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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

Usually I don’t put a lot of background on this podcast, but I got to … in November of 2022, Ava Kofman, along with ProPublica, published … well I won’t want to say great, published an article in The New Yorker that I think it was divisive in the hospice and palliative care community. Is it you, Ira? Eric: Great.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

I’ve seen this question come up a lot since finishing fellowship nearly two decades ago. Historically, answers generally lamented the ever increasing need for geriatrics without a corresponding growth in the number of specialists in the field. Mike, welcome to GeriPal. Mike: Great to be here. Alex: We’ll take any Warriors we can get.

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Episode 240: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 17 – ‘Just’ Births: Reproductive Justice & Black/Indigenous Maternal Health Equity

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Pearls Black and Indigenous birthing people are 3-13 times more likely to die in childbirth, with the rate varying by location and level of investment in communities. The exact statistics vary by location and by the overall level of investment in services such as childcare and parental leave within each community.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

He has no record in the scientific community of doing valid work,” said Dr. Walter Orenstein , a former CDC immunization director. Thimerosal was removed from most vaccines in 2001 as a safety precaution. In a statement, an HHS spokesperson said, “This scientific work will take a fresh look at all data including old data.”

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Marijuana: Top Ten Reasons for Descheduling, Rescheduling or Not

FDA Law

Not surprisingly, then-presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, DEA Administrator from 2001 to 2003, did not sign the letter. The earliest tenured is John Bartels, who served as Administrator from 1973 to 1975. Letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Administrator Anne Milgram, from Elizabeth Warren, et al.

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Pathways to primary care for underserved communities

Common Sense Family Doctor

A research study in Health Affairs charts "physicians' trajectories from medical school graduation through postgraduate training into primary care specialties" for MD, DO, and international medical graduates from 2001-15. It's well documented that schools that are ranked highly by U.S. and 3.6%, respectively, in 2008-09 to 14.3% in 2023-24.