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Mashup Score: 17Literacy Statistics 2022-2023 - 19 day(s) ago
Literacy Data and its impact on the Nation • Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children • 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022 • 54% of adults have a literacy below 6th grade level • 45 million are functionally illiterate and read below a 5th grade level • 44% of the American adults do not read a book in a year • The Top 3 states for highest child literacy rates were Massachusetts, Maryland
Categories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet
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Mashup Score: 16DonorsChoose: Support a classroom. Build a future. - 19 day(s) ago
DonorsChoose connects teachers in high-need communities with donors who want to help.
Source: www.donorschoose.orgCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
We are all lucky to have been taught to read by great teachers, families, or ourselves. Our country is counting on us to lead now. If you’re in it for the long game, please teach someone to read. If you can’t spare the time, find a teacher to support: https://t.co/bHCO9mPzJ6.
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Mashup Score: 8The Elephantine Memories of Food-Caching Birds - 21 day(s) ago
Some animals can remember where they’ve buried hundreds of thousands of seeds. Why can’t we remember where we’ve put our eyeglasses?
Source: www.newyorker.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
“Some animals can remember where they’ve buried hundreds of thousands of seeds. Why can’t we remember where we’ve put our eyeglasses?” #MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter https://t.co/PVBtAl4jg7
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Mashup Score: 73Coca-Cola issues safety recall of soft drinks in Europe over chemical chlorate concerns - 26 day(s) ago
Coca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in Europe after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were detected in bottles and cans at a Belgian production plant.
Source: apnews.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
RT @AP: Coca-Cola issues safety recall of soft drinks in Europe over chemical chlorate concerns https://t.co/RzdxEZqi5f
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Mashup Score: 20
Scientific Reports – SARS-CoV-2 S-protein expression drives syncytia formation in endothelial cells
Source: www.nature.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
#MedTwitter #SARSCoV2 S-protein expression drives syncytia formation in endothelial cells. The virus targets endothelial cells, which line blood vessels, & likely contributes to heart attacks, blood clots, brain fog, & more after #COVID19. #LongCovid https://t.co/ejWy5NbsRO
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Mashup Score: 9Gut–brain axis and neuropsychiatric health: recent advances - 26 day(s) ago
Scientific Reports – The gut–brain axis, a bidirectional communication pathway, permits the central nervous system (CNS) to exert influence over gastrointestinal function in response to…
Source: www.nature.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
Great article on how the microbes that live in your gut may be driving how you feel & what you think & do: https://t.co/AzqnWip8du #MedTwitter #MentalHealth #neurotwitter #psychiatry
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Mashup Score: 550
The 33-year-old told Newsweek that she wasn’t taken seriously, despite suffering from one major warning sign.
Source: www.newsweek.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
#MedTwitter This happens too often. I see it in young people w/ breast cancer too. If a patient says something is wrong in their body, we have got to listen. “They’re probably just anxious” should be the LAST item on any differential diagnosis. https://t.co/HvfpwOJJJi
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Mashup Score: 23
Preliminary Testing Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Caroline County January 10, 2025 (https://i0.wp.com/news.maryland.gov/mda/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/HPAI-Update-2.png) ANNAPOLIS, MD (January 10, 2025)— State laboratory testing has detected a case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) in
Source: flutrackers.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
RT @FluTrackers: US - USDA: Another large #H5N1 commercial poultry farm in Maryland, this time in Dorchester county https://t.co/nV0OIPMuQ6…
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Mashup Score: 3
PURPOSERecent studies suggested fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure increases the risk of breast cancer, but evidence among racially and ethnically diverse populations remains sparse.MATERIALS AND METHODSAmong 58,358 California female participants of …
Source: ascopubs.orgCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
Link to the article on air pollution & #breastcancer in 58K females in #California enrolled in the MultiEthnic Cohort (MEC) Study & followed an avg of 19y below. Climate change is our lane, #MedTwitter & #OncTwitter. Filter your air, folks. #bcsm https://t.co/3TNnHpWMVp
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Mashup Score: 10Metformin on Time to Sustained Recovery in Adults with COVID-19: The ACTIV-6 Randomized Clinical Trial - 1 month(s) ago
Importance The effect of metformin on reducing symptom duration among outpatient adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has not been studied. Objective Assess metformin compared with placebo for symptom resolution during acute infection with SARS-CoV-2. Design, Setting, and Participants The ACTIV-6 platform evaluated repurposed medications for mild to moderate COVID-19. Between September 19, 2023, and May 1, 2024, 2991 participants age ≥30 years with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and ≥2 COVID-19 symptoms for ≤7 days, were included at 90 US sites. Interventions Participants were randomized to receive metformin (titrated to 1500 mg daily) or placebo for 14 days. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was time to sustained recovery (3 consecutive days without COVID-19 symptoms) within 28 days of receiving study drug. Secondary outcomes included time to hospitalization or death; time to healthcare utilization (clinic visit, emergency department visit, hospitalization, or
Source: www.medrxiv.orgCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
#MedTwitter The ACTIV-6 trial (metformin vs placebo for acute mild-mid #COVID19) paper is here. Note this is preprint, which means it has not yet undergone peer review or publication. The longer-term outcomes (180d, #LongCovid) are also not yet mature. https://t.co/VsYFsEz7Pc
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Screenshots of US illiteracy stats come from here https://t.co/sWV649lCQM, where you can also learn more.