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From Numbers to Names: How Concierge Care is Redefining the Doctor-Patient Experience

Concierge Choice Physicians

Wayne Lipton, CCP Managing Partner ​America’s trust in medical professionals is dwindling, according to Gallup’s annual professions rating , dropping from a high of 67% in 2021 to just 53% in 2024. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal interviewed physicians, attempting to make sense of the declining numbers.

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

Physician's Weekly

has long disparaged certain vaccines, calling them unsafe and saying that the government officials who regulate them are compromised and corrupt. “Season in and season out,” Schaffner said, “it produces outbreaks of serious respiratory illness that rivals influenza.” Kennedy Jr.,

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AstraZeneca’s Challenge to Price Negotiation Fails in Federal District Court

FDA Law

Also, the IRA would subject Farxiga to the negotiated maximum fair price for the entirety of 2026 if no generic version entered the market before August 1, 2024, even if a generic drug later enters the market before or during 2026. Ill (14 July 2023) WITHDRAWN N/A (No drugs selected for Year 2026)

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. So less than six months to live.

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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. You know, she would have had 90 really good years, and she would have just gone into a coma with no blood pressure and died, you know, with, like, a day and a half of illness. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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As Mosquito Season Peaks, Officials Brace for New Normal of Dengue Cases

Physician's Weekly

happen in Puerto Rico, which saw a sharp increase in 2024 , triggering a local public health emergency. In 2024, California saw 725 new dengue cases, including 18 acquired locally, state data shows. The fires occurred in a hot spot for mosquito-borne illnesses. Most people who contract dengue don’t get sick.

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What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas

GeriPal

Alex 28:22 That’s not in the vital talk, serious illness, communication. Sean 45:09 Yeah, I mean, I think we have to solve all our social ills to solve this one in certain ways. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. This is not the way you break. Sean 28:29 But that’s the.

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