Madhava Setty

1 month ago | madhavasetty.substack.com | Madhava Setty

Consider this post from a Dr. Neil Stone, a medical doctor from the UK who also holds a PhD in anti-fungal drug resistance:Stone quoted a post from Michael Knowles who recently asked Dr. Andrew Wakefield if vaccines cause autism. This, Stone says, is the equivalent of asking Kanye West if Jews are actually evil. I understand what Dr. Stone is saying. What’s the use in asking the opinion of a person who has known prejudices around a topic? But there is another insidious layer to this.

1 month ago | madhavasetty.substack.com | Madhava Setty

A very interesting study was posted in preprint last month which compared a large group of vaccinated individuals in Florida. The authors, Retsef Levi, Florida Surgeon General, Joe Ladapo, MD et al found that over a twelve month period following vaccination Pfizer recipients suffered a significant increase in all cause mortality compared to those who got the Moderna shot:The blue line in each plot are the cumulative risks of those receiving the Pfizer formulation, the red is the Moderna.

2 months ago | childrenshealthdefense.org | Madhava Setty

Some context (the text of the op-med is included below)In the days following Robert F. Kennedy’s appointment to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last month, I was disappointed but not surprised to see so many of my colleagues in medicine wince at the prospect of having the chief “misinformation” spreader during the COVID-19 pandemic take charge of public health in America.

2 months ago | opmed.doximity.com | Anna Gaddy |Kathleen Grant |Madhava Setty |Erica Leigh Jacovetty

Spring Clinical Meetings are around the corner and it’s time to start making my itinerary. As I look through this year's program, it’s hard to not be excited by the state of nephrology care today. Kirk Campbell, whose innovative work on IgA nephropathy and with the Kidney Precision Medicine Project I admire, will be giving the NKF Presidential Address. From there, there’s a few sessions I will be heading toward.

2 months ago | opmed.doximity.com | Kathleen Grant |Madhava Setty |Erica Leigh Jacovetty |Reid J. Mergler

“I’m scared,” my patient told me. “I’m scared of hurting the baby. It’s been almost a year, but I’m still scared of hurting her.”She was 23 years old with her first child. She still felt guilty about these feelings a year after giving birth. She was unsure who to discuss these fears with, including her family and partner.