It is an osteopathic curse to know that you have a right-on-left sacral torsion messing up your low back but be unable to do something about it by yourself.

Dems can't chicken out here. Open enrollment is just-over a month away. The sticker shock on health insurance marketplaces is going to be incredible if the federal subsidies aren't renewed. People will absolutely decide that they can't afford coverage or will downgrade their coverage. #shutdown

Position Statement: ACMT Supports the Safe Use of #Acetaminophen in Pregnancy. Read our full statement here➡️ bit.ly/3VxbKw8

Me on September 1.

A level 5 visit is a high bar, but a level 4 is incredibly easy to bill. Commonl scenarios: -a chronic condition that's poorly controlled/in exacerbation and starting/adjusting medication to respond. -2 stable conditions with med management or with ordering 3 routine monitoring tests -30min 👨🏻‍⚕️⏰

In what other industry can the buyer decide they paid too much, weeks to months after the fact, and go back to steal money from the seller? #healthcare #medsky #healthinsurance

Statement from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): www.acog.org/news/news-re...

Superficial vein thrombosis (SuVT) is characterized by thrombus in the superficial veins, typically in the lower or upper extremities. This Review summarizes the diagnosis and treatment of SuVT. ja.ma/4gtRzc6

We would be fools to allow this to happen. Hartford Healthcare isn't some angel investor here. They are an aggressively monopolizing institution with an already oversized footprint in #Connecticut. @ctmirror.org #nutmegsky #CT ctmirror.org/2025/09/19/h...

Every #vaccine consent discussion is shared decision-making. Risks and benefits must be explained to the patient each and every time. Making the official recommendation "shared decision-making" is redundant. Beyond that, it makes it seem like there is significant doubt in the field.👎🏻 #fmsky #pedsky

What a mess. If you're "rookies" (which you are), you should be listening to those who have actual expertise such as @aafp.org, @ameracadpeds.bsky.social, and @acog.org. #medsky #fmsky #pedsky #idsky #vaccinessavelives #mmr #mmrv #hepatitisb #hepb #hepatitis

It’s not just “chronic Lyme.” Grifters are using nonspecific (ie inaccurate) tests to diagnose people w/ Lyme who don’t even live in areas where Lyme exists. Who wouldn’t want an answer with an easy treatment for symptoms like arthritis, low energy, fatigue, forgetfulness, & other common experiences

Teachers, parents, and healthcare workers form the safety net of childhood mental health. Removing the tier that sees these kids second-most-often is a mistake. Such screenings can also help us identify abuse being perpetrated by a family member. #fmsky #pedsky @npr.org www.npr.org/sections/sho...

@npr.org #medsky #fmsky #telehealth www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...

Get vaccinated today! 💉 #nutmegsky #fmsky #pedsky #idsky #CT #vaccinessavelives ctmirror.org/2025/09/12/c...

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

Though the FDA narrowed criteria for the shots, many people still want them, to avoid illness and protect vulnerable family members. Some are turned down at the pharmacy or have to jump through hoops.

Let’s try get housing and healthcare for all and once we hit that we can work on the colonize space fantasies 🙄

It's so sad it's almost funny. Patient A1c>11‼️ I prescribe standard-of-care metformin and terzepatide. (semaglutide also fine; insulin riskier) Insurance rejects the terzepatide... because trial of metformin hasn't failed. Maximum A1c reduction of metformin is ~2. Target A1c is <6.5 🧮 🧵1 #medsky

The big mistake was connecting a person's access to #healthcare to their job in the first place. A subsequent mistake was to let the employer choose what healthcare you can/can't get. All while insurance siphons money to shareholders. #Medicare4All #SinglePayerNow #HealthcareIsAHumanRight

While Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., dismantles the federal institutions that set vaccine policy, states like Colorado are changing laws and regulations in an effort to preserve access to vaccines.

The medical community understands that vaccines are safe, effective & have led to the elimination of polio, measles & small pox. Secretary Kennedy does not. President Trump must ask for his resignation.

Amid deadly shootings, CDC has fired experts and closed prevention offices. Expert calls it a 'cruel irony' – gun violence grows as prevention efforts fade www.statnews.com/2025/09/12/g...

@aafp.org #medsky #fmsky @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @acog.org @apapsychiatric.bsky.social #AOA #ACP www.aafp.org/news/blogs/a...

Huge thanks to @aafp.org for advocating for RFK to be removed as secretary of #HHS. He wasn't qualified to start with, and he's tearing down our public health institutions at a breakneck pace. #medsky #fmsky #cdc www.aafp.org/news/media-c...

#Connecticut #nutmegsky #medsky #fmsky #pedsky #vaccinessavelives #COVID #COVID-19 portal.ct.gov/governor/new...

I would like to thank #Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and the CT Department of Health for enacting state-level #vaccine access and #HealthInsurance coverage requirements to protect my patients' right to get the #COVID-19 vaccine, based on @aafp.org, @ameracadpeds.bsky.social, and @acog.org guidance

I tell my students this. I explicitly tell them not to ask the pain scale.

Just donated blood. It's now on a journey to help save more than one life. Schedule a donation & track it with the #RedCrossBloodApp redcrossblood.app.link/bloodjourney

I agree with Dr. Hu on this one: "In his mind though, the much bigger problem is that Americans are mostly consuming dairy products in the form of pizza, burgers, sandwiches and other foods that are 'loaded with sodium, refined starch and processed meats.'" #nutrition #medsky #fmsky

An estimated 14 million kids don't get any vaccines. They face serious threats from measles, diarrhea, pneumonia and more.

A great guide for making your home safer! @wired.com #parenting #fmsky #pedsky #medsky www.wired.com/story/how-to...

I messaged my state rep, senator, and Governor Ned Lamont. You should too. For those of us in #primarycare, please feel free to use my template below 👇🏻 #vaccinessavelives #nutmegsky #fmsky #pedsky @ctmirror.org ctmirror.org/2025/09/05/c...

One of my necessary chores in the office on Friday: Developing a #COVID-19 vaccine quick reference sheet to hopefully streamline who can or can't get the #vaccine by best guess per the opaque guidelines. Our billing department literally told us that we're probably going to get insurance rejections.

“Some older Americans on #Medicare are facing an unexpected problem: the updated #Covid shots… aren’t being covered, forcing them to decide whether to pay out of pocket.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Also something they can take that they're not afraid will hurt them. People think that "natural" products can't hurt them and they can get the same or similar benefit. Part of good care is helping them feel safe when taking a prescription for the same problem with much greater potential benefit.

Name change coming next week: HHS to the Department of Pestilence. #RFKjr

I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

#nutmegsky @ctmirror.org #medicaid ctmirror.org/2025/09/05/c...

The emoluments clause apparently means nothing. Didn't first term. Apparently doesn't now. This administration is so horribly corrupt. Can some #economist put numbers on how much Trump has made from his influence as president, especially compared to other presidents?

Joseph Ladapo is betraying all of our current patients, all those who died of these now-preventable diseases, and the back-breaking #publichealth labor that went into eradicating these horrible diseases. #Florida will soon be a cesspool of disease if these evidence-based mandates are removed.

If you became a physician to get rich, you're an absolute idiot. We physicians are not siphoning money into corporate whirlpools. We are busy paying back exorbitant #studentdebt and trying against all odds to give people more enjoyable years @glaucomflecken.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/DaDRi...

"Early career #women in #familymedicine make $43,500 less per year than early career men." This is horrifying, especially in the context of the average salary for a #primarycare doc in the US (~$210,000). That's a whopping 20% lower than the average. @aafp.org #fmsky www.aafp.org/news/blogs/a...

One would only do this if fixing for a new war. www.npr.org/2025/09/04/n...

Can I bill #RFK a 99401 every time I need to take extra time to explain the difference between actual #vaccine #science and his politicking? Asking for a friend. #medsky #fmsky #pedsky #vaccinessavelives

If these restrictions had existed when I was a med student, there would never have been a "Dr." Sunderland. This may very well exclude anyone not already from money from becoming a physician. #FirstGeneration physicians like me bring a firsthand understanding of #IncomeInequality into #medicine.

This is explicitly voter suppression. #vote #immigration @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...

Fight for the value of your labor. #LaborDay

Please think of the historical and current fights to protect your safety at work and fair compensation for that work. Capitalism will never love you. Your rights are expensive and valuable. #LaborDay

Not to sound like an old person, but I think this is for the best. Adults have enough trouble with cell phone addiction. These kids have developing brains. 🧠 @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n...