173 kids with MIS-C after COVID vs. 14,000 controls.
Followed 4.5 years.
Kids with MIS-C had:
14x risk of CV disease
8.9x risk of hypertension
9.5x risk of GI disorders
3.5x risk of respiratory
2x risk of Neurologic disorders.
Long term effects in kids are real. buff.ly/gJuaTru
#medsky #pedsky😷🛟🧪
NEW Dr. Ruth Report
👉 drruth.substack.com/p/dr-ruth-re...
🔹 Kids with Long COVID: microvascular retinal damage
🔹 XOCOVA approved for COVID prevention
🔹 Long COVID linked to Parkinson’s-like sx
🔹 Medicaid work rules may hurt sick Americans
🔹 Melanoma vaccine cuts recurrence & death
#medsky #IDsky 😷
Ruth Ann Crystal
Wow 😧
“Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were escorted by police out of the convention center in New Orleans during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research.”
Imagine that! If you give people healthy meals, they have fewer hospitalizations, fewer emergency department visits, and lower healthcare costs.
The HPV vaccine is a powerful way to prevent an awful disease.
“A large multinational study found that Long COVID patients show significantly elevated rates of prodromal Parkinson’s disease features including loss of smell, constipation, excessive daytime sleepiness, and cognitive difficulties…”
A woman in her 80s with advanced Alzheimer's was nearly silent for 5 years.
19 hours after a psilocybin mushroom dose, she started talking about her life.
Then dressed herself.
And became continent again.
A single case report, but a striking one. buff.ly/CfmdliH
#medsky #neurosky
One shot every 6 months.
Nearly 100% protection against HIV.
South Africa is trying to scale it.
USAID cuts are blocking the way.
www.npr.org/2026/06/05/n...
#Lenacapavir #medsky #ObGynsky
And yet, the government voted to take away fruits and vegetables from pregnant women and children.
bsky.app/profile/hall...
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
Ruth Ann Crystal
Ruth Ann Crystal
Prof Gavin Yamey
Ruth Ann Crystal
A new twice-yearly HIV prevention injection could transform South Africa's fight against the epidemic — but U.S. aid cuts and limited doses threaten to slow its impact.
NEW Dr. Ruth Report
👉 drruth.substack.com/p/dr-ruth-re...
🔹 Kids with Long COVID: microvascular retinal damage
🔹 XOCOVA approved for COVID prevention
🔹 Long COVID linked to Parkinson’s-like sx
🔹 Medicaid work rules may hurt sick Americans
🔹 Melanoma vaccine cuts recurrence & death
#medsky #IDsky 😷
Can we please return to precedented times? I wish to be bored again by the news.
Between 2020 and 2023, in Massachusetts, receiving medically tailored meals was associated with reductions in hospitalizations and emergency department visits and lower healthcare costs, according to a paper in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/3QoAtUm #medsky 🧪
Congress just voted to cut fruits and vegetables for moms and kids.
The House passed HR8646. The Senate still has to vote.
Nutrition during pregnancy/childhood is preventative healthcare!
CALL your senators: (202) 224-3121
Tell them: Protect WIC fruit and vegetable benefits.
CIDRAP tells one family's HPV story.
One sister was vaccinated in 2006.
The other developed cervical cancer from persistent HPV and died at 33.
Screening and HPV vaccination can prevent most cervical cancers.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
