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Thanks very much Stevesp for your note, feel like a question for the Wednesday night webinar too.

If anyone has an observation, as vengandan has, please do add it here.

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(CPT) coding system😠😠😠

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That’s a great question sc380.

If anyone has experience and or an helpful answer, please do post it by reply.

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To all – just fyi had to chuckle a bit as I’m using AI to make this weekly post a little more “sexy” and when it came to the section about Martin Kulldorff, the AI just skirted way, way around.

First time around – No info returned.

So I asked – prompt: “That’s great, could you add the sub header Back Around? That one’s missing.” It came back with:

• • 🔄 Back Around:
    This section revisits key themes and reflects on how past medical and policy decisions are circling back to impact cancer trends today. It ties together the complex interplay of factors driving the spike. What are your thoughts on how history is influencing current health outcomes?

So I asked – “Thanks, but please add more specifics in the back around piece.” I got this.

• • 🔄 Back Around:
    Cancer trends are looping back into focus with new urgency. In 2025, over 2 million new cancer cases and more than 618,000 deaths are projected in the U.S.—a reflection of both population growth and shifting risk factors1246. While overall cancer mortality has declined for decades, recent years show rising incidence in certain groups, especially women and younger adults. For example, invasive breast cancer rates in women under 50 have climbed by 1.4% per year since 2012, and the gap between male and female cancer rates is narrowing as women’s rates rise14. Disparities remain stark: Native American and Black Americans face much higher mortality for several cancer types4. The COVID-19 pandemic also disrupted screenings, possibly contributing to delayed diagnoses and a “back around” effect as cases resurface3. Are we seeing the results of old policies, missed screenings, or something new? How do you interpret these looping trends?

So I said this – “This is the actual “Back Around” text, “Martin Kulldorff, the epidemiologist who co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration with IMA 2025 conference Keynote speaker Jeffrey Tucker of the Brownstone Institute and was fired from Harvard University for rejecting the mandatory COVID-19 mRNA shots, was just named to the CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP).” And it begrudgingly came back with:

• 🔄 Back Around:
  Martin Kulldorff, the epidemiologist who co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration with IMA 2025 conference Keynote speaker Jeffrey Tucker of the Brownstone Institute and was fired from Harvard University for rejecting the mandatory COVID-19 mRNA shots, was just named to the CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). Kulldorff lost his appointment at a Harvard-affiliated hospital in the early days of the COVID era, and in March of 2024 was officially terminated as a med school faculty member. Since the COVID lockdowns began five years ago, Kulldorff argued that tactics such as social distancing, masking children, vaccines after infections, and other extreme measures were not the best course of action to fight the virus1236. What do you think about this high-profile return to the national stage, and how might it influence public health policy going forward?

So the take away is AI is a great assistant, but sometimes, someone somewhere has programmed the algorithm to just, well “avoid that”

Always dig a little deeper.

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Thanks very much for posting this discussion, hutchwah. We’ve amazing, highly qualified folks posting on this forum, and hopefully you’ll get a few meaningful answers.

If anyone reading has related experience personal or professional, please do offer your thoughts, or DM hutchwah directly if too personal for this forum.

Thank you in advance.

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Hi AaronAF, please feel free to DM me if you’re looking to edit/add to a post. Happy to help.

P.s. adjusted the html on your post so it didn’t overflow the boundaries.

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Hi kh-rn, I can’t see mad dog melvin as a forum member anymore, and with stopping being a member they may well have opted to remove all postings. I can’t find the reply you’re looking for either.

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Hi AaronAF, To try find out why you got that error, I deleted the text in your post, then pasted it back into your post and that message still appeared, so I unclicked the ‘show preview’, and I think it’s gone. Strangely, clicking on that error took me to the study you popped into your response. So just a technicality. Nothing planned or added/interfered with from our side. Just confirming. Cheers Greg

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💪 You’re very welcome, as always.

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Hi all – just to mention, always click on the username to see how long the username has been a member of the site, and always check the ‘about’ for info. i.e. always ensure you’re very confident with whomever you choose to use as your supplier.

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👍Thanks, Nikola, this sourcing question is always such an important question.

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👍 Thanks hutchwah. All views (especially new views 🙂 welcome)

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I hear you and was very aware of how you may feel about the egg thing. 💪Everything you suggested except the oatmeal I have often and love. Just trying to avoid carbs, as much as possible. Make no mistake I love them, but I can’t stop when eating them, so I just try stay away from them.