Dr. Glaucomflecken
@DGlaucomflecken
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Ophthalmologist. Comedian. Speaker. Tiktok. Contact: [email protected] Bluesky: https://t.co/XXBQPt82Qg
Joined May 2016
They had my boy wearing myopic spectacles for the first time all series. He was out there fighting blurry demons for 5 seasons š
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Our latest video in our partnership with @DGlaucomflecken summarizes the results of a trial that evaluated whether management of shock without early arterial catheterization is noninferior to the practice of early catheter insertion with regard to death from any cause at day 28.
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In a hypothetical world where some physicians are replaced by AI, who gets sued when things donāt go well? Because this is America, somebodyās gotta get sued.
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Make the print a little bigger and you can corner the macular degeneration market
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Shout out to the medical student interviewee who, while answering, witnessed my gushing nose bleed š¤¦āāļø And extra points for thinking it was just part of the interview and wanted to provide me recommendations.
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I have logistical questions for the full body MRI + AI interpretation crowd. What do you do with that report? Take it directly to a surgeon? Expect them to operate without a radiologist interpretation? Will the hospitals allow it? Who pays for it? Gonna need ironclad research to
@PalmerLuckey Widespread MRI usage done at least annually with AI reviewing the data would greatly improve wellbeing and mortality
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Our latest video in our partnership with @DGlaucomflecken summarizes the final analysis of 23 years of follow-up to evaluate the long-term effects of PSA screening. Read the full analysis for free: https://t.co/QsGtl1BnFT
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Science has spoken. Testicles are overrated.
Massive new @Nature study: castration increases lifespan across vertebrates (zoo mammals, rodents, wild animals). This aligns with historical human data: Korean eunuchs lived 14-19 years longer than their peers. Your move, @Bryan_Johnson.
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We need to incentivize airport pull-ups. You want pre-check? Do a pull-up. Priority boarding? 5 pull-ups. First class upgrade? 10 pull-ups and you have to go the wrong direction on all escalators and moving walkways.
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I think we are entering a great time for live performers. Musicians, theater, comedy, etc. When we canāt believe what we see in our phones, we will search for what we know is real. Maybe wishful thinkingā¦
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I donāt get this. The transition already happened. Weāve been streaming from our couches for over a decade. Isolation and loneliness are worse now than ever before. What if, in an era of social media filled with bots and AI slop, people start craving ways to be around real
When asked if Netflix is destroying Hollywood, co-CEO Ted Sarandos said āNo, weāre saving Hollywood.ā āWeāre in a period of transition. Folks grew up thinking, āI want to make movies on a gigantic screen and have strangers watch them [and to have them] play in the theater for
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Didnāt match in Cards? Did Crit Care freeze you out? Is that hospitalist job looking little too intellectually bankrupt? Donāt get mad, become a nephron! We have a spot in the July 2026 class that would fulfill dreams you didnāt;t know you had! DMs are open (Please RT)
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š§ Episode 1 of the Future of Medicine, featuring @DGlaucomflecken, an #ophthalmologist, survivor & medical satirist, is NOW LIVE! Watch the episode on our YouTube channel or stream here ( https://t.co/8EUth1wAOc) or anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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āāVaccines donāt cause autismā has never been proven.ā Correct, because thatās not how science works. If I say āsunning your perineum twice per day increases your IQ by 10 pointsā you would say, āprove it.ā The burden of proof is on me, the person with a tanned perineum. If I
RFK Jr. just broke down to a college student that the claim āvaccines donāt cause autismā has never been proven. āThe people who told you that have been lying to you.ā āIn fact, only one vaccine has ever been studied, the MMR vaccine.ā āThe 20 doses of the seven vaccines that
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Could clesrovimab, a human RSV monoclonal antibody, reduce the incidence of RSV infection in preterm and full-term infants? Find out in the latest video in our partnership with @DGlaucomflecken. Read the full results of the CLEVER trial for free: https://t.co/aTXjtdtoeY
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I had a touch of v fib in 2020, really knocked me on my ass for a few days
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Iām sorry, ventricular fibrillation flare-up?
Statement from Sen. Fettermanās Spokesperson: āDuring an early morning walk, Senator Fetterman sustained a fall near his home in Braddock. Out of an abundance of caution, he was transported to a hospital in Pittsburgh. Upon evaluation, it was established he had a ventricular
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