It’s like we just picked up where we left off. I’m still processing the history of the wellness industry & what we might expect from them in the future. With so many holes in trad medicine people are desperate for help, health & healing. Sad that this industry has specifically targeted women.

@theresisters.bsky.social sat down with @docmcohen.medsky.social and had a fascinating discussion about the history of the wellness industry. This article was a real eye opener about it roots. Txs @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social for shouting out the episode. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

In episode 4 of their excellent podcast, @theresisters.bsky.social welcome family physican Dr. Michelle Cohen, who is also an assistant professor @queensu. They discuss the links between the far right & the wellness industry. They also discuss sexism in healthcare. open.spotify.com/episode/1OOi...

Great work by @onschoolsafety.bsky.social advocating for something simple but essential: better air quality for kids and teachers.

Here are some lights to brighten up your feed during the solstice! How do these animals produce their own light? 1/6 ⚛️🧪

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

The current circulating strain(s) of influenza are causing severe morbidity & deaths in pregnant people and young children. Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings. 😷 💉

I remember this too. It seemed so impossible for bars and restaurants to not be smoky cesspools, and then suddenly - they weren't! And everyone realized that going out DIDN'T automatically mean going home with a headache & reeking of smoke. It was amazing how quickly any prior opposition dissolved.

Yes! Huge benefits from cleaning up the air that contacts our largest personal interface with the world around us (the surface area of the lungs) - and we can do the same again!

"I really don't want to get sick before the holidays!" said the patient who wore a mask to my office recently (they don't usually). Yes. Keep that energy going. Whatever your reasoning, it's never a bad idea to avoid a respiratory virus. Protect yourself and your community. Ignore the noise.

Incredible post. This person has multiple photos of her offspring publicly accessible on FB. Including the profile photo sitting at the top of this post. 🫠

Yesterday I posted the 1st of my 2 recent papers with @tarakiran.bsky.social on the #GenderPayGap in medicine. Today I'm thrilled to share the 2nd, done with Dr. Fahima Dossa. We wanted to see if #WomenInSurgery did different types of work than their male colleagues. 1/8 #Medsky #Surgsky🧵

For anyone (say in Canadian media) who is still pushing the "vast majority of Jews identify as Zionists" line, here is an article from 1 yr ago about what the data actually shows. Most Canadian Jews support Israel's continued existence, but Zionist identity is not a given and shouldn't be assumed.

"I really don't want to get sick before the holidays!" said the patient who wore a mask to my office recently (they don't usually). Yes. Keep that energy going. Whatever your reasoning, it's never a bad idea to avoid a respiratory virus. Protect yourself and your community. Ignore the noise.

The Presidential Pivot is about to happen, I swear, it's gonna be great, really soon, any minute now....

CBC has put together an impressive collection of clips exposing Diagolon and Second Sons in their own words. These are white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want an ethnic cleansing and believe "violence is the answer." Largest group of its kind in Canadian history. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

#SurgSky #womeninmedicine

Gender pay gap in surgery in Canada: persists! --> some strategies for closing the pay gap in #surgery, ex reduce referral bias and increase value of non-procedural work @docmcohen.medsky.social bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

Yesterday I posted the 1st of my 2 recent papers with @tarakiran.bsky.social on the #GenderPayGap in medicine. Today I'm thrilled to share the 2nd, done with Dr. Fahima Dossa. We wanted to see if #WomenInSurgery did different types of work than their male colleagues. 1/8 #Medsky #Surgsky🧵

I thought it would be worthwhile to substantiate @katherinejwu.com 's reporting on "Podcast Jay". I went looking on the internet for all the speaking engagements or shows he's been on since getting confirmed back in April. So far I've found the NIH Director in 66 separate appearances. 🧵

The only thing missing from this thread is the EPIC theme song by Lisa Louvheed! youtu.be/TyHXPNNjd-I?...

Great paper demonstrating devaluation of care provided by physicians who are women.

Proportion of Female Physicians in a Specialty and Median Annual Payments in Ontario, Canada Terrific work by @docmcohen.medsky.social & co-authors

Building on work that @tarakiran.bsky.social and I published 5 yrs ago, we're excited to announce the first of two new papers on the #GenderPayGap in Canadian medicine. This one is for @jama.com. Data shows "pink collaring" or devaluation. Incomes going down when women enter a specialty. #Medsky🧵

Very well-reasoned decision regarding physician billing for mass covid vaccination clinics at the height of the pandemic. cc @docmcohen.medsky.social @nicktsergas.ca www.canlii.org/en/on/onscdc...

Title page of "Cycling 1839-1939" Hmm, I think I recognize that lady with the spectacular gloves in the foreground... (see next post)

Every time I hear an update about Canadaland these days

One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.

Antivaxxer Simon Goddek in a tweet from today (since deleted):

3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔 Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡 www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

It is such a low bar that we ought to be able to condemn the horrific antisemitic terror attack in Australia without either: A. Implying that Israel somehow justifies or at least relativizes it, OR: B. Implying we need to blame all Muslims and/or immigrants. And yet...

Holiday season = detox marketing season. 🚩 Ignore the noise! "Detox" major red flag for bunk! 🚩 My take: Is there science to prove detoxes work? www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8vZ...

Killing children for the supposed crime of association is wrong in every context.

"YouTube censored my COVID ivermectin grift, but hopefully it'll be smooth sailing for my cancer ivermectin grift!"

I'm not going to screen shot it because I don't want to spread her hate but MD Breathe is over on twitter calling out individual members of the Texas Medical Board and encouraging her army of followers to harass them. This is after they voted yesterday to deny her a new hearing.

Devastating news to wake up to. 💔

“Drunk Octopus Wants To Fight You” hooks are the best hooks.

Generally speaking it's very difficult to cut ties with a parent, especially one who continually pretends that they did nothing wrong. Seeing that painful conflict monetized must be a whole other trauma. I feel for these adult kids. (Never been more grateful for my mother's lack of internet savvy)

Unemployed stalkers who lie about their medical expertise probably shouldn’t be able to build monetized online presences.

Beware.

You can also point out that Makis fraudulently represents himself as a doctor to sell medical advice.

"YouTube censored my COVID ivermectin grift, but hopefully it'll be smooth sailing for my cancer ivermectin grift!"

[🧵]. Please read. It will help you understand and arm yourself against weaponized evidence to support bad policy reviews like the Cass Review. We are awash in disinformation these days, and weaponized pseudoscience is part of the mix. Conservatives are among the worst for this #cdnpoli #abpoli

How much microplastic do I need in my brain to accept the narrative that the effects of climate change are still decades away and not going to be the thing that kills most of the people I care about

Holy shit a RICO lawsuit against medical associations. This argument is wild. The Cass Review is not a definitive discrediting of anything and isn't even an American report. So how can its existence suddenly turn long established American medical associations into criminal conspirators?

Immigrant who failed to assimilate into American society tries to score points by highlighting his bigotry towards Somali immigrants.

Seriously what does it say about Canadian media and our media figures when so many outlets and journalists are falling over themselves to legitimize a troll with a harassment fetish Apparently if you speak in tedious quasi-legalese all the time, people will elevate your entire clownish persona.

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network's statement on Caryma Sa'd, a person @jessebrown.bsky.social gives “special thanks” to in the credits of episode 4 & 5 of his series on antisemitism, “Sa’d engaged in anti-Jewish harassment.” www.antihate.ca/statement_on...

Very good and cool that Jesse Brown gives this woman a special, positive shout out in his series that is apparently about antisemitism