The ten-year study explored many treatments for seasonal depression, including popping bubble wrap and peeling dried glue from one’s hands, but nothing came close to the impact of wrapping paper scissor glides – which raised serotonin levels by over 3000%. www.thebeaverton.com/2022/12/stud...

and he stood up to Archie Bunker

I'm seeing a lot of discussion of this study, and so far everything I have seen goes well beyond what the data of this study allow us to conclude. Let's look at this together. A thread 🧵

Alright, time for me to get started (apologies for the delay). Here is the link to the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/kUgXRUp... Here is the latest agenda: www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa... Here are the slides (not all are posted yet): www.cdc.gov/acip/meeting...

#medsky #pedsky #idsky #immunosky #episky I collaborated with exceptionally talented people in infectious diseases to write this Special Article about aluminum salts in childhood vaccines. We review the evidence base for key safety concerns and offer guidance for communication with caregivers.

Randy Rainbow absolutely clowning RFK Jr. is both peak comedy and tragedy. A neoclassical American Tragedy? 🇺🇸🎭 Here’s to living in a timeline so unhinged we need a musical parody (though it’s not much of a stretch) to make sense of it! For now we laugh, we’ll save the panic for a little later 😅

1 in 5 patients found ERRORS when given access to their medical charts Many were serious. Yet most Ontarians lack access It’s time to up our game.

Centre Bell in Montreal.

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

Excellent, when can it come here?

Laughter is medicine. G’night all

I have this concern as well. Honestly at this point I’m defaulting to not trusting prescribing information issued after 2024 until I can independently verify it.

As a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist, here are a list of exposures with conclusive evidence for adverse fetal & childhood outcomes: Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis Maternal suicide Maternal homicide Viruses (CMV, influenza, COVID, HIV, HepB&C) Bacteria (syphilis, listeria) Parasites (toxo)

The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly

U.S. officials are asking veterinarians to be prepared to detect and report a catastrophic pest, the New World screwworm fly.

Insurers steer millions of Canadians to new pharmacies: Survey https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/life-insurance/insurers-steer-millions-of-canadians-to-new-pharmacies-survey-548758.aspx 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

A beautifully written obituary from @jacktodd.bsky.social. If you read one thing about Dryden today, make it this.

canadian media: surely pierre poilievre understands that his divisive rhetoric, blatant lies, and ugly vitriol cost him the last election and he will make changes accordingly narrator: lol

Wow quite the read

Happy retirement from hockey, Nate. Now for some golf lessons? www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJq...

My university (@westernu.ca) is offering up to $160,000 CAD in funding to support doctoral students impacted by recent changes in higher ed in the US. And I'm keen on supervising students who may be interested (and who conduct research in public health ethics). DM me. grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...

Since I got a hole-in-one today while golfing, all the effects of depressing news are now cancelled for the day. I'll check again tomorrow.

Ontario says doctors can now treat family members amid provincial shortage https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/queens-park/article/some-ontario-doctors-can-treat-family-members-as-regulatory-college-relaxes-rules-amid-shortage/ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Even in these difficult times, science never stops being amazing

Not enough has been written about Schrödinger’s assistant, Otto.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this threatens the possibility of malaria elimination. If any private funders want to step in, you have the opportunity to enshrine your name in history as someone who helped eliminate malaria. Details in this post and thank you so much for your consideration:

THIS DATE IN #HABS HISTORY May 31, 2021: Brendan Gallagher, Corey Perry and Tyler Toffoli scored and Carey Price made 30 saves in 3-1 win over Maple Leafs in Toronto in Game 7 to win first-round playoff series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Lk...

Attention Ontario physicians - I’m trying to help a fabulous resident find a covid aware and rurally-located family physician with whom to do their rural family medicine block…please DM me with any contacts/leads. Thanks very much!

The one where the George Costanza of Canadian politics goes to work where he’s no longer employed and acts like he’s supposed to be there.

Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election

This game's gotten so violent even the linesmen are hitting people

This is absolutely crucial research since mucosal immunity is longer lasting and more effective if we can get it right. It stops the infection at the entry point- our mucosa. And opens the doors to other vaccines that will use mucosal immunity. Please consider volunteering for this. #COVID

He 100% does mean this.

#FlippersUp 🐧

‘Woke ideology’: Quebec professors denounce Poilievre’s pledge to end certain university research funding https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/article850096.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

Stand by for news that I really hope people care about, because I’m personally crushed.

If anything positive comes from this time, (aside from electing Mark Carney at this critical time in our history) I hope that it's the end of the current iteration of 'conservatism' in Canada and that there is a rebuild from the ground up of a pragmatic, sensible, thoughtful, capable, CPC. #cdnpoli

YESSSS!

So… Arkansas just made ivermectin available over the counter—because who needs healthcare professionals, right? 🤦‍♂️

If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.

If the federal party leaders left politics after the election and resumed their private sector careers: Carney: International finance and commerce Singh: Criminal defence lawyer May: Environmental lawyer / Pedneault: Journalist Blanchet: Owner artist management firm Poilievre: Calgary Sun paperboy

Science

Due to recent layoffs & hiring freezes at NOAA, there are fewer weather balloons sampling this system as it moves & develops. The remaining meteorologists are warning that this system may be quite significant but advise that their datasets are incomplete at best & lack complete analysis.

'I'd rather have an economist who's learning to be a politician, than a politician who's trying to learn economics.' ~ paraphrase of a guest on CBC Radio special coverage of swearing-in of PM Mark Carney. Same, girl, same. 💯🇨🇦 #cdnpoli

Really extraordinary gallery of photos from Trudeau's final run as PM from his official photographer, @ascotti.bsky.social cdnadamscotti.medium.com/2024-25-with...