Shocks me every time a person with #type1diabetes posts that they were ordered to fast for routine lab tests and had a low blood sugar. I have NEVER fasted for labs in 52 years of T1D. medscape.com/viewarticle/... #medicine

A well-reported story by @miriametucker.bsky.social about how #aging people with #diabetes are advocating for new models of care, and asking #endocrinologists to step up. Quotes @uwmedicine.bsky.social physician. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Thanks to Medscape for the opportunity to write this. #type1diabetes #aging #longtermcare www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

"The initial rationale behind such high-deductible plans was to encourage people to become wiser health care shoppers," which doesn't work when it comes to expensive chronic conditions like #diabetes and especially #type1diabetes : www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Another excellent article from @miriametucker.bsky.social covering the panel on disability at the International Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME) 2025 virtual meeting. Very helpful insights.

Medscape: 'How to Help With ME/CFS and Long COVID Disability Claims' By Miriam E. Tucker www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

"If RFK Jr. wanted to be honest with the American public, he would make it clear on the CDC’s website that chicken nuggets also might cause autism, which has never been and will never be disproven."

SPJ strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on journalists, including his disparaging treatment of Mary Bruce during Monday’s Oval Office press availability, and his recent “Quiet, piggy” insult aimed at Catherine Lucey. 🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-statemen...

"I don’t know if the CDC will survive with what they’re doing." Debra Houry, M.D., MPH. Former Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science, CDC

On a webinar, a former CDC scientist just described the new HHS #MAHA approach as a switch from evidence-based decision-making to "decision-based evidence-making." #science #health #publichealth

#WorldDiabetesDay 1) Adults can get #type1diabetes and kids can get #type2diabetes. 2) Both arise from genetics and environment. The "genetic" #diabetes types are separate. 3) The tech is helpful, but it doesn't automate control (yet). 4) Beyond "lifestyle," T2D is also socioeconomic.

Just to illustrate the insanity of #type1diabetes, this is what I woke up to today. Using connected tech. No, I don’t sleep-eat. Nothing unusual at bedtime. Chalking it up to #T1D gremlins. 😈😑

Some healthcare providers are still referring to #mecfs and #longcovid as psychological or "functional" despite considerable research to the contrary. Here, I review the latest findings and expert thinking, with potential for treatment: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Medscape: 'Research Into ME/CFS Pathology Points to Possible Treatments' By Miriam E. Tucker '“We think the immune dysregulation is probably at the beginning of this..." www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

"Graded exercise" is neither supported by evidence nor recommended for people with an illness defined by worsening with exercise. #mecfs #longcovid www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

There is a huge difference between "chronic fatigue" and the illness widely known as "myalgic encephalomyelitis," or "ME." In the US the compromise term is "ME/CFS," but many prefer to just eliminate the "chronic fatigue" part altogether, to minimize confusion. #MECFS

#longcovid #mecfs @zalaly.bsky.social slide

"We say 'trial and pivot,' not 'trial and error.' Even interventions that don't work will teach you more about their illness." - Jennifer Bell, PNP-C, at the IACFS/ME meeting. #mecfs #longcovid

Adults with new onset #diabetes can be misdiagnosed as having #type2diabetes when it's actually #type1diabetes and not prescribed essential insulin, or as type 1 when it's actually a monogenic type and unnecessarily prescribed insulin. How to avoid: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

The notion of "ultra-processed" food is so complicated, not even @fda.gov knows how to define it. There's a simpler way. Focus on the main health offenders: 👉Refined grains, sugar, and other highly processed carbs. In print today. Free online access (requires email) wapo.st/3WuPHGJ

Continuous glucose monitors are powerful tools but will not "rectify our Bad Energy crisis." To add, #type2diabetes is due to a combination of genetics and environment as well as lifestyle. And #type1diabetes is not preventable by lifestyle. #diabetes #science www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

It's obvious that high-deductible health plans aren't ideal for people with chronic medical conditions such as #diabetes but this study found that such plans also delay diagnosis: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Yes, kids with #type1diabetes can get exemptions that allow them to use their smartphones in schools that restrict their use. But there may be unforeseen consequences: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Grateful to have been able to cover so much #type1diabetes material at this year's @EASDnews conference, including population screening, new treatments, overall management, and #diabetes distress. #EASD2025 www.medscape.com/viewcollecti...

To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Writing is at its most powerful when it makes you feel less alone. This beautiful booo from Emma Heming Willis on her marriage to Bruce Willis and experience navigating dementia did just that. A beautiful read.

"Appropriate questions to patients might be: 'What's challenging you the most about your diabetes?” or “What's bothering you the most at the moment?'" #diabetes #EASD2025 www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

The European Association for the Study of Diabetes recommends population screening for early #type1diabetes starting with children aged 2-4 years. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... #EASD2025

It's that time again when LinkedIn tells everyone to wish me a happy work anniversary even though I've been a #freelancer since 2012 and have no idea what date or gig they're referring to...Then I have to decide whether to explain that to well-wishers or just say "thanks." 😏

Just learned that the federal form for every potential gun purchaser asks “Have you ever been adjudicated as a mental defective...?" Evidently "a mental defective" is a legal term, dating back to 1993. Wow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

Please help me welcome to Bluesky @drdebhoury.bsky.social - brave, brilliant, and principled. abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...

Can a product that combines a continuous glucose monitor + #AI help in weight management? It's now on the market: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Kennedy demands doctors get more nutrition training while 18.8 million Americans live in food deserts and insurance generally doesn’t cover dietitian visits. Classic misdirection: blame physicians for systemic failures they can’t solve. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Just made an appointment for the updated covid #vaccine. Soonest available: Sept. 4th. #covidvaccines

Public health is under assault. The purge of CDC leadership, people with decades of experience guiding the nation’s response to health threats, dismantles the very programs and direction that keep Americans safe from infectious diseases, chronic illness, injuries, and violence.

"We’re all in favor of a gold standard for science. But it’s misleading, & even a little insulting, to say that somehow NIH didn’t already support that. Everything that NIH stands for is rigor in sci...There’s some implication here that NIH has been systematically sloppy. I reject that conclusion."🛟

Brilliant article on these ever expanding and prolific conditions.

“What had once felt like a rare or niche diagnosis now seemed to be everywhere, impossible to ignore.” - Brittany Adler, MD, of Johns Hopkins, re post-infectious chronic illness that goes by many names but has no dedicated medical specialty. #POTS #MECFS www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Great material for rebuttal when someone says that #vaccines cause #autism. Bookmarked.

Still in the airport, 7 hours later! 🤯

"Diabetes device distress" is both alliterative and incessant in all the ways named in this article! #T1D #type1diabetes

My flight would have arrived with plenty of time before my insulin delivery device was due to shut off. But now it’s delayed so long I had to replace the device in the airport restroom. Fun times with #type1diabetes ✈️ 😒

#Diabetes technology improves and even saves lives, especially for people with #type1diabetes . At the same time, it can also cause a lot of stress: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

How are Americans with #type1diabetes doing? Results are mixed. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

“Actual cases of [factitious disorder imposed on another] are incredibly rare, yet medics and social workers seem to latch on to this theory when they lack the scientific knowledge to explain an illness or the humility and compassion to admit that sometimes they simply don’t have all the answers."

On #SevereMEDay reposting my 2022 article about caring for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome who are too sick to see a doctor. Some can't eat, and may be misdiagnosed with anorexia. #MECFS is not psychiatric. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

“You have to sort of scratch your head to wonder why the secretary is directing these sort of actions against probably one of the most powerful platforms in medicine that has come along in the last 20 years.” - @jmcoller.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Further cautious hope for islet cell transplantation. #T1D #diabetes

I don't normally say this, but this new report signals some real progress towards curing #type1diabetes : www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...