#Contrast

Why do patients with #FamilialHypercholesterolemia have elevated #lipoprotein(a)?Excited to share new work by @UBC MD/PhD student @marketrinder. His new study published in @JACCJournals.https://www.onlinejacc.org/content/75/21/26821/ Backgr
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Thread: Itmam ul Hujjah on Shias on aqeedah regarding Sahabah from Quran. There are many ayahs in Quran which praises sahabah but I will few among them and I will
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THREAD: The everpresent *affirmative* comparisons of Blackface to drag & transgender males pretending to be females are not only offensive, but reflect whites’ well-documented, callous disregard for the humanity and
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1/ Cautious thought stream, in lieu of coffee break chat (correct me if I'm wrong):Welfare issues aside, meat from &is seen as 'bad' because it inefficiently uses cropland which could
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A brief morning thread on the emerging results from antibody testing. There is a lot of interest in these as being able to nail down how many people might have
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In defense of cancel culture, a thread:One of the markers of canceling is that it is crowd action. Being canceled is not being fired, being jailed, being excommunicated. It can
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EXCLUSIVE: @TheEconomist has obtained data implying that parts of northern Italy have gained enough immunity to substantially slow down the spread of covid-19. (1/9)https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/31/italian-towns-hit-harde
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This is a popular narrative: the overdose crisis took a humanistic, "public health" approachThis narrative is almost completely false, if you define "public health" as being driven by evidence, compassion
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When I entered med. school (no docs in fam), I assumed:1 Med education would primarily train me to be a doc2 Cancer screening is an unalloyed good3 When docs recommend
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TD's is correct in the last line, however one item about the whole E-7 sole-source contention bugs me to the core: The assertion that the E-7 is the only AEW
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Two lessons for transit agencies in the past several days:(1) Make a plan to never strand riders(2) Think about an agency’s relationship with the police First: It is never OK
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Apparently, there is an *ongoing* discussion (like today) of whether Native Americans were "cannibals" and that it was "proven" so. Here are some resources to dispel that myth, since it
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Are inheritance rights bad for women?- More sati in C19 Bengal where widows had property rights- More foeticide & cousin marriage w/ female inheritance in - Islamic inheritance rights, high
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So tensions are high, as is my anxiety, but I just need to share the laziest looting I've ever seen to all 6 or 7 of my followers who may
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https://twitter.com/MichellesDude/status/1387950792087330816 I think Rudy is too dumb to even qualify for incompetent anymorehttps://twitter.com/mattsheffield/status/1387966436619034626?s=19 Shameful confession. Whenever I read or see Bill
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Q has returned!The MSM and Democratic Party is the ENEMY of the PEOPLE! FISA Declass = START Drop 3918Difficult to imagine D party squashing all hope of a cure.Difficult
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