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The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence "implications are profound" New nature nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/d4158…

If you're attending the ACP #IM2025 meeting please come to our 11am workshop 4/3 at 11:00am "Practical Frailty Assessment"! Ariela Orkaby MD MPH #frailty #geriatrics #internalmedicine #meded #medtwitter

You are invited to the next FSS Webinar, Wednesday, May 14, 12 PM ET. Dr. Julia V. Loewenthal, MD from Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School will present "Mind-Body Therapies for Frailty Prevention" REGISTER at mhs.webex.com/weblink/regist…

I saw firsthand the impact of stop-work-orders/terminations at USAID & now Harvard. My new The New Yorker piece is on the serious implications for the lives of millions across the world and the US – including for my own family and very possibly your own. 🧵 newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

The NIH Women’s Health Initiative enrolled 10,000's of participants in trials of medications & tracked health of thousands for 3+ decades. “This trial taught us an immense amount about prevention of disease in women." The Trump admin is cancelling it.science.org/content/articl…

Nature research paper: Psychedelic control of neuroimmune interactions governing fear go.nature.com/4izW8kH

From husband Michael Wheeler 's lab!

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A new study suggests that fear and the immune system are connected in previously unknown ways. The research also explores how psychedelics can do more than just change perception. Learn more: spklr.io/60117TIF

Research at Harvard touches countless lives, moving us closer to disease cures, next-generation technology, and a more secure future for millions of people bit.ly/4jqPs99

ACP is alarmed about the major cuts to health care funding in the proposed budget. If approved as is by Congress, the budget would seriously degrade our country’s health care and public health systems in virtually every way. Read more: bit.ly/3GEknke

Now Available: 2025 Minimum Geriatrics Competencies for IM/FM Residents! These competencies outline what graduating Internal & Family Medicine residents should be able to demonstrate in team-based care for older adults. View the updated competencies: adgap.americangeriatrics.org/education-trai…

Check out our session "Lifestyle Approaches for the Prevention and Reversal of Frailty" at #AGS25 tomorrow! American Geriatrics Society

How Claude helped a patient "A.I. isn’t a magic bullet. But it uncovers hidden connections in data at speeds no human can match, freeing doctors to focus on what they do best: care." gift link wsj.com/opinion/ai-hel…

1/ Welcome to Edition 253 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll cover our new paper JAMA Network Open on spousal support and physician #burnout Mayo Clinic #wellbeing #meded #medtwitter Spousal Support and Physician Work-Life Integration and Burnout jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Watch the FSS 2024-25 Webinar Panel from May 14, 2025! Dr. Julia V. Loewenthal, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School USA, presented "Mind-Body Therapies for Frailty Prevention" Now available youtu.be/g2A_0FXLKX0

Medical misinformation is dangerous. Fact is statins reduce cardiovascular risk by ~25% per 1 mmol/L LDL drop (Lancet, 2010) & don’t harm the brain, which makes its own cholesterol (JAMA Neuro, 2021). Statins aren’t “harmless” but social media myths are far more harmful 🧵

Muscle mass is the bank account of independence. You either build it now or borrow against your future. Building muscle early beats managing decline later.

As the US government slashes Harvard’s funding, Nature has learnt that researchers at the university have lost nearly 1,000 grants worth more than US$2.4 billion. go.nature.com/3SReItY

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