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Mashup Score: 24Road map to success: Advice for transplant infectious diseases job interviews, negotiation, and early career development - 5 hour(s) ago
Transplant infectious diseases is an engaging subspecialty within the field of infectious diseases and poses unique considerations when searching for a job. Here, we present essential considerations …
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Show Let’s Talk ID, Ep It’s Love, Actually: Sparking Passion for ID – Apr 26, 2024
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The guest on this latest #LetsTalkID podcast is none other than the wonderful @Darcy_ID_doc. The first time someone emailed me about her they wrote, “She is the kind of individual who brightens the life of everyone she works with and teaches.” So true! https://t.co/fB5oVTstiu https://t.co/dZnAOXGt71
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Mashup Score: 116Hey, Insurance Companies and Pharmacies — Stop Messing Around with the Price of Cheap Generic Drugs - 4 day(s) ago
If you’re practicing medicine these days, you’ve likely experienced some version of this painfully annoying scenario. You prescribe a generic medication, one that’s inexpensive. Your patient goes to the pharmacy, and the pharmacist says that it requires a prior approval. They leave without getting their meds. Here’s a recent example from one of my patients (details […]
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Mashup Score: 114Hey, Insurance Companies and Pharmacies — Stop Messing Around with the Price of Cheap Generic Drugs - 5 day(s) ago
If you’re practicing medicine these days, you’ve likely experienced some version of this painfully annoying scenario. You prescribe a generic medication, one that’s inexpensive. Your patient goes to the pharmacy, and the pharmacist says that it requires a prior approval. They leave without getting their meds. Here’s a recent example from one of my patients (details […]
Source: blogs.jwatch.orgCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 164The Rise and Fall of Paxlovid - 13 day(s) ago
It’s been quite the ride for our “preferred” outpatient therapy for COVID-19, nirmatrelvir with ritonavir — much better known as Paxlovid, so allow me the license to use the licensed name. Let’s recap the astonishing success and now failure of this intervention: December 2021, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for Paxlovid: Action is based on […]
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Mashup Score: 14How to Induce Rage in a Doctor - 14 day(s) ago
If you’re wondering how to make a doctor angry — really, really angry — read on. Because asking us to justify treatment decisions to insurance companies and their pharmacy benefit managers must rank right up there with the greatest tortures of practicing medicine in this country. Mind you, this isn’t just about my patient, or about […]
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In the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, replacing tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) resulted in a -1.84 kg weight decrease within
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A second paper in @CIDJournal shows that replacing TAF with TDF leads to reduced weight, consistent with this weight suppressive effect of TDF. Note that switching to DTG/3TC or CAB/RPV -- stopping TAF -- does not lead to significant weight reduction. https://t.co/npW2XtIilG 2/x https://t.co/vesy0yHkdo
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After the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals reported an increase in RSV cases. We examined encounters at US pediatric hospitals and found t
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A common theory behind increased RSV cases numbers among children after the end of Covid lockdowns was “immunity debt”. In this fascinating analysis now in @CIDJournal, another explanation emerges--vastly increased testing, esp of older kids. @sabeti_lab https://t.co/OAagmtBDFT https://t.co/rOsa2IO8kp
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In the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, replacing tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) resulted in a -1.84 kg weight decrease within
Source: academic.oup.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
A second paper in @CIDJournal shows that replacing TAF with TDF leads to reduced weight, consistent with this weight suppressive effect of TDF. Note that switching to DTG/3TC or CAB/RPV -- stopping TAF -- does not lead to significant weight reduction. https://t.co/npW2XtIilG 2/x https://t.co/vesy0yHkdo
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Mashup Score: 20Which form of tenofovir should be used worldwide: TDF or TAF? - 19 day(s) ago
Andrew Hill; Which form of tenofovir should be used worldwide: TDF or TAF?, Clinical Infectious Diseases, , ciae190, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae190
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In an invited commentary, Dr. Andrew Hill comments on which form of tenofovir is preferred, arguing that the weight and lipid-lowering effects of TDF could be beneficial -- though the clinical benefits are not yet proven (contrast GLP1s and statins). 3/3 https://t.co/hsLJtkqwnL https://t.co/KnKK46lOWw
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Just finished recording the next @IDSAInfo podcast with the remarkable @CourtHarrisMD, who shared her top tips on the job search process for ID fellows. She's thought a lot about this topic -- check out her paper! Full recording coming soon. https://t.co/ONg2xcHJFW https://t.co/YkbKkYyxET