Accurate Aging Filters; Tick(Tok) Removal; Oldest Doc Turns 101

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After the TikTok “aging” filter went viral this week, facial plastic surgeon Monica Kieu, DO, confirmed its accuracy and educated her audience on the visible effects of aging.

A strange new social media trend has taken TikTok by storm: rolling glass bottles down stairs. @chrisp.md puts a medical twist on the meme with his analysis of the bottles by medical specialty.

Dalia Hasan, MD, and her husband are still motivated to #KeepMasksInHealthCare.

How long does it take to become a psychiatrist? Vania Manipod, DO, shares words of wisdom to new residents and interns.

@dermdoctor posted a TikTok — literally — documenting the removal of a tick from his medical assistant’s neck.

Even bathroom trips can be exciting when you’re in medical school, according to this tweet by Josh Trebach, MD.

@livrwilliams sheds light on her day-to-day working as a forensic nurse examiner.

Author and YouTuber John Green shared an open letter to Johnson & Johnson, “furious” that the pharmaceutical company is allegedly preventing millions from accessing life-saving treatment with bedaquiline (Sirturo).

The world’s “oldest practicing doctor,” Howard Tucker, MD, JD, turned 101 this week. Happy birthday, doc!

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