Author Archives: Joseph Thornton MD

Kate Tantam (She/her) ⁦‪@TantamKate‬⁩ Not sure how to help patients who are delirious….. Start here ⬇️ Happy #WDAD2022 #Rehablegends pic.twitter.com/phN2lQ8w3b 3/16/22, 3:48 AM

USPSTF Deems Existing Evidence Insufficient For Screening For Eating Disorders In Asymptomatic Adolescents And Adults According to MedPage Today (3/15, Monaco), the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) “deemed existing evidence insufficient (grade ‘I’) to make a recommendation in favor or against screening for eating disorders in” asymptomatic adolescents and adults, “concluding that ‘the balanceContinue reading “Evidence Insufficient For Screening For Eating Disorders”

UF Health ⁦‪@UFHealth‬⁩ Despite needing to move to a telehealth format because of COVID-19, participants in a UF weight loss study lost a comparable amount of weight to in-person programs. These results support continued use of telehealth for intervention delivery. ⁦‪@UFPHHP‬⁩ ufhealth.org/news/2022/uf-s… pic.twitter.com/AACKWyDVX3 3/15/22, 9:31 AM

UF McKnight Brain Institute ⁦‪@UFMBI‬⁩ In ⁦‪@BuzzFeedNews‬⁩ feature, Dr. ⁦‪@Michael_Jaffee‬⁩ shares some ways that music may help promote better sleep. Jaffee is a sleep medicine specialist at the ⁦‪@UFHealth‬⁩ Sleep Disorders Center, vice chair of ⁦‪@UF‬⁩ neurology & director of ⁦‪@UFBrainInjury‬⁩. buzzfeednews.com/article/katiec… 3/14/22, 12:18 PM

UF MD-PhD ⁦‪@UFMDPhD‬⁩ Incredible work by the new Dr. ⁦‪@ChuJHsiao‬⁩ that expands the understanding of how psychosocial stress from societal violence is biologically embedded in health. She also gave a shoutout as to how her MD-PhD class is considered #GOAT with the best acknowledgement slide of all time. pic.twitter.com/QWCTgFxkFc 3/14/22, 2:06 PM

STAT ⁦‪@statnews‬⁩ In the next year, U.S. regulators may approve gene therapies – to treat sickle cell disease. But gene therapies come with a high price tag — and it’s estimated that roughly 40% of sickle cell patients are covered by #Medicaid. buff.ly/35UOqlP 3/14/22, 5:25 PM

Eric Topol ⁦‪@EricTopol‬⁩ Two new important papers on understanding and debunking Covid misinformation and conspiracy theories ⁦‪@NatureMedicine‬⁩ nature.com/articles/s4159… nature.com/articles/s4159… ⁦‪@Sander_vdLinden‬⁩ ⁦‪@ed_pertwee‬⁩ ⁦‪@ProfHeidiLarson‬⁩ pic.twitter.com/qL1Oa8edzG 3/10/22, 11:37 AM

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/health/covid-brain-changes-study-wellness/index.html

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Not discussed in detail but logical follow up – can we learn about the pathophysiology o psychosis from his neuropathic correlation as I suggested in 1986 poster to APA. Association of Variation in Behavioral Symptoms With Initial Cognitive Phenotype in Adults With Dementia Confirmed by Neuropathology | Dementia and Cognitive Impairment | JAMA Network OpenContinue reading “Association of Variation in Behavioral Symptoms With Initial Cognitive Phenotype in Adults With Dementia Confirmed by Neuropathology”