@placentadoc
Associate Professor of OBGYN. MFM Clinician-Researcher (placenta & cardiometabolic health) at Western University, London (the one in Ontario). Proudly ruining the workplace with feminine vices. Placentavangelist. Opinions are my own.
We’ve gone from global rail leader to a primitive laggard in a couple generations. It’s a choice to spend all our money on car infrastructure while our rail system decays. Let’s choose differently.
The #Leonardi_Effect are strong.
Up your nose and away it goes.
It would seem the depletion of NK Cells contributes to Long Cövid 🙏🏻
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This International Working Women's Day, we stand with women across the world facing the violence of the US empire.
The US spends over a trillion dollars for on war and imperialism - and they use lies about women's rights to justify it.
We reject this imperial feminism!
“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”
At this point, I genuinely have no ability to comprehend how is anyone not scared sh*t-less about the long-term consequences of infections, especially on kids?
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Hooray! The turkey vultures returned to our neighbourhood today. This is actually one of the surest signs of spring, since they’re one of the first species to compete their migration from the southern USA. They’re one of my favourite birds & such an important part of the ecosystem 🖤💀
Two black and white photos of a soldier who has received a facial injury during World War I. In the first photo, his injuries are on display. In the second photo, he is wearing a facial prosthetic (mask) that covers his injuries.
Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #InternationalWomensDay🧵
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
Vancouver hospital should 'never' be diverting pregnant patients, says trauma surgeon
(A group of OBGYNs from BCWH had been providing on-call emergency coverage at VGH, but ended their agreement with the hospital in Dec. 2024)
No overdiagnosis of ADHD, say experts
“far from being over diagnosed, people with ADHD are waiting too long for assessment, support and treatment”
“If autistic neurology is [as research consistently suggests] particularly poorly matched to environments characterised by sensory overload, unpredictability & relentless social demand, then the appropriate question is not why more people are seeking diagnosis, but why we would expect anything else”
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Why was the insurance industry given a seat at the table to draft Alberta's two-tier health care legislation while doctors and patients were ignored?
Watch as Canadian Health Coalition Chairperson Jason MacLean exposes the influence industry lobbyists hold behind the scenes 👇 #Cdnpoli
Graphic for March 8th International Women’s Day. The Long Covid SOS logo appears at the top in awareness day colours. Beneath it, “March 8th International Women’s Day” in teal and underneath in a lighter teal shade “Women living with Long Covid and other invisible illnesses deserve to be heard, believed and supported” “No more gaslighting” in orange italics. At the bottom the image shows layered silhouettes of diverse women in profile, in different colours and hairstyles to represent solidarity and shared experience. A faint lifering motif from the Long Covid SOS logo forms the background. And at the bottom left text reads “#IWD2026”
Women are too often dismissed when it comes to their health told it’s “anxiety”, “your age” or “all tests are normal”
#LongCovid is following a pattern many women already know. Women living with Long Covid deserve to be heard, believed and supported.
#IWD2026 #NoMoreGaslighting
The Knick
The worst part of completing the PPE and infection control modules is having to choose incorrect answers because nothing has been updated since the respiratory pandemic that cannot be named.
Spending Saturday night completing mandatory online training modules in order to maintain my hospital privileges while simultaneously watching Severance seems…fitting.
Picture of DOGE guy Nate Cavanaugh
Screenshot of my DOGE letter “Dr. Joseph Rezek Dear NEH Grantee, This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement. Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFR§200.340. For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders,
Last year, this guy (left) from DOGE used ChatGPT to find NEH grants that were too “DEI” for Trump, and canceled them, including mine, as shown by the letter I received last April (right). Huge new NYT article on the back story link below
We watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit with our 10 year-old last night. I had forgotten how wonderfully subversive & anti-capitalist it is! Bob Hoskins was such a talent! I miss movies featuring actors with real faces & real hair.
UCP vaccine policies & rhetoric = deadly.
Alberta's flu season deadliest in recent memory as experts call for action www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"250 Albertans have died ... vaccination rates remain low."
Vaccine "one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of severe illness.”
I love seeing Dr. Balci recognized for her research accomplishments! I am proud to have her as a colleague, research collaborator, and friend!
#Tylenol use in pregnant women visiting ED dropped after Trump’s unfounded autism claim
The authors caution that a causal relationship can’t be established with observational studies.
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Proud to know two of these guys: www.science.org/content/arti...
Interestingly, in both cases the key to not engaging was a vibe check plus listening to the women in their lives.
Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
Vinay Prasad has been an a noxious influence on public health and drug regulation. Good riddance. UCSF should not take him back. He should wander in the wilderness forever. www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/h...
COVID infection in babies is associated with worse illness and a 7 fold higher death rate than RSV infection.
COVID vaccine is recommended for babies 6 months of age and older.
COVID is very bad for small children and babies.
Get them vaccinated.
Clean the air we all breathe.
I have irritable bowel, irritable bladder, and now irritable esophagus.
I guess all of my systems are nervous.
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This might be my favourite @theonion.com post of all time.
"In this multicenter cohort, the risk of long COVID at 6, 9, or 12 months after index infection did not differ between similar-aged individuals who acquired SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and those who acquired SARS-CoV-2 outside of pregnancy."
To learn more, read the full article at: buff.ly/aB2iKsR
