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Research Gaps in Life Participation Support in CKD

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Exploring interventions to support life participation for adults with chronic kidney disease: a scoping review,” published in the May 2025 issue of BMC Nephrology by Correa et al.

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Getting approval from your insurance company before a procedure or treatment may soon get a little easier. By 2027, at least 80% of electronic prior authorization requests will be answered in real time, and the process will be easier to do online. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

Focus on hospitalist-specific needs: Ambient systems are increasingly being designed with hospitalists in mind, focusing on such needs as: Capturing detailed physical exam findings: The AI will be able to accurately transcribe and interpret subtle physical exam findings, ensuring comprehensive documentation. Accessed March 18, 2025.

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FDA Hosts Webinar for Stage 1 Requirements under LDT Final Rule

FDA Law Blog

This process includes requesting an ESG (electronic submission gateway) account, submitting a “test MDR submission”, and sending FDA a copy of the “pass” acknowledgement (AcK3) to the eMDR help desk to request approval for a production account, all of which can take some time before the laboratory is able to submit MDR electronically.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

Share Tweet Share Email Home Psychology & Psychiatry Home Addiction June 16, 2025 The GIST Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction by I. 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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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

This achievement is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers in life science, physics, and computer science. More information: Po-Ting Yeh et al, Discrete photoentrainment of mammalian central clock is regulated by bi-stable dynamic network in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, Nature Communications (2025).

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Less than Meets the Eye: LDT Small Entity Compliance Guide Adds Little Insight

FDA Law Blog

The first phaseout milestone is less than a year away; by May 6, 2025 most laboratories will need to demonstrate compliance with Medical Device Reporting (21 C.F.R. § MDRs must be reported to FDA in electronic format. 803), Reporting of Corrections and Removals (21 C.F.R. § 806) and Complaint Files (21 C.F.R. 1] 42 C.F.R. 493.1233. [2]