Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Get one of these.media.tenor.coma cartoon of a coyote running with a rope around his neckALT: a cartoon of a coyote running with a rope around his neck 000
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 01/07/2025It's time to normalise MATOD (Medication Assisted Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder). It's easier to prescribe oxycodone than buprenorphine. These are preventable deaths. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...abc.net.auThe 'huge' Aussie death toll that gets 'very little attention'There have been more than 2,000 fatal overdoses in Australia for the 10th year in a row, according to a new analysis by the Penington Institute. 000
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Sadly, a planned family vacation to the US is looking less likely by the day. If we went, it wouldn't be a vacation. ☹️ 000
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 04/05/2025Once again, Australian election results prove how awful choropleth maps are for data visualisation. "Land doesn't vote, people do." #rstats code to reproduce animation here: github.com/emitanaka/oz... 1030675
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 29/03/2025"a faecal immunochemical test-based programme was non-inferior to a colonoscopy-based programme for colorectal cancer-related mortality" -so an easier test, among invitees, was as good as a more complex one. Excellent news for Australia's over 50s at-home, mail-in, faeces screening testing program. 65918
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 30/01/2025"I am so sorry that we have failed this little sweetheart: not just doctors, but all of us." Yep 110
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Wild seeing so many supposed Christians enraged to see a female Bishop stand up for the teachings of Christianity of compassion, mercy, standing with the downtrodden & welcoming the stranger. Those angry need to take a good hard look at themselves & ask what faith do you have? 314218
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Jordan The Grey @jordanthegreywitch.bsky.social · 17/01/2025They banned abortion & TikTok before assault weapons… THEY BANNED ABORTION & TIKTOK BEFORE ASSAULT WEAPONS. 6346051464
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/01/2025There are so many things I would ban before TikTok, including SUVs and assault weapons… 668277402579
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 02/01/20252/2 Telehealth does facilitate this window into the context of my patient: the in-car seclusion from family, the cigarettes protruding from mouths, the children screaming/running in the background. All valuable info, usually hidden from me in the clinic. Not the same as F2F. Different. 020
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 02/01/2025This article mirrors my experience, not as an Emergency physician but as a General Practitioner, a Primary Care specialist. Much of what I do isn't "what's the diagnosis?" but "how can I help?". 1/2 100
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 29/12/2024I'm pleased the headline didn't mention "fentanyl". I hear that merely reading the word can provoke an overdose. Especially if you are a police officer. 130
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 29/12/2024The alternative medicine industry has flipped the meaning of placebos. Don’t be fooled. My latest on what I'm calling the ShamWow Fallacy. www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...mcgill.caThe ShamWow Fallacy or How Placebos Were RedefinedIf I told you that an all-natural remedy performed just as well as a placebo in a clinical trial, how would you interpret that? Proponents of so-called complementary and alternative medicine often cla... 25915
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 29/12/2024This ⬆️⬆️. Still seeing influenza cases here in Melbourne (mid summer now). 160
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 19/12/2024This is such an important paper .....along with @timsenior.bsky.social's eloquent use of modern lexicon 011
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I do when appropriate. The vast majority of neck lumps are not health threatening. To investigate all would overwhelm our health system. These lumps shouldn't be ignored either. See your GP for an assessment. #GPsecrets 021
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, FRSM, CHCP @meducate.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Seconded. All in favor? 032
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Welcome to 🦋 @drkatmclean.bsky.social. We're getting the #GPDU band back together.media.tenor.coma man wearing sunglasses and a hat says " the band "Alt: Jake Blues from the Blues Brother wearing sunglasses and a hat says " the band " 020
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Are GPs superheroes? Not really. An explainer: youtu.be/vAUZH7euNjAyoutu.beWhy GP’s are the real superheroes!YouTube video by Melbourne Mothers 031
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 06/12/2024Recent polling data shows that 75% of Americans now see addiction as a health issue, not a criminal justice issue. But our laws haven't evolved to reflect that, even as our leadership claim to agree. My latest for @theguardian.com. 🧵 🧪 #medsky #drugsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...theguardian.comMost in US view substance use as health issue, but many states treat it as crimeMore than half of states treat drug possession as a felony, even as 75% of Americans say it’s a health problem, poll says 412042
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 05/12/2024This is really interesting, but completely focussed on the individual. No mention of food security, employment, housing, poverty. "Lifestyle therapy" can surely only work where you have favourable social determinants of health. 32015
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Dianna @voicesraised.bsky.social · 06/12/2024This. So full of love. Wonderful collaboration.youtu.beColdplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)YouTube video by Coldplay 012
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Adj Professor Karen Price @brookmanknight.bsky.social · 05/12/2024www.abc.net.au/news/health/... Life saving Naloxone. A new program of over the counter treatments saving lives.abc.net.au'Everyone was freaking out, screaming': Naloxone nasal spray may save livesYoung Australians are taking the opioid reversal drug naloxone with them on nights out. We've unpacked what it is and how it works, and busted some myths along the way. 023
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Do you incorporate some cycling into your routine? Exercise as medicine. www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/what...cyclingweekly.comWhat's the biking equivalent of 10,000 steps a day?The phrase 'gotta get my steps in' has become part of everyday life. But what if there were a simpler, faster way to meet your daily activity needs? 020
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024At a conference in London with several hundred people, most critical care doctors. Coughing. Every session. Almost non-stop. The only mask I have seen is on my own face. I don’t get why people feel ok about this given the mountains of evidence accumulating around viral long term sequelae. 234
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Emily Johnson @emilyrj.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Reminder that our opinion on masks aren’t in a vacuum Anti-maskers have made oncology clinics and public spaces *more* hostile to mask wearers than they were before Covid began It’s extra important we loudly promote masking to protect cancer patients www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/features/lac...cancertherapyadvisor.comLack of Mask Mandates Leaves Cancer Patients Feeling UnprotectedA lack of mask mandates at cancer centers and elsewhere has left cancer patients feeling unsafe and abandoned by society. 22668262
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 04/12/2024The importance of having naloxone available where and when it is needed. The importance of recognising signs of overdose. www.abc.net.au/news/health/...abc.net.au'Everyone was freaking out, screaming': Naloxone nasal spray may save livesYoung Australians are taking the opioid reversal drug naloxone with them on nights out. We've unpacked what it is and how it works, and busted some myths along the way. 000
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024An opinion piece that's more fact than opinion: www.theage.com.au/sport/gambli...theage.com.auGambling is a problem because of advertising. To say otherwise is an insultEighteen months ago, a federal government inquiry into online gambling chaired by the late Peta Murphy recommended phasing out ads over three years. Promptly, the government got on with sitting on the... 010
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Govt of the belief that gambling advertising reform was not important, but social media changes were. Odd priorities as one of these has NO benefit to children. 130
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024December - the month to buy and start filling in your 2025 planners/diaries. Here's something to kick off the 'save the dating': The 2025 International Medicine in Addiction ( #IMiA2025 ) website is now active imia2025.com.au Aug 29-31 Sydney Australia. Lock it in! 000
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Great article by A/Prof Louise Stone exploring the concepts of trust and social contracts in Australia's primary care space. Worth a read. insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/47/redi...insightplus.mja.com.auRedistributing trust: professionalism, policy and expanding scope of practice in primary careAs governments seek to build public trust in nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists, the 010
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Nice choice of colour matching to keep it interesting 130
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Oh, so this is how #AusPol works? We seemingly have to wait for a politician's partner to worry about gambling and alcohol advertising exposure to children, before it becomes a 'real' concern. Got it. 🙄😥 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...reuters.comAustralian social media ban started with call to act by politician's wifeSince Meta whistleblower Frances Haugen aired internal emails in 2021 showing the tech giant knew of social media's mental health impacts on teenagers, world leaders have agonised over how to curb the technology's addictive pull on young minds. 2174
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I suspect this says more about the doctor's self esteem than it does about the GP's referral. 041
Reposted by Dr Paul Grinzi Dr Kate Polarbird Kloza @drpolarbird.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This is educational and adorable! #GPsky #medsky 0103
Dr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Thanks Trish. This is so helpful. Clear info amongst a lot of noise. 👍 000