Prior auth, AKA 'delaying, denying & foot-draggng care 2 boost profits,' is 1 of the big reasons docs have no time; pts don't get bettr & many people w/ #cancer just flat out die. @propublica.org is trying 2 fix it! 👇 #ShareYourStory #CanSky #MedSky @fumikochino.bsky.social @itsthebunk.bsky.social

🔊 TODAY is the last day to submit your Abstract to The #LancetSummit 2027!
Check out the info: thelancetsummit.com/cancer-contr...

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JAMIA Open Spotlight 💡 "Development to implementation to evaluation: step-by-step approach to embedding a clinical trial of a machine learning algorithm in the electronic health record" focuses on a medical trial re: sepsis.

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Read the full piece: academic.oup.com/jamiaopen/ar...

Half cold coffee, charting a mile long, and waiting to see if the night gods will let me sleep for more than 20 consecutive minutes. If you need me, i will be running purely on adrenaline and dark humor until handover #medsky #nightshift#healthcare#basketball#photography#sexy#musicchallenge

Study reveals role of p21+ senescent cells in brain barrier development; ChP cells maintain lifelong non-inflammatory senescence for CSF production in mice. Key insights on brain protection! PMID:42269604, Cell 2026, @Cell https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00581-7 #Medsky #Pharmsky 🧪

A 14-protein plasma signature predicts lung cancer risk >5 years pre-diagnosis, significantly enhancing prevention trial efficacy and addressing high NNT issues. PMID:42242224, Cell 2026, @Cell https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00522-2 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪

Cryo-EM reveals CDK11's role in spliceosome activation and DHX15's proofreading. Discoveries made through SF3B1 phosphorylation insights and inhibitor OTS964 effects. PMID:42399621, Nat Commun 2026, @NatureComms https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75109-2 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪

A fundamental understanding of the #ovarian #dysgenesis in Turner syndrome could have implications for the understanding of sex development in general and in others with ovarian dysgenesis thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#Turner syndrome

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World Thrombosis Day falls on October 13th each year. To commemorate #WTDay26, Thrombosis Journal hosted a Q&A with co-EiC Rob Medcalf, discussing the field & exciting journal plans!

Know more here: bit.ly/4ymzDaQ

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Natural language processing can help both clinicians and researchers extract valuable outcomes from electronic medical records.

Learn how to use it, its advantages and disadvantages, and regulatory and ethical constraints. Join ASH on Oct. 22. 🔗 https://ow.ly/tjmA50ZXFHa

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"Abby Care Raises $82M To Train, Pay Family Caregivers"

#medsky #healthcare #caregiving #healthpolicy #homehealth

"First New Sunscreen Type in 25 Years Hits US Store Shelves"

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Paleoproteomic analysis of dental enamel from 23 H. naledi specimens (20 individuals) reveals no male markers, hinting at a possible single-sex sample. Exciting findings! PMID:42341758, Cell 2026, @Cell https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00644-6 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪

#MedSky #PharmaSky #BioSky 🧪

Payment cuts are easy to measure, which makes claims automation attractive. Picture insurers' AI finding ever smaller grounds to reduce payment, and providers' AI contesting each one.
For patients, could this add cost, raise premiums or limit access to care?
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A study reveals the structure of the moving junction in Plasmodium falciparum: a 1:1:1:1 assembly of PfAMA1 & PfRON2, 4, 5. Key for invasion! PMID:42379167, Cell 2026, @Cell https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00699-9 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪

A cardiology practice stuck in a pre-2019 time warp is malpractice.

While the science is still evolving, there are sufficient guidelines to properly diagnose patients with post-COVID symptoms.

Preventable MACE events happen daily. Even in children.

Read the journals. Don't wait for CMEs.

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Can we prevent cognitive decline? Researchers Laura Baker & Ellen Binder join us to discuss multi-domain lifestyle trials and how combined interventions can slow the brain aging clock by 1–2 years. #medsky
 
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Patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 may experience persistent ocular discomfort years after recovery, according to research published in Clinical Ophthalmology.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4zVCCs3

#Ophthalmology #COVID19 #OcularSurface #MedSky

Revolutionizing treatments: a deep learning method uses de novo protein WRAPs to solubilize membrane proteins, enhancing analysis! PMID:42391386, Science 2026, @ScienceMagazine https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr3817 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪