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The Relationship Between Cardiovascular Risk, Gender Identity, Sex Assigned at Birth, and Depression Among Transgender People [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Significant structural barriers exist concerning access to healthcare for transgender (TG) individuals. These barriers may prevent TG from receiving the necessary care to address chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). Population Studied: Adult, community-dwelling, non-institutionalized TG (N=6,238).

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

In our prior podcast with Ira Byock on psychedelics in 2019 we talked primarily about the potential of psychedelics. Brian: I don’t think it’s a potential colonization, I think it’s real, actual, ongoing colonization. It’s important, and I’m glad you said that, Alex.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 1): White House Drug Pricing Plan Offers Laundry List of Existing Democrat Priorities

FDA Law Blog

A May 2019 CMS final rule that would have required drug TV advertisements to disclose the WAC of the drug was challenged by a group of pharmaceutical companies and vacated on statutory grounds by the D.C. Drug Price Negotiation to Benefit Medicare and Commercial Plans. Part D currently has no such cap.