Weekly Idea Rounds: Apple AI, Medical AI, Jerky, Apple Watch Tips, Favorite Apps, Shortcuts, Work Music.

To work around the iPhone’s limitation on putting the same app on more than one Home Screen on the iPhone: create a widget of the app first, then long-press on the widget and select the app icon.

A quicker way to estimate the eGFR of CKD-EPIcr-cys.

Here's an Apple shortcut to calculate your sleep efficiency. (More than 90% is optimal.)

s “recharge” and “light work” stations are ideal for playing in the background while I see patients in the office.

The new uses AI to let you select multiple papers, compare them, search for specific patient populations, summarize results, etc. Useful when you need to answer a specific question quickly.

How to enable dark mode everywhere, on all websites:

Here are three time-saving ICD-10 codes: R68.89 ("other general symptoms and signs"), R79.9 ("abnormal findings of lab chemistry unspecified"), and Z79.899 ("other long-term drug therapy").

"We should regard our own genes as symbiotic viruses." - Richard Dawkins in conversation with Sam Harris.

OpenEvidence: If 1000 people take statins, how many will develop dementia?

If you’re interested in the Whoop but own an Apple Watch, check out the Bevel app. It’s a nearly perfect substitute and, in some ways, it's even better.

I've been sampling a dozen high-protein, low-calorie, (preferably) free-range turkey sticks. These are my favorites: Chomps, Lorissa's Kitchen, and Think Jerky.

Here’s a shortcut that changes the iPhone's or Ultra's Action button’s function based on your current Focus mode: For instance, if you’re asleep (in Sleep Focus), you can set an action to run when you wake up.

New iPhone PSA: Use "Quick Start" device-to-device transfer to keep your passwords and logins (rather than restoring from an iCloud backup).

For blocking social media, some of the best apps are Opal for iPhone/Android ( and Cold Turkey for Mac/PC (.

RT @kidney_boy: Hotdog therapy as animated gif

Perplexity’s AI figured out why our lights turn on and off at 1 AM: Alexa’s AI had a "hunch" we were sleeping and turned our lights on and off to be sure they were off. At 1 AM.

“Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing” is the best feature of Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1 beta.

How We Feel, an app I recommend to patients, now creates personalized soundscapes based on your emotions.

RT @kidney_boy: 1 packet of urea is 7 grams of nitrogen.1 scoop of whey (protein powder) is 4 grams of nitrogen. Are you using whey to trea….