Bob the Traveler<p>Auguste-Henri Forel, who died OTD in 1931, studied the brain structure of humans and ants; a Swiss citizen, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> depicted him on the 1000 franc note from 1978 to 2000 <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/blog/24.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/blog/24.html?s</span><span class="invisible">=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
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Bob the Traveler<p>Emil Theodor Kocher, who died OTD in 1917, developed methods to lower the mortality of thyroidectomies below 1%; he was the 1st surgeon and the 1st citizen of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> to receive a Nobel Prize in medicine <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/blog/18.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/blog/18.html?s</span><span class="invisible">=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Boo hiss! Israel Seizes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AidFlotilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AidFlotilla</span></a> Bringing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BabyFormula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BabyFormula</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a><br> <br>The United Nations said this week the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Famine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Famine</span></a> in Gaza has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation”</p><p>by Naomi LaChance, July 26, 2025</p><p>"A civilian ship carrying aid to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> in Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters on Saturday, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomFlotillaCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomFlotillaCoalition</span></a> confirmed. </p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandalaFlotilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandalaFlotilla</span></a> was carrying baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. The passengers were detained and the cargo was seized. The coalition said the boat was intercepted 'in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.' </p><p>" 'Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard the Handala,' Ann Wright, a member of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomFlotilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomFlotilla</span></a>’s steering committee, said in a statement. 'This is not a matter of internal Israeli jurisdiction. These are foreign nationals operating under international law in international waters. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end.'</p><p>"This week, the United Nations’ World Food Program said the famine in Gaza has reached 'new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row.' According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, there have been 40 hunger-related deaths this month. </p><p>"More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups have warned of a '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassStarvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassStarvation</span></a>' across Gaza."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gaza-israel-seizes-aid-flotilla-handala-baby-formula-1235394685/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/gaza-israel-seizes-aid-flotilla-handala-baby-formula-1235394685/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/w7OPc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/w7OPc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FamineRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamineRelief</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeGaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndTheBlockade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheBlockade</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndTheGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Handala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Handala</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsViolations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a></p>
Col. of Remote & Offshore Med<p>Here is the recording from last night's webinar. The CoROM Conversations is a monthly free discussion focusing on Clinical Practice Guidelines. </p><p>This month, we chatted about the Disability Assessment in Prolonged Field Care. You can watch the video on our YouTube channel.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifn-7vaWPCg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Ifn-7vaWPCg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PFC</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>The U.S. Army Medical Department was founded OTD in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress passed legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men" <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/blog/38.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/blog/38.html?s</span><span class="invisible">=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
Chery (Great Australian Pods)<p>Beyond Hysterical </p><p>Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: <a href="https://www.greataustralianpods.com/beyond-hysterical/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greataustralianpods.com/beyond</span><span class="invisible">-hysterical/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/GreatAusPods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatAusPods</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPods</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasting</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasters</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Documentary</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AlliedHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlliedHealth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PersonalStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStories</span></a></p>
Daniel Dvorkin<p>We've been hearing announcements about possible <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/artificial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificial</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/blood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blood</span></a> for as long as I've been in <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> (over thirty years at this point) and none of them have ever panned out. Sooner or later, presumably, one of them will—and if this turns out to it, great. But I'm not holding my breath.</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5477632/artificial-blood-hemorrhage-emergency-medicine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5477632/artificial-blood-hemorrhage-emergency-medicine</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>But worldwide, roughly 10 to 25 percent of lung cancers now occur in people who have never smoked. Among certain groups of Asian and Asian American women, that share is estimated to be 50 percent or more. These cancers are increasingly drawing the attention of researchers... role that environmental exposures, genetic mutations or other risk factors might play.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pathology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oncology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oncology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/well/lung-cancer-nonsmokers.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/22/well/lu</span><span class="invisible">ng-cancer-nonsmokers.html</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>"14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> funds."<br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/25/britt-leads-letter-urging-trump-administration-to-release-delayed-nih-funds-00476872" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/07/25/b</span><span class="invisible">ritt-leads-letter-urging-trump-administration-to-release-delayed-nih-funds-00476872</span></a></p><p>PS: The real news here is that these are <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>. "Suspension of these appropriated funds — whether formally withheld or functionally delayed — could threaten Americans’ ability to access better treatments and limit our nation’s leadership in biomedical science. It also risks inadvertently severing ongoing NIH-funded research prior to actionable results.”</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Philippe Gaucher, born OTD in 1854, was the university chair of dermatology and syphilography and founded a journal on venereal disease called "Annales des Maladies Vénériennes" <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/france.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/france.html?s=</span><span class="invisible">mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>🦙 Nanobody neutralizes deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses in lab tests</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-07-nanobody-neutralizes-deadly-nipah-hendra.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-07-nanobody</span><span class="invisible">-neutralizes-deadly-nipah-hendra.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nanobody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nanobody</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pharmacology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pharmacology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a></p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>Ultrasounds during pregnancy<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FactsMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactsMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ObGyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObGyn</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pregnancy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-student-contributors/ultrasound-during-pregnancy-sound-advice-or-sound-alarm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-</span><span class="invisible">critical-thinking-student-contributors/ultrasound-during-pregnancy-sound-advice-or-sound-alarm</span></a></p>
«Harvey Esquire»<p>From: National Organization for Women</p><p>The 2025 Medical Ethics Defense Act allows physicians to deny care to patients whose "lifestyles" they disagree with.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Friday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>🩺 Researchers take major step toward cuff-free blood pressure monitoring</p><p><a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-major-cuff-free-blood-pressure.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07</span><span class="invisible">-major-cuff-free-blood-pressure.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bloodpressure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloodpressure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sensors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sensors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diagnostics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diagnostics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/instruments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instruments</span></a></p>
Vervain<p>A friend of mine had a radionuclide scan around a week ago. It was really fascinating getting out the Geiger counter to measure radiation levels near them. As I got within a few metres of them, levels notably climbed. When placed over their thyroid glands, levels rose from a baseline of around 25cpm to over 15,000cpm! Scary stuff in a way, but ultimately harmless in short term doses. <br><a href="https://mastodon.vervainglobal.com/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vervainglobal.com/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vervainglobal.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vervainglobal.com/tags/geiger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geiger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vervainglobal.com/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>TOMORROW! At Riverbank Park in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestbrookME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestbrookME</span></a>! </p><p>"On Saturday, July 26, Americans in every corner of the country will come together in peaceful marches, rallies, and actions to say: Our families come first—not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a>, not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarians</span></a>, and not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorruptPoliticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptPoliticians</span></a>. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainers</span></a> are coming together as families and community members to amplify our collective experiences and demand that our leaders step up to meet the needs of families across the state. Join us on Saturday, July 26 at 10 a.m. in Riverbank Park in Westbrook! </p><p>RSVP here: <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/familiesfirst/event/812386/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mobilize.us/familiesfirst/even</span><span class="invisible">t/812386/</span></a></p><p>"Do you have a story about how cuts to essential programs like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodStamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodStamps</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLunches</span></a> will impact your family and loved ones? Join us to share your story and to say NOT ONE MORE child without lunch, NOT ONE MORE <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/elder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elder</span></a> without <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a>, NOT ONE MORE <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> abducted, and NOT ONE MORE family left to suffer so <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> can get richer."</p><p>Sponsored by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePeoplesAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MainePeoplesAlliance</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineWomensLobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineWomensLobby</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEKidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEKidnapping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IllegalDetension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalDetension</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicaidCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicaidCuts</span></a></p>
Healthcare Tech Robot<p>DATE: July 25, 2025 at 06:00PM<br>SOURCE: BioWorld MedTech</p><p>Direct article link at end of text block below.</p><p>Brandon Capital closes sixth life sciences fund at AU$439M </p><p><a href="https://t.co/whGP80RJZt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/whGP80RJZt</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/medtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/fundraising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fundraising</span></a></p><p>Here are any URLs found in the article text: </p><p><a href="https://t.co/whGP80RJZt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/whGP80RJZt</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/medtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medtech</span></a></p><p>Articles can be found by scrolling down the page at <a href="https://www.bioworld.com/topics/85-bioworld-medtech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bioworld.com/topics/85-bioworl</span><span class="invisible">d-medtech</span></a> . </p><p>-------------------------------------------------</p><p>Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: <a href="https://www.clinicians-exchange.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">clinicians-exchange.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>.<br>NYU Information for Practice puts out 400-500 good quality health-related research posts per week but its too much for many people, so that bot is limited to just subscribers. You can read it or subscribe at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/@PsychResearchBot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PsychResearchBot</span></a></span><br>.<br>Since 1991 The National Psychologist has focused on keeping practicing psychologists current with news, information and items of interest. Check them out for more free articles, resources, and subscription information: <a href="https://www.nationalpsychologist.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">nationalpsychologist.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>.<br>EMAIL DAILY DIGEST OF RSS FEEDS -- SUBSCRIBE:<br><a href="http://subscribe-article-digests.clinicians-exchange.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">subscribe-article-digests.clin</span><span class="invisible">icians-exchange.org</span></a><br>.<br>READ ONLINE: <a href="http://read-the-rss-mega-archive.clinicians-exchange.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">read-the-rss-mega-archive.clin</span><span class="invisible">icians-exchange.org</span></a><br>.<br>It's primitive... but it works... mostly...<br>.<br>-------------------------------------------------</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/healthtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/healthcaretech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcaretech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/healthtechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthtechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/medgadget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medgadget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/doctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doctor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/medtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medtech</span></a></p>
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The Japan Times<p>GOP lawmakers will pay dearly — in lives and votes — for not reining in a peddler of junk science and anti-vax conspiracies. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/25/world/rfk-jr-making-america-sick-again/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/25/world/rfk-jr-making-america-sick-again/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commentary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robertfkennedyjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robertfkennedyjr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccinations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a></p>
Healthcare Tech Robot<p>DATE: July 25, 2025 at 04:30PM<br>SOURCE: Association of Health Care Journalists: HEALTH IT</p><p>TITLE: How a reporter got the scoop on a startup helping patients taper off antidepressants</p><p>URL: <a href="https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/07/how-a-reporter-got-the-scoop-on-a-startup-helping-patients-taper-off-antidepressants/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">healthjournalism.org/blog/2025</span><span class="invisible">/07/how-a-reporter-got-the-scoop-on-a-startup-helping-patients-taper-off-antidepressants/</span></a></p><p>WIRED senior writer Kate Knibbs said she ignores 99.9% of pitches from PR companies that she receives by email. But an email about the startup company Outro Health that is working to help patients taper off antidepressant medications without experiencing debilitating side effects caught her attention. </p><p>The company’s mission resonated with Knibbs, who knows several people who have experienced difficulty tapering off a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).</p><p>Her story, “Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US,” describes the model in which patients are paired with an independent clinician who creates a customized tapering schedule. Tapering is performed at a very slow rate, so the company works with compounding pharmacies that produce custom versions of generic antidepressants in small doses not available commercially. The service is available in seven states.</p><p>In this “How I Did It,” Knibbs discusses the background of the story and offers advice for covering health care startup companies.</p><p>Responses have been lightly edited for brevity.</p><p>What inspired you to pursue this story?</p><p>I thought the concept of the startup was very provocative. The way they [the company] were describing it, I thought it sounded very MAHA-inflected. [Initially] I was skeptical, and I did not think it sounded like a good idea, so I just wanted to know more. I’m very interested in how telehealth is changing mental health care. I’m also interested in how the internet is changing how we are diagnosed with mental conditions more broadly, and the way that people are forming communities and identities around mental health online. This story hit on a lot of those issues. </p><p>How did you reach the company’s founders for interviews — through the publicist?</p><p>Yes, the founders were open to talking, which was great. We spent hours on Zoom. In talking to them, I realized that I had a more nuanced story on my hands. Mark Horowitz, the academic psychiatrist behind the science fueling this startup, I found to be very sincere. He made me think about the story a little differently because he was so adamant that he is a man of science and not aligned with the [Make America Healthy Again] movement, and doesn’t want to demonize people who need these medications or doctors who are prescribing these medications. He was really focused on reforming the prescription processes for people who want to get off the medications.</p><p>How did you find additional experts on tapering to interview?</p><p>That was mainly me spending some time looking at what academic research had been done on tapering, and then identifying people who might be willing to speak to me who had nothing to do with the startup. Because Horowitz has actually done a lot of the highest-profile academic research into tapering, I was canceling out anything that he had been involved with and looking at what other materials were available, and then just calling and emailing the authors of those papers.</p><p>What was important to you in telling this story?</p><p>I really wanted to capture the complexity of launching this kind of service right now. I was concerned about accidentally contributing to any conversations that demonize medications. I was interested in writing about it because I truly did think that it was going to fulfill a need that people had in managing their mental health care. I [also] wanted to make sure that I emphasized that it actually does have a lot in common with other startups that sell prescription drugs online, because as much as its focus is on deprescribing, in reality, it is connecting people with clinicians who are going to prescribe smaller doses of the medications that they’ve been on. It’s still a company in which someone is talking to a clinician and getting a prescription medication. And it’s using the subscription service model. </p><p>What kind of feedback have you received about this story?</p><p>There was a lot of feedback on social media from people who read the headline but not the story. One of the founders described it as Uber for getting off antidepressants, which we thought was very catchy. But it also did the service a disservice, because it didn’t capture the nuances and, frankly, an Uber for getting off antidepressants sounds like not a good idea. A lot of people just read the headline and assumed this was an anti-psychiatry startup. So there was a lot of conversation generated about that.</p><p>I was heartened to see conversations happening where the people who had read the article would pull quotes and say, “Well, no, actually this isn’t an anti-psychiatry startup.” It definitely provoked a response, I think because so many people take antidepressants and so many people know someone who’s taken antidepressants. It’s a mainstream part of life these days, and so it resonated. This is a moment where antidepressants are being vilified by the Trump Administration and the MAHA movement in a terrifying way, so I think a lot of people just have their hackles up about it. </p><p>What do you hope that readers get out of the story?</p><p>I think that everyone should pay attention to this movement toward direct-to-consumer prescription services. I think it’s going to be an increasingly large part of the American medical system moving forward, so we should all be aware of the different types of services offered, their strengths and weaknesses, and maybe examine them, keeping in mind that perhaps there are other ways that we could be organizing our health care system that aren’t so reliant on independent boutique startups.</p><p>Do you have advice for our members on how to cover startups?</p><p>I definitely think it’s important to stay skeptical and always consult outside sources versus just relying on what the startups tell you. 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