.📜 “The Brussels Declaration 🎯: Prevent the Preventable: The Lp(a) Revolution Begins
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🚨 One in five people carry a hidden cardiovascular risk—do you? The Brussels Declaration on Lipoprotein(a) calls for global, once-in-a-lifetime Lp(a) testing to prevent premature heart disease and stroke. With strong scientific backing and health equity at its core, this is a pivotal step toward personalized cardiovascular prevention. 🧬 Let’s test early. Act early. Save lives. #LipoproteinA #BrusselsDeclaration #CVDprevention #PrecisionMedicine #HeartHealth
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Switching Gears: From Fetal Hemoglobin to Gene Therapy
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From baby blood to breakthrough cures — we explore how unlocking fetal hemoglobin through gene editing (exa-cel/Casgevy) is transforming treatment for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. 🧬✂️ Featuring the science of BCL11A, CRISPR therapies, and what the future holds for global access 🌍💉 🎧 Tune in: “Switching Gears: From Fetal Hemoglobin to Gene Therapy” #GeneTherapy #CRISPR #HbF #BCL11A #Casgevy #SickleCell #Thalassemia #Innovation #PrecisionMedicine
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Valve by Valve: Treat Early, Treat Right, Treat Once
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Treat it Early. Treat it Right. Treat it Once. New Lancet comment calls for a paradigm shift in heart valve disease care—advocating early referral, multidisciplinary heart networks, and lifetime management strategies that prioritize durability over delay. Surgery isn’t the villain—delay is. #Cardiology #HeartValveDisease #PrecisionMedicine #SurgicalInnovation #Lancet2025 #LifetimeCare #MultidisciplinaryCare
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Dr RR Baliga's Philosophical Discourses: Vasubandhu (India, c. 4th Century CE) – Co-Founder of Yogacara School
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Vasubandhu was a 4th–5th century Indian Buddhist monk, philosopher, and co-founder of the Yogācāra school of Mahayana Buddhism. Renowned for his works on Abhidharma, he developed key philosophical concepts such as “consciousness-only” (vijñaptimātra) and authored texts on Buddhist metaphysics, logic, and meditation. His influential treatises, including Abhidharmakośa and Thirty Verses, significantly shaped Buddhist thought in India, Tibet, and East Asia.
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Shear Genius: Clot Control, Microstructure Mastery, Revascularization 🚀🧠🔬
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🧠💥 New spin on stroke care! The Milli-Spinner thrombectomy device shrinks clots by up to 95% using shear + compression — no rupture, no fragments. 🚑 Achieves revascularization in 90%+ cases, even when aspiration fails. #Stroke #Innovation #NeuroTech 🔄🩸🔬 📖 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09049-0
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🔥 Age, Immune, Inflamming: Cracking the Code of Aging 🧬🛡️
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🔥 Immunosenescence + Inflammaging = Aging’s hidden engines. 🧬 New studies link immune decline to frailty, dementia, and disease. 🥗💉 Sleep, diet, vaccines, and GLP-1s may slow the clock. #Healthspan > #Lifespan 💡👴🛡️ Derived from Dr. Eric Topol’s Ground Truths on Substack.
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Beyond the Blockage: Arrhythmias, Aging, and Aortic Storms ⏳⚡🌀
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Heart attacks & strokes are down, but guess what’s rising? ⚡ Atrial fibrillation, 🫀 valve disease, & 🩸 VTE are taking the lead! It’s time to rethink prevention: from plaque to pulse to prognosis. 🧠💊📊 #CardioTwitter #HeartHealth #TheLancet https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00990-0
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Fructose, Anxiety, Fear, and the Brain 🍭😨🧠
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🧠🍬 New study in Nature reveals: High-fructose exposure in early life impairs brain development by suppressing microglial phagocytosis via GLUT5 ➡️ HK2-driven metabolic rewiring. Result? 🐭 develop anxiety-like behavior. Cut the sweet talk. Think before you drink. #NeuroScience #FructoseFacts #MentalHealth 🧪🍼
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🏃♂️ Weight, Wellness, and the Weakening Heart
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🚨 New 2025 ACC Statement! Obesity worsens heart failure—but weight loss changes the game. 🏃♂️ Lifestyle helps. 💊 Semaglutide & tirzepatide show promise in HFpEF. 🔬 Rethink BMI. ⚖️ Precision + empathy = better outcomes. 👇 Dive into key takeaways. #CardioTwitter #Obesity #HeartFailure
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Forks, Frailty, and Forgetfulness 🦷➡️🧠: Mapping Malnutrition in Old Age
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👵🍽️ Malnutrition in aging isn’t just about food — it’s frailty, forgetfulness, and function. The DoMAP model 🧠🔺 reveals how low intake, high needs, and poor absorption collide with social, physical & mental challenges. Let’s fix the hidden hunger. 🥣❤️ #Geriatrics #Malnutrition #HealthyAging
info_outline🌬️🚶♂️ COPD comes in many forms! From chronic bronchitis 🪫 to emphysema 💨, frequent exacerbators 🚨, asthma-COPD overlap 🌪️, and eosinophilic type 🧫.
Tailoring treatment to phenotype is key! #COPD #PrecisionMedicine #RespiratoryCare