I'm moved to see #AB2613, creating CA's first Rare Disease Advisory Council, go the Gov's Desk. Named after my sister Jackie, who battled ALS for 3 years, this bill will help millions of Californians just like her. TY sponsor @rarediseases & TY Jackie—I miss you every day.

Be ware of atrial fibrillation risk if you have the Asian flush from drinking alcohol and drink habitually (3 drinks per week or more)

A discussion on new therapies for genetic cardiomyopathies in the latest issue of #JACCBTS: https://t.co/usC9TI0nnd #CardioTwitter #openaccess  #research #BasicScience #TranslationalScience #cvHCM #Cardiomyopathy

@noshreza @JAMA_current Stay Tuned! More to come from the DCM Consortium! @RayHershberger @gordonshuggins @eksjordan @evankransdorf @greg_ewald @amorrismd @tikuowens @WilsonTangMD @bhtrachtenberg @PalakShahMD @DrNancySweitzer @MWheelerMD @WilcoxHeart @JessicaWangMD @MarkHofmeyer

What genetic counselors can teach the CDC about communicating uncertainty https://t.co/xFmg9kwPvV via @statnews

⚡Now online from @BrentRichards19 + team: The Utility of Genetically Predicted Lp(a) and Apo-B Levels for #Cardiovascular Risk Assessment https://t.co/aQXWEnpNIG @AHAScience #AHAjournals #CardioGen #LPA #CardioTwitter 📽️@jenniejlin

⚡Now online: Genotype-Phenotype Correlation of SCN5A Genotype in Patients with #BrugadaSyndrome and Arrhythmic Events: Survey on Arrhythmic Events in Brugada Syndrome (SABRUS) https://t.co/fbqgaP7CyD @AHAScience #AHAjournals #CardioGen #EPeeps 📽️ @JeanetteErdmann

⚡Now online from @JDMosley_Moses + team @VUMC_Medicine: A polygenic risk score to identify subclinical coronary heart disease risk in young adults https://t.co/6sYYApmb5t @AHAScience #AHAjournals #CardioGen #atherosclerosis #PRS 📽️@jenniejlin

⚡Now online from @n_bouatianaji: Genome-wide association meta-analysis supports genes involved in valve and cardiac development to associate with #mitralvalveprolapse https://t.co/UDl7FNCMhi @AHAScience #AHAjournals #CardioGen #GWAS 📽️@LWilsbacher @jenniejlin

⚡Now online from the Seidman lab of @harvardmed: Contribution of Non-Canonical Splice Variants to TTNtv #Cardiomyopathy https://t.co/gaBAtRJ9Kj @AHAScience #AHAjournals #CardioGen 📽️@JeanetteErdmann @AnwarChahal

Great news from @CarolynHoMD and colleagues at @BrighamWomens: VANISH Trial: Valsartan Shows Positive Results for Early HCM https://t.co/uPcxWmJW5c via @HCMBeat

ICYMI: “A genetic test is not a simple blood test where you get a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. With this statement, we illustrate some of that complexity, particularly as it relates to [CVDs],” @American_Heart @Circ_Gen @APLandstrom @DukeMedSchool #CardioTwitter

For the musically inclined

Seeing Dorothy Oliver bring vaccines to her town and persuade people to take them, in this short film, is extraordinary and beautiful. She does it with love. And love works. A stunning 94% of Panola, Alabama, is vaccinated because of her. https://t.co/JeOF9AeaLl

Learning points from Paul Silvia’s ‘How to write a lot’ by @arinbasu

Struggling with your academic writing? Try these experiments to get the words flowing

For those who are interested in research-based solutions to stop police violence, here’s what you need to know - based on the facts and data. A thread. (1/x)

This week, CA took major action to fight #COVID19! 🛏 Expanded hospital capacity 😷 Secured agreements for medical masks ✈️ No/low-cost hotels/flights for health care workers +more We can continue to bend the curve only if we continue to stay home! #StayHomeSaveLives

When they sent 42,000 external workers to Wuhan with adequate PPE including N95s, eye protection and full body protection —> zero providers got infected. Meanwhile doctors and nurses and HCPs in the US are getting infected and dying, daily. This has to change.

“Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, according to Forbes. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency ‘has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas’.”