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WHO ethics mpx vaccine access

Dr Githinji Gitahi, MBS

A thread: Why Africa needs ownership of its health security 👇🏾

Despite ⁦‪@AfricaCDC‬⁩ recording 10000 monkeypox cases & 600 deaths in 2 yrs (20/21), ⁦‪@WHO‬⁩ stockpiled vaccines were only mobilised when monkeypox was identified in far fewer cases and no deaths in rich countries in 2022 pic.twitter.com/SE2AVyEFhJ

6/18/22, 3:09 AM

Joseph Thornton

Could Dietary Modification Independent of Energy Balance Influence the Underlying Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes? Implications for Type 2 Diabetes Remission | SpringerLink

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13300-022-01220-4

Joseph Thornton

APA mtg. Predicting suicide risk

https://www.psychnews.org/alert_post-AM2022_4f.html

Joseph Thornton

Tweet by Beverly G. Tchang, MD compare trials obesity

Beverly G. Tchang, MD

⁦‪@BevTchangMD‬⁩

Here’s a visualization comparing* sema and tirze for #weightloss in ppl with #obesity or #diabetes

My estimate of therapeutic efficacy goes like this, from least to most:
sema 1.0
sema 2.0
tirze 5 ( = sema 2.4)
tirze 10
tirze 15 pic.twitter.com/GV0w066KlY

6/14/22, 3:45 PM

Joseph Thornton

Tweet by Beverly G. Tchang, MD refs on rx trials obesity

Beverly G. Tchang, MD

⁦‪@BevTchangMD‬⁩

References:
STEP 1: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
SURMOUNT-1: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
SURPASS-2: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
SUSTAIN-FORTE: thelancet.com/journals/landi…

6/14/22, 3:45 PM

Joseph Thornton

Tweet by Carlos del Rio if symptoms assume positive

Carlos del Rio

⁦‪@CarlosdelRio7‬⁩

⁦‪@DrJudyStone‬⁩ A negative rapid test if you have symptoms means nothing. Assume you are positive if symptomatic.

6/14/22, 9:12 PM

Joseph Thornton

Incidence and Predictors of Suicide Attempts and Suicide Deaths Among Individuals Recently Hospitalized for a Mental Disorder: A Population-Based Study | Psychiatrist.com

https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/depression/predictors-of-suicidality-after-psychiatric-hospitalization/

Joseph Thornton

Tweet by Michael Okun on Dementia progression timeline

Michael Okun

⁦‪@MichaelOkun‬⁩

Not so fast when you diagnose rapidly progressing dementia. It is not always prion disease. Look at the blurry time course when comparing some neurodegenerative diseases.
Hermann and Zerr had awesome review of rapidly progressive dementias ⁦‪@NatRevNeurol‬⁩ nature.com/articles/s4158… pic.twitter.com/r3Hf2Zod8k

6/14/22, 8:00 AM

Joseph Thornton