Jon Sparks · @JonSparks
563 followers · 2236 posts · Server writing.exchange

Your occasional reminder that, though I’m focused on fiction now, I’ve had a long career in non-fiction too.
This is my most recent NF book. It’s very special to me because all of it (including the fieldwork) was done when I was below par with exacerbated by chemotherapy. And it’s really a co-production with my partner, who took the main cover photo (I am the model).

#arrhythmias

Last updated 1 year ago

Carolyn Barber, MD · @cbarbermd
318 followers · 283 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

In the ER, we routinely ask our chest pain patients if they have cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, ⬆️chol, etc. We have enough evidence that ⬆️ one’s risk of , , , etc. & that reinfection may confer addtl risk. Covid needs to be added to the list & MDs need to be educated on this.

today.com/video/new-data-appea

go.nature.com/3I9Ge1p
go.nature.com/3xbI9fC

#COVID19 #heartattack #arrhythmias #myocarditis #aha #acc23 #medicine #medtwitter

Last updated 2 years ago

Carolyn Barber, MD · @cbarbermd
318 followers · 283 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

In the ER, we routinely ask our chest pain patients if they have cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, ⬆️chol, etc. We have enough evidence that ⬆️ one’s risk of , , , etc. & that reinfection may confer addtl risk. Covid needs to be added to the list & MDs need to be educated on this.

bit.ly/40BlNl4

go.nature.com/3I9Ge1p
go.nature.com/3xbI9fC

#COVID19 #heartattack #arrhythmias #myocarditis #aha #acc23 #medicine #medtwitter

Last updated 2 years ago

Glen Pyle · @glenpyle
108 followers · 17 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

We are starting to see anti-vaxx grifters use the fraudulent documentary to push the myth that cause .

Their claim: no one died suddenly before COVID vaccines.

Fact: In Canada in 2019, 40,000 people suffered sudden cardiac arrest outside of hospital & 90% died.

That's 36,000 deaths in 1 country, before COVID19.

Fact: COVID increases the risk of , which are a major cause of sudden cardiac death. Vaccines do not.

#DiedSuddenly #COVID #vaccines #suddencardiacdeath #arrhythmias #factsmatter

Last updated 2 years ago