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Predictors of exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec, Canada [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Drug reimbursement claims were used to identify periods of overlapping exposure to 2 or more prescription drugs between April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016. Results: Our cohort included 63,834 individuals aged 19-64 (mean age 44.9 Study design and Analysis: Retrospective cohort study using provincial administrative health databases.

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Share of patients with heat exhaustion increased 53 percent when comparing June 2016 to June 2021

Medical Xpress

Among privately insured individuals receiving medical services, the percentage of patients diagnosed with heat exhaustion increased 52.5 percent when comparing June 2016 to June 2021. These and other findings are reported in a FAIR Health brief released today, Heat-Related Illness: A Window into Recent Trends.

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Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting & Population: All clinicians in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine caring for individuals aged 22 years and younger in the Virginia All Payers Claims Database (APCD). of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023. Results: 20.2%

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Cessation of Public Water Fluoridation Would Increase Tooth Decay

Physician's Weekly

“These findings suggest that, despite the potential harms of excessive fluoride exposure, fluoridation at safe levels offers both individual and societal benefits that would be at risk,” the authors write. The researchers found that dental caries prevalence and total number of decayed teeth were estimated to increase by 7.5

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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

However, for individuals who do not qualify for federal Medicaid funding—such as most undocumented immigrants—the federal government does not provide matching funds, even when those individuals meet income eligibility requirements. The asset limit for a household would be $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 per couple.

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President Biden Gives the Green Light for Significant Marijuana Reform

FDA Law Blog

The president’s first step was a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession and a direction to the Attorney General to develop an administrative process to issue certificates of pardon to eligible individuals. HHS has undertaken scientific and medical evaluations of marijuana in recent years.

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

FDA Law Blog

At the time, in 2016, the Gree Companies’ settlement for $15.45 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.