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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Here's where it all began: In this article from 2004, I write about the early triumphs and challenges of research into treatments aimed at finding the Achilles Heel of many forms of cancer. Tales from the Morgue: New Methods for Targeting Cancer open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...

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Tales from the Morgue: New Methods for Targeting Cancer

Doctors and scientists aim for cancer's weak spots with targeted therapies.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Teens who aren't in touch with their emotions are more likely than their peers to have problems with social media. My colleague Liam Davenport discusses the research on Medical News Insider: open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...

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When emotions go unspoken, screens fill the silence

Teenagers struggling to express their feelings are more vulnerable to problematic social media use due to underlying anxiety and behavioural issues over screen time alone, shows research at EPA 2026.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Two headlines on the front page of today's New York Times: "Digital Dragnet Helps Iran Round Up Dissenters" "DHS Expanding Push to Identify Opponents of ICE" Anybody else notice the similarity?

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Thoughts while re-watching ER: Medical researchers and clinicians have made remarkable advances since this series premiered in 1994, but the administrative burdens for medical professionals and support staff have only gotten worse. medicalnewsinsider.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...

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Thoughts on (re)watching ER 30 years on

In many ways, medicine has made breathtaking advances since this popular TV show first aired. In other ways, nothing has changed.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Dear #TorontoBlueJays: please crush the New York Skankees! 🇨🇦⚾!

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

So the #ALDS will be the True North facing the Evil Empire. Go Canada! 🇨🇦⚾!

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Down and out in the emergency department open.substack.com/pub/medicaln... On July 19, 2024, I saw firsthand how a seemingly innocuous computer error wrought havoc on the US healthcare system.

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Down and out in the emergency department

A botched software update hampers hospital care across the US.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

On the 249th birthday of this nation, Americans of good conscience are mourning the death of decency and empathy, and wondering whether American democracy will even exist come the 250th anniversary. Editorial: On the 4th of July, a Midsummer Nightmare open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...

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Editorial: On the 4th of July, a Midsummer Nightmare

As the US commemorates its 249th birthday, there is little to celebrate in the wake of Trump Administration cruelty.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

O Canada, Happy Birthday! To all of our good friends and neighbors in the True North!

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

How can you tell whether a specific cancer drug offers hope for a cure, long-term remission, or better quality of life? A major cancer society can help, and my colleague Liam Davenport explains it all for you. Hope or hype? Finding the true value of cancer drugs open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...

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Hope or hype? Finding the true value of cancer drugs

A newly updated tool helps doctors, people with cancer and policymakers judge which cancer treatments truly offer a meaningful benefit, and which ones don’t deliver enough versus the risks.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

In good company today, No Kings Day!

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Amazing! Watching the Tony Awards, and once again, sets lighting, costumes and sound all assembled themselves without human intervention! That's the only plausible explanation why we're not seeing awards in those categories.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

People keep enthusing about Leo XIV being the "first American Pope," but that is wrong. Francis, from Argentina, was the first American Pope.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

On the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Holliston, Mass. shows the true meaning of patriotism. This is what democracy looks like!

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the spaceship Blue Origin. Its 11 minute “mission” : to go up and come back down, to boldly go where Alan Shepard and a chimpanzee went more than 6 decades ago. Heroines are people like MacKenzie Scott who use their fortunes for good on Earth.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

To all of my Canadian friends and neighbors: I am sorry that my President is an idiot. I did not vote for him. Je suis désolé que mon président soit un idiot. Je n'ai pas voté pour lui. Can Massachusetts and Vermont together become the 11th province.? Please? Si vous plait? 🇨🇦

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Trump seems to admire the policies of William McKinley. Let's hope that he emulates McKinley's presidency in every respect, from start to finish.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

STOP THE MUSK-RAT. BOYCOTT TESLA. STOP USING X!

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

For all of those Palestinian supporters who voted for Trump or refused to vote for Kamala Harris "to teach her a lesson,“ this is on YOU. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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Trump Proposes the U.S. Take Over Gaza: Live Updates

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

By executive order, DEI now stands for "Discrimination, Exclusion, and Ignorance"

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

"When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in a flag and holding a cross." attributed to Sinclair Lewis

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

On this National Day of Mourning, my greatest regret is that because the Felon-in-chief was inaugurated indoors, we couldn't see him struck down by debris from a SpaceX rocket.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

By comparison Elon Musk makes pharmabro Martin Shkreli look like Mahatma Gandhi

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Mark Zuckerberg is paying for inaugural festivities, which makes sense because Trump already holds his balls.

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

We're not exactly having a Dry January; it's more like a Moist January

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Neil Osterweil @neilosterweil.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

We just received our first print copy of @theonion.com. It is a more reliable source of unbiased news than the @washingtonpost.com, which we dropped when its oligarch owner Bezos started dictating editorial policy.

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