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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16d

Contrary to what Trump is saying, there is a “down side” to separating MMR into three separate vaccines. That’s three unnecessary office visits and three unnecessary copays.

This type of policy puts up more barriers to vaccination.

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · 24d

I’m so sad to hear this! Allan was such a wonderful colleague and mentor, and I am glad I had the honor to work with him. Rest in peace, Allan!

Shooshan Danagoulian @shooshan.bsky.social · 25d

It is with great sadness that I learned today of the passing of my friend, mentor, and co-author Dr. Allen Goodman. Allen was an exceptional mentor and was kind, thoughtful, and supportive. I am passing his legacy on, teach the next generation of health economists.

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal.

Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Aug 10

Or Simpson's paradox? Even the metal tiers are *groups* of plans...

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Emily Dore @emilydore.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our new study shows that policy changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that increased access during the COVID-19 pandemic increased breastfeeding: tinyurl.com/ycxpf2cn
@ritahamad.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu @pamherd.bsky.social @urbaninstitute.bsky.social

A screenshot of the abstract of the article.

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Rita Hamad @ritahamad.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our latest study @jamahealthforum.com shows the harms of work requirements for safety net programs. Women who were subject to harsher requirements and who received less cash assistance from TANF were less likely to breastfeed. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @donmoyn.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu 1/

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Aug 1

I imagine “design hell” as place where all signs are written in rainbow-colored 3D Comic Sans font, and all bathrooms have the terrible design described above 👆

Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Aug 1

The designer who created the terrible (but now ubiquitous) design of public bathrooms where the faucet, soap, and hand dryer are all hidden behind a mirror (so everyone has to bend over to find where these things are) should be sentenced to life in design hell.

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Liz Essley Whyte @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · Jul 29

NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year

Chokes off billions in research funding

Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social

Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding

The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.

www.wsj.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 1

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · Jun 14

Jesus.

The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

10:30am:

"Brevard County Sheriff Sheriff Wayne Ivey: "If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at, because we will kill you graveyard dead."

10:49am:

law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · Jun 11

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

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Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · Jun 11

Turns out the "illegal" pregnant woman was a US citizen, and she's since been hospitalized.

Shitbag tweet: Illegal in Hawthorne, California, is arrested for deportation. Angry protesters demand ICE releases her because she’s pregnant.

Being pregnant doesn’t exempt women from following the law.

And if this pregnant woman cared at all about her baby she would’ve self-deported.

A pregnant U.S. citizen went to the hospital after immigration agents detained her
Cary López Alvarado, who's nine months pregnant, said that after being released from immigration custody she experienced sharp stomach pains and was hospitalized.

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Jun 8

Does it matter when patients don’t speak the same language as their physician, especially in critical situation such as ICU stays? It does! They tend to be admitted longer.

Come check out my @umassamherst.bsky.social colleague’s (David Chin) poster A-283 at @academyhealth.bsky.social

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Jun 4

Let's try it! If you're (a representative of) an innovative health plan or a large self-funded employer, DM me!

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Jun 4

Advantages for patients: financial predictability, increased access to care, reduced medical debt, and empowerment to make better value-based care decisions.

Advantages for health care providers: improved revenue collection and reduced administrative burden.

an older woman wearing glasses is sitting at a table with a caption that says " looks like a win win "

ALT: an older woman wearing glasses is sitting at a table with a caption that says " looks like a win win "

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Jun 4

Episode-based cost-sharing would provide patients with
a prospectively guaranteed out-of-pocket cost amount for a defined episode of care. There would be no unexpected surcharges if a patient were to experience complications.

a man says " very accurate information " in front of a blue background

ALT: a man says " very accurate information " in front of a blue background

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨🚨🚨 New white paper on Episode-based cost-sharing 🚨🚨🚨
Unpredictable out-of-pocket costs are a major problem for BOTH patients AND providers. When patients can't afford to pay unexpectedly high medical bills, it means that health care providers are not getting paid.

vbidhealth.com/wp-content/u...

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Jun 3

"Patients with household incomes less than $50,000 annually were least likely to have denied claims contested and, conditionally, have cost-sharing obligations reduced."

www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

Claim Denials: Low-Income Patients From Disadvantaged Racial And Ethnic Groups Experienced The Largest Burdens | Health Affairs Journal

Insurance claim denials are a common source of administrative burden, especially for patients with private health insurance. Contesting denied claims requires considerable investment from physicians a...

www.healthaffairs.org

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · Jun 2

Are politicians who mismanage a public health crisis held accountable in the next election cycle?

No, not really. People don’t seem to remember or care.

(Štěpán Jurajda, @cerge-ei.bsky.social, at Public Health Conference & Policy Forum, Prague, Czechia)

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · May 28

It seems like someone’s scared of peer review.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 28

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.

RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michal Horný @michalhorny.bsky.social · May 23

🤯🤯🤯

Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · May 23

"Loss of community health center sites was associated with an increase in age-adjusted all-cause mortality of 3.54 deaths per 100,000 population in the year following the loss. The largest increase was observed for cancer mortality."

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