💊 Ditch the Aspirin? 🔄 P2Y12 Prevails 🛡️ After PCI
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🚨 New BMJ meta-analysis! After PCI & stopping DAPT, P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy 💊 reduces MACCE 🧠❤️ (HR 0.77) vs aspirin — without more major bleeding 💉 🫀 MI & stroke ↓ 📊 16,117 pts, 5 trials 🧠 Smarter post-PCI strategy? #CardioTwitter #BMJ #PCI #P2Y12 #Aspirin 🚫
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💉 T Cells, TCF7, and Time ⏱️: The Immune Key to Longevity: When transcription meets transformation
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🧬 New study in Aging Cell finds immune resilience—anchored by TCF7 expression—confers a 🚀 15.5-year survival advantage! 💥 SAS-1 high / MAS-1 low = 🔑 to longevity 👵 Midlife is the window. 🧠 Age is biology, but resilience is destiny. #Longevity #Aging #Immunology #TCF7
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🫀 Hearts, Hope, and Health for All: Lancet Editorial
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🫀 Cardiovascular breakthroughs abound—yet millions still die needlessly. 🌍 Innovation without equity is like a heart without a pulse. 💡 From molecules to communities, it’s time to turn science into survival. #GlobalHealth #CardioCare #EquityMatters
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Migraines: “Prodrome, Precision, Prevention 💫🧠💊”
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🚨New insights from the PRODROME trial! 💊 Ubrogepant 100mg, given before the migraine hits, reduced photophobia, fatigue & brain fog—within hours! 🧠 Targets the prodrome, not just the pain. 📈 A paradigm shift in migraine care? #Migraine #CGRP #NeuroTwitter N 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03679-7
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Finerenone + Empagliflozin: Combo Wins 🥇
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💊 Big win for kidneys! In the CONFIDENCE trial, combo therapy with #Finerenone + #Empagliflozin 📉 slashed albuminuria 29–32% more than either alone in CKD + T2D patients 🧪🛡️ Safe, fast, and promising! 👥⏱️✅ #Nephrology #CardioRenal #SGLT2i #NEJM 🧬🩺
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Blindness, Breakthroughs, Biotech 🧬 From Darkness to Light via Nanoscience
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👁️✨ Scientists have restored infrared vision using tellurium #nanowires implanted in the retina! 🧪 Mice and primates regained light sensitivity and behavioral vision. 🚀 A bold leap toward restoring sight without bulky tech. #VisionScience #NeuroTech #Retina #Innovation
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🥃 Alcohol and 🫀 Heart Disease: Dose, Debate, and Disease
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🍷 Is a glass of wine a heart helper or hidden hazard? The 2025 AHA Statement says: ⚠️ Moderate = uncertain 🚫 Heavy = harmful 🫀 Risks include AFib, stroke, CAD, HF & sudden death 📊 New genetic studies challenge old myths. 👇 Know your limits. Rethink the drink. #CardioTwitter #MedEd #AHA2025
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Dr RR Baliga's Philosophical Discourses: Patanjali (India, c. 200 BCE) – Compiler of Yoga Sutras
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Patanjali, an ancient Indian sage, is credited with authoring foundational texts in Sanskrit grammar (Mahābhāṣya), yoga philosophy (Yoga Sutras), and possibly medicine (Patanjalatantra). Revered as a mystic and philosopher, his works laid the groundwork for classical yoga and linguistics, profoundly influencing Indian philosophical traditions. Though scholarly debates persist about his identity, Patanjali remains a significant figure in Hinduism, particularly in yoga and linguistic studies.
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🏁 From Chemo to Cardio: Prescribing Steps, May Save Lives
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🏃♂️💪 New NEJM study shows structured exercise after chemo boosts survival in colon cancer patients! 📈 5-yr DFS: 80.3% vs 73.9% ❤️ 8-yr OS: 90.3% vs 83.2% 🧬 Fitness = longevity 👟 Time to prescribe steps, not just scripts? #Oncology #ExerciseIsMedicine #CHALLENGEtrial
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SGLT2 inhibitors: Safer Teens, Stronger Kidneys, Steadier Glucose
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🚨 New trial alert! In youth with type 1 diabetes, adding #SGLT2i 💊 (dapagliflozin) to insulin: ✅ Reduced glomerular hyperfiltration ✅ Lowered HbA1c 📉 ✅ Boosted time-in-range ⏱️ 😌 Safe with DKA precautions in place 📄 #ATTEMPTTrial | @NatureMedicine 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03723-6
info_outlinePyrrho of Elis (c. 360–270 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism, a school of philosophical skepticism.
He advocated for epoché (suspension of judgment) as a path to ataraxia (peace of mind).
Influenced by his travels to India with Alexander the Great, Pyrrho believed that nothing could be definitively known and that by refraining from beliefs, one could achieve tranquility.
His teachings laid the foundation for later skeptical thought in philosophy and medicine.