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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite a joint recommendation in 2003 by the AAMC and CDC that bioterrorism and mass-casualty training be included in the medical school curriculum, few medical schools have incorporated formal disaster training. Regarding clinical education changes since March 2020, 47% (n=16) were satisfied.

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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In contrast to the personality-driven path that Lyndon Johnson took to navigate legislative obstacles to Medicare and Medicaid, former management consultant Mitt Romney charted a decidedly different course to expanding health insurance when he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003. It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance.

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Cancer Doesn't Discriminate. or Does It? Dr. Rebecca Redman

Louisville Lectures

She graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health in 2003. Rebecca Redman presents "Cancer Doesn't Discriminate. or Does It?" by first reviewing racial and ethnic differences in cancer incidence and outcomes. She then explores initiatives to address cancer disparities.

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GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor Results

Myriad Genetics

In 2003, he was the co-winner of the AAPOR Innovator’s award for helping to establish the Standard’s Definitions Manual. Among those diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety, 62% of patients whose healthcare provider did not use PGx testing wish they had been informed about it. “I

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What to know about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

The Joint National Committee 2003 defines hypertension as systolic of 140 mmHg and higher or diastolic 90 mmHg and higher. Blood pressure is the pressure of blood “pushing against the walls of your arteries” As blood rushes from your heart to other organs, it helps to replenish nutrients and transport oxygen. What is my goal?

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FDA Adds Additional Q&As in the Final CMC Postapproval Changes Guidance

FDA Law Blog

This final guidance provides recommendations to original applicants and holders of approved applications for human drugs and certain biological products on implementing chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) postapproval changes(s) through the use of a Comparability Protocol (CP).

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Episode 176: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 8 – Towards Justice and Race Conscious Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

However it is important to remember that this political invention DOES affect biology because of the way that it creates social inequity. Historical Context: Historically, laws such as interracial marriage bans have protected established structures of white supremacy and reinforced the social construct of race. N Engl J Med.