Membership Medicine Physician, Patient Experience Specialist, Healthcare Technology, @UCSFmedicine alum
Scottsdale, AZ
Joined March 2010
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Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
"Our study shows there is no support for the continued use of #ivermectin in treating COVID-19" – Sir Nicholas White
Study supports evidence that ivermectin is ineffective at treating #COVID-19 medicalxpress.com/news/2023-… via @medical_xpress
#ScienceUpFirst
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
In 2021, Private equity invested $151 billion into healthcare, a freaking massive sum of money in a $4.3 trillion industry.
Here's a primer on how the private equity playbook works in healthcare.
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
Just out @NEJM, a "milestone"
The level of neutralizing antibodies induced by Covid vaccines has been established as a correlate of protection, i.e. a surrogate endpoint for predicting clinical outcomes and use for regulatory approvals
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
All thought is carried out by neural circuitry — it does not float in air. Language neurally activates thought. Language can thus change brains, both for the better and the worse.
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
Amazon to buy One Medical in $3.5 billion all cash deal
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
Americans spent ~$50 billion on vitamins and supplements in 2021. A new systematic review of 84 studies shows they are a "waste of money," lacking value in non-pregnant adults, and specifically risk of beta-carotene and lack of Vit E effect @JAMA_current
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
I think a lot of people assume #LongCovid is a continuation of the acute COVID symptoms, that just take a long time to get over.
In reality it is an often delayed onset of *new* neurological, immunological, cardiovascular, and systemic symptoms.
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Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
Stunning data from @CDCgov: Unvaccinated people 65 & up are 52X more likely to be hospitalized from #covid19 compared to the vaccinated/boosted.
For 50-64 year olds, the difference is 46X.
Major difference in every age group, including 12-17 year olds.
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
How to reduce your chance of dying from Covid by 99%?
Get vaccinated and a booster.
One of the most impressive graphs I've seen for the impact of vaccination in the US pandemic
(thanks @redouad @OurWorldinData for re-plotting my makeshift graph from earlier today)
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
I haven’t met a physician yet who wants to practice within the confines of an 8 minute visit. This is what happens when care gets paid for via procedural codes & not by any measure of patient health outcomes.
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
Mask-wearing cuts #COVID19 incidence by 53%, says global study theguardian.com/world/2021/n…
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
End-of-life care at hospice: 1 nurse for 5 patients. Palliative care trained physician on site daily. All health workers trained in palliative care.
End-of-life care at LTC: 1 nurse for 25 patients in the day, 50 at night. Physician on site every 1-2 weeks. No required training.
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
The 1st randomized trial of a booster (3rd) shot in 10,000 people, placebo-controlled, shows 95.6% efficacy, with 5 cases (Pfizer vaccine) vs 109 in placebo group, Delta variant, broad benefit across age groups ft.com/content/d4e58d38-37d6…
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
This deep look from @zeynep at who the unvaccinated really are is spectacularly good.
Eg: "The most powerful predictor of who remained unvaccinated was not age, politics, race, income or location, but the lack of health insurance."
nytimes.com/2021/10/15/opini…
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
A new study found that vaccinated people with breakthrough infections were less likely to spread Covid. Not only does getting vaccinated reduce your risk of becoming seriously ill from the virus, it also protects those around you.
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
COVID Update: First data from an oral at-home anti-viral from Merck are in.
50% reduction in hospitalizations. Trial halted, EUA on the way. 1/
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
The Phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled monoclonal antibody combination trial in outpatients with Covid: marked reduction in risk of hospitalization and death @NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
Masks work in schools to prevent covid in children
2 new @CDCMMWR reports today
Large impact 😷😷
US cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/m…
Arizona
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/m…
And 96% US schools have remained open in the Delta wave (3rd report)
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
Let me be clear about the evidence on 3rd shots. It is unequivocal for Pfizer's vaccine, given w/ 3 week spacing. In people over age 60, there is significant reduction of effectiveness (VE) vs hospitalizations and symptomatic infections at 5+ months after primary vaccination. /1
Brett Swenson, MD retweeted
This photo says it all. Holding the lines and protecting cabins at #echolake. Thank you, thank you. All cabins still standing. – at California, USA
