky.social that expands on this a bit more. Thanks to Fertility and Sterility for the opportunity.

doi.org/10.1016/j.fe...

Nonrandomized studies of
interventions - complementary or
just convenient?
Schwarze et al. (1) present recommendations to improve the
quality of nonrandomized studies of interventions (NRSIs).
Given the methodological errors we regularly encounter
when reading and reviewing NRSIs in assisted reproductive
technologies (ART), we support the need for such
recommendations to help researchers better design,
analyze, and interpret these studies. That said, we are
concerned that those who require such guidance will,
almost by definition, not understand when the use of
NRSIs is warranted, or mistake them as viable alternatives
to randomized controlled trials (RCTs), despite reassurances
from Schwarze et al. (1) that NRSIs should be viewed as
complementary. Our concerns are particularly relevant for
ART, where regulation is limited, commercial conflicts of
interest are common, and interventions are regularly
adopted before they are evaluated using RCTs. To be clear,
we do not see these as points of disagreement with
Schwarze et al. (1), but rather as additional points for
consideration.

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Grumpy Old Health Stats Dude @healthstatsdude.bsky.social · Apr 29

i have this easy to use surgery cheatsheet for all you stats peeps who're missing out:

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JAMA @jama.com · Aug 14

Eliminating barriers to #mentalhealth care for physicians is essential to prevent untreated conditions and suicides, improve well-being, and maintain high-quality patient care.

ja.ma/4mH9myk

JAMA Special Communication: Reducing Barriers to Mental Health Care for Physicians. Overview & Strategic Recommendations. Published online August 14, 2025. Discusses challenges and initiatives.

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American College of Cardiology @accintouch.bsky.social · Aug 14

The 🆕 AHA/ACC/Multisociety #ClinicalGuideline on high blood pressure provides updated recommendations for clinicians on the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults.

Get the details ➡️ https://bit.ly/47xv5o7 #Hypertension #JACC #CardioSky #MedSky

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JAMA @jama.com · Aug 10

📌 The SPIRIT 2025 statement updates the guidelines for randomized trial protocols to enhance their completeness, transparency, and consistency, benefiting stakeholders involved in clinical research.

ja.ma/4fzMVZS

Figure. SPIRIT 2025 Diagram of the Schedule of Enrollment, Interventions, and Assessments

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Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · Jul 27

Yes, the last 'mile' is always the most painful. I am curious if anyone is using LLMs for POC personalized patient 'education', procedure-related FAQs, and alike; with human supervision/final approval for releasing the materials to the patient

Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · Jul 27

just curious, are you using LLMs for functions other than documentation, specifically during patient visit?

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Yuri Quintana @yuriquintana.com · Jul 26

View the DCI Network Conference Patient-Powered Progress: Revolutionary Digital Strategies for Optimal Patient Engagement and Healthcare Delivery
Wednesday, June 25-27, 2025 | Harvard University
Recordings: www.dcinetwork.org/collection/c...
View Highlights at www.linkedin.com/pulse/view-r...

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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · Jul 23

🆕 New in AJPC: High-Density Lipoproteins, Part 1

Explore HDL's role in CVD prevention—epidemiology, antiatherogenic effects & therapies to raise serum levels.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#HDL #Cardiology #LipidHealth #AJPC #PreventiveCardiology

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Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · Jul 19

As an ARIC alumna, I was about to jump with its example, but you were faster :--) I w'd add this review, both CVD and ACM. \Not sure about studies with repeat Alb measures, as marker

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35537999/

Low serum albumin: A neglected predictor in patients with cardiovascular disease - PubMed

Albumin, the most abundant circulating protein in blood, is an essential protein which binds and transports various drugs and substances, maintains the oncotic pressure of blood and influences the phy...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · Jul 19

I understand the anxieties around AI in Edu. I even share some. At the same time, am wondering whether rather than total withdrawal, different approaches might be more productive, e.g. challenging ourselves to find ethical & creative solutions, advocating policies & safeguards in AI development

Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · Jul 19

Same perception, it's getting more accurate.Far from expert, I'm curious, playing w/Pubmedbuddy, Scispace,Jenni. Perhaps Research Rabbit, PaperPal but diff. functions. Besides my own work am also interested in ethical, productive & creative ways to incorporate LLMs as complements in student projects

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · Jul 18

Do beta blockers still belong among the contemporary therapies for ischemic heart disease? The latest episode of the Beyond Journal Club podcast from @coreimpodcast.bsky.social and NEJM Group explores the REDUCE-AMI trial. Full episode: nej.md/4ekdlxX 

#MedSky #CardioSky

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Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · Jul 19

He ;-) apologized and followed up w/an action plan. Seems reasonable. Did you have a similar experience w/ ChatGPT PubMed Buddy? or similar?

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · Jul 13

“We pay experts to examine important and influential scientific publications for errors ... We expect most published research to contain some errors ... our reward system pays bonuses to both authors and reviewers even when minor errors are found ..."
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/07/13/e...

The ERROR project: “We pay experts to examine important and influential scientific publications for errors . . . We expect most published research to contain at least some errors . . . our reward sy...

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

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Marios Georgakis @mariosgeorgakis.bsky.social · Jul 5

We recently published a preprint with the protocol & pilot data from 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐒.

AtherOMICS is a biobanking project built in our lab over the past 3 years aiming to provide access to multi-omics/multi-modal data from human atherosclerotic tissue❗

Some innovations of AtherOMICS👇

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Jun 22

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Medicalisation of public health: a narrative review

Yep

This stuff matters enormously

The medicalization of population health policy is a significant risk to, well, health

Read alongside Lantz
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37096631/

Medicalisation of public health: a narrative review

To critically examine the medicalisation of public health and its implications for addressing upstream social, environmental, and structural determina…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · Jun 18

🔵 European #PublicHealth on BlueSky, including:

🔵 EuroHealthNet @eurohealthnet.bsky.social

🔵 European Public Health Association @eupha.bsky.social

🔵 European Health Forum @gasteinforum.bsky.social

🔵 European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies @obshealth.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/K2JB6CN

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Víctor M Montori MD @vmontori.bsky.social · Jun 7

The 2025 KER Unit’s Care that Fits conference is outside US for 1st time. See you in Paris Oct 7-10, 2025. Register here ce.mayo.edu/ctf2025

See you all - researchers, clinicians, patients, care activists!!!

For info re KER Unit and prior Care that Fits conferences visit carethatfits.org

ce.mayo.edu

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Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · Jun 8

From user's side, it's easy to have all published science literally at my fingertips, one click away. Now, that @zbmed.bsky.social is re-imagining a new PubMed-like resource, seeing what it takes, it's mesmerizing.

The new, alt PubMed 2.0 is called OLSPub
zenodo.org/records/1553...

Georgeta Vaidean @georgeta.bsky.social · Jun 8

We need a sustainable and independent medical literature repository. @zbmed.bsky.social ‬ embarked on this mission.
Timely, thoughtful, forward-looking.
@hildabast.bsky.social describes it here absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...

Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe

A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…

absolutelymaybe.plos.org

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ZB MED - Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften @zbmed.bsky.social · May 28

ZB MED invites you! 🧬
We’re planning an open, reliable alternative to PubMed – and want to share our vision.
📅 12 June | 5pm CEST | Online
Let’s talk about resilient life sciences infrastructure in Europe.
Info + sign up: eveeno.com/informati...
#OpenScience #LifeSciences

Online information event ‘Resilient and independent life science research infrastructure’

Strengthening the resilience and independence of the life sciences research infrastructure in Europe is necessary regarding the risks posed by dependencies on US-based information services. ZB MED will therefore develop an alternative to PubMed.

eveeno.com

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