Poor Air Quality PSA; In Defense of Doctors Who Google; Age-Defying Diagnoses

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As wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles, MedPage Today‘s editor-in-chief, Jeremy Faust, MD, shared tips for protecting against poor air quality in an Instagram reel.

Meanwhile, Lucky Tran, PhD, noted that all Los Angeles public libraries are distributing free N95 masks to protect against the wildfire smoke.

“Can you believe they went around calling us healthcare heroes and this is where we are with everything?” In a Bluesky thread, ob/gyn Heather Irobunda, MD, shared her reasons for joining a doctors’ union.

“Queer has always been resistance. And will always show persistence,” said surgeon Blair Peters, MD, after noticing that the hashtag “#queersurgeon” appeared to be censored on Threads.

Eye surgeon Rany Woo, MD, pointed out that the social media trend of “we listen and we don’t judge,” is synonymous with a doctor’s job.

“You WANT a doctor who will google something,” cardiologist @shirlywhirlmd said, responding to a Threads post about patients who complain when doctors use Google at work.

Pediatrician @dr.tommymartin reacted to the FDA’s decision to ban Red Dye 3 with a Nerd Clusters candy snack — which do not contain the banned dye.

Debating whether or not to watch the new medical drama, “The Pitt”? Tricia Pendergrast, MD, shared her honest review, pointing out what the series got right and wrong about working in healthcare.

A medical couple reacted to the husband’s gastroenterology board exam results in a wholesome TikTok video.

“We are more than just our illness,” said medical student @juliaisobela, in response to a post that shamed medical schools for admitting students with mental illness.

Clinician-scientist Neil Stone, MBBS, PhD, expressed frustration about the belief that medicine is a conspiracy to profit from illness, calling it a “grotesque lie and a gross insult.”

Emergency department doctor @tiktoknightdoc shared a story about a young, healthy patient who developed a critical condition, and reminded healthcare professionals: “Providers, do not write people off because of their age.”

After actor Mel Gibson told podcaster Joe Rogan that antiparasitic agents ivermectin and fenbendazole helped cure stage IV cancer in several of his friends, physicians such as Nick Mark, MD, took to X to refute these claims.

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