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ICU Statin Therapy Tied to Significant Sepsis Mortality Reduction

Physician's Weekly

Using the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV database, the authors reviewed health record data from 20,230 adults with sepsis treated in the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ICU between 2008 and 2019. Statin exposure during the ICU stay defined the treatment cohort.

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Silence Isn’t Golden: Two Executives Convicted in First Criminal Prosecution Under the Consumer Product Safety Act

FDA Law Blog

The government charged these individuals with conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § Per DOJ, this is the first-ever criminal prosecution of individuals for failure to report under the CPSA. See 15 U.S.C. § 2070. Now, fifteen years later, on Nov. What led to this conviction? It is a long story that started more than a decade ago.

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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 1)

FDA Law Blog

Consequently, because both applications were approved at the same time, both applications represent the first permitted commercial marketing or use of the product or the individual active ingredients, as outlined under 35 U.S.C. leave you scratching your head (we’ll call it “Who’s Buried in Grant’s Tomb?”). l 56(c)(4) and 37 C.F.R.

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Parental Support and the Built Environment: A 4-Way Decomposition Analysis of Childrens Physical Activity [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Individual, social, and built environments interact to shape physical activity (PA), with responses to environmental cues often differing by gender. A prospective analysis was undertaken using data collected in 2008-2010. Such cross-level interactions are widely acknowledged, yet rarely reported.

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

GeriPal

I think some individuals thought there was cherry-picking of stories that made it seem like hospice is this bad thing, that it’s taking advantage of vulnerable individuals and it didn’t talk enough about the good things that hospice does. And the big question, is hospice losing its way? Is it you, Ira? Alex: Great choice.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

The hot sauces progressed from mild to extreme (and I mean extreme) heat. Can I just say…it works? Being asked a question with your mouth on fire, sweat streaming down your face, feeling the most awake and terrified you have ever been in your life, forces you to give an unadorned answer, straight from the heart. Lynn: Okay. Anne: GeriPal edition.

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Episode 236: ARM Episode 16 – Live from SGIM: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Individuals who believe that genetic differences explain racial differences in health outcomes are more likely to practice race-based medicine. 2008 Oct;100(10):1235-43. Simulation-based training interventions are currently being studied to help combat these inequities. N Engl J Med. 2021 Mar 4;384(9):791-793. J Natl Med Assoc.