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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

1 year

Introducing my new paper in the Yale J. of Health Policy, Law & Ethics @YJHPLE : The Fall of FDA Review FDA was built to gatekeep the products we use in and on our bodies, but it’s hanging on by its nails. Thread #1 (OF SEVEN). (1/x) Free to read:

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Just finished graduating with my MD/JD. 6 years for 4 letters. I'm extremely grateful, but jesus, that was hard!

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

I finally put an MD next to my name 😭😭

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@mahad_minhas Medicine subi, new patient admitted: middle-aged Black woman with severe thigh pain. Thigh extremely tender on exam. I asked for imaging. Supervising resident saw her, said she's hysterical, probably high on cocaine. Discharged...admitted again. Turned out it was a thigh abscess.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

2 years

Hey all! I’m Daniel, and I’m going on the law teaching market this year. I have a medical degree and I study how legal systems shape public health and medicine. Life and death are created by the law. I want to decipher these mechanisms and offer solutions. (1/3)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

2 years

My happy news for 2023: I've accepted a position as Associate Professor of Law at @sjquinney @UUtah . I'll be teaching Torts and Mortality Law and I'll be researching how the law shapes life and death in the United States. Thrilled to join amazing faculty including:

Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

2 years

Hey all! I’m Daniel, and I’m going on the law teaching market this year. I have a medical degree and I study how legal systems shape public health and medicine. Life and death are created by the law. I want to decipher these mechanisms and offer solutions. (1/3)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

I just found out I passed the Bar Exam! Now let's abolish it. It takes just one one look at our biased judiciary, a Congress that doesn't pass bills, insane election lawsuits today, or any other ailing aspect of our legal system to realize we are selecting for the wrong people.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

What if all med schools pledged to spend as much time on racism as the Krebs cycle? Imagine what we could accomplish

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

I just finished taking the Bar Exam. This, after finishing my medical licensing exams as well. My biggest takeaway? U.S. licensing is almost exclusively based on *memorization*. Yep, that’s how we select our doctors and lawyers who are supposed to help the public.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

New paper by me and @askdrfatima in @JInternMed arguing obesity among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) is largely due to systemic racism. A thread. (1/x) Free to read: Paywall:

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

I just finished medical school. My last class finished today. I'm totally floored. It's been such a long journey with wild ups and downs, tears and love and aha moments and the passion to improving society. I don't even know what to say. #speechless #MedTwitter

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

2 years

The big shock of my 10th college reunion? Straight married men discussing getting vasectomies to prevent their wives from being prosecuted for having an abortion. Points to men for showing up, but this is dystopian.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

For someone who grew up on soda, I’ve come a long way. I grew up in an obese family. It was hard being an overweight kid. At age 10 I forced myself to start dieting. If that sounds unhealthy, well, it is, and so is how our society makes people fat. THREAD. (1/x) #Obesity #Food

Petrie-Flom Center

@PetrieFlom

5 years

Petrie-Flom fellow @MedlawDan shares his personal reflections on last week's consortium, "Soda Taxes and Other Policy Responses to the American Obesity Epidemic," featuring Professors Emily Broad Leib @broademily , Steven Gortmaker, and Carmel Shachar.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

New piece in @NEJM by 3 psychiatrists of color ( @DrEricMD1 @divyakchhabraMD @DrMichaelMensah ) argues the need to decouple emergency response from police. Instead, unarmed clinicians should be sent. This change would benefit all, but esp. patients of color

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Hey, all. To support the movement that's happening right now, I am going to post one *law case* each day about race or racism. That's right, law case. Why? Don't doctors hate law? Well, laws are the rules of society, and they have a hand in inequality and racism. Stay tuned.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

New @TheLancet correspondence by @awgaffney @swoolhandler @mccormick_danny argues that law enforcement at anti-racism protests is a public health threat. They suggest we should -Stop assaults on protesters -Ban tear gas -Ban kinetic impact projectiles -Redirect law enforcement $

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

So doctors who witness racism, poverty, social determinants, or other serious social ills should not speak up? Hard disagree. We need medicine to become more involved in the true causes of poor health.

John Mandrola, MD

@drjohnm

4 years

Doctors excel at treating people with disease. That is our calling. Political activism is fine, but it ought be done only as private citizens. I agree with Dr. Satel > (Kudos to @Yascha_Mounk for starting Persuasion)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

Today, I was nearly brought to tears reading about a person who stood up to structural racism and was punished for it. A thread. (1/x)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

I was reminded today about a black female patient I saw while on the psychiatry team. She had just miscarried, and despair was an understatement. When we arrived, curiously, there were officers outside her room, and she was shackled to the hospital bed guardrails. A thread. 1/6

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Y'all. 2999 followers. Help

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 months

My aunt, on Leqembi for early Alzheimer's, just died. She suffered an hours-long seizure in her bed. Her friend broke into the apartment and got medical help. Discovered to have many brain microhemorrhages and edema. Dead within 24 hours.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 months

I can't stress enough that Jack's writings on trans issues are a healing salve for the multiple sources of disinformation that are leading to trans healthcare bans. Glad you're back, Jack.

Jack Turban MD

@jack_turban

3 months

As national debates escalate, it’s essential to understand gender identity with nuance. It’s not just biology, & it’s not just a social construct. My latest for @nytopinion :

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

We lose >80,000 Americans each year to overdose, largely opioid-related. And yet the process for holding profiteers accountable is faltering—badly. Introducing my new paper forthcoming @LUCLawJournal — Public Health in the Opioid Litigation. Thread. (1/x)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

And when we notice that test prep costs thousands of dollars and disproportionately burdens people of color and those with fewer resources, we do nothing. We accept it as “necessary” to ensure professionals are qualified. Qualified, as in, they can … memorize?

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

If your Indian curry doesn't turn out well, just puree it in a blender and add fresh boiled vegetables. Nobody will know that the gravy of your new curry is a prior failed curry.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

I suggest: Let’s reconstruct licensing exams to center on the problems faced by minority groups. These are the people who need the most medical and legal help, and their glaring omission from licensing exams is unacceptable in a diverse country like the U.S.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@karenerrichetti Hey all 🖐 I'm Dan -dual law-medicine student -goal: explore the laws undergirding Americans' poor health, rather than focusing on individual behavior -libra ♎ (I love astrology) -dislikes sour cream and olives -my feed: the current on tobacco, obesity, opioids, health care

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

1 year

NEW paper: @askdrfatima @SimarSBajaj and I write in @PNASNews @theNASciences about how the Supreme Court’s affirmative action cases may devastate diversity in medicine. And we provide SOLUTIONS. A thread. (1/x) #Health #Diversity #Law #DEI @SNMA

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Today, my mentee, a Black PhD student and scholar, was told, by an all white male panel, that his thesis on systemic racism lacked "clarity" and "cohesiveness" and he cannot finish his PhD and he must cease research immediately.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@karenerrichetti I'm Dan, an MD/JD student who tweets about health law and policy. I really like writing poems! But I'm too nervous to post them on Twitter. (For now.) @devikaradhika Follow these folks! @rorastog @medicallyyikes @shailinthomas @A_CT_SimMDJD @GusGodley @adamgreattweet @ardem_c

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

We lose >80,000 Americans each year to overdose, largely opioid-related. I discussed last month how the process for holding profiteers accountable is faltering. Introducing Opioid Accountability, forthcoming Tennessee Law Review ( @UTKLaw ). Thread. (1/x)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

1 year

Bombshell article in @nytimes about @theNASEM accepting ~$19 million from Sackler Family/Purdue Pharma, then advising on U.S. opioid policy. It published a finding that 100 mil Americans live w chronic pain--later discredited but impacted big decisions

Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy (Published 2023)

Even as the nation’s drug crisis mounted, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine continued to accept funds from some members of the Sackler family, including those involved with...

www.nytimes.com

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

I’ve seen some skeptical comments about the proposed US ban of menthol cigarettes. Some have implied that, because Black Americans often use menthol cigarettes, banning their sale is a racial attack. This couldn’t be more wrong. A thread—through the lens of a new paper. (1/x)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

New @JAMA_current study via @SamSen4 @pkmandic @ArchelleMD finds that stay-at-home orders were effective at reducing #COVID19 hospitalizations, thus preventing otherwise exponential growth.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Thanks to all my new followers! I just reached 3000, and I’ll try to deliver good content. Most of my posts relate to health and injustice. For today, here are two great papers worth reading. Thread (1/3)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

. @askdrfatima and I have a new paper out in @socscimed — Medicine, Structural Racism, and Systems. This cross-disciplinary paper looks at how medicine must look outward to heal inward. A thread 1/x *Read free til Apr 30* Perma:

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

Incredibly important piece by @ProfMMurray in @HarvLRev . It forecasts that racialized arguments may be used to overturn Roe v. Wade by reinvigorating the idea that abortion is "black genocide." Race could serve as the justification to break from precedent

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

2 years

My job talk paper offers a good example. It is comforting to know new health-related products are reviewed by FDA before marketing. But I believe FDA review is faltering. Many products come to market with lax review, sometimes no review at all. The failures are systemic. (2/3)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

11 months

NEW: @jbromero98 @lsepper and I discuss the Supreme Court’s 303 Creative decision. Although it’s about denying a wedding website to a gay couple, it could have *big* implications for discrimination in health care settings. THREAD. (1/5)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

19 days

NEW: My article The Deregulation of Cancer is forthcoming in Texas A&M Law Review ( @TAMU_Law_Review ). This is of interest to administrative law, environmental law, tort law, and health law scholars as well as oncologists. THREAD 🧵 (1/13) Free to read:

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

Hey Twitter, What song are you OBSESSED with right now? Note: I will listen to every song posted, even if this goes viral.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Today in @JAMA_current , @LawrenceGostin @ProfHeidiLarson debate the ethics of vaccine mandates. They argue: No mandate during the EUA, but, after full approval, vaccine mandates are ethical in high-value contexts. They stress backlash as a big concern.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

New JAMA Pediatrics article argues don't ignore children in the COVID pandemic. Not only can they spread virus, but many have risk factors that may make them more susceptible. They note 10% of U.S. children have asthma. #Coronavirus #CoronavirusPandemic @skr9skr9 @lindsay_lathom

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Happy Friday! In case you've forgotten, there's an e-cigarette epidemic hitting U.S. youth -- 3.6 million youth currently use. Here's my new paper on this. TL;DR we completely underaddress addiction as a society, including nicotine addiction and beyond.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

2 years

First, background: Racial & ethnic minorities in the US are saddled with high rates of obesity but are disproportionately denied public health intervention to prevent this obesity and medical care to treat it. See me and @askdrfatima in @JInternMed (2/x)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@TravisABenson Hey all! I'm Dan, and I study less how to treat disease, more how to prevent it. Obesity, smoking, vaping, opioids, health care, and the law. MD/JD between BU and Harvard. Would love to connect with y'all 😊

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

6 months

I am VERY concerned about the Supreme Court's likely overturning of the Chevron doctrine, particularly for the impact on federal agencies like @US_FDA and @CDCgov . My thoughts below in @JAMA_current . Hope to write a thread soon. Recovering from a small surgery 🤕

JAMA

@JAMA_current

6 months

This Viewpoint from @MedlawDan and Avery E. Emery describes how the overturning of Chevron deference could shift the ability to make policy decisions about public health and the environment from administrative agencies to the courts.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

How could that be?! Well, I ended up partnering with Dr. Michael Siegel ( @mbsiegel ) and we identified 95 really big health organizations that were taking money from Coke and Pepsi. All the big societies of nutritionists, pediatricians. Even the American Diabetes Association (9/x)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Great piece by @BritTrogenMD @DavidOshinsky @ArthurKaplan in @JAMA_current arguing we mustn't abandon research and ethical standards for #COVID19 vaccine. They argue we have "only one chance" to distribute the vaccine while holding public trust.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@karenerrichetti @AcademicChatter Hi all! Happy Black Friday :) 1. 6th yr in MD/JD program. I do research on social determinants! 2. I try to keep followers a little more up-to-date on #SDOH than they would be otherwise. Obesity, opioids, food regulation, tobacco, etc. 3. I'm hunting for deals in Boston! =)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

New study in @JAMA_current looks at new-onset symptoms after COVID-19 hospitalization (N=478): -Fatigue 31% -Cognitive symptoms 21% -Shortness of breath 16% Of ~177 patients who agreed to an office visit, 63% had CT lung scan abnormalities.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

2 years

Many of these products have serious tolls on public health. I propose solutions to create a revitalized FDA: one that is dutifully empowered to safeguard the public health. Happy to discuss further - feel free to DM me. (3/3)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

I do opioids research. But the high PACER fees reduce my access to ostensibly public court documents. To read the opioids docket would likely cost me >$6000. Other key cases touch on civil rights, health, guns, and more. It should all be free. #Opioids #ComplexLitTwitter #SDOH

Deepak Gupta

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On Monday, I’ll be arguing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, challenging the federal judiciary’s paywall for public court filings (aka PACER fees). This column by @adamliptak gives a good overview.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

1 year

A court meddling with FDA's drug approvals is only the latest in courts and politicians interfering with FDA. Officially sharing my new article The Fall of FDA Review, forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics ( @YJHPLE ), on @SSRN

Mark Joseph Stern

@mjs_DC

1 year

Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision claiming to overrule the FDA’s approval of abortion drug mifepristone—23 years late—is an appalling and indefensible abuse of power that will go down in history as one of the judiciary’s most humiliating and lawless moments.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

1. @AnnaGrummon et al. in @JAMA_Current on nutrient warnings. Pointing to poor diet as a pressing public health issue, they say foods with high sugar or salt should have warnings. They frame FDA’s current nutrition labels as “elaborate” and “numeric.”

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@karenerrichetti Hi all. I'm Dan, a JD/MD student, about to graduate (6 years!), and interested in using health law and policy to reduce morbidity and mortality across the U.S. My dream is to increase life expectancy! Great people: @RandyBurson2 @CohenProf @ProfGlantz @michaelrulrich @KathiHoke

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Dear #MedTwitter , Law is a social determinant of health. That is all. Best, Dan

Zoe Tillman

@ZoeTillman

4 years

Full story from @pdmcleod on today's blockbuster decision from the 11th Circuit upholding a Florida law that requires former felons to pay off all fines/fees before they can get the right to vote back, even if they can't afford it

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

7 months

NEW: @DrSinhaEsq and my symposium piece in @WVlawreview — “Immunity Through Bankruptcy for the Sackler Family.” We argue immunizing the Sacklers, who helped ignite the opioid crisis, would be a grave public health error. 🧵(1/13) #LawTwitter #PHLaw #Health

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@Eigenmetric I'll be going into health law!

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@ardem_c @catsandteas Hi

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

6 months

New piece forthcoming @UCDavisLRev by @lsepper @ProfLWiley argues religious legal challenges are a new front of attack against US social insurance policy, threatening nondiscrimination, preventive services, & LGBTQ+ care, and undermining worker protections

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Hey, single people out there. Looking at you #MedTwitter #GayMedTwitter #LawTwitter . I'm thinking of starting a Flirtology twitter series. Every day, one new flirting tip. The goal is to release your inner flirt. First-- gauging interest! #Flirtology

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@adamgreattweet @karenerrichetti @futuredrgordon @the_vandegraam @notsurvivingMD @docfingerguns @ThtBrunetteDoc @jro_joe @kreepklebsiella @notbaffour @bafergs @holympus @BlondeMDToBe Hi all! Thanks for the tag Adam. I'm Dan, a future health lawyer trying to illuminate how law affects health. I miss the gym 😭🤣 Great people to follow: @RohanRastogiMD @GusGodley @ardem_c @jack_turban @medicallyyikes @shailinthomas @DrigoMunoz @tomfolanmd @Grossman_Elyse

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@adamgreattweet @JeanMoorjani @docfingerguns @CNJohns1996 @the_vandegraam @RuralMedStudent Thanks for the tag Adam. Love your ethical standard for follows <3 I try to share the latest research in the social determinants, while also connecting with history/the past! Frenz: @shailinthomas @laforbestweets @Amber__Gautam @ChaseTMAnderson @RohanRastogiMD @GusGodley

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@GusGodley @dkirch888 @NicholasChiuMD @RohanRastogiMD Thanks for the tag Gus! 1. I'm Dan, just graduated with MD/JD and hoping to tackle the SDOH through law. 2. Def inspired by public health officials who try to save lives yet many have received death threats & intimidation 3. @medicallyyikes @shailinthomas @ChaseTMAnderson

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@jack_turban @YaleMed Gay cis med student here! 👋🏳️‍🌈 After some challenging experiences in undergrad with coming out and losing friends, I decided to go fully out in medical school. Best decision of my life. It was all because the wave of people coming out showed me it was possible. Thank you all!

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@MaaloufMD B to avoid the crease down the middle.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Overkill for bug Y/N: wash down sink and turn on disposal? Asking for a friend. Note: very weird bug with appendages

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

For everyone discussing the Step 1 change to pass/fail -- why is there so little discussion of this 2019 study finding Step 1 hurts black/minority students? Black students are equally intelligent but do worse on Step 1. #Race #MedTwitter #BLM

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@MedlawDan

4 years

Hey all, The next case on race or racism is Shelby County v. Holder (2013). This is a famous case on voting rights. It connects the racism in the Civil War to the racism of today. The question: What will we do to protect Black people’s right to vote? 1/

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Thank god the groomer opened up. Say hi to Rocky!

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@karenerrichetti Hey all! I'm a fourth-year at @BUMedicine & doing a dual degree in law at @Harvard_Law . I'm interested in looking at how social determinants of health are created and perpetuated by the law (e.g. obesity, smoking, e-cigarettes, opioids, etc.). Hoping to connect with some of you!

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

1 year

@WalkerBragman Sunscreen is historically underregulated - several studies in the last five years raised alarms about sunscreen ingredients frequently entering the bloodstream. Lots of info here. It's not a traditional drug approval process.

An Update on Sunscreen Requirements

FDA is posting the deemed final order for sunscreens and is issuing a proposed order for sunscreens.

www.fda.gov

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 months

Unfortunately my family has gotten unlucky with new innovations. That, or there is something wrong with many products under FDA oversight. We should be careful about what we lose when we define innovation as earlier access. I discuss this at length here:

Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

1 year

Introducing my new paper in the Yale J. of Health Policy, Law & Ethics @YJHPLE : The Fall of FDA Review FDA was built to gatekeep the products we use in and on our bodies, but it’s hanging on by its nails. Thread #1 (OF SEVEN). (1/x) Free to read:

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

My paper on e-cigarettes has finely gone live. Right now 1 in 5 U.S. high schoolers use e-cigarettes (!). I've examined our policies over 10 years and why they failed to prevent a youth epidemic. Great working with @bejarista @lclawreview @lclarklaw

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@adamgreattweet @karenerrichetti @futuredrgordon @CNJohns1996 @lilmedstudent @RuralMedStudent @rodrigMD @notsurvivingMD @the_vandegraam @StudentDrRay @jro_joe @kreepklebsiella @ThtBrunetteDoc Hey all, I'm Dan, I'm a law student & graduated with my MD today 😎 I survey interesting research, push for justice, and occasionally tweet a joke (nothing like Adam's but I try!) Great people: @GusGodley @rorastog @jro_joe @ardem_c @medicallyyikes @A_CT_SimMDJD @shailinthomas

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Today was my first day of work, and I'm baffled by the overly complex and non-comprehensive options for health insurance. All I want is a simple plan that keeps me healthy when I'm sick -- not 20 plans of differing parameters I have to choose from, none of which is complete.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

1 year

Fall of FDA Review – Part TWO: Drugs 💊 FDA evaluates new drugs to make sure they work. But in a new paper @jama_current by me @TeneilleBrown & @DrSinhaEsq , we argue courts are co-opting FDA’s authority and re-evaluating the science of mifepristone. (1/x)

Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

1 year

Introducing my new paper in the Yale J. of Health Policy, Law & Ethics @YJHPLE : The Fall of FDA Review FDA was built to gatekeep the products we use in and on our bodies, but it’s hanging on by its nails. Thread #1 (OF SEVEN). (1/x) Free to read:

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

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NEW: @igcohen @eadashi and I have new article in @JAMAInternalMed @JAMANetwork on the court fights over insulin prices. At least 9 US states have sued insulin companies. Why are these states suing? THREAD🧵(1/6)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

New study @NatureBiotech @ReedBeall @akesselheim @AmeetSarpatwari identifies new way to track pharma company "product hopping." I.e., extending drug exclusivity via minor changes with minimal clinical benefit --> impedes generic entry and raises prices

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@alvie_barr Hey all! I'm an MD/JD graduating in May, with a hope to prove that law is key to every social determinant ( #SDOH ). If law is life's rules, then we could fashion various rules to deal with SDOH. Follow me for tweets about law surrounding obesity, opioids, tobacco, race, & more.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

2 years

🗣️New workshop summary from @theNASEM Roundtable on Obesity Solutions. Question – How do we target structures, communications, and beliefs to advance solutions for obesity and systemic racism? 🧵(1/x) #Health #Obesity #Racism #Inequity #PublicHealth

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@GusGodley @DrPess @RohanRastogiMD Hey folks! Thanks for the tag, Gus =) 1. I'm Dan, future health lawyer. 2. I'm designing a board game! It's about health, climate change, and equity :O 3. Some of mah frenz: @ardem_c @medicallyyikes @shailinthomas @RandyBurson2 @adamgreattweet @A_CT_SimMDJD @karenerrichetti

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Hey all, The next case on race or racism is Milliken v. Bradley (1974). This Supreme Court case covers structural racism in education and what courts will (or won't) do about it. Thread. 1/

Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)

Milliken v. Bradley: School district lines cannot be redrawn for the purpose of combating segregation unless the segregation was the product of discriminatory acts by school districts.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Good news for readers of @shailinthomas 's tweets. Humor can help us cope, according to a light-hearted piece in @JAMA_current . A single joke can send "ripples of fun...across the country." So keep tweeting @shailinthomas , and keep laughing everyone. 😂

Cultivating Laughter as an Antidote to COVID-19

In this narrative medicine essay, a physician reviews the science supporting the beneficial health effects of humor and offers tips on how to bring humor into one’s everyday personal and professional...

jamanetwork.com

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

6 months

Significant updates on my and @DrSinhaEsq 's article on immunity for the Sackler family. Yes, the Supreme Court case that might immunize them from answering in tort law for the opioid crisis. After we posted the article, something *weird* happened: (1/3)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@askdrfatima and I offer a 10-point plan to study and address the intersection of systemic racism and obesity. Important: We need more research here – on obesity and racism, not just obesity and race. (14/x)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

@ardem_c @jack_turban This could easily be a grindr profile

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@mbsiegel It’s not people’s fault. Overweight people are lovely, smart, intelligent, amazing, hard-working, generous, and all the rest. It’s society And we can change it. FIN (26/x)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

As a new president transitions into the role, here is what I'll be looking for: 1. Do we directly advance public health and health equity? 2. Do we reverse the trend on climate change? 3. Do we foster a more equal society? 4. Do we ensure people have enough to survive & thrive?

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 years

Accountability matters. Accountability is public health. Don't sell it for money. (Not to mention a small amount split among thousands of cities and states, paid over 10 years.) Bad deal 🙅‍♂️

The New York Times

@nytimes

3 years

David Sackler said on Tuesday that he and his family, the owners of Purdue Pharma, would withdraw a $4.5 billion pledge unless they are granted broad legal immunity. The money would go to communities that have been devastated by the opioid epidemic.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

3 months

NEW: I have an article out in @NEJM looking at a major front in public health litigation: suing oil and gas companies. 🧵 (1/5) (coauthored w/ my fab research assistant Avery)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@karenerrichetti Hi all! I'm Dan, a 🏳️‍🌈 MD/JD student at BU/Harvard. I study social determinants of health and tweet about them - opioids, obesity, smoking, vaping, housing, race, etc. Great people: @shailinthomas @A_CT_SimMDJD @medicallyyikes @GusGodley @karenerrichetti @rorastog My gif:

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

New in @JAMA_current : @stephenwpatrick et al. find across 47 states that opioid addiction/use disorder about doubled in newborns and pregnant moms from 2010 to 2017. Opioid crisis remains ripe for federal legislation even if overshadowed by #COVID19 .

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

7 months

🚨 NEW in @NEJM : @MichaelRUlrich exposes the unscientific and harmful nature of gender-affirming-care bans, arguing they intrude on medicine and are "strategic targeting of a marginalized group for political gain." And courts should not uphold such laws

Practicing Medicine in the Culture Wars — Gender-Affirming Care and the Battles over Clinician...

Litigation over bans on gender-affirming care in various U.S. states could further establish the authority of politicians and courts to determine treatment options and exacerbate health disparities.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

Moreover, Black people served sentences averaging ~6 months longer, and Latinx folks ~5 months longer than white counterparts. Disparities persisted when controlling for numerous other factors. 5/6

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

"Jessica Gold, an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis, said it can be difficult to process the fact that we’ve been at this for essentially a year now and there’s still no clear end in sight." @drjessigold thank you. #heard

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@karenerrichetti Hi all! I'm Dan, a med & law student. I want the new Mario Odyssey game! #nerd .. 😂 and I tweet about #vaping , #obesity , #opioids , #poverty , #race , and #sdoh . My goal is to connect them all. #Connect4 Mah frenz: @RandyBurson2 @shailinthomas @TravisABenson @medicallyyikes

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

5 years

@TravisABenson @harvardmed Hey all! I'm Daniel, an M4 at @BUMedicine and 3L at @Harvard_Law . Not doing residency right away (!). Love tackling the social determinants of health through law and policy, with historical perspective. Interested in food/obesity, opioids, pharma, tobacco/vaping, & health law.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@MedlawDan

4 years

It’s sad that Chief Justice Gants didn’t get to see the fruits of this report. In any event, it’s time to recognize the urgency of structural and institutional racism in our criminal system. After seeing it take a woman and her baby, I’ll never view it in the same way again. 6/6

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