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Promise of digital health

The-Promise-of-Digital-Health-Then-Now-and-the-Future.pdf

Joseph Thornton

CDC racist mpx map

twitter.com/boghuma/status/1540759236992536576?s=12 from BK Titanji #IAmAScientist🇨🇲’s Tweet

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Tweet. APA strategic. DEI plan

American Psychiatric Association

⁦‪@APAPsychiatric‬⁩

The APA recognizes its historical role in perpetuating structural racism in psychiatry. Check out the new DEI Strategic Plan to learn more about our important first steps in making a change: psychiatry.org/getmedia/17455… #AchieveMentalHealthEquity #APA_DDHE pic.twitter.com/AZy8CUrq9u

6/26/22, 2:01 PM

Joseph Thornton

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology | Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14177

Joseph Thornton

Obesity genes in nervous system.

Michael “Mike” Albert, MD

⁦‪@MichaelAlbertMD‬⁩

>80% of obesity-associated genes are located in the nervous system nature.com/articles/natur… pic.twitter.com/GUmLDlns3H

6/25/22, 8:19 PM

Joseph Thornton

Need to increase diversity in research

Michael “Mike” Albert, MD

⁦‪@MichaelAlbertMD‬⁩

3/ We still need to find ways to recruit a more representative sample. This is hard work, and I don’t have the answer. [Pie graph = US obesity rates by ethnicity] pic.twitter.com/nSZkQPjtSX

6/25/22, 6:57 PM

Joseph Thornton

LDL causes cv disease

Michael “Mike” Albert, MD

⁦‪@MichaelAlbertMD‬⁩

Your friendly reminder that LDL causes atherosclerosis. This is the consensus among expert physicians and scientists. The only people questioning this are trying to justify a personal lifestyle choice. FYI: we don’t use “unequivocally” lightly in science.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… pic.twitter.com/UbJAAesuwt

6/25/22, 1:04 PM

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Bias against obesity interferes w Carr.

Beverly G. Tchang, MD

⁦‪@BevTchangMD‬⁩

“According to a study in the National Library of Medicine, only 1% of doctors are trained in treating one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the U.S. — #obesity.” npr.org/2022/06/23/110…

6/24/22, 6:39 AM

Joseph Thornton

Climate change. Action plan. Tweet by Stanford Woods Institute on Twitter

Stanford Woods Institute

⁦‪@StanfordWoods‬⁩

ICYMI: ⁦‪@MarshallBBurke‬⁩ and Noah Diffenbaugh of ⁦‪@Stanford‬⁩ outline an action plan to turn down the global thermostat: bit.ly/3zUwMew

6/23/22, 12:06 PM

Joseph Thornton

Tweet by Michael Okun. Anxiety in Parkinsonism

Michael Okun

⁦‪@MichaelOkun‬⁩

Can anxiety be part of the Parkinson syndrome? Ask ⁦‪@JenGoldmanMD‬⁩ ⁦‪@DrSusanHFox‬⁩ Aspen ⁦‪@movedisorder‬⁩ up to 40% have it; and guess what? It matters whether on or off PD meds or generalized. Ask the right questions. Dr Khatri had a recent article on this topic:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl… pic.twitter.com/3LkBRmByIu

6/23/22, 8:00 AM

Joseph Thornton