Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Methods: We conducted a case-control study in US outpatient settings that enrolled patients aged 18 to 75 years with acute LRTI and controls without respiratory symptoms between 2019 and 2023. All patients underwent PCR testing for 46 bacterial and viral pathogens by the CDC Respiratory Branch Laboratory.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design: We analyzed eleven interviews with primary care providers recruited from ABFM diplomates who completed a recertification exam in 2023. Instrument: Interviews were semi-structured and conducted in Summer 2023. Results: Participants conceptualized professionalism as individualized and highly focused on patient care.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

MARCH 6, 2023

The picture above is actually the last day of last month's rotation, where my little sister came for a visit as my patient :) Right now, I'm taking the time in-between work duties to get caught up and relax a little. I finished up a great plastic surgery rotation, and ended February on a high note. That's pretty much it in terms of updates.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

However, we cannot overlook systemic factors, such as access to care, socioeconomic status, neighborhood safety, or walkability, that make it more challenging for some individuals to maintain a healthy weight. We also need to pick up on when a child is gaining weight rapidly or crossing percentiles so we can intervene earlier.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). 6, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). Pharmacists’ Corresponding Responsibility A controlled substance prescription, to be valid, must be issued for “a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of [their] professional practice.” 21 U.S.C. § 829; 21 C.F.R.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

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. It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. The bills totaled more than $100,000. There goes my retirement.’”

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My Green Doctor

APRIL 4, 2025

In This Issue : New Research: Teaching Patients about Climate Resilience Make the Pledge Today to Go Green Get Ready for Earth Day 2025 (part 2)! According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% from 2000 to 2018 among people over 65 years old. of total U.S.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients. Nevertheless, the U.S.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2023

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples Show Notes by Sudarshan (“Sud”) Krishnamurthy April 4, 2023 Summary: This episode highlights the checkered past of medicine and the advancements in the field that have occurred at the expense of the humanity of Indigenous peoples.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

CARA amended the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to enable physicians or patients to request pharmacists to partially fill prescriptions for schedule II substances including opioids and to allow remaining quantities to be filled up to 30 days after issuance of the prescription (up to 72 hours for emergency oral prescriptions). 21 U.S.C. §

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When FDA published the fiscal years (FY) 2023-2027 goals letter at the end of August, making known their commitments and planned initiatives for the coming years, we were both excited by many of the announcements, while recognizing the real success will come from how the Agency implements them.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 27, 2025

of adults in the state showed significant symptoms of anxiety or depression in 2023. Find a caring primary care doctor: As a direct primary care physician, I devote time to sit down with patients and learn about their lifestyles, hopes, desires, worries, and concerns. We all want to know how to stop fearing the future.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 19, 2025

86, 72703 (December 22, 2021), DEA emphasized in the Gulf Med decision that prescribing [r]ed flags are circumstances surrounding a prescription that cause a pharmacist to take pause, including signs of diversion or the potential for patient harm. By Larry K. Houck Last month the U.S. As mentioned in Federal Register Vol. 81, 86, 251.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 17, 2024

We also commend and congratulate the legions of rare disease patient advocates and the leadership of the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases (“ELF”) who championed the advocacy efforts that led to this important milestone. By Sarah Wicks & James E. Valentine & Frank J.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m actually about to land soon and can barely keep my eyes open as I’ve been traveling since yesterday, but I wanted to get this started so that I can finish and hopefully post tomorrow. I figured I didn’t have a chance in hell at winning, but I shared anyway because 1) I’m always happy to share my story with hopes that it uplifts/inspires others.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Learning Objectives Describe the classic and atypical clinical presentations of Parvovirus B19 infection in pediatric patients, including erythema infectiosum, arthropathy, transient aplastic crisis, and chronic anemia in immunocompromised hosts. UpToDate , Jun. link] Macri, Angela, and Crane, Jonathan S. Parvoviruses. Erythema Infectiosum.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

19:05 Clarifying the “ethics vs science” argument and critiquing research techniques 22:00 Resurgence of race-based speculation in COVID-19-related research 25:57 Implantation of ideas about innate racial inferiority within medicine 28:32 Will removal of race from algorithms potentially harm our patients?

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

That Policy Statement , issued on September 14, 2023, warns companies that improper listing of patents in the Orange Book could be “ an unfair method of competition in violation of the FTC Act ”. Koblitz & Kurt R. But it is not always clear which types of patents are eligible for listing in the Orange Book. Avdel amicus brief).

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

According to the announcement, enabling patients to access medical devices beyond traditional clinical settings can help close the healthcare gap by delivering care “directly to patients, wherever they are – at home, at work, in cities, in rural communities.” and remote or wearable patient monitoring devices (e.g.,

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 30, 2022

It was a pretty awesome day though as I got the chance to have my little sister as a patient and my results came out pretty awesome :) Surgery is life In terms of residency life, nothing much new has occurred since my last post. I am excited for 2023 and for the wild ride I'm sure it will take me on. Can you believe it?!?!

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PEMBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

It is therefore no hyperbole to say that Emicizumab has been a life-changing therapy for individuals with hemophilia A who have factor VIII inhibitors (alloantibodies against factor VIII). Emicizumab allows these individuals to have good bleed control, improvement in their joint health and their quality of life.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In contrast, the new September 2023 Confirmatory Evidence Guidance is dedicated solely to the single study plus confirmatory evidence pathway. Two weeks ago, FDA published a draft of its latest drug development guidance explaining how drug and biological product developers can use this pathway to meet the statutory standard for efficacy.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

MAY 17, 2023

Surround yourself with supportive and positive individuals who uplift you and provide a sense of belonging. Remember, everyone’s journey is unique, and it’s important to be patient and kind to yourself. Maintaining good mental health is essential for our overall well-being.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Sasinowski — On December 12, 2023, FDA announced the creation of a new advisory committee specifically for treatments for genetic metabolic diseases, the Genetic Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee, or “GeMDAC.” Drug development for these conditions has unique and complex challenges, therefore few treatments are available to patients.”

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 8, 2023

The discussion paper described a PCCP as including (1) the types of anticipated modifications (SaMD Pre-Specifications or SPS) based on the retraining and model update strategy and (2) the associated methodology (Algorithm Change Protocol or ACP) being used to implement those changes in a controlled manner to manage patient risks.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

FDA hailed its authorization of the Lucira OTC home test for influenza and COVID-19 as “underscor[ing] the Agency’s continued commitment to increase availability of accurate and reliable at-home diagnostic tests” ( April 2023 FDA Update to CDC ). By McKenzie E. Cato & Jeffrey N. Gibbs & Allyson B. lay users). seeking treatment).

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Hot off the presses RCT in JAMA October 2023: Study that looks at 1000 female resident physicians at 26 sites that showed that coaching improved each outcome assessed (burnout, moral injury, imposter syndrome, self-compassion, and flourishing). [link] 2. Summary Transcript Summary Coaching is in. We address: What is coaching? AlexSmithMD 1.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Tobolowsky — In January 2023, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. FDA-2023-P-0313 and FDA-2023-P-0344 ) regarding its product Hetlioz (tasimelteon). patients in harm’s way.” Vanda) submitted two interesting and substantially similar citizen petitions (Docket Nos. 355(j)(2)(A)(v).

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

After issuing an Order to Show Cause and Immediate Suspension of Registration in September 2022, and an administrative hearing in March 2023, DEA adopted the hearing Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ’s”) Recommended Decision to revoke Coconut Grove’s registration based on the public interest factors of 21 U.S.C. By Larry K.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Section 3606(a) of the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA) directed FDA to “issue or revise draft guidance that includes recommendations to clarify and advance the use of decentralized clinical studies to support the development of drugs and devices,” not later than December 29, 2023. DHTs include monitoring instruments (e.g.,

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2023

This Draft Guidance focuses on the use of patient-level data from other clinical trials or from RWD sources. The goal is to select similar patients in the treatment and external control groups. The Draft Guidance also states that sponsors must include in their marketing applications relevant patient-level data for both arms.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lewis, Senior Regulatory Device & Biologics Expert — On October 20, 2023, FDA announced the availability of the final guidance authored by CBER titled “Voluntary Consensus Standards Recognition Program for Regenerative Medicine Therapies.” It finalized a draft guidance published in 2022.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Serial testing was defined as testing symptomatic individuals twice over three days with at least 48 hours between tests, which is in accordance with study findings from the National Institute of Health referenced here and current EUA labeling for serial testing.

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Today's Hospitalist

JUNE 7, 2025

Medical societies and hospitals are weighing in on periprocedural concerns in patients taking GLP-1s who need procedures or surgeries. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s. These medications are truly life-changing for many patients.”

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

A 2023 Cochrane for Clinicians article found similar benefits but also noted that for every 10,000 people screened, 363 unnecessary invasive tests are performed. Interventions included patient navigation, outreach calls, and decision aids; control groups received usual care or informational materials.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 4, 2024

She discovered narrative medicine, and to her, it was about finding and retelling individual and structural stories in antiracist ways. Listening to individual stories within the context of their structural stories is important. Sayantani became a physician since she thought it was a concrete tool for social justice.

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