MajdMD
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Family Medicine Physician | Your YouTube Family Doctor👇:
San Diego, CA
Joined January 2010
What is type 2 diabetes? Here I review the risk factors for developing it, its medical complications, & how doctors exactly diagnose it. #diabetes #type2diabetes
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Back and forth on this topic -- but new evidence recommending women start at age 40 again, which I personally agree with given the number of breast cancers I've seen in my patients in their 40's. https://t.co/X8oW7lAW8j
#breastcancer #breastcancerawareness
nbcnews.com
Women ages 40 and older should get screened for breast cancer every other year, according to the new recommendations. But doctors think it should be annual.
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This one makes us docs a little nervous -- especially for women over age 40, undiagnosed vaginal bleeding, history of blood clots, breast cancer, heart disease, smokers, etc. Always a good idea to run it by your doctor first! https://t.co/KlzRTAnDiD
#womenshealth #birthcontrol
apnews.com
Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription. The unanimous vote on Wednesday by a Food and Drug Administration panel paves the way...
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The advisory “calls for a collective effort to ‘mend the social fabric of our nation,’ including teaching children how to build healthy relationships; talking more to relatives, friends and co-workers; and spending less time online and on social media.”
washingtonpost.com
An advisory on loneliness from Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy calls for a collective effort to “mend the social fabric of our nation.”
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New drug approved -- How many of you know at least one person afflicted with #Alzheimers? "the drug...is for patients with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia because of Alzheimer’s.”
washingtonpost.com
The drug, lecanemab, removes a sticky protein from the brain called amyloid beta, which is thought to play a key role in the memory-robbing illness.
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I want to share what I think about MDs. I love each and everyone that busted their ass, borrowed too much money, sacrificed more than we can ever quantify, in hopes of helping their patients. Medicine is an imprecise science. The uncertainties far outnumber the absolutes.
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Every MD knows they are not going to be right every time, it's impossible to be, but they will do their best . Every day. Are some better than others. Yes. Are there politics?More than most professions. But to dismiss MDs as being "bought" is wrong.
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I can't imagine the stress or having to make life or death decisions for patients. The pain of dealing with death and tragedy. Intellectually we all know that Twitter isn't really representative of anything but Twitter. But the abuse on this platform towards MDs is wrong
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Bivalent vaccine includes protection from "original strain of the virus and of omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, which make up about 80 percent of the virus circulating in the United States." #covidusa
washingtonpost.com
The vaccines are designed to provide better protection against circulating variants, but adults have been slow to get the boosters.
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It will be interesting to see how this pans out and what the FDA views as "healthy". However, remember in the end, that almost everything with a food label is actually "processed". https://t.co/om5ZB99dYh
#FDA #nutrition
washingtonpost.com
As part of a national strategy released ahead of its Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, the White House wants the FDA to update the nutrition criteria for “healthy” claims on food packages.
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Not new knowledge, but worth repeating if you have hypertension. According to study, “27,000 CVD events & 2,800 deaths could be prevented during the next 10 years if people with elevated BP follow through with recommended lifestyle changes.” https://t.co/jbjD2e8mwD
#hypertension
healio.com
Widespread adoption of simple lifestyle changes, including switching to a well-known eating plan, could reduce risk for CV events and death for millions of adults with stage 1 hypertension, researc...
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Have you ever been told by your pharmacy that you need a "prior authorization" to approve a prescription? Here is what doctors wish their patients knew about "prior auths". https://t.co/fl1raX2ePr
#physicianburnout #patientburnout
ama-assn.org
AMA Immediate Past President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, explains how the cost-control practice delays care. Patients can help the AMA tackle prior authorization.
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After a brief hiatus from YouTube, I'm back! New video: Here I review the top 9 causes of hair loss, including the scoop on Jada Pinkett Smith's affliction with a subtype of "alopecia" (i.e. hair loss)! #alopecia #alopeciaareata #alopeciaawareness
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Something i've always told my patients -- it's always best to obtain your nutrients from your diet rather than a supplement. https://t.co/mzhyKTlCrd
#vitaminE #betacarotene #heartdisease #CVD
healio.com
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a recommendation statement against the use of beta carotene or vitamin E supplements for the prevention of CVD or cancer.The recommendations in this...
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News that many physician parents of little kids have been waiting for!
apnews.com
The nation’s youngest children are getting their chance at vaccines for COVID-19. Shots began Monday at a few locations, though they were expected to ramp up after the Juneteenth federal holiday.
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With "potential authorization by the end of the week." https://t.co/nlhPkCL8qB
#covidvaccine #Moderna
washingtonpost.com
The analysis sets the stage for a review by the agency’s outside advisers Wednesday and a potential authorization by the end of the week.
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#Monkeypox: Spread through touch, < 1% mortality, & starts w/ fever, aches, fatigue, followed days later by pus-filled bumps on skin. VERY different than COVID, much more controllable.
washingtonpost.com
An unprecedented global spread of monkeypox raises alarm among public health authorities, with at least one case in the United States and more than 70 across Europe.
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"Even though risk of long Covid-19 appears to increase the severity of acute Covid-19 infection, almost a third of people who had mild symptoms when they were originally diagnosed." https://t.co/WPJQiQGcud
#longcovid #longhaulcovid
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This is such incredible news: "there are 16,138 people in the hospital with Covid-19 -- fewer than there have ever been." https://t.co/hwFgu2FgBC
#covid19 #covidus
us.cnn.com
Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals and staff continue to feel the strain.
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