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BACK of the BOOK Heard in the Blogosphere Morganna Freeman, DO @docwithacalling Thanks @AMAmedstudents for visiting the @ASH_hematology booth at #AMAmtg :) So fun talking to future heme/oncs #meded Hadley Wickham, MD @HadleyWickham I think statisticians should be the shepherds of science: helping you to find greener pastures and protecting you from wolves. Gavin Preston, MD @GavinPrestonMD Second law of medicine = No one cares how much you know, until they know much you care. Mark Lewis, MD @MarkLewisMD So Taylor Swift stood up to a monolithic corporation and won. Is she available to appeal my patients’ insurance companies? ASH @ASH_Hematology ASH President Dr. David Williams discusses the Society’s #sicklecell priorities at the @NIH_NHLBI #SCDForum15. Navneet Majhail, MD @BldCancerDoc Does 140 character summary tend to “sensationalize” research/publication findings? #Twitter #hcsm Vinay Prasad, MD @VinayPrasad82 A “game changer” is therapy that dramatically changes the life course of the majority of patients who take it; most use the term irresponsibly. Wilmot Cancer Institute @WilmotCancer Thank you to our #clinicaltrials team for improving #cancer care for patients! #ClinicalTrialsDay Anne Carpenter, MD @DrAnneCarpenter Wow, that graph. Had no idea the decline in science funding has been that dramatic. 70 ASH Clinical News July 2015