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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. If people in these groups don’t sign up for Medicare when they become eligible, they can find themselves responsible for all their medical bills for years.

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Peripheral nerve blocks in total joint arthroplasty beneficial for older patients with fewer comorbidities

Medical Xpress

In a study conducted at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), researchers found that the use of peripheral nerve blocks in total knee and total hip arthroplasty were associated with a consistent reduction in risk for postoperative complications in patients with a lower comorbidity burden.

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A prophylactic treatment for hemophilia that you should know about

PEMBlog

A special thanks to Dr. Cristina Tarango, director of the Hemophilia Treatment Center at Cincinnati Children’s and Lisa Littner, Project Manager at Cincinnati Children’s who helped me research and write this post. Patients on emicizumab will have it listed on their medication list. Epub 2023 Jan 16. Epub 2021 Oct 10.

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Pregnancy outcomes and complications in refugees and other newcomers at a Family Medicine practice in Philadelphia, PA [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends discussing family planning and preconception counseling at the domestic medical exam (DME), yet there is little guidance on specific counseling needs in this population. Population Studied Inclusion criteria were ages 16-45 with a DME performed between 2018 and 2023.

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Podcast: ECPR

PEMBlog

2023; 187:109792. So, eCPR, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is an advanced medical procedure used in cases of cardiac arrest where traditional CPR has failed. eCPR is typically performed in specialized centers with highly trained personnel in well coordinated teams. Am Heart J. 2020;229:29–39. Resuscitation.

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly side of 510(k)s—HP&M’s Early Experience with the eSTAR Template for 510(k)s

FDA Law Blog

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — Since 2005, 510(k) submissions have been formatted according to FDA guidance Format for Traditional and Abbreviated 510(k)s. As anyone who has ever worked on a lengthy and/or complicated AI response knows, these responses do not always fit neatly in a text box. By Adrienne R.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

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