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Miriam E. Tucker
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Writer/journalist specializing in medicine/health. Living with type 1 diabetes since 1973.
Washington DC arealinkedin.com/in/miriametuck…Joined March 2009

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I'm always amused at scientific attempts to study the effect of exercise in #type1diabetes . I'm n=1 and all I do is walk, yet my blood sugar might go up, down, or stay the same depending on food, time of day, insulin on board, and phase of the moon. 🚶‍♀️🌚
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Fascinating. I’m curious whether a) people with #diabetes are more likely to be bitten by mosquitos and b) do those odds vary with the person’s blood sugar level? This topic has actually come up in #type1diabetes circles.
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Some people really do get more mosquito bites, and it doesn't have to do with diet, soaps, or other fragrances. It's carboxylic acids. And once a mosquito magnet, always a mosquito magnet scientificamerican.com/article/some-p by @dalorleon on @sciam
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Sorry, not this Wed. The 26th.
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This Wed, @HBO will air a documentary about the 2018 #TreeOfLife shooting that took the life of my mother's dear friend Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz and 10 others. It will feature survivors including hospice nurse/chaplain Dan Leger. Produced by @mcuban @theebillyporter @MichaelKeaton twitter.com/HBODocs/status…
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This Wed, will air a documentary about the 2018 #TreeOfLife shooting that took the life of my mother's dear friend Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz and 10 others. It will feature survivors including hospice nurse/chaplain Dan Leger. Produced by
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A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting recounts the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history and the community that came together in its aftermath. #ATreeofLifeDoc premieres October 26 on @HBOMax. #HBO50
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Anyone familiar with "Cloudflare" or "error 1015" or why I'm getting a message that I'm "rate limited," and therefore can't access a site that I visit all the time? Hoping someone actually knows because I've already tried googling and it's not helpful.
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After viewing this photo on a larger screen I noticed that either a side effect of the vaccines is static electricity, or I need a better hair conditioner. 💉👩🏻💥
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#Fluvaccine in one arm, #Omicron #COVIDBooster in the other. Hopefully that’ll do it for a while. 💉💪💉💪 #VaccinesWork #CovidIsntOver
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Why do some doctors think it's okay to totally blow off an appointment for an interview with a journalist? I get that it's less urgent than much of what they do, but hey, I'm a #freelancer and my time is valuable. At least a heads-up / apology would be nice. 😒
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Also true of myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome. #mecfs #medtwitter
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Hopefully you can see where I'm going here- #LongCovid is a "stealth" disease, which requires "outside the box" thinking. While mine was a more severe initial case with some abnormal testing(eventually)...A person can have "normal" traditional testing, and still be quite ill. 8/
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Geez. After I got bad grades in organic chemistry, I decided not to go to medical school and to become a journalist instead. I never considered blaming the professor. #AcademicTwitter
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NYU dismissed a chemistry professor after students said his class was too hard, igniting a debate about the relaxing of academic standards. nyti.ms/3UVGyFp
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"We work them up but can't find anything wrong," was a common response of physicians when asked about myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome pre-covid. Now, #longcovid is making it clear that the "workup" for both conditions needs to be expanded. #mecfs #medtwitter
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Them: what’s challenging about #LongCovid is that there are no objective signs and symptoms. Everyone tests “normal”. Me: Hi and welcome to the clinic. Could you plz stand for 10mins ~70% of ppl with LC: *legs change color and HR spikes* That seems objectively not normal.
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