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Board-certified: Internist, Bariatrician. Trained in genetics, RegenMed, Medical and Family practice Pro Paleo Doc! Independent Physician. LongevityDoc

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Does this care in 2 degree weather not deserve to be reimbursed? Should record profit insurers be allowed to stiff labs, nurses and doctors & get away with it Scot-Free? We’ll see @EdGainesIII @wendellpotter @mass_marion We’ll see….
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Ok, now I’m sounding the alarm, we have a series of no less than 15, that’s right 15 confirmed fever cases that have tested COMPLETELY NEGATIVE ON OUT @QIAGEN QIASTAT RPP machine which can run >47 CT. @alexmeshkin are you seeing this?? Anyone @CDCDirector ???
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@laurieallee Ok, so I was asked by one of my licensing states. “Why are you testing all this blood work AFTER COVID.” They literally had no clue. It’s not just the press. It’s the leaders at these orgs. Something has to give.
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@LTI_finance @unusual_whales The wheelchair makes me recognize she needs to retire.
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@farid__jalali This indicates I had a stroke at 45 years old, after COVID. Likely due to COVID. In my clinical experience with COVID & #longcovid Which is quite a bit of experience. I was just hoping to avoid the personal experience, but here we are!
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My Medical School resuming mask requirements. #buckleUp
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Round two COVID in the house. Damn you @POTUS masks matter
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@MeetJess Former active flight surgeon here. We need a COVID infection history and cog screen for every pilot prior infected.
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@TRyanGregory Fixed it for you @TRyanGregory “Businesses refusing to make safe environments are costing the economy billions.”
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@HalCranmer 110% sun is essential for COVID. We mandated activity and sun for patients in March of 2020 in the northeast as well!!!
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@EricTopol @FT @SarahNev @federicacocco This is me. Post covid. Physician with BP of 110-120/60-70. HgbA1c 5.5. F COVID.
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Quick #medtwitter #COVID #dermatology question. After I had my $JNJ vaccination I developed skin changes then blistering. I discovered the MDA5 Ab in me. Now a patient shows up, 1 month post COVID. With THE SAME BLISTERS and complaint. Is anyone else seeing anything like this?
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Ok, I have a bad case of COVID. I’ve had flu. This isn’t flu. Further, my blood literally burns when it left my vein. That has never happened before. My CT yesterday was 29. What do you think my D Dimer will be today? My Ferritin?
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@813JAFERD @bobjherman I wonder if Doc Lizzie ever appealed a denial. It takes days to weeks, sometimes months Elizabeth. C’mon now. I am in one appeal with Anthem/Elevance that is now running on 300 days.
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@alexmeshkin Ok, @alexmeshkin I don’t have a small sample size. I’ve been testing this since April 2020. Nearly, nearly 100% of people I have a pre & post on have significant drops. Including several pro athletes. This is not uncommon. There will be an epidemic of hypogonadism. Politics aside
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@alisagrossutti @farid__jalali I have had three like this, fevers, sick. NEGATIVE ON @BioFireDX AND @QIAGEN QIASTAT. Something is going on.
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@danaparish @denise_dewald Our offices have PCO2 monitors kept under 750 and @CorsIAQ @JimRosenthal4 Boxes & HEPA filters. It’s negligence to NOT HAVE THEM.
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I’m saying it now @US_FDA Allowing #ritonavir #paxlovid to be prescribed empirically is UNPRECEDENTED and without medical care or guidance it is dangerous. Mark my words #CovidIsNotOver #COVID19
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@debpresente @GioBenitez @CopCrime @SweeneyABC Airlines not run by pilots. Medicine not run by physicians. How’s that working out??
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@sgremminger Why would they get behind? If you can’t answer why, seek to understand. Lesson one, prior authorization calls. Don’t want to wait? Then pay the bill, don’t use insurance.
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@gbosslet @acweyand @indystar This is politics in medicine. This is due to political licensing boards. It’s our fault for allowing medical boards to be used as a livelihood ending weapon.
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@dremilyportermd These rating sites are not ok. There needs to be verification for such sites.
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@alexmeshkin @QIAGEN @CDCDirector That’s awesome! The more the better. It really helps! We are getting spooked of another unidentified virus here. Call it PTSD from my early days!
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Another day of refusal to Pay COVID19 testing by insurers.
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@sgremminger Name an administrative task equivalent to prior authorization of a medical service, medical imaging or medicine. That holds up direct patient care.
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@steveinpursuit So science is now religion? JFC. 😵‍💫😵‍💫
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Everyone needs Lymphocyte Counts. Everyone!
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@farid__jalali Also me this week….🤦‍♂️
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@Parsifaler Hi 👋 doc facing institutional interrogation for speaking out. On all levels, licensing, regulation and peers. So sad.
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So insurers won’t share their denial rates because they are “trade secrets” what if we all crowd sourced and shared our denial rates with each insurer. Think of it like @Glassdoor for patients and physicians. Thoughts? Here I’ll start. @Aetna likes to play a game with a code…
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@drdavidsamadi If your diagnosis and treatment doesn’t work out long term, do you keep doing the same thing over and over again David? Or do you change technologies or medications or maybe even diagnosis….It’s madness we are witnessing. Change the damn tech at least.
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@amyfaithho Number 5 has been for every Thanksgiving and Christmas since I’ve been a physician. Truth….
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@alexmeshkin OH MY GOD! We have to sound the alarm here! Why won’t anyone listen? I’m now on Plavix daily bc of #COVIDSTROKE
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Quick #medtwitter #COVID #dermatology question. After I had my $JNJ vaccination I developed skin changes then blistering. I discovered the MDA5 Ab in me. Now a patient shows up, 1 month post COVID. With THE SAME BLISTERS and complaint. Is anyone else seeing anything like this?
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@CommonSenseMD1 Why was PCR testing bad medicine? We’ve been doing it for decades.
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@BNODesk Yup. Cooking the books
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@David51241301 @PeterMallouk I’ve spent nine months trying to get paid by the federal government for federally mandated coverage for Covid tests we did. I’m at level three waiting for a decision. There are two more levels before I can sue the federal government. That will likely run out of the statute of…
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@anish_koka It’s not the white coat. It’s the politicians, lawyers and sociologists that force doctors to do things for fear of their licenses being revoked. We can’t allow this as a society. We have to be free to practice as we see in best interest for our patients.
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@AmyWatton5 @QIAGEN @alexmeshkin @CDCDirector But very few get fevers and don’t have an etiology when worked up. Even fewer have an infectious disease like spread pattern. The unexamined life is a dangerous one I’m afraid. Unless you are prepared for that danger, it is better premeditatio malorum @AmyWatton5
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Ok here’s the story: dbl vaxxed kid gets COVID 18 December, three neg ags 23,24,25, aymptomatic stays with family. Now yesterday “same symptoms” as first time. #MedTwitter I present a case of UNDER 30 DAY REINFECTION. I’m going now to swab for CT. Guess the CT! @DanielGriffinMD
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@StackTeacup @RichardHanania And that is the game set match. Probable unequal treatment.
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@chrissyfarr If we divorced finance from medical decisions would go even further.
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@michaelshermer I love @michaelshermer and his book about the believing brain is a must read. This is the problem with “wanting” something to work for the suffering patient. Not all meds benefit all people.
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@fitterhappierAJ Hi @MurphyMinute here in CT. I can confirm we will likely have stacking here.
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@SalvMattera Sal, this is a cardio centric work up. Most of the cardiac symptoms can be due to more molecular and systemic causes. I am for doing all of those tests. But in the end are our #LongCovid clinic we recognize, Vagal issues, endothelial issue and platelet…
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@yaleHFdoc @Cigna RECORD THE CALLS! Expose the fraud.
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@EM_RESUS @mikemurphymd Worst case, 1 day old in nursery. Mother suffocated by falling asleep on the nursing infant. Not just CPR, full coded. Lost the baby. I was never the same. I hope Mom has healed and well.
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This is where your premiums are going. To this massive apparatus to deny claims they are legally mandated to pay
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@bravenewfilms Why is “Health Insurance so Expensive”
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Study: 24% Of Parents Hid That Their Children Were Covid-19 Positive
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@EM_RESUS Many Codes, much CPR. Maybe 5% made it out of hospital....maybe
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@peak_cranky @alexmeshkin @QIAGEN @CDCDirector We just aren’t catching what it is. But it it definitely ILI with symptoms, fever to 103, cough, not PNA, not Flu. Just like December 2019-Jan 2020
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I just wanted to take a second and thank @brucep13 @YoDoctorYo for their care diligence and dedication. Today I was able to celebrate the successful recover of TWO patients using the protocol developed with @IncellDx lab testing!
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@nytdavidbrooks Here’s a hint @nytdavidbrooks If you want to get rich, Start an insurance company. It’s easier than standing in the rain or snow swabbing people for a pandemic causing virus 🦠. #despicable @drdanchoi @real_dr_mudgil @ZDoggMD How much does the @nytimes get in Ad revenue from them
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@NancyK07312478 @SenRandPaul He said “it was only a little money” DOCTORS have to report if a Pharma company bought them a sandwich. Shouldn’t we ask the same of the NIH?
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@PTLauren1 @DrLongissimus It’s physically impossible to have a happy ending with that.
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@alexmeshkin No victory laps for anyone. We all lost because of this.
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@Scottoutdoors10 @LateKickJosh They tape all the signs? Really?
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@EricTopol @PNASNews @ThaisLaerkholmJ @CEBI_UCPH Remarkable we needed to “prove” this. Thanks for sharing @EricTopol
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@alexmeshkin JuSt LiKe “DiD U TrAvEL to WuHaN?”
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@SaltyOctopus1 @EricTopol @FT @SarahNev @federicacocco I had a stroke in my right thalamus. Post COVID at 45 years old
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@drdavidsamadi I don’t think world leaders handled anything. They rode the tiger, we’re not off it yet David. This virus has caused economic and societal damage that will transform us all. Why?
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Is #covidtwitter and #medtwitter ready for booster breakthrough? 14 days post boost……CoV2 positive…..shady’s back…
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@AngelaReiersen First, I’m sorry you’re dealing with this. Get better soon! Second, We saw this (shingles) starting with the first infection clinically. It was the first suggestion that maybe SARS COV2 may create immunosuppression. But the EBM purists, didn’t want to believe “anecdotal”…
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@independentMDs #WakeUp the suits are not here to protect you. They’re here to make money off of your work. While you assume ALL THE RISK.
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45 mins on the phone with @AnthemBCBS who is denying a covid test payment because it had an “invalid order” Me: Umm hi I ordered the test, it was done. Pay the test. Them: “sorry sir, I can’t make that decision. Only the reviewer can reconsider.” Me: Id like to speak with them.
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Let the lawsuits begin
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@fitterhappierAJ Manaus anyone??? Nope? In Connecticut @GovNedLamont #wakeup
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Ok here’s the story: dbl vaxxed kid gets COVID 18 December, three neg ags 23,24,25, aymptomatic stays with family. Now yesterday “same symptoms” as first time. #MedTwitter I present a case of UNDER 30 DAY REINFECTION. I’m going now to swab for CT. Guess the CT! @DanielGriffinMD
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@GrGuenter @QIAGEN @alexmeshkin @CDCDirector Yes unfortunately we did not get BAL. These were outpatients. I imagine the hospitals should be reporting similar things soon enough.
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Short story. Kid one school “masks are optional” spreading like wildfire. School two “Masks are optional” Two schools, two kids. Both positive. Thanks @GovNedLamont we need to wake up guys. This wave is upon us.
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What do experiences primary care physicians think about #Paxlovid
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@michaelmina_lab 110% agree @michaelmina_lab we’ve had multiple antigen tests not detect small amounts of antigen because it’s down lower first now. We also have had many PCR negative symptomatic patients pop positive on day 3-5 of s/s. If you feel sick, STAY THE HECK HOME!
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@fitterhappierAJ They pilloried you. They were wrong and should publicly apologize to you. Especially @CarlosdelRio7 Man Up, have the academic honor and acknowledge that @fitterhappierAJ was indeed correct with his hypothesis.
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Ok so a little story. My mother died over Easter, I flew to FL, ate outside despite my father’s protests (he was worried about demented drivers hitting our table outside) my mom died from sudden PE. Huge exposures and familial risks for clots. So, I come back and
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@jasondeandc I disagree. Pediatricians serve valuable vulnerable humans. I’ve seen it. But what it’s become in the face of insurers determining care is very sad.
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@DrSallyChung @jbcarmody @goaliecat We should never call them “insurance” They are Finance companies offering to “pay” for healthcare costs.
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@drseanmullen It’s insane. They now understand why we’ve been doing what we have. It doesn’t mean they won’t downplay it. They will. They messed up.
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@PressSec Wait a second? You were positive in November too? Don’t forget to check for diabetes in a few months. Also consider blood work to make sure you don’t have any blood clots or other adverse events related to this horrible pandemic.
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@P_McCulloughMD 👋 and how many IRL outside of that room. Thousands of doctors persecuted for trying to help.
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@Doctor_Disney ITM? Disney Magic is for everyone. Including retirees. What an ageist.
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@Austen Business marketing degree with 80k in debt. That’s despicable. How can modern academia do this? She’ll never pay that back.
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@SeivwrightTrudy Why do seasoned healthcare workers refuse vaccination? There must be *SOME* reason? #naturalimmunity
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@SwaledaleMutton @TheChiefNerd Great to know. A guy who is/was on the advisory committee knows less than you @SwaledaleMutton You should be on the advisory committee
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@MdBreathe @Labcorp ProTip: Medicare has been denying Vitamin D levels for years. Essentially @CMSGov created the conditions for COVID19 deaths due to these denials for years. hounded me about this since 2019. I still did the tests, AT A LOSS. Because it was the right thing 2 do. cost to me? 7 bucks
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@JeffPassan Meanwhile California Department of Revenue be like:
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3 weeks post COVID, I have now developed substernal chest pain, center chest. No way you can convince me this wasn’t created. I’m disappointed in governments and society. This is remarkable and I’m so sorry for all those affected by Spike/SARS COV2
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If you don’t want COVID, wear an N95. Anything else is like using using ginkgo Biloba to clear a cardiac thrombus.
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I’m here to say it now. If you have had Pfizer/Moderna & have following symptoms: Chest tightness, palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, chest pain. SEE YOUR DOC. If they blow it of see us @coronatestct There is more here than “just a spike” @YoDoctorYo @drbeen_medical
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This is how the exam room should look. ⁦ @JimRosenthal4 ⁩ ⁦ @CorsIAQ
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