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Expert Panel Unveils Preanesthesia Cannabis Use Assessment Tool

Physician's Weekly

An expert panel has created a preoperative cannabis use assessment tool to aid healthcare professionals in planning informed, individualized anesthesia and analgesia care for patients. An expert panel unveiled a preoperative cannabis use assessment tool to aid in planning informed, individualized anesthesia and analgesia patient care.

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OPDP Coming Out! New Untitled Letter, Old Issue

FDA Law Blog

On the heels of a nuanced and more complicated Warning Letter addressing CFL claims and statistical presentations comes a new Untitled Letter from OPDP going back to its roots ! Six weeks after the NAD/ViiV brouhaha, and about a year since its last letter, OPDP issued its first letter of 2023, citing misleading claims about efficacy and risk.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. Infections or allergic reactions can block your airway and lead to life-threatening complications.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

GeriPal

2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3. The post The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. Pain Manag Nurs. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.11.004. 2023.11.004.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

So we did a podcast on aging and homelessness with Margot Kushel in 2023. The post PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Naheed 00:31 Thanks so much for having me here. Really looking forward to the conversation.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. And in fact, after a complicated ethics issue, we will oftentimes go in and try and debrief them. It happened to my mother. Louise, what happened to your mom? This shouldn’t have happened.

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Buckle Up: DOJ Initiates Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana

FDA Law Blog

29, 2023) (“Basis”); NPRM at 44,603. DEA noted that “there is considerable variability in the cannabinoid concentrations and chemical constituency among marijuana samples and that the interpretation of clinical data related to marijuana is complicated.” NPRM at 44,607. Denial of Petition at 53,700-02; Denial of Petition at 53,779-81.