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Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD

jeneralist@mstdn.science

<p>Family Practice doc, public health advocate, LLM detractor, and occasional maker of liquid nitrogen ice cream. Rides a bike to work some days. Formerly on med-mastodon.</p><p>Posts are not medical advice, and I&#39;m not speaking for my employer.</p>

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    News from early November: a study looking back at patient charts found that getting a prescription for metformin within 6 days of covid diagnosis was associated with a MUCH lower risk of long covid. Folks who got the diabetes medication had half the rate of long covid than the general population. This is a reason to get tested, or test yourself, if you start feeling like you might have flu or covid symptoms. Summary: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/metformin-given-within-week-covid-19-sl...

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    @mcnado@mstdn.social Pennsylvania tally is four, as of Sept 15: 2 infants (both in Lancaster County), a 40 year old in Jefferson County, and an 18 year old in Mifflin County. 🎁 https://share.inquirer.com/gaj0Ji

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    Great news: in the 5 years 2020-2024, know how many 20-24 year olds died of cervical cancer in England? ZERO. That&#39;s the first cohort of folks that age who were offered the HPV vaccine when they were 12 or 13. Before the vaccine was used, on average about 20 people in that age range died of cervical cancer in a 5 year span. We&#39;re looking forward to more dramatic results as that group enters their 30s &amp; 40s. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c621z28z138o #HPV #Gardasil #vaccine...

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    Hi! Jennifer Hamilton here, formerly of med-mastodon.com. That server shut down suddenly. If you followed me before for my toots about #vaccines, #PublicHealth, #FamilyMedicine, my gripes about #ElectronicMedicalRecords #EMR, or even just a few #caturday pictures and chats about bicycling, I&#39;m on mstdn.science now. The old #MedMastodon went down suddenly in the last week of December 2025, and I don&#39;t have a list of my old followers. Please boost this so they can find me!