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Behavioral neurologist at Stanford University caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders like Lewy body disease. My lab studies the genetics of these disorders looking for novel drug targets. #Alzheimer's #publichealth #neuroskyence
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#birds (Unfairly named) lesser goldfinch executes a perfect lavender touch-and-go

submitted 21 hours ago • 4 comments

#birds Slo-mo spotted towhee

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#birds Sound on, choppers incoming!

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Powerful editorial from the paper of record. theonion.com/letter-to-co...

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#birds Dark-eyed junco coming in hot.

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

🧪 #publichealth #alzheimer tinyurl.com/yc8fj67y Perfectly justifiable position for the NHS to take. Even if you accept the anti-amyloid trial results at face value (I don't), the effect sizes are so small that patients/families are unlikely to notice any "slowing of decline". +high risk + high cost

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

🧪Cutting NIH funding by 40% is unprecedented. It will hobble US biomedical research for a generation by depleting training funds for scientists. It will also lead to substantial job loss, in red states and blue states alike (see NC and MO below from this NYT graphic). Call your reps and senators.

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🧪 #publichealth #VaccinesWork tinyurl.com/57zc4zck Very Orwellian notion that the way to "re-establish public confidence in vaccine science" is to fire an entire panel of experts. Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D. got played when he voted to approve RFK Jr. (on the promise that the panel would be maintained).

submitted 18 days ago • 16 comments

🧪 #publichealth #BethesdaDeclaration Bravo to the courageous NIH scientists who put the Bethesda Declaration together. Non-NIH researchers are also encouraged to sign in support (see bottom of landing page). www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

🧪 #aging We have no rigorous evidence to support supplements touted as slowing aging or preventing dementia. SAVE your MONEY. Exercise, drink less, don't smoke, eat a heart-smart diet, see your doc. Not catchy enough for a book or podcast but that's where we're at. www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/t...

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Men are too emotional to use social media

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🧪 #neurology tinyurl.com/4jhjxy9x Removing blood clots in stroke patients can save lives and minimize disability. Renee Zhao and her Stanford Engineering team have built a milli-spinner to optimize clot reduction and removal. Check out the supplementary video files at Nature. Funding from...the NIH!

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🧪 #publichealth Not that I was expecting a pristine, evidence-based roadmap to improving the nation's health but this reveals RFK Jr's flim-flam, put-an-AI-aware-anti-vax-intern-on-it approach to public health policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

🧪 Trump's 🧠drain is picking up steam. This quote from an 18 year-old Chinese student who wants to study applied mathematics says it all: "in the future, if I can avoid going to the United States to study, I will. They make people too scared.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

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#publichealth 🧪 Critical decision that the the CDC director would normally make following recommendations from an expert panel reviewing the data. No CDC director as yet so next best choice to make the decision is a lawyer with a child's understanding of germ theory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/h...

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🧪 #neurology #neuroskyence tinyurl.com/bp5d8386 Another beautiful example of NIH-SPONSORED bedside to bench and back to bedside work from an outstanding clinician scientist. This work is producing some of the most compelling responses to treatment in what is arguably the worst pediatric brain tumor.

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🧪Behold, the klystron! (And countless other innovations to emerge from the Stanford School of Engineering over its first 100 years). Cool, interactive timeline here: engineering100.stanford.edu/timeline Yet another reminder of the nearly incalculable ROI that comes from funding basic science

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

🧪 A reminder that great science continues in the US despite the best efforts of this administration. Amazing work out of Penn, delivering on the promise of CRISPR-based gene editing in the treatment of ultra-rare diseases www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

submitted 43 days ago • 3 comments

🧪 #publichealth Is there a better metaphor for this administration's utter disdain for domain expertise than the Secretary of Health and Human Services taking his grandkids swimming in a creek known to have high levels of fecal contamination?

submitted 46 days ago • 46 comments

🧪 #publichealth Meanwhile (in the midst of illegal deportations, crypto cons, self-inflicted tariff wounds,...) US measles cases have topped 1000 for only the 2nd time in 30 years. Safe bet we will top the 1274 cases in 2019. Measles tracker from JHU: cori.centerforhealthsecurity.org/resources/me...

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

🧪Slight progress getting GOP Senators to speak up against cuts to the various HHS organizations (NIH, CDC...). Definitely need more red state Senators and Representatives speaking up. Call your people, let them know. The operator here can connect you (202) 224-3121 www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...

submitted 59 days ago • 2 comments

Engaging article about ADHD and the risks of pathologizing the tail of a normally distributed behavior that then justifies the widespread use of methamphetamines in kids. Particularly impressed by investigators questioning decades of their own work (not easy to do). www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/m...

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

#justice How are we doing, President Trump, on carrying out the order from the Supreme Court to facilitate the return of the illegally deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia? We're 2+ weeks out now from the ruling. Let's see some gddamn facilitating already. www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/p...

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