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AMPLIFYâ„¢ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

4 In a recent presentation, Dale Muzzey, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Myriad, summarized the findings this way: “We followed up with providers regarding their patients who screened positive for 22q. 5 Clear Benefits for Healthcare Providers and Patients The benefits to a high PPV are, well, myriad. deletion syndrome. 

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Episode 384: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 26 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 1

The Clinical Problem Solvers

They are often the first interface for patients experiencing mental health crises, not academic medical centers. There are a growing number of Child Psychiatric Access Programs, including one in Massachusetts, which provide quick access to psychiatric consultation and facilitates referrals for accessing ongoing behavioral health care.

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What RFK Jr. Isn’t Talking About: How To Make Vaccines Safer

Physician's Weekly

He directed the patients to seek local help. While it’s possible that Nath’s patients suffered covid vaccine injuries, Marks said, their symptoms were so varied it was hard to characterize a possible syndrome. In 2001, the CDC set up the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment project, through which a network of eight U.S.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

The episode also explores how digital tools can help youth manage their mental health, while also noting the need for culturally relevant care providers. A Culturally Informed Approach to Supporting Suicidal Minoritized Patients. The Changing Characteristics of African-American Adolescent Suicides, 2001–2017. 2022;31(2):211-221.

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FDA’s Draft Guidance on Externally Controlled Trials Answers Some Questions, Leaves Others Unanswered

FDA Law Blog

This Draft Guidance focuses on the use of patient-level data from other clinical trials or from RWD sources. The goal is to select similar patients in the treatment and external control groups. The Draft Guidance also states that sponsors must include in their marketing applications relevant patient-level data for both arms.

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

GeriPal

I’m very proud of the work that we do every day and we take care of patients and families no matter where they live or who they are to help them meet their end of life goals. She happened to focus on some specific for-profit hospice providers. So hospices have been around for decades, generally provide higher level care.

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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

We all must recognize the codification of racism within our institutions and work to unlearn these hierarchies in order to better care for Black and Indigenous patients. This policy reflects a societal belief that humans are not valuable unless they provide a service. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology , 214 (5), 661.e1–661.e10.