What is the “right” age to get your child a smartphone? New study findings strengthen the case for holding off.

Just watched Conan O’Brien receive the Mark Twain Prize (it was filmed and now on Netflix)— it’s incredible. It’s really inspiring that someone can be so kind and so beloved and also so insanely funny/absurd. His closing remarks were extraordinary… Watch it to the very end! You will feel good 🙏🏽

poems for pulmonologists…💛

Twin Peaks tonight 💛

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

FACT 92% of Medicaid adults under 65 were either working or had a reason that qualified for an exemption, according to KFF.

I love Oakland, and I love the spirit of Highland Hospital —a place where everyone is cared for, regardless of ability to pay 💛

Jan 30, 2025: “CHEST remains steadfast in our mission to prevent, diagnose, and treat chest diseases using all available means to advance the best patient outcomes. We maintain that striving for health equity is essential to achieving this goal” www.chestnet.org/newsroom/che...

In case anyone needs a moment of Zen. This is Mendocino. 💛

Next week we’re starting our new series doing concise, focused reviews of guidelines for important / common pulmonary diseases. We’re starting with asthma! In advance, listen to one of our first episodes on managing a severe asthma exacerbations! www.pulmpeeps.com/2022/01/18/7... #medsky #pulmsky

"The lifetime of a human being is measured by decades, the lifetime of the Sun is a hundred million times longer. Compared to a star, we are like mayflies, fleeting ephemeral creatures who live out their lives in the course of a single day." ~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Bill Clinton banned assault weapons in 1994; mass shootings dropped by 43%. George W. Bush and the GOP let the assault weapons ban expire in 2004; mass shootings increased by 245%. These numbers tell the whole story.

anyone else feel that earthquake? 😮

Gofundme should not be our national safety net

The reason we are seeing floods in new places and wildfires in the “wet” season, the reason we spend hundreds of billions on disaster response, is that climate change makes bad weather more common and more intense. Climate inaction costs you money and puts you in danger.

My heart is breaking for all of Los Angeles and for everyone evacuating and struggling with loss. Sending extraordinary gratitude to the firefighters working around the clock, risking their lives – and please remember that 30% of the fire crews are incarcerated people.

Planet Fitness locations in Los Angeles are “offering anyone impacted by the fires—first responders and residents—free access to shower, recharge, and relax” No membership is required to take advantage of locker rooms, WiFi, charging stations at any LA County location not impacted by the fires.

It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the Post.” — @anntelnaes.bsky.social

You know why I love reading? These days it’s one of the few respites from being constantly advertised to.

“Finland’s success isn’t a matter of luck or the outcome of quick fixes. It’s the result of a sustained, well-resourced national strategy, driven by a ‘Housing First’ approach, providing people experiencing homelessness with immediate permanent housing.” oecdecoscope.blog/2021/12/13/f...

"Internal company documents... show that Amazon health and safety personnel recommended relaxing enforcement of the production quotas to lower injury rates, but that senior executives rejected the recommendations apparently because they worried about the effect on the company’s performance."

Happy Hanukkah! Tonight begins the Festival of Lights, and I’m sending my warmest wishes to all Jewish friends and neighbors celebrating this season. May you and your loved ones enjoy a celebration full of hope and joy.

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Merry Xmas/ Happy Hanukkah from our Oakland Intensive Care Unit to yours! Shout-out to everyone all over the country working today and caring for the community 🙏🏽 ☀️☀️Have a beautiful day ☀️☀️

Hi Skyfriends: I love memoir and literary fiction… Just finished James (wow). I have a looong flight tomorrow. Any recommendations? I recently read My Year of Rest and Relaxation and How to Say Babylon (loved that one). Many thanks and happy holidays! 🙏🏽✈️

One can only hope that for profit health insurance is having its Big Tobacco moment being recognized as a leading cause of preventable death. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

A reminder that flu viruses - like most respiratory viruses - always find a way to change and adapt quickly. This threat isn’t going away and we shouldn’t act like it will. Stay vigilant and take all the necessary health precautions en route to your loved ones this holiday season #medsky

NEW: Why Oxygen Companies, Medicare Patients Are Jointly Lobbying Congress @peterelkind.bsky.social

Want a specific example of the death by a thousand cuts that is #PriorAuthorization? Here is an example from yesterday in clinic A short 🧵 I get a note in my inbox that a patient of mine was denied inhaled budesonide for their asthma 1/

Cerberus, a private equity firm, buys a chain of hospitals, sells the land on which they sit, and charges them rent. The hospitals struggle and start cutting corners. Patients' care worsens, death rates climb. And Cerberus makes $790 million in profit.

Sepsis can occur in patients of any age, but the incidence varies markedly across the life span. The incidence worldwide is highest among children younger than 5 years of age. Learn more about sepsis and septic shock in a new Review Article: nej.md/3OFrGZR #MedSky

We don't often recommend journalistic pieces. But we think you all should read this powerful, important work by Patrick Fealey in @esquire about his life as a homeless writer. Please make time this holiday weekend for "The Invisible Man."

hope so