Much of what’s called “burnout” in healthcare has less to do with poor working conditions—no worse than they were 20 years ago—than growing disillusionment. It’s increasingly hard to believe that our work is part of the solution rather than perpetuating our for-profit problem. 7/

I need a recommendation for a urologist in/near Phoenix. All suggestions appreciated! #Urology #MedTwitter Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald MD Ashley Winter MD || Urologist Rena Malik, MD | Urologist Mike Leveridge

I’m sorry that you are suffering. We hear you
Thanks Cancer!
#cancer

Telling me something is “not a big deal” when I’m calling to tell you it is, doesn’t help me feel supported and heard as a patient. If it’s a big deal to me, then it’s a big deal. Period.

Recycling is never going to solve the plastic waste crisis,” said Ramsden.

“There’s simply too much plastic, and it’s just not practical to recycle most of it.” trib.al/hLhzaC5

Worried that discussing #prognosis may harm the patient' emotional wellbeing & relationship w their doc?

This Journal of Clinical Oncology study shows otherwise — Prognostic disclosure was NOT associated w worse sadness, anxiety, or pt-physician relationship ratings #hapc
🌐doi.org/10.1200/JCO.20…

DEMOCRATS!

There is a strong case to be made that Stacey Abrams saved our democracy in 2020!

And she did it by registering so many new voters in GA,

Biden won GA & Dems won both Senate seats!

NOW SHE NEEDS US! !

CANCER RANT Dear Insurance Companies. I’m on the hook to pay for a scan that you denied. Do you have any idea how stressful you make our lives? Would we *really* choose to go thru all this unless it was medically necessary? Thanks Cancer!

it means the world to me that I’d even be considered to be part of the cancer community as a caregiver

More men are getting vasectomies post-Roe v. Wade, doctor says, calling on men to ejaculate responsibly insider.com/meet-2-men-get…

Beverly A. Zavaleta MD Twitter Jasmine Barta HealthCommPartners I've been wondering what twitter will be like going forward.
Lots of great connections made here, a wonderful support community. I worry that will no longer be.

Beverly A. Zavaleta MD Twitter Jasmine Barta HealthCommPartners I’m sorry to see an avenue to information closed off but I understand your position. #BravingChemo

Please #vote ! If you are intimidated, call the hotline below 👇

A #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth memory:

This is me in 2015, in pre-op for my double mastectomy. I was up at the crack of dawn, no makeup, no coffee 😱, with a fleece cap over my post-chemo stubble. Hubby was there with me and so was my mom...

Read more: instagram.com/p/CkT6Z1rBI82/

The other day I attended a birth with a first year resident. No one counted to 10 or yelled “PUSH!” We sat with our hands in our laps and waited for the baby to emerge. She didn’t tear. I wonder what birth would be like if more doctors got low-risk birth training from midwives.

The world is watching what we are doing

We have to do better female sexual health research

#sexmed22 #takehomemessage SMSNA Rachel S. Rubin, MD ISSWSH

🧵On the clitoris. A body part that, throughout history, has been “discovered,” dismissed and forgotten about and then re-”discovered” by (mostly male) doctors from Hippocrates on. This is what it looks like:

Beverly A. Zavaleta MD I’ve seen a lot of gorgeous knit-cap ladies.. but you are the gorgeousnessest!! 🥰