NPR Health - Shots

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The updated recommendations seek to course correct after guidelines from 2016 were criticized for harshly limiting access to needed pain medication. Image credit: Jose M. Osorio/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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JANUARY 31, 2023

There's good news for American mothers-to-be and their newborns: Rates of smoking during pregnancy have fallen by 36% since 2016, a new report finds.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 24, 2023

She served as a NEJM Editorial Fellow from 2016-2017 and worked as a hospitalist at MGH before moving to Cornell in 2018. Download CPSolvers App here

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

Just like in the case of other medical specialties , disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. In comparison, the first VR-recorded surgery was performed at the Royal London Hospital in 2016.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

Medi-Cal Minimum Medical Loss Ratio – Increases the minimum medical loss ratio for managed care plans, commencing January 1, 2026. This means patients will no longer be automatically grandfathered in for medications that are not on—or are removed from—the Medi-Cal Rx Contract Drug List (CDL).

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital. However, things are moving fast, and success doesn’t come easy for the pioneers of any medical field. Cyborgization is upon us?

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 18, 2025

Assisting surgeries, disinfecting rooms, dispensing medication, keeping company: believe it or not these are the tasks medical robots will soon undertake in hospitals, pharmacies, or your nearest doctor’s office. Instead of a human, however, they used a mannequin designed for medical training.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health care employment growth decreased during the pandemic but recovered by 2024, according to a research letter published online June 5 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Thuy Nguyen, Ph.D.,

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cato — On December 10, 2021, FDA issued a discussion paper titled 3D Printing Medical Devices at the Point of Care seeking feedback on FDA regulatory oversight of various 3D-printing scenarios, in order to inform future policy development. products intended for medical purposes). products intended for medical purposes).

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 29, 2019

After completing medical school and residency in her hometown at the University of Toronto, she pursued a Master of Public Health at Harvard University and a fellowship with the Veterans Affairs Quality Scholars program. Janice Kwan Janice Kwan is a general internist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

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ABIM

APRIL 18, 2025

Humphrey, MD, MACP, a nationally renowned leader in medical education and President of the Josiah Macy Jr. She served as the chair of the Board from 2006 to 2007 and chair of the ABIM Foundation Board of Trustees from 2014 to 2016. A Message from Furman S. Foundation, passed yesterday from pancreatic cancer.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As legislation in multiple states eases former restrictions around medical and recreational cannabis in the United States, an increasing proportion of the population reports use of the drug. Between 2016 and 2018, more than 22 percent of Massachusetts residents reported any prior cannabis use for medical or recreational reasons.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 19, 2022

Vincent in 2016. During her free time, she enjoys writing up interesting cases with residents, taking her family to a beach, and planning next year’s Halloween decorations. Elliot Tapper Elliot Tapper, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan in 2016.

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Louisville Lectures

MAY 3, 2019

This summer, Louisville Lectures will continue to provide Free Open Access Medical Education. Disclaimers ©2016 LouisvilleLectures.org This time last year, Louisville Lectures was in the beginning stages of a new project called Little Lectures, and we couldn’t be more proud of what we have accomplished so far. Good things are coming.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Dribin, MD , of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and study coauthors. “We We need to ensure efficient throughput to allow us to provide access to as many patients as we can,” said David Schnadower, MD, MPH, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in a news release. “An

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Louisville Lectures

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

She began her residency in a combined internal medicine and pediatrics program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN and completed her training at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL. She remained at Loyola University as an Assistant Professor in Hospital Medicine before moving back to Louisville in 2016.

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Louisville Lectures

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

She began her residency in a combined internal medicine and pediatrics program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN and completed her training at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL. She remained at Loyola University as an Assistant Professor in Hospital Medicine before moving back to Louisville in 2016.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2022

As of earlier this year , 37 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical use and 19 states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for adult recreational use. HHS has undertaken scientific and medical evaluations of marijuana in recent years.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cato — On December 10, 2021, FDA issued a discussion paper titled 3D Printing Medical Devices at the Point of Care seeking feedback on FDA regulatory oversight of various 3D-printing scenarios, in order to inform future policy development. products intended for medical purposes). products intended for medical purposes).

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 8, 2023

According to the 2016 National Trauma Database annual report, females account for 58 percent of these falls. Each year, more than 3 million people ages 65 and older are treated in emergency departments for fall injuries. Head trauma is the leading cause of serious injury with skull fractures being reported as a serious outcome.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Dr Vinson: I introduced the phrase in a 2020 essay I published after our initial 2016 case report. Vinson, MD , Kaiser Permanente Adjunct Investigator, Emergency Physician, and Research Chair, discussed his research team’s findings with Physician’s Weekly ( PW). PW: Who coined the term “cold drink heart”?

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In an analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that included data on 2,918 patients aged 75 years or older who were hospitalized for heart attacks at 94 US hospitals from 2013–2016, Black participants were more likely than white participants to have impairments in cognition (37.6% versus 14.5%), mobility (66.0%

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

An analysis of Medicare claims data found a 60-fold increase in the use of unregulated rapid molecular diagnostic tests for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in older adults from 2016 to 2023, researchers reported Nov. 26 in JAMA Network Open.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

percentage points from 2000 to 2016, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The prevalence of dementia in the U.S. is declining among people over age 65, dropping 3.7

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Tiny Physician

AUGUST 12, 2021

As a person who spent almost a decade at medical colleges, I have heard numerous sexist comments from the faculty regarding the dressing sense of their students. My time at a North Indian medical college didn’t expose the dark side of such oral codes; however, in Kerala, I experienced such medieval customs and traditions.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Chemical characterization identifies and quantifies chemicals that may be released from the medical device, while a toxicological risk analysis (TRA) evaluates the risks to the patient associated with the chemicals identified. KP Medical Device Consulting LLC

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

However, in 2016 they began to realize that the rules and oversight from insurance companies and government entities were creating an environment that took the focus of physicians away from the patients and onto their computers and the completion of irrelevant busywork.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 18, 2023

According to a study published in 2017, 12% of the world's adult population was affected by obesity in 2016, double the percentage from 30 years earlier. Obesity and its associated cardiometabolic issues are a major health concern in the U.S. and internationally.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 18, 2025

Both the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing for cancer and the rate of claim denials for such testing increased between 2016 and 2021, despite implementation of a recent Medicare national coverage determination that established coverage standards for NGS testing.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in ransomware attacks on health care delivery organizations, exposing the personal health information (PHI) of nearly 42 million patients, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Health Forum.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

So, in 2016, she celebrated her 60th birthday at her local CVS. Robin Wolaner, 71, a retired publisher in Sausalito, California, has been known to badger friends who delay getting recommended shots, sending them relevant medical studies. “I was there when they opened,” Beckham recalled.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Research estimates that the cost of smoking in South Africa amounted to 0.97% of the country's GDP in 2016. Tobacco use imposes a significant health and economic burden on countries. These costs are likely to have increased as a result of the observed rise in smoking prevalence over the past five years.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Houck — President Barack Obama signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (“CARA”) intended to reverse serious prescription drug abuse trend in the United States on July 22, 2016. By Larry K. 21 U.S.C. § The Final Rule a. b)(5)(i)). (2)

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PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. Children’s Mental Health Emergency Department Visits: 2007-2016. Government. Pediatrics.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Software as a Medical Device, or SaMD) or the software is embedded in a traditional hardware device (i.e., Software in a Medical Device, or SiMD). Therefore, a firm should first determine whether its product meets the statutory definition of a medical device. It applies whether the software is the entire device (i.e.,

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

between 2016 and 2020, according to new research published in the open access Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. Parental reporting of racism experienced by children in minority groups in the U.S. increased by 2.6% The most impacted groups were Indigenous and Black children, with 15% reported as experiencing racism in 2020.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  2016 Mar;67(3):324-31.

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