As we send a Black man and a woman around the moon for the first time, let’s remember the trailblazing Black woman Katherine Johnson, whose brilliant calculations were critical to the initial Apollo 11 mission. Her work spanned 33 years at NASA, including contributions to the Space Shuttle program.

This is a great message for all the folks who think the word ‘deprescribing’ is too hard for people to understand. Imagine having to explain that pharmacy is not the same as palmistry….

A systematic review & meta-analysis compiled evidence from 15 studies investigating the effects of #deprescribing preventive medications among older adults with advanced frailty, dementia, or limited life expectancy. Read the full open-access article to learn more: buff.ly/UR63l5p

I was happy to see the pharmacist on The Pitt advising about anticholinergic burden and the Beers List medications this week! Hurray! Maybe the pharmacist could be away in April at ICOD! @caden-recad.bsky.social @mikesteinman.bsky.social @deprescribeus.bsky.social

A recent RCT published in @jamanetworkopen.com finds #pharmacist-led outreach guided by an evidence-based hypoglycemia-prevention algorithm was more likely to lead to safer diabetes prescribing compared to a control group. Read the full study here: buff.ly/0uBaX11

This is a great idea! MOSCE featuring #deprescribing! What aren’t all medical, pharmacy and nursing schools doing this?

📣 Last chance to save $100 CAD on your ICOD 2026 registration! Take advantage of reduced rates for this international conference, regrouping leaders in the field of deprescribing and medication appropriateness! ⏱️ Early bird rates are available until Jan. 31st: tinyurl.com/yk2zz436

I deleted my X account a while back. I don't regret it. In the end, I wouldn't shop in a shop that sold the things they sell on X. Your presence on a platform drives advertising revenue and makes the platform money. Choose the companies you support wisely, because they profit because of you.

So excited to see the preliminary agenda for ICOD 2026!! Can’t wait to see our #deprescribing colleagues and friends in Montreal!

Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right. In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...

🚨 The US Deprescribing Research Network is now accepting applications for the 2026 Grant Catalyst Scholars Program! Designed to accelerate early-career investigators’ success in deprescribing research & grant funding. Apply here: deprescribingresearch.org/request-for-...

Looks like a great opportunity for researchers to improve exploration and understanding of shared decision making in deprescribing. A good topic for an interest group discussion at ICOD 2026 in Montreal?

📢 The International Conference on Deprescribing (ICOD) 2026 in Montréal Canada is now welcoming abstracts submissions until October 15, 2025 (11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time)! Access the abstract submission platform here: events.decorporate.ca/ICOD2026/abs... We hope to see you there!

#deprescribing needs careful monitoring. This week, restarted medication (albeit at lower doses than originally taking) for 2 patients whose symptoms worsened after stopping. A deprescribing success - found out the medication likely helping more than harming; now will assess response to confirm.

Another week at the Geriatric Day Hospital. Nice to see return patient but sad that after stopping Ozempic last yr (d/t ++ weight loss, muscle weakening + frailty), they started Mounjaro… (with ++ wt loss, weakening). Found this article to share with older people www.healthline.com/health-news/...

This looks like an amazing opportunity!!

Super excited to be part of the planning committee for the next ICOD in Montreal, Canada in 2026! See you there!

Benzos have been popularized by hit TV shows like The Pitt and The White Lotus. Here's what you should know about benzodiazepines before you take them as sleep medication, by @prapti.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/the-do... via @cbcnews.ca @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social

I realize that we are living in the darkest timeline and there are enough things already to worry about, but we really need to ring the alarm on measles and vaccination in Canada. Over 100 cases in a week with 42 in hospital is a major concern and action is needed now: www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Elbows up, Canada.

🚀 New study in JAMA Network Open explores #barriers to #deprescribing #benzodiazepines in hospital physicians and GPs across 6 European countries—the first multinational, theory-based investigation on this topic! 📖 Read more: lnkd.in/e7__ead7 #Deprescribing #Geriatrics #MedicationSafety

So exciting to be part of the planning for ICOD3 in Spring 2026!

The CMA has stopped posting on X. With Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration, the platform has become a tool for the U.S government and its attacks on Canadians and our sovereignty.

WATCH: The gloves are off! It’s been an under-reported scandal for quite a while that Pierre Poilievre refuses to apply for security clearance. It was a scandal EVEN BEFORE the most recent efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy, sovereignty and economy from Trump, Musk and the GOP. Share this.

Today, I stand in support of my American colleagues as they Stand up for Science. Want to know what we’re doing in Canada? Listen to CBC www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

So many #Deprescribing guidelines currently in development worldwide 🌎: ➡️ Diuretic Deprescribing ➡️ Statin Deprescribing ➡️ Antidepressant Deprescribing ➡️ Gabapentinoid Deprescribing Keep your eyes peeled for updates on our Deprescribing Guidelines Repository (DEPOT) page! 👀 buff.ly/3tkhsqH

We need to be thinking about how these actions by the GOP, Trump and Musk affect published, ongoing and future #deprescribing research

Recommended reading: How to fight back: charting opposition to the actions of the Trump administration open.substack.com/pub/christin...

And we will continue to. Thank you for speaking out. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Almost #PhDone Rita! Check this out Deprescribing.bsky.social

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

🚨#BestEvidence webinar recording! Dr. Wade Thompson: Minimizing harms of tight glycemic control in older people with type 2 diabetes: youtu.be/JbOadM8M8W4 #T2DM #diabetes #prescribing #deprescribing

Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals? This is not how it works, Mr President. Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words" www.bmj.com/content/388/...

The International Deprescribing Journal Club is back! Dr. Anne-Marie Pinard, anesthesiologist & member of the Quebec Pain Research Network, will explore the process of deprescribing in chronic pain using 2 complex cases. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

An article worth sharing… www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

From a patient today “I didn’t know vitamins had side effects” after we resolved their fecal incontinence by stopping their vitamin C….

The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO: A #GlobalHealth crisis in the making www.bmj.com/content/388/... via @bmj.com @jmeddings.bsky.social

FYI, NHS Confederation @nhsconfed.bsky.social is now on Bluesky and as of today, no longer posting on Twitter/X. Do make sure you’re following if you’re interested in healthcare in the UK.

The freeze of the NIH is just the latest culmination of the right's long war on science, education, and democracy. Here are some of my ideas for what I think scientists can do about it. 🧪 conservechange.medium.com/five-things-...

What other departments or divisions are doing faculty sessions on teaching how to get on BlueSky? @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social is! Thanks @lwaltermd.bsky.social for setting this up! #geriatrics #gerisky

ICYMI: Dalhousie University's Sleepwell Research & Knowledge Mobilization program has posted personal and professional stories about: - overcoming dependence on sleeping pills - getting better sleep with CBTi, and - the impact of Sleepwell's resources! Find them at: mysleepwell.ca/stories/

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Certain meds can affect memory & brain function. As part of our efforts to promote brain health for Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, check out our “Medications and Memory” article to learn which meds may negatively affect cognition and how to minimize risks of harm: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/memory

There are other ways to treat depression than only medication www.bmj.com/content/384/...

Excited to be practicing my French with patients in the New Year, but sad that in 2025 yet another patient tells me they’ve ‘lost control’ of knowledge of their medications after switching to having blister packs and nursing administration of meds in their retirement home…

Greetings #deprescribing colleagues on Bluesky! This is my first post! Looking forward to connecting in this space.