Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD

Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust in vaccine, scientists are publishing new evidence confirming that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness and safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization and severe disease across populations"Jake Scott Nicole E. Basta Rochelle W. & teamUpdated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026https://lnkd.in/e9G-hrqz

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John Cush

ACR Concerns on the Scientific Integrity at the CDC On behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), we express deep concern over recent developments at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that appear to undermine the agency’s longstanding commitment to science-based public health policy. https://buff.ly/GQqQ3Uz

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Douglass Morrison

Former Chief of Cardiology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, clinical investigator, and medical teacher, James Forrester, MD, has written a wonderful account of advances in cardiac care through the twentieth century, 'The Heart Healers – The Misfits, Mavericks, and Rebels Who Created the Greatest Medical Breakthrough of Our Lives'. Forrester includes personal stories with focused attention on many of his heroes, and some of the conundrums they resolved:·        “Since I know personally most of the doctors in this story, I should explain why I dub them ‘misfits’. It’s fascinating to me how many of them share some personality traits. They reject the common wisdom. They rely on their own intuition. In their private lives, they are risk-takers. They ignore the criticism of their peers. They persist in the face of failure. Unlike most of us, they are nonconformists, iconoclasts, who refuse to knuckle under to society’s norms, regardless of the potential consequences. Does that tell us something about creativity? I think it does…”Among my favorite of Dr. Forrester’s professional heroes is Andreas Gruntzig:·        German radiologist, Andreas Gruntzig, MD, while working in Switzerland, pioneered coronary artery balloon angioplasty in awake patients. He used direct needle access to the patient’s femoral artery, through which he advanced a guiding catheter to the takeoff of the heart arteries in the aorta, and used a wire-tipped balloon to cross the stenosis that he then dilated with his balloon. He started teaching courses in Europe, then relocated to Emory University in Atlanta where he popularized the technique of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Thousands of physicians, including me, took Emory courses and carried the technique back to our communities.·        James Forrester encouraged his former trainee, Marcus DeWood to review the relatively unique, Spokane experience with emergency coronary artery bypass surgery to treat acute myocardial. The retrospective review of this unique experience established two important findings: Acute coronary syndromes generally and myocardial infarction in particular are produced by the acute formation of an obstructing blood clot or thrombus. Heart attacks can be divided into two main groups based on the patient’s electrocardiogram (ECG). The group with the ECG pattern of ST-elevation usually have a complete blockage and salvage of heart muscle is critically time-dependent.

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Massimo Sartelli

Preventing healthcare-associated infections is not optional. It is critical not only for patient safety, but also for sound financial and operational strategies that reduce preventable harms, enhance healthcare quality, and build public trust.

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Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, FACS

In cardiology, localizing a myocardial infarction (MI) is just as important as recognizing it.12-lead ECG remains one of the most powerful diagnostic tools in medicine. When a patient presents with chest pain, this quick, accessible test can immediately identify the territory of ischemia, the likely culprit artery, and even hint at potential complications.•V1–V2 → Septal MI•V3–V4 → Anterior MI•I, aVL, V5–V6 → Lateral MI•II, III, aVF → Inferior MI•aVR → Often underutilized, but ST elevation here can indicate left main coronary artery occlusion or diffuse subendocardial ischemiaThis attached image is one I always return to when I teach. It distills a complex, life-saving concept into a format you can absorb and apply in seconds.How do you teach ECG interpretation? What’s the trick that helped it “click” for you?Follow Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, FACS for more on Ai & Healthcare.Image ref: @trackyourheart#Cardiology #ECG #Electrocardiogram #HeartAttack #MyocardialInfarction #STEMI #ClinicalSkills #EmergencyMedicine #InternalMedicine #CriticalCare #CardiacCare #InterventionalCardiology #MedicalEducation #MedEd #ECGInterpretation #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #HealthTech #PhysicianTraining #CardiovascularHealth

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Prof. Christoph Ostgathe

👉 P A P E R A L E R T 👈 Palliative Medicine & Linguistics: results from joint research!In the #internet and #socialmedia discourse the #CoViD #pandemic had a negative impact on the perception of #palliativecare. Negative stereotypes increased, e.g. palliative care is increasingly seen as a synonym for end-of-life care!https://lnkd.in/eFvgcbMT

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