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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

Deana Hendrickson, 66, who provides daily care for three young grandsons in Los Angeles, sought an additional MMR shot, though she was vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella as a child, in case her immunity to measles had waned. .” “I’m sort of hectoring,” she acknowledged.

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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. So elderly people who aspirated, got pneumonia, had an mi, didn’t get hauled off to the emergency room on an ambulance crew so they could die in the ER. And it’s not the same, but it does provide information.

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Buckle Up: DOJ Initiates Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana

FDA Law

The Attorney General also released DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) opinions providing the rationale and support for the NPRM. Public comments must be submitted electronically or postmarked on or before July 22, 2024, 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. 29, 2023) (“Basis”); NPRM at 44,603. 21 U.S.C. §

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

This question, while providing an opportunity to talk about direct and indirect experiences, can be asked of all patients, and opens the door to conversations about anti-semitism, islamophobia, or anti-Black racism. I had fun trying to make a danceable version with electronic drums for the audio-only podcast. Lingsheng 38:03 Yeah.

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. Prior authorization mostly happens behind the scenes, almost always electronically, and nearly all requests are quickly, or even instantly, approved. BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. —