Friends-- it's been real, but need to migrate to bluesky now. My bluesky handle is @tbtakenseriously -- let's continue the conversation on a better platform. Will be deleting this account in the near future!

Energy dense nutritional supplements improve weight gain among malnourished adults with drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis: an open-label randomized controlled trial in Faridabad, India https://t.co/ntmHF8LDCf #medRxiv

Please don't drink raw milk It's filthy Yours sincerely An Infectious Diseases doctor

Announcing @LSHTM_TB next seminar! @Pranay_md presents: "Meals as Medicines: Undernutrition and Tuberculosis" 📅 Dec 10 ⏰ 13.00 GMT Hybrid Free & open to all https://t.co/7D70nga6oU

Association Between Infectious Diseases Consultation and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Gram-negative Bloodstream Infection: A Retrospective Population-wide Cohort Study https://t.co/7FK59KAgp3

Tagging others to spread this amazing news! @TheUnion_TBLH @LSHTM_TB @BUSPH @The_BMC @bu_chart @dtohpkgr @StopTB @HarvardChanSPH

This change was driven in part by the tireless work of colleagues like @nhochMD @dranuragb @dr_madhavib @CFMcQuaid @Megan_b_murray @ChelsieCintron and several others! Seeing our research change real things in the real world that affect real people is immensely gratifying!

Excited to see this announcement from @MoHFW_INDIA -a doubling of cash transfers and a major expansion of in-kind support for persons with TB & their household. Grateful for amazing leadership from Dr. Urvashi Singh at NTEP in advocating for this much-needed action!

Excited to check off an item off my professional bucket list by visiting the @WHO. Even more excited that we are considering the impact of climate change on TB. Brilliant leadership by @CFMcQuaid in developing a research framework that will help us understand & adapt.

This is why I love having colleagues like @CFMcQuaid @ChelsieCintron @LeoMarti_EpiTB @kar_jacobson

Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.

So so so proud of @LaurenPischel! I’ve had the good fortune to see her brilliance and compassion as a physician. So excited to see her also become an independent scientist. Thanks for investing in a true star @NIAIDFunding!!

1/n I am over the moon to announce I received my K23 award looking at the household transmission of influenza in low resource settings!

Just wrapped up an incredibly productive trip to India! So excited to see the foresight and energy of India’s leaders. Also very grateful to Madolyn Dauphianis and @ChelsieCintron without whom I couldn’t really function! @nhochMD @The_BMC @BWFUND

Providers find it difficult not to treat once they have a positive U/A or UCx, independent of whether it was appropriate to test and when they know the evidence doesn’t show a benefit in treating asymptomatic bacteriuria. Goal needs to be reducing testing.

Yes indeed, the 2nd rule of Internal Medicine: 1) If what you're doing is working, keep doing it. 2) If what you're doing isn't working, do something else: a) Change one thing at a time. b) Unless the patient is crashing, in which case you change everything all at once.

I used to think I was rational. Then I read Daniel Kahneman's Nobel Prize-winning work on human decision-making. He routinely asks 8 questions to expose cognitive traps you fall into daily. Test yourself with these questions (it's the ultimate BS detector for your brain):

Thread of cool maps you've (probably) never seen before 🧵 1. All roads lead to Rome

Procalcitonin CRP

The value of ‘wasting time’ on deep thinking is often overlooked in a scientific ecosystem increasingly tainted by Wall Street’s productivity mindset. https://t.co/hNTA74DNOr