Study in @jama.com reveals no link between Tylenol and autism: "Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analyses." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

AHIP, the country’s biggest health insurance association said its members will continue to cover updated COVID and flu vaccines through the end of 2026. AHIP covers over 200M people & includes Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Centene, Aetna, Elevance, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Molina, and Cigna.

When the insurance industry are the good guys, you know there's a problem. Vaccines save LIVES Vaccines save MONEY Vaccines also lower your risk of DEMENTIA, but that's a much longer post for another time

Adding to the pile of evidence linking air pollution to #Alzheimer disease: "Ambient Air Pollution and the Severity of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathology" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Friendly reminder that not everyone w #LewyBody dementia #DLB has hallucinations. Not everyone has REM sleep behavior disorder. Not everyone has Parkinsonism. Resources: LBDRC.org - website includes info in 10 languages, videos, & more LBDA.org - website is a little more extensive, incl for MDs

Anyone (MD/DO) with an interest in cognitive neurology & dementia looking for a job in the NYC area? I know someone who is looking to hire! Very good group, very supportive, with full neuropsych capabilities & other resources. DM me for details Please share

Americans spend much much more $$ for healthcare And get to see our doctors much less And have far worse health outcomes Than other high income countries. We're getting conned. Anyone who tells you otherwise is misinformed or is doing the conning

Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

In adults aged 60 years or older, RSV vaccines reduced RSV-associated hospitalizations over 2 seasons, although effectiveness waned among immunocompromised patients and those with cardiovascular disease. #ESCCongress #WCCardio ja.ma/47UrL6B

Editorial: Recent advancements and clinical trials emphasize the importance of recognizing #RSV as a health threat in older adults, with vaccines offering protection against severe disease and potentially broader cardiopulmonary benefits. #ESCCongress #WCCardio ja.ma/4n5Ryx0

We cannot "Make Polio and Measles Great Again."

CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo

The most important part of this article, to me, is the end. It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.” Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5) www.bmj.com/content/390/...

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

The Alzheimer’s Drug Development Pipeline 2025 reported there are currently 138 novel drugs under evaluation in 182 clinical trials — up 9% from 2024 www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

And they were singing Bye bye to American Sci

With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries. “Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.

NEW: Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate, a Gothamist investigation has found. gothamist.com/news/forged-...

They will beg you for advice Your reply will be concise And they'll listen very nicely Then go out and do precisely What they want.

See how much your state benefited economically from NIH in FY2024 here via report from UMR 👀⤵️ @atrupar.com 📄: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u...

"Brain Freeze" joint Neuro + Psych consult rounds! * Catatonia, incl Hyperactive catatonia, overlaps w seizure, delirium, Lewy Body * Psychotropic meds for behavioral disturbance in dementia * 4 types of Klondike ice cream bars -- Dr X isn't a fan of mint. We're getting an MRI This is how we 🧠🧊💪!

Just played Paranoid by Black Sabbath as the kids bedtime song The response? "Why aren't we doing War Pigs?" #ParentingWin

NEW: While a majority of voters (53%) say Trump's budget law will cause Americans to lose health insurance coverage, only 38% think that more than 10 million Americans will lose coverage. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/7/...

Your friendly reminder to not drive on roads in the #Bronx named after water if there's heavy rain: Saw Mill River Parkway closed Bronx River Parkway closed

Happy Bastille Day to those who celebrate kings bring overthrown

Will we get through this? No, we will not get through this. Only some of us will get through this. And it is imperative that you understand this difference. * A compendium of the 278th week of plague poems… librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/p...

Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system: The Tetanus vaccine The Measles vaccine The Polio vaccine The Mumps vaccine The HPV vaccine The Pneumonia vaccine The Hepatitis B vaccine The Rubella vaccine The Diphtheria vaccine The Covid-19 vaccine - @hislopmd.bsky.social

As an undergraduate who loved physical chemistry and was just starting biology, I thought the Meselson-Stahl experiment was the coolest thing ever. It was so simple in its application of physical theory and experiment to prove a biological truth that it was perfect. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...

Yo-Yo Ma Finally Works Up Courage To Tell Parents He Quitting Cello theonion.com/yo-yo-m...

NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

A new paper in The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost peer reviewed medical journals, estimates that USAID prevented 91 million deaths across 133 countries over 20 years. The paper estimates that Elon Musk’s DOGE funding cuts to USAID will lead to 14 million deaths by 2030 (4.5 million children).

Really big correction posted to that viral NYT chart going around. Original massively over counted the youngest group. It still shows a big shift toward younger voters, though. New version below

The law doesn't even have to change for states to stop covering prescriptions, respiratory care at-home, home and community-based services, hospice etc. A lot of optional Medicaid benefits that can be taken away from people even before they're kicked off Medicaid. www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/ben...

Whoa (From @jlrube.jakerubinstein.com via that other place)

Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"

"What if I declare my candidacy, only for Steny Hoyer to tell me, 'Come back when you’ve got at least another decade of accumulated wisdom—or a pacemaker.'"

#LewyBody Dementia information now available in 9 languages -- we just added Turkish! And more to come And also a live helpline (English only for now) And also 2.5 hours of videos about symptoms And more lewybodyresourcecenter.org

Just got handed the only sticker more coveted than an “I Voted” one

Hey #NYC! GO #VOTE! 🗳️ Rank *every* person you would want to win, even if not your top choice (Ideally before the polling places inside old school gyms with no AC hit 130F and election workers start dropping like flies 😵‍💫)

Judge Young's order has come in. Grant terminations in the plaintiff states or to the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW) are officially void and illegal. It also says that the "Challenged Directives" are arbitrary and capricious — and thus illegal as well. Now what exactly are are these directives? 🧵

Opinion | The Iranian people deserve better than a corrupt government run by religious fanatics. by Pete Hegseth

More than 40 percent of New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo’s top endorsements by elected officials have come from people who publicly condemned him four years ago, a POLITICO review found.

🚨 I'm tuning into the most substantial hearing to date of two lawsuits challenging NIH's termination of thousands of grants. I'll post some of the major updates here, so follow along.

I just recycled my >20 year old copy of Goljan's Pathology from med school. Please clap.