Eric Widera, MD
Professor of #Medicine @UCSF focused on #Geriatrics, #Hospice, #Palliative care, and #meded. Co-creator of https://eprognosis.ucsf.edu. Podcasts at http://geripal.org 🇺🇦
Publications: profiles.ucsf.edu/eric.widera
- I also just learned that @jamainternalmed.com is now on Bluesky too.
- Misplaced keys? Forgotten grocery items? Is it more than normal aging that merits an #Alzheimer biomarker for brain amyloid? Our editorial argues that we should be wary of the marketing push for the use of blood based biomarkers in primary care. #medsky #Alz jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
- Misplaced keys? Forgotten grocery items? Is it more than normal aging that merits an #Alzheimer biomarker for brain amyloid? Our editorial argues that we should be wary of the marketing push for the use of blood based biomarkers in primary care. #medsky #Alz jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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- The dangers of Pharma sponsored direct-to-consumer telehealth pathways for diagnosing Alzheimer’s and prescribing monoclonal antibodies. #medsky www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
- I’ll never understand how a study like this gets through peer review. While GLP-1RA & SGLT2i meds are pretty amazing, they can’t decrease risk for dementia the moment you get a prescription. That’s a clear signal that the groups are different at baseline. #medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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- I got into Annals of Internal Medicine today. Literally
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- Anyone else on BlueSky at the ACP @acpimphysicians.bsky.social annual meeting in New Orleans? Getting a little pick me up for my pre-con talk at the loveliest little coffee courtyard. #medsky
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- Good to see the @nytimes.com covering the risk of hypoglycemia from intensive management of diabetes in older adults www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
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- 1 in 7 Medicaid beneficiaries received care at a nursing home following a new cancer diagnosis, with more than half of these individuals using one for the first time. Lung, breast, and hematological were most prevalent. #gerisky #medsky agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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- White House Tesler auto-mall
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- Kia trolling Tesla on Instagram
- Reposted by Eric Widera, MDIt’s borderline criminal.
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- Don’t blame PG&E for insane electric prices. California legislators and the regulators of PG&E want you to blame the sun for offering free alternatives to gas power (Side note: PG&E reported a profit of more than $2 billion for 2024) www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
- This is the way
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- What the smart money is doing with #Tesla stock: Robyn Denholm, the chair of Tesla's board of directors, sold over $100 million worth of #Tsla stocks in the last 3 months. Maybe it’s time for a new CEO or at least ask him to give 5 bullet points of what he has done for the company in the last month?
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- Reposted by Eric Widera, MDThis is Ralph. His body composition is approximately 40% ear. But that does not mean he wants to listen to your podcast. 12/10 (IG: ralph_kd0821)
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- On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a large-scale attack on neighboring #Ukraine. @WCk.org set up meal distribution sites at border crossings for people fleeing & now meals for families in the most vulnerable residents in the country. Join me to donate today wck.org/news/ukraine-3
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- I’m excited to give a keynote talk at the @capcpalliative.bsky.social #CAPCSeminar25! Join @alexsmithmd.bsky.social and me in Philadelphia, Sept 15-17, for our session highlighting key papers in #palliativecare published in the last year. Register: capc.org/seminar/ #hpm #hapc
- Substance use disorder is a complex issue which clinical practice is changing rapidly. On this podcast episode Janet Ho, Sach Kale, and @juliechilders.bsky.social talk about the intersection of opioid use disorder and serious illness. #Palliativecare #palliative #medsky geripal.org/pc-for-patie...
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- Reposted by Eric Widera, MDRubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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