Steve Vlad
@stevenvlad.com
Rheumatology, epidemiology, other stuff.
Played music for a living once.
Eppur si muove!
Played music for a living once.
Eppur si muove!
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They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
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The Ruby- throated Hummingbird watched the feeders away from the action while ready to launch from a camellia leaf. September 1, 2025 🪶 #ArtAdventCalendar
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Ruby- throated Hummingbird watched the feeders away from the action while ready to launch from a camellia leaf. September 1, 2025 🪶 #ArtAdventCalendar
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Remember when Vinay Prasad was demanding impossibly high standards of evidence for things like masks and vaccines? But now he accepts the absolute lowest standards of evidence (VAERS observations) to attack vaccines. Interesting, no? It's almost like it was never about evidence.
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Remember when Vinay Prasad was demanding impossibly high standards of evidence for things like masks and vaccines? But now he accepts the absolute lowest standards of evidence (VAERS observations) to attack vaccines. Interesting, no? It's almost like it was never about evidence.
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Continuing my series that no one asked for: “People and history portrayed in ‘Death by Lightning’ that you should really know more about whether you want to or not.”
Today, I give you this piece from 2016, which argues that President Chester A. Arthur deserves a better historical reputation.
Today, I give you this piece from 2016, which argues that President Chester A. Arthur deserves a better historical reputation.
President Chester A. Arthur
Why the Twenty-First President Matters
werehistory.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Continuing my series that no one asked for: “People and history portrayed in ‘Death by Lightning’ that you should really know more about whether you want to or not.”
Today, I give you this piece from 2016, which argues that President Chester A. Arthur deserves a better historical reputation.
Today, I give you this piece from 2016, which argues that President Chester A. Arthur deserves a better historical reputation.
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Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
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this spread looks like what keenan ivory waynes would have made up for a sketch called “white thanksgiving”
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
this spread looks like what keenan ivory waynes would have made up for a sketch called “white thanksgiving”
This makes me sad. He was a hell of a writer. His 'Arcadia' is one of my favorite plays ever.
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This makes me sad. He was a hell of a writer. His 'Arcadia' is one of my favorite plays ever.
Mass Generally Brigham? Oof. Not a good look.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Mass Generally Brigham? Oof. Not a good look.
Sweet Jesus
Dr. Prasad send an email to CBER suggesting changes to the approval for respiratory vaccines based, apparently, on the conclusion of an unpublished investigation into VAERS report by unknown people. A few thoughts beyond what was already reported, based on the full email: 1/n
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sweet Jesus
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I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Amazing
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Amazing
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While we're at it, HBO, if you're listening, Zelazny's "Chronicles of Amber" would be great for your next big budget fantasy series.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
While we're at it, HBO, if you're listening, Zelazny's "Chronicles of Amber" would be great for your next big budget fantasy series.
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Or it may enable us to find more 'disease' in persons who would otherwise live normal lives. Screening is only beneficial if people are likely to be affected by the disease now or in the future. Incidental findings may lead to unneeded treatment and anxiety.
"While low-dose CT scans of the chest provide high-value lung cancer screening in patients with RA, McDermott [et al] have shown in this study they may also help screen for the presence of RA-associated lung disease. LDCT for lung cancer screening just may enable us to kill two birds with 1 stone."
November 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Or it may enable us to find more 'disease' in persons who would otherwise live normal lives. Screening is only beneficial if people are likely to be affected by the disease now or in the future. Incidental findings may lead to unneeded treatment and anxiety.
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Shoulder view 🙄🔵: The blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) presenting premium dorsal plumage with the energy of, “I shine; therefore I am”🪶📖. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Shoulder view 🙄🔵: The blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) presenting premium dorsal plumage with the energy of, “I shine; therefore I am”🪶📖. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
