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

Physician's Weekly

On June 9, Kennedy fired a panel of scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and later replaced them with some who have been skeptical of vaccines. Immunocompromised patients, despite having a somewhat lower level of protection from the vaccine, will also benefit from it, Terebuh said. Kennedy Jr.,

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients. Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985.

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Buckle Up: DOJ Initiates Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana

FDA Law Blog

On Thursday, May 16, 2024 , the Attorney General issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to initiate rulemaking proceedings to reschedule marijuana. The NPRM was signed by the Attorney General but published by DEA in the Federal Register on May 21, 2024. 44,597 (May 21, 2024). 21 U.S.C. § Basis at 18; NPRM at 44,605.

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Medical Xpress

The temperature is just going to continue to rise and at some point thats going to lead to death," says Wood, who has worked as a nurse practitioner in the emergency room. "Its like taking the batteries out of your thermostat. Thats when we really need to aggressively cool people off in an ice bath." 40°C (101–104°F).

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