Examining weight stigma shows that the "obese" cutoff increases patient mortality. Analyses of diagnostic effort and clinical documentation point to stigma as a mechanism, from Manasvini Singh www.nber.org/papers/w35277
New at Can We Still Govern: The Trump admin released a report saying that Medicaid work requirements will increase work and reduce poverty. There is a technical term for this: malarkey.
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Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, which has 25 beds, had over 700 positive tests for alpha-gal allergy last year. If you live in Massachusetts, best to get your fill of red meat now
i'm on team STAT
Cherry-picked studies and unrealistic assumptions define a new government report
i'm always surprised at how many referrals never go through, busy this is about the same level as every dataset I've looked at
So many fascinating tidbits in this article
✅ 22 specialists
✅ at least one from Harvard (!?)
✅ each probably did their own exam of their own organ per prior WH doc's memoir
my hot take: this is an insane way to practice medicine for anyone
