FDA Law

JULY 17, 2024

Earlier this month the FDA announced the first meeting of the GeMDAC will be held on August 2, 2024 to discuss a novel treatment for Niemann-Pick disease type C (and Frank and James are looking forward to being there!). clinical pharmacology/biomarkers, animal models, real-world evidence and other externally controlled comparisons [e.g.,

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

Dr. Benton mentors clinical and research physicians, fellows, and postdoctoral trainees. Clinically, he cares for youth and families through the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the new Division of Addiction Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America.

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FDA Law

AUGUST 18, 2024

The De Novo process provides a regulatory pathway to classify novel devices for which general controls alone or general and special controls provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness for the intended use. Each of these De Novos can represent a clinical advance. De Novos now play an important role in product advancement.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

So, with this chapter, I hope to briefly touch on the basics of market investing and describe why simple diversification and index fund investing are the most effective ways for busy clinical physicians and healthcare providers to invest with the expectation of long-term gains. Most clinical physicians are busy.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Exhaustive extraction in these solvents can lead to high levels of product degradation or increased levels of extractables found in the chemical data, which is not expected during clinical use, and can often result in a TRA with a negative or inconclusive outcome.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a complex and progressive disease requiring highly specialized care, especially in emergency situations. The condition affects multiple organ systems—muscular, cardiac, and respiratory—leading to a myriad of clinical complications. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-.

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The brevity of this change belies the foreseeably seismic impact of FDA regulation of clinical laboratories on the healthcare system. However, meeting this timeline would require FDA to issue a final rule within approximately six months of the PR’s publication date—in other words, by April 2024.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

The goal is to support clinical trials and bring in another $50 million in private investment to help ibogaine win approval from the U.S. A 2024 study published in the journal Nature Medicine found that military veterans with brain injuries saw major mental and physical improvements after just one ibogaine session.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset Twenty-two Colorado primary care practices of varying organizational structure participated from 2022 through 2024. Results Practice types included clinician-owned, FQHCs, and system-owned; most specialized in family medicine (91%, N=22). per clinic (SD=6.4) Population Studied Primary care practice teams.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Representatives from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE), the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (APDEM) and the Endocrine Society joined for a portion of the meeting*. See the discussion on the Special Consideration IMG (International Medical Graduates) Pilot Pathway below.)

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010, increasing the availability of care to the current population of seniors, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found. Their growth has bolstered primary care, and, like doctors, they can specialize in particular branches of medicine.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

What is known is that special cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) detect blue light and send signals to the SCN to reset the clock. But what happens inside the SCN after receiving this light signal has remained largely mysterious—until now.

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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

In 2024, 75% of infectious disease physicians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. Some members of the Specialty Board were interested in the LKA experience, participant survey results—particularly responses about fairness—and how LKA performance data might reflect on clinical outcomes.

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ABIM

MAY 30, 2025

In 2024, 77% of ABIM Board Certified nephrologists due for an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. Of note, the findings so far indicate that 90% of nephrologists who responded are clinically active. Additionally, participation in LKA remains a leading choice.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. David: Similarly informed by my clinical experience, really, actually, beginning in residency when I took care of a lot of sick folks in the hospital, particularly those with cancer and heart and lung diseases like these. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. And, you know, I just thought it was a really special song. Can you come and be in our clinic once a week? It used to also be a social worker and myself who would actually go to clinic and spend some time up there. And so I thought it was appropriate.

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FDA Law

APRIL 8, 2024

In its report, Drug Shortages: Root Causes and Potential Solutions, FDA explains that the equipment needed to produce sterile injectables is highly specialized and expensive, meaning that in a shortage situation, production capacity cannot be substantially increased without taking the time and expense of procuring and qualifying new equipment.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Well dive into the clinical presentations, including acute and chronic symptoms, the dangers of sudden sniffing death, and the specific risks associated with nitrites, hydrocarbons, and nitrous oxide. Updated February 26, 2024. Further complicating matters is that each inhalant has its own special risks. Ganetsky M (ed).

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

My special guest podcaster, Emily Groopman, is an actual Pediatric Geneticist in training and we hope that you will find this episode useful. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. So my special guest host on this episode is a trainee in pediatrics and medical genetics. On clinical presentation.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Arguing for the state of Missouri against the Cruzan’s was Ken Starr, who would later be assigned the role of special prosecutor in the investigation of the Clintons (Whitewater, Lewensky, etc). Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Anne: Well, speaking of your kids, a very special, sometimes listener, chimed in named Ren Smith. Anne: Which episode of the GeriPal podcast has most significantly changed your clinical practice? For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Alex: Okay.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. JAGS 2024 Nursing Home Palliative Care Referral Process, Barriers, and Proposed Solutions: A Qualitative Study. What do we know about. Go ahead, Alex.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Midnight special shine a light on me or let the midnight special shine a light on me let the midnight special shine another loving light on me.” Subscribers will claim MOC credit by completing an evaluation with self-reflection questions.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: And Sammy Winemaker, who’s a palliative care physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Hsien: Hey, great to be here.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. She softened to her suffering, and she trusted me enough to have a moment, that she could look into that and see that, yes, she had her clinical judgment, which was fine, but also that there was another processes going on, which was her own suffering.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. Okay, I don’t necessarily want to stay clinical, but I really love that spiritual work and what’s the closest profession. And we don’t know very much about how all of those overlap.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

I was part of a writing group that wrote clinical guidelines for VSET for voluntarily stopping eating and drinking. This is just because this arose organically in clinical practice as a way of balancing these underlying competing ethical issues. Smith has no Meal Times, Minimal Comfort feeding for Patients with Advanced Dementia.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eric 00:13 And Alex, we have a super special today, three different articles. Alex 00:18 Prognosis, super special today. Eric 04:39 Yeah, I see it used on inpatient, side on consult clinics in hospices. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: We are delighted to welcome Bryanna Moore, who is a philosopher and bioethicist, and she’s at the University of Texas Medical Branch where she also directs the clinical Ethics Fellowship. I was a clinical ethics fellow at Baylor College of Medicine.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. And interesting enough, this is a really fascinating study that just got published in JAMA I M in December of 2024. We did it by the clinic level. Alex 03:54 Very generous. Is that right?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Now there’s evidence for some more specialized hormonal conditions. So I’m hearing, and I’d love to talk about specific diets and maybe the evidence for them, but before we do that, how should we ask about this in our clinics? Go on, Anna.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

And that’s where, based on this, I made a decision to leave University of North Carolina to come to Indiana University because my mentor, Chris Callahan, just received the grant from AHRQ to build the first randomized clinical control trial that evaluated the comprehensive dementia care model. This is Eric Widera. It didn’t help.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

That’s focused on older adults who are too frail to get into clinic. In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. We relied on our clinical experience as geriatricians, that home-based primary care experience. Bruce: Sure.

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PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

Updated 2024 Jan 19]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. 2024 Feb 11:S0196-0644(24)00017-9. Well, they say that LP should be performed when there are meningeal signs or symptoms or other clinical features that suggest possible meningitis or intracranial infection. Febrile Seizure. Ann Emerg Med.

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