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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

FDA recognizes that the FD&C Act exempts licensed healthcare practitioners from certain device regulations if they manufacture devices solely for use in the course of their professional practice. The PR goes on to state that the FD&C Act definition of a device does not turn on where or by whom a test system is “manufactured.”

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

The FDA-approved indications for gabapentin are only for treating patients with partial seizures or postherpetic neuralgia. valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Annals of IM. Tasce: Yes.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. It could be in housing, it could be a standalone senior center, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling and nutrition education done by registered dieticians.

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

Physician's Weekly

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database that includes vaccine safety information from millions of patients, according to multiple sources. The two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006. The VSD includes data from a dozen large healthcare networks. Results of that work are expected this fall.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.”

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

Common Sense Family Doctor

This post first appeared on March 6, 2018, during the first Trump administration's failed attempt to eliminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Nonetheless, its work has often been politically unpopular and unheralded outside of a small community of health services researchers and patient advocates.