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    Banana equivalent dose - Wikipedia - 7 month(s) ago

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A banana contains naturally occurring radioactive material in the form of potassium-40. Banana equivalent dose (BED) is an informal unit of measurement of ionizing radiation exposure, intended as a general educational example to compare a dose of radioactivity to the dose one is exposed to by eating one average-sized banana. Bananas contain naturally…

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      nickmmark

      Great potassium pearls! I’ll add 2 more: 🍌 Bananas contain about 1.5-2.0mEq of potassium per inch; ~12 mEq in the average size banana. ☢️ Bananas (like all K containing foods) are radioactive. Eating 1 banana/day DOUBLES your background radiation dose. https://t.co/Qi6oZJWajQ https://t.co/Df7Ih3RZPo

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    Pencil beam scanning proton therapy for pregnant patients with brain and head and neck cancers - 7 month(s) ago

    : When radiotherapy is medically necessary for pregnant patients, photon-based treatments (XRT) have traditionally been used, while proton radiotherapy (PRT) is avoided due to concerns about neutron dose. This retrospective study analyzes pregnant patients treated with XRT and models the equivalent dose that would have been delivered to the fetus with proton radiation compared to XRT.  The purpose of this work is to provide a comprehensive analysis of pencil beam scanning proton therapy (PBS-PRT) for pregnant patients and to evaluate whether PBS-PRT should be the new standard of practice for treating pregnant patients with brain and head and neck cancers.

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      SJFrankMD

      RT @IJROBP: Pencil beam scanning proton therapy for pregnant patients with brain and head and neck cancers Link at: https://t.co/hrSdwJC6lB

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    October 16, 2023 ID VMR with Dr. Natasha Spottiswoode - fevers and chills - 7 month(s) ago

    VMR Schedule Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeOMvBA_Aqw3tXwINPXRqirO2j51Lvo7R9_u2jJKzavs_WBA/viewform Do you want to get access to even m…

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      DxRxEdu

      Superb discussion by @NSpottiswoodeMD Incredible to see how an ID expert thinks after each aliquot of information. Such a fantastic teacher. October 16, 2023 ID VMR with Dr. Natasha Spottiswoode - fevers and chills https://t.co/2n8KTHWKRC via @YouTube

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    Exercising March-In Rights Would Make Biomedical Public-Private Partnerships Stronger | Health Affairs Forefront - 7 month(s) ago

    The repeated failure to use the Bayh-Dole Act to protect the public interest in federally funded discoveries is symptomatic of a much broader government failure to protect the public interest in the public-private partnerships that the US increasingly relies upon to combat public health challenges. Biomedical public-private partnerships need to be designed and governed in ways that better align private incentives with the public interest and exercising “march-in” rights in the Xtandi case could be a good first step toward reaching that goal.

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      VincentRK

      The National Institutes of Health should exercise “march in rights” and take over patents if prescription drugs are priced out of reach of US citizens. #MedTwitter @Health_Affairs @akesselheim @peterbachmd @DusetzinaS @pritikrishtel @a_kaltenboeck @NIH https://t.co/ywpGNoB6U9 https://t.co/4pKORX5UxU

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    Disseminating information on coagulation (DIC)/bleeding—the hemostatic balance of social media throughout the years - 7 month(s) ago

    Social media has revolutionized the way people communicate and share information. The use of social media in medical research is a relatively new phenomenon, with the earliest examples of social media being used in this context traced back to the mid-2000s. In 2006, a group of medical researchers used the social networking site MySpace to recruit study participants for a research project on teen smoking [1]. Since then, social media has been increasingly used as a tool for broadcasting medical research.

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      ProfMakris

      Who knew that DIC stands for Disseminating Information on Coagulation? This article in @JTHjournal discussed the journal's social media impact. https://t.co/Z9lf43M0Zg https://t.co/OzCKLGDgxN

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    Re-activating the immune system against cancer: The next I-O revolution - Endpoints Webinars - 7 month(s) ago

    Patients dealing with cancers that have resisted immuno-oncology (IO) therapies potentially have a new treatment option on the horizon. More than a decade after the first checkpoint inhibitor raised hopes, next-generation investigational IO is lighting up clinics with long-sought encouraging results against the persistent “cold” tumors involved in colorectal, lung,

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      pashtoonkasi

      I’m so excited & honored. Still time to register for the webinar at @endpts today at 1 pm🕐EST. If there’s a class of drugs that I’m most excited about for my patients, it is #immunotherapy. Open to all: patients, caregivers, advocates, industry. Link: https://t.co/XtkoxJNPAw https://t.co/PHNYmJzYQO https://t.co/TztquyHp6R

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