Dad to rugrats. PM&R to Interventional Pain. USA Wrestling. Nogi. MMA. LSU.
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RETINA is live: every known surveillance camera and license plate reader in New Orleans on one public map. 1,117 points, built from the City's own datasets, OpenStreetMap, and resident reports. Open it and see what is watching your block perdidoinstitute.com/2026/11…
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Epidural lipomatosis
Top: before GLP-1 agonist
Bottom: after GLP-1 agonist
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Don't get on an e-bike. Don't get near an e-bike. Don't let your loved ones get near an e-bike.
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The U.S. wins 10 medals in 10 Freestyle weight classes at the 2026 U20 World Championships.
First country sweep medals in all weights since 1988.
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Don't miss ASIPP's complimentary Peripheral Nerve Stimulation webinar on Tuesday at 6:00 PM Central.
NEW: We've also added a complimentary Intradiscal Therapy webinar on Aug 6 at 6:00 PM Central.
Register for all three complimentary educational webinars: conta.cc/4wUjedc
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How much walking is enough for chronic low back pain? A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4247…
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High-impact physical activity participation and 12-month risk of joint replacement: a longitudinal mediation analysis of 17 661 patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4241…
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Here is per-specialty compensation versus annual hours work, depicted with full-scale axes, aspect ratio squared at $100 per hour, and iso-wage lines for each $100 per hour.
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Med students may be interested to know that physician compensation varies by specialty, as does time worked per year (based on weeks time off a year and hours worked per week on).
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Join us Saturday, May 16th for the 5th annual Image Guided Spine Interventions course at the Seattle Science Foundation or we discuss techniques that are new, cool, or otherwise interesting.
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58-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer and a vertebral compression fracture and Blue Cross Blue Shield is denying radio frequency ablation of the tumor?! There’s also no option for a peer to peer or an appeal. Unbelievable!
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There is still time to save on your ASIPP Annual Meeting registration!
Use code SAVE40 to receive 40% off individual registrations, or register two attendees and get two more at no cost for a limited time.
🔍 Learn more: conta.cc/3ObH7vX
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Join colleagues from across the country for three days of education and insights at ASIPP's 2026 Annual Meeting, March 19–21, in New Orleans.
🔗 Agenda: ow.ly/Prxu50Yh808
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CMS’s WISeR initiative is ridiculous requiring approval to treat painful VCFs that have a mortality rate of 8.6X age matched controls. 84 yr old male w/ severe and worsening back pain drove three hours here as required just for approval. This process is going to result in a death
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Aetna denies sacroplasty for a very painful sacral insufficiency fracture. Did an appeal, peer to peer, and a 2nd appeal but they issued a final denial for this condition that has one year mortality rate of the 11.5% and a five-year mortality rate exceeding 25%. Unbelievable.
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Another Jeff Landry media appearance
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry will join me on AFR today at 4pm CT.
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If you thought “You can keep your doctor” applied to the ACA, you are so 2010.
Now it’s the Medicare Advantage lie. Before you sign up for Medicare Advantage in the next month , call your doctor and anyone you get care from and ask them to confirm they are in your Medicare Advantage plan.
And remember. Original Medicare plans , plus Medigap, plus Part D may cost you a little more every month , but when you call your doctor to ask if they take original Medicare , the chances are really good they will be
Don’t get skunked by zero premiums. Medicare Advantage has no Pre Authorization. Many Medicare Advantage plan specialize in it !
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Ever wondered why your meds have a $400 sticker price when they really cost $7?
Meet the middlemen making your meds expensive on purpose: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). 🧵
