Consult to Juul Labs on nicotine vapor for tobacco harm minimization.
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Joe Gitchell retweeted
“Every relevant medical society recommends against screening asymptomatic men for testosterone deficiency, because it is akin to scouring a hotel room with a black light: you’re going to find a lot of stuff of indeterminate significance that you wish you hadn’t seen.”
I wrote about Pete Hegseth’s testosterone obsession for The New Yorker newyorker.com/science/annals…
Very cool! Well done!
Make sure that Coach @Bobheintzgolf shares what it was like to win, himself, three-in-a-row Ivy League medalist trophies!
#BoolaBoola
#InGroupDissent
FYI @awilson_WLU @SpencrGreenberg @unbiasedscipod @dr_kkjetelina @DearPandemic
Measles is back — and becoming a midterm liability for Republicans statnews.com/2026/10/19/meas… via @statnews
Oof.
Trump's disinhibition has gotten markedly worse in the last couple of weeks. In my latest @washingtonsun column, I've compiled his (and his administration's) pre-midterm crescendo of crazy, from Ukraine to Jon Husted's ass. washingtonsun.com/perspectiv…
Bells of recognition are pealing!
FYI, @imaracingmom.
Two wrongs make a right when it comes to incivility
Retaliatory incivility (i.e., incivility in response to someone else's incivility) is seen as less morally condemnable than initial incivility.
This may create a vicious circle of conflict, as each side responds with greater incivility.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
I prefer a more bridge-building tone.... But I understand the sentiment!
And I look forward to adding to my vocabulary. 😉
Joe Gitchell retweeted
I've researched this deeply and written about it in my column. It affects my life because I've been a smoker since birth. It took me 14 years to get my hands on cigarettes and then 30 years to switch to safe vaping.
Sally Satel @slsatel ⬇️ is one of the smartest intellectuals you'll find on a variety of issues including transplants. I adore her.😍
People find it hard to measure risk: They see smoke or vapor and think it's all the same thing. It is not.
@jgitchell
Sally Satel: Misinformation from doctors is stopping people switching to... youtu.be/n24eVrW9EU4?si=IKUE… via @YouTube by @NicotineSurveys
Patient I saw today has been my patient for almost 8 years.
They were not well then: oxygen needed and potential lung transplant.
So, we got to work on helping them.
Today, they saw me after a trip through Europe, OFF of oxygen. This was a trip they had put off for years due to her lungs 🥹
So proud. An honor to be someone’s doctor and invest in them 💪
Prof @BhramarBioStat brought the light and truth (boola boola, @YaleSPH) at today's @theNAMedicine's #NAMmtg.
Such clear, powerful, and important messages about the importance of improving the fidelity and comprehensiveness of our data collection methods if we want better science and policy.
ALT Panel presentation at #NAMmtg
I'm going to respectfully disagree.
Any question that engages our self and tribal identities takes on stark and clear distinctions, including deep mysteries of how those who see the world differently can possibly hold those views?
This is my hope, at least, for progress.
#StayCurious
@gidmk doesn't tackle all of the issues related to noncombusted nicotine and vaping, but he lays out his thinking on one central question.
Is vaping the best way to quit smoking?
My new piece on a provocative question that people often yell about online.
medium.com/@gidmk/is-vaping-…
Not good.
Bananas Are In Trouble, Banana-Nomics Are Falling Apart - ConscienHealth conscienhealth.org/2026/10/1…
Gonna up the ante. Just finished Eric's book, and you should, too (plus you are unlikely to be able to stop, anyway--it is that good).
I think that this might ring some bells of familiarity with my followers.
All or Nothing postures reinforced by the refusal to talk to those who see the world differently assure that you win...Nothing.
Joe Gitchell retweeted
Brilliant
Chris Rock just nailed one of the biggest problems with wokeness.
Helping people who feel marginalized is good. He says so himself. The trouble starts when a good cause becomes an institution.
The first few witches were real. Then you open a witch office. Now there are salaries, budgets and pensions to justify, and the office needs a steady supply of witches to keep existing.
That’s the trap. Once a cause becomes a career, solving the problem means losing your job. So the problem never gets solved. It just keeps getting redefined.
A system built to find wrongdoing will keep finding it, whether it’s there or not.