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Genevieve Friedman

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Perspectives Editor at MedPage Today. Have a unique perspective to share with doctors, nurses, health admins, and other health professionals? Send it my way: perspectives@medpagetoday.com

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gostin.bsky.social @gostin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Seeking to Prosecute Fauci Is Disgraceful www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/the-... The decision to hold Tony Fauci in contempt of Congress is legally flawed, and the underlying allegations are absurd. In @medpagetoday.com I explain why this is pure political retribution @gfriedman.bsky.social
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Opinion | Seeking to Prosecute Fauci Is Disgraceful
The Senate committee's actions are legally flawed and set a dangerous precedent
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Daniel Zaltz @dzaltz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The GRAS loophole lets food companies add untested chemicals to your food without telling the FDA. RFK Jr talks a big game about closing it, but you can’t fix a regulatory void while gutting the agency meant to fill it. @gfriedman.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | The 'GRAS' Loophole That Swallowed the Law
And why Secretary Kennedy won't fix it
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Timothy Sullivan @tsullivan21.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
To limit antibiotic overuse, we may be able to apply lessons from the opioid epidemic: #IDsky #Medsky @medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | To Limit Antibiotic Overprescribing, Take a Page From the Opioid Epidemic
Both drugs are dangerous when misused
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Katie Suleta @drkatiesuleta.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The HHS nutritional competencies for medical education dropped and there are many reasons to be skeptical. It virtually erases RDNs and elevates unregulated professions to work as part of the care team. Thanks to @medpagetoday.com and @gfriedman.bsky.social. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | The Wellness Devil in the Details: HHS' Nutrition Plan
Questionable science and little recognition of dietitians should give us pause
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 25/02/2026
👀Live webinar TODAY at 12 PM ET! Join Dr. Mike, @pauloffit.bsky.social, & @jeremyfaust.bsky.social for a candid discussion about how doctors can best respond in the age of misinformation. Register now! (Can’t make it live? Register anyway to receive the recording.) ehgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Dr. Mike vs Paul Offit: Should Physicians Engage With Misinformation?
Should physicians engage with people who spread misinformation -- or avoid confrontation? In March 2025, family medicine physician and social media personality Mike Varshavski, DO, also known as "Dr....
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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Running CDC is not a part time job or an afterthought and the agency needs stable leadership @medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info
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Opinion | I Was a CDC Senior Leader. From What I Saw, No One Should Run Two Agencies.
Placing Jay Bhattacharya in charge of both NIH and CDC raises concerns
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David Hackney @davidnhackney.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My new piece for @medpagetoday.com, in which “Ob” Wan battles ultrasound droids through sand-swept maternity deserts #MedSky @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | These Aren't the Ob/Gyn Droids We're Looking For
Oz's recent comments missed the mark, but obstetric telerobotics is worth considering
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Chloe Lee MD, MPH @chloenazra.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
My latest for @medpagetoday.com “Religious liberty” is no excuse for lazy work. I argue that students like Samantha Fulnecky don’t belong in medicine. We won’t have high-quality care if fragile students throw tantrums over academic standards. #medsky #TPUSA www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Fragile Students Won't Last in Medicine
The Samantha Fulnecky controversy should remind us to keep medical standards high
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Katie Suleta @drkatiesuleta.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I've been keeping tabs on a terrible study for over a year and corresponding with the publishing journal. Getting a bad article retracted is a lot of work. Read more about my journey in @medpagetoday.com. Thanks to @gfriedman.bsky.social! www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco..
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
"When the call came to stop, it didn't feel like closure. It felt like losing a patient I'd spent a lifetime caring for." A CDC doctor writes in @medpagetoday.com about what it was like to be RIF'd. Read on: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.com @firedbutfighting.bsky.social
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Opinion | Being Fired From CDC Is Like Losing a Patient
A physician's reflections on being RIF'd
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
"Here's what concerns me most: the absurdity of the notion that an artificially generated, non-sentient avatar could be a reasonable companion for a child. It goes against everything we know about developmental theory." -- Jon Slater, MD www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.com
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Opinion | No, That AI Chatbot Is Not Your Friend
It's time for adolescent screening and strict chatbot regulations
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 16/10/2025
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), aka the "voice of CDC," isn't publishing during the federal government shutdown. According to sources, this marks a departure from past shutdowns, when MMWR staff were allowed to be exempt from furloughs. ⬇️
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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health @docsforclimate.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
No place is immune to extreme weather. In a new #ClimateCheckup, 2025 Climate & Health Equity Fellow Dr. Janelle White urges healthcare providers to be prepared to help their patients and communities stay safe. @medpagetoday.com
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Opinion | It Can Happen Here
No one is immune to extreme weather. Physicians must be prepared.
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 22/09/2025
Attention, nurses! Big news. Introducing: ✨The Nurses' Station ✨ A brand-NEW discussion board for nurses, brought to you by MedPage Today! 🩺
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
"Open minds, combined with expert input, are crucial for developing effective and beneficial policies. Please stop the war on expertise and give briefings a chance, Secretary Kennedy. And please listen." -- Steven Grossman, JD www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.com
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Opinion | Give Briefings a Chance, Secretary Kennedy
Open minds and expert input are crucial for policymaking
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gostin.bsky.social @gostin.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
RFK Jr. Has Declared Full-Blown War on CDC — The agency needs to be strengthened, not torn down @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/the-...
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Opinion | RFK Jr. Has Declared Full-Blown War on CDC
The agency needs to be strengthened, not torn down
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
"We dropped to the ground and scrambled to the opposite side of the building. Then we heard noises in the stairwell. We told everyone: 'Get into offices. Lock the doors.'" A CDC employee shared what it was like inside CDC during the shooting: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.com
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Opinion | I Was Inside CDC During the Shooting. I Can Still Hear the Bullets.
Attacks on public health will continue until federal rhetoric changes
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"Based on data and past experience, we can expect the labeling changes to have little to no effect on meaningfully reducing overdose rates. The administration would be wise to concentrate its efforts elsewhere." -- @ryanmarino.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/toxi... @medpagetoday.com
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Opinion | FDA's Opioid Labeling Initiative Is Smoke and Mirrors
The administration has done little to nothing to meaningfully reduce overdoses
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David Hackney @davidnhackney.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Editorial on the FDA panel’s misleading claims on SSRIs and congenital anomalies. @medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social @acog.org #MedSky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | A 'Black Box' Warning for SSRIs in Pregnancy Would Do More Harm Than Good
An FDA panel discussion failed to accurately reflect medical expertise
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Chloe Lee MD, MPH @chloenazra.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Sometimes, there is a difference between what is legal & what is right. Do we want a world where doctors can refuse to care for a patient purely based on the patient’s marital status? #medsky #obsky #oped www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | The Right to Discriminate Against a Patient
Tennessee's vague conscience protections offer an avenue for legal discrimination
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Chloe Lee MD, MPH @chloenazra.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A Tennessee physician allegedly denied a pregnant woman prenatal care because she’s unmarried. The doctor claimed it conflicted with her Christian beliefs. Is this who we want to be as a field? #medsky #obsky My #oped for @medpagetoday.bsky.social on the case: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | The Right to Discriminate Against a Patient
Tennessee's vague conscience protections offer an avenue for legal discrimination
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
"Understanding what went well and what didn't can lead to lives saved the next time. Because if there's one thing that we're learning, it's that there will be a next time." -- Mary Meyer, MD, MPH www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/cala... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #texasflood #disastermedicine
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Opinion | A Watershed Moment for Texas
The recent flood offers some tough lessons on disaster preparedness
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Chloe Lee MD, MPH @chloenazra.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
My latest for @medpagetoday.bsky.social Hard topic that needs nuanced discussion: how patients’ choices may sabotage their care. Something very important to me in this climate of misinformation & undermining doctors We can’t fix everyone #medsky #mentalhealth www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Dear Doctor: You Can't Fix Everyone
Navigating the therapeutic relationship with unlikeable patients
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 30/06/2025
Thirty percent of U.S. adults would not or might not test for suspected COVID-19, according to a cross-sectional online national survey. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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Many U.S. Adults Wouldn't Test for Suspected COVID, Survey Shows
Findings reveal factors that may shape self-test decisions
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 27/06/2025
In an #OpEd, @ameshaa.bsky.social argues that #ACIP has abandoned scientific integrity by voting to recommend only thimerosal-free flu vaccines -- despite no evidence of harm -- signaling a troubling shift toward anti-vaccine influence under RFK Jr. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | ACIP's Thimerosal Vote: The Committee Has Lost Its Value to Medicine
While the vote won't impact U.S. vaccine delivery, it has broader implications
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Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Here's my longer take on the FDA Commissioner's National Priority Voucher program. The key question is this: how fast is too fast for reasonable FDA drug review? www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social (Thanks for reaching out, @gfriedman.bsky.social!)
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Opinion | How Fast Is Too Fast for FDA Drug Review?
'Common sense' and the FDA Commissioner's National Priority Voucher Program
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
In @medpagetoday.bsky.social yesterday, I wrote about the hypocrisy embedded in the budget bill taking aim at Medicaid. The party that ostensibly wants to leave policies to the states wants to penalize states for being more generous with their own state funds. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Will States' Rights Go the Way of Medicaid Funding?
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' bolsters federal power
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
"In an administration that maintains that government should be run like a business, it is odd that someone who misrepresented his intentions as blatantly as Kennedy did is still in his position." -- Robert Schooley, MD, in @medpagetoday.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #medsky
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Opinion | Have You No Sense of Decency, Secretary Kennedy?
Ousting all 17 ACIP members won't restore public trust
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 09/06/2025
BREAKING: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he's disbanding the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in order to "restore trust" in U.S. vaccine science. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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RFK Jr. Ousts All of CDC's Vaccine Advisors
Kennedy says the move is needed to restore trust in U.S. vaccine science
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Former President Biden's cancer diagnosis comes at a troubling moment for research funding. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #oncology #medsky
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Biden Has Confronted Cancer Before. Now He Faces an Uncertain Future
The former president's diagnosis comes at a troubling moment for research funding
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Sarah Nelson, PhD (she/her) @sarahnelsonphd.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Like many, I can’t stay silent when we are living through unprecedented attacks on science and health. My #oped is now live on #medpagetoday in collaboration with Natoshia Cunningham and in support of many colleagues and friends. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | What's Lost if We 'Play the Game' to Get Research Funding?
Our journey to understand and treat childhood pain in a new reality
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
What do you think: Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine? @danielpham.bsky.social shared his thoughts with @medpagetoday.bsky.social. Let us know what you think by commenting below. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #medsky #surgeongeneral #caseymeans
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Opinion | Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?
Their leadership must be grounded in sound public health priorities
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Matt Wynia @mattwynia.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Out today - my argument for engaging with the AMA rather than withdrawing from it in response to its stunning silence in the face of egregious governmental attacks on medical science and ethics.🧵 Thanks to @medpagetoday.bsky.social and @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Should 'No Margin, No Mission' Apply to the AMA?
Ahead of a June meeting, members should contact their representatives
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Taylor Nichols, MD MS @tnicholsmd.com · 01/05/2025
I have been frustrated by the narrative around #burnout in medicine, so I wrote about what I believe makes a better, more comprehensive framework of systems-based trauma. Put simply, health professionals are traumatized by the system, and are leaving in droves. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | The Healthcare Workforce Is Traumatized
HCATS offers a comprehensive framework for addressing systems-based trauma in healthcare
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Following a brush with the Hong Kong healthcare system, I teamed up with ED doctor Adam Brown to compare U.S. healthcare to that in other developed nations. If you could pick, where would you go for care? Comment below! www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky
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Opinion | Would You Rather Get Care in the U.S. or Abroad?
Our experiences in Hong Kong and the U.K. illustrate shortcomings at home
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
"This cautionary tale tells us much about how political interference and battles over ideology can stifle scientific advances, which are essential to improve the care of our patients." -- Don Ingber, MD, PhD www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social @wyssinstitute.bsky.social
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Opinion | Could Trump's War on Harvard Spell the End of U.S. Leadership in Science?
The stop-work orders I received were far more than just a personal loss
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Lara Jirmanus, MD, MPH @larazjmd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Our latest oped - What hospitals and health centers can do to keep healthcare accessible and safe for immigrant patients h/t @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | With the Threat of ICE Raids Looming, Hospitals Must Be Prepared
Here's how health systems should respond
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Chase T. M. Anderson @chasetmanderson.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
As a child and adolescent psychiatrist with over 11 years of training and practice, here’s how we assess the need for - and prescribe - psychiatric medications. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... So many thanks to @medpagetoday.bsky.social and @gfriedman.bsky.social 💖 I love you all 🌙🐦‍🔥💖🦄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔥✊🏽🦸🏽‍♂️
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Opinion | Here's How Psychiatrists Actually Prescribe Medication
More misinformation and stigma are the last things we need
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"The clinical trial that saved my life wouldn't have existed without robust investment in biomedical research." -- @rdilley.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky #harvard
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Opinion | I Survived Leukemia Because of a Clinical Trial. Will Future Patients Be So Lucky?
Sustained research funding is essential to progress
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"'The Pitt' has the potential to reshape the portrayals of mental health care...Yet, access issues can't improve if on-screen narratives reinforce fear over understanding." -- Kayla Simms, MD www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky #thepitt @hbomax.bsky.social
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The Monster We Made: Psychiatry, Stigma, and 'The Pitt'
The popular medical drama exposes blind spots in emergency care
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
How accurate was the depiction of the pong-pong tree in The White Lotus? Medical toxicologist @jtrebach.bsky.social offers a post-mortem of the hit TV show's finale. www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #thewhitelotus #medsky
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'White Lotus' Fact-Check: The Suicide Tree's Lethal Potential
A medical toxicologist's post-mortem of the hit TV show
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Mark Kuczewski, PhD @bioethxmark.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"The mission of the healing professions and healthcare institutions is the health of patients and their communities. It is not to police them. But politics sometimes creates conditions that jeopardize this mission." #bioethics #immigration @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social
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Opinion | We Need Healthcare, Not Policing, For Immigrant Patients
Here's how to help reestablish hospitals as safe spaces
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christinegoertz.bsky.social @christinegoertz.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Excited to share this opinion piece on what patients with low back pain need from their dictors. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco.... @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social
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Opinion | Five Things Patients With Low Back Pain Need From Their Doctors
Insights from the 'Spine Squad'
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Dr. Judy Melinek @drjudymelinek.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
My most recent OpEd about Gene Hackman’s death investigation. Via @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/work...
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Opinion | Gene Hackman's Death: How the Mystery Unfolded
Determining time of death can help inform the cause of death
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"It's these circumstantial bits of information from the scene that are often the most helpful clues in narrowing down the time of death in the early phases of a death investigation." @drjudymelinek.bsky.social Read more: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/work... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky
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Opinion | Gene Hackman's Death: How the Mystery Unfolded
Determining time of death can help inform the cause of death
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
"One day the U.S. may ask itself if the withdrawal of support was worth it: what is the cost of being a beloved world leader? For me, it was the cost of a hot cup of milk when I was 8 years old." -- Eleftherios P. Diamandis, MD, PhD www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social
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Opinion | USAID Helped Me Become the Scientist I Am Today
Buying my affection with a cup of milk was a great bargain for the U.S.
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"The Trump administration has signaled its hostility to the NIH and research in general, so we should expect that PubMed may be in trouble." -- @drkatiesuleta.bsky.social Read more: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky #pubmed
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Opinion | Will They Come for PubMed Next?
Here's what we lose if the administration takes away this invaluable resource
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"With [Trump's] plans to impose 25% tariffs on pharmaceuticals, it reignites a critical discussion about how medical supply chains should be organized and what is most beneficial to patients." -- @prof-yadav.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky
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Opinion | Trump Plans to Impose Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals. Here's What to Know.
An analysis of the short- and long-term challenges and benefits
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"Sen. Bill Cassidy set the stage for his physician colleagues to follow suit [in voting to confirm RFK Jr. to lead HHS]. They have all betrayed their oath as doctors." Read more from @josephsakran.bsky.social and Samuel Okum: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #medsky @medpagetoday.bsky.social
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Opinion | Physician Senators, What Have You Done?
They have betrayed the Hippocratic Oath in voting to confirm RFK Jr.
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Genevieve Friedman @gfriedman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"The Pitt" from HBO gets it right on the issue of emergency department boarding. Read more from Alexis Cordone, MD: medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social #medsky
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Opinion | Coming to You From the 'Department of Hallway Medicine'
The medical drama, The Pitt, gets it right on ED boarding
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