@mattrweaver.bsky.social
Medical librarian. Opinions expressed are my own.
As someone close to my heart wrestles with chronic pain and more, and doesn't feel listened to by most doctors, this story gives me hope
www.statnews.com/2022/12/12/e...
www.statnews.com/2022/12/12/e...
Revenge of the gaslit patients: Now, as scientists, they’re tackling Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
A group of young patient-researchers is showing that patient-led research can be indispensable in the effort to crack complex, long-misunderstood illnesses, like hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
www.statnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
As someone close to my heart wrestles with chronic pain and more, and doesn't feel listened to by most doctors, this story gives me hope
www.statnews.com/2022/12/12/e...
www.statnews.com/2022/12/12/e...
At my public library no copies of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century available
February 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
At my public library no copies of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century available
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Now this is cute. Bad baby
February 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Now this is cute. Bad baby
I check the daily updates to see if it still being updated but that's a basic test.
Great article for #medLibs out there, with info on what’s at risk at PubMed and what alternatives are available.
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
February 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I check the daily updates to see if it still being updated but that's a basic test.
'Two sources at the Indian Health Service told Inside Medicine that 950 probationary employees—those serving less than one or two years—were laid off on Friday, without any explanation. This accounts for 18% of the IHS.'
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-950-...
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-950-...
Scoop: 950 Indian Health Service employees laid off.
The valuable public health program is already under-staffed. All probationary staff were told they would be laid off by the Trump administration.
insidemedicine.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
'Two sources at the Indian Health Service told Inside Medicine that 950 probationary employees—those serving less than one or two years—were laid off on Friday, without any explanation. This accounts for 18% of the IHS.'
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-950-...
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-950-...
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...