Author Archives: Joseph Thornton MD

Oren Gottfried, MD ⁦‪@OGdukeneurosurg‬⁩ The STRESSED BRAIN: Check out all the good the Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) does (A), & then see what happens when “All Hell Breaks Loose (B). “The PFC is very sensitive to stress causing a rapid & dramatic loss of cognitive abilities & even structural damage over the long term. pic.twitter.com/PX3zP1sPSh 7/17/22,Continue reading “Tweet by Oren Gottfried, MD IMPORTANT GRAPHIC THE STRESSED BRAIN”

Michael “Mike” Albert, MD ⁦‪@MichaelAlbertMD‬⁩ Look what arrived in the mail! I re-read SURMOUNT-1 (for the 4th time) and picked up a few more tidbits: ▪️36.2% lost ≥ 25% BW @ 15 mg dose ▪️Nearly all participants achieved normoglycemia (>95% w/ PreDM) ▪️Similar changes in FM:FFM as other interventions for wt loss pic.twitter.com/0ymEmMGoYc 7/17/22, 1:40Continue reading “Tweet by Michael. NEJM. At loss”

Oren Gottfried, MD ⁦‪@OGdukeneurosurg‬⁩ Study the Cerebral Veins from this beautiful and accurate illustration. Isn’t it amazing how’s this intricate anatomy all drains into two simple jugular veins. Source: KARCEN. pic.twitter.com/X59ZQp4aGo 7/17/22, 8:28 AM Joseph Thornton

Hugo Chrost ⁦‪@chrost_hugo‬⁩ The Cognitive Disorder Diagram! By Lasse Damgaard and Lasse Hansen #neuroscience #cognition #brain #neurotwitter #MedTwitter #Bioinformatics #Biology #biochemistry #ScienceTwitter #science pic.twitter.com/yKifccxnIn 7/16/22, 12:00 PM Joseph Thornton

Niccolò Terrando ⁦‪@NiccoloTerrando‬⁩ ‼️“…#delirium in over 65s carries a 31% risk of developing dementia and an even greater risk of death in the 5-year postdiagnosis…”‼️ Delirium and the risk of developing dementia: a cohort study of 12 949 patients jnnp.bmj.com/content/93/8/8… ⁦‪@AmerDelirium‬⁩ ⁦‪@sharon_inouye‬⁩ 7/15/22, 2:53 PM Joseph Thornton

The American Brain Coalition ⁦‪@AmericanBrainCo‬⁩ Call 988 starting July 16th for support! 📞☎️ ⁦‪@APApsychiatric‬⁩ #ABrainCo #ABrainCoProud #ABrainCoAdvocacy 7/14/22, 9:04 AM Joseph Thornton

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World Obesity ⁦‪@WorldObesity‬⁩ Are you an employer wanting to promote employee health? We have created a set of simple, free resources to help employers support employees living with obesity and build a healthy workplace in the office and at home. ➡️ Learn more: worldobesityday.org/resources/entr… #WorldObesityDay ⭕ pic.twitter.com/1aQghvRDHp 7/14/22, 7:00 AM Joseph Thornton

American Psychiatric Association ⁦‪@APApsychiatric‬⁩ Starting on Saturday, July 16th, 988 will be the new way to connect to a local behavioral health crisis call specialist. 9-8-8 will provide free and confidential support to people in suicidal crisis or mental health-related distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the U.S. pic.twitter.com/MPsJmSeIqU 7/14/22, 8:02Continue reading “Tweet by American Psychiatric Association on Twitter”

World Obesity ⁦‪@WorldObesity‬⁩ More than 200 new images have been added to our #ImageBank, following our shoots in Asia & Africa! Our Image Bank forms a gallery of free-to-use images to ensure accurate, non-biased, respectful images are widely available. 📰 worldobesity.org/news/world-obe… 📷 worldobesity.org/resources/imag… pic.twitter.com/d7skk5yfq1 7/13/22, 5:00 AM Joseph Thornton