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Chia Seed Medication Interactions; A Star Is Born; Doc Says to #MaskUp

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After a hospital patient posted a video urging followers to "stop drinking chia seed water," physician Mahyar "Max" Maddahali, MD, explained that chia seeds can have .

What's the best thing your doctor could say to you? Family physician Jennifer Caudle, DO, to her followers, prompting an eclectic chain of replies.

"You may have heard the term 'mommy brain' ... but now we have actual proof that something is changing in our brains during our pregnancies," , sharing findings from a study that offers the first detailed map of a woman's brain throughout gestation.

"These viral posts from antivaxxers show how little they know about health, medicine, and science," said medical toxicologist Ryan Marino, MD, making the rounds on X.

A star is born! In , emergency physician J. Mack Slaughter, MD, performed the Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper duet "Shallow" with a patient, sharing "the joy music can bring into hospital rooms."

"We must continue to break the stigma," said Laura Vater, MD, MPH, on National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, where she shared alarming statistics regarding physician mental health.

Anesthesia resident Kayla Mellis, MD, about the challenge of balancing training and parenthood, sharing that her children referred to the hospital as "momma's house" after a visit during her 24-hour shift.

Medical laboratory scientist @MLS_Dave stressed the greater compared to influenza or a cold.

Meanwhile, family physician Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD, PhD, amid the COVID surge.

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