Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

One way to increase access to care to patients who need it—especially those who live in rural areas with a higher shortage of healthcare professionals—is for current physicians to take locum tenens positions. Check out our job board and apply today to get started! The post 2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

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Vascular Physician

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compression therapy during pregnancy should be used under the guidance of a healthcare professional. Poor venous circulation causes a variety of unpleasant symptoms, including varicose veins, swelling in the lower extremities, leg pain, and slow healing. If left untreated, it could lead to ulcers and in some cases limb loss.

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The Motivated MD

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For many who follow the blog regularly, you likely have noticed that I haven’t published a blog post in quite some time (a month or two). Keeping a personal finance blog is a tricky thing. However, despite starting this blog in late 2021, I still feel that much remains in order to make it the successful enterprise I intended.

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East Cary Family Physicians

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore the importance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, focusing on early detection, prevention, and the vital role of regular screenings in women’s healthcare. At East Cary Family Physicians, we believe that knowledge is power. The average risk of a woman in the U.S.

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Vascular Physician

JULY 18, 2022

Here's what you can expect during your EVAR procedure: You will be given general anesthesia to ensure that you are comfortable and pain-free, while a healthcare professional will closely monitor you until the procedure is complete. What Requires Endovascular Aneurysm Repair? What is the Recovery Time?

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Family Physicians of Greeley

MAY 17, 2023

In this blog, we will explore effective strategies for improving mental health and nurturing a positive mindset. If you struggle with sleep difficulties, consider implementing relaxation techniques or consulting with a healthcare professional. Maintaining good mental health is essential for our overall well-being.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have aggressively pursued antikickback cases in the healthcare industry. This lawsuit was brought to the U.S. district court of Massachusetts by former employee and whistleblower Michael Bawduniak in April 2012 as a qui tam action. See United States ex rel.

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). How do you do that? Do you do what I do, pull out a handy-dandy opioid equianalgesic table to give you a guide on how much to convert to? . which advocates for an updated, wait for it… equianalgesic table! . Drew: Yeah.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

NAD found that while claims in healthcare professional facing advertising had a reasonable basis, similar claims in consumer-facing materials constituted inappropriate comparative superiority messaging. We were not alone; the trade press also picked up the unusual decision. While not commenting on any pending cases, Ms.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

But… it’s the failure to submit on Form 2253 that’s giving this blogger trade complaint vibes. In January this year, six months after the last enforcement letter from OPDP, we blogged on a decision from the National Advertising Division (NAD) about misleading claims made in Rx drug promotion.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Eric: Well, before we talk about dysphagia and revisit it, which is also interesting, because this is our first podcast, I think on dysphagia, but we’ve talked about it before on GeriPal, in our blog. Some of our healthcare systems are hard, and challenging, and I think that it’s time that we have a change. Eric: Oh boy.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

The promotional piece at issue is a 12-page brochure intended for healthcare professionals, with the offending presentations appearing on pages 6 and 7. Why is this Warning Letter so shocking? Let’s take a walk down OPDP Warning Letter memory lane.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

The design and procedures of the device are appropriate for use by healthcare professionals in near-patient settings outside a centralized laboratory. In the best tradition of teasers, keep reading our blog. What does this de novo say about FDA’s expectations for data to support 510(k)s?

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2025

By Sarah Wicks & Dara Katcher Levy FDAs Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued its second Untitled Letter of 2025 to Taiho Oncology (Taiho) for a healthcare provider branded website for its drug LYTGOBI (futibatinib). Mirati) about a healthcare professional branded website for KRAZATI (adagrasib).

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 7, 2022

A wide variety of novel ideas were floated and showcased – such as kiosks and websites to question consumers and expanding the role of pharmacists to be a sort of gatekeeper to these OTC drugs for customers. Among other things, the applicant would need to include a statement of the necessity of the ACNU. This brings us back to the ANDAs.

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Rao Doctor

APRIL 3, 2025

Strategies for managing fever While these resources are invaluable for augmenting your understanding of fever, they should complement, rather than replace, professional medical advice. In my previous article I covered the types of illness and the causes. And I do this regularly. Finally If you are interested in receiving articles from Dr. K.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. We’ve talked at length on prior podcasts about the failures of aducnumab, Biogen, and the FDA’s decision to approve it. . But wait, there’s a shiny new anti-amyloid drug, lecanemab! (No No it’s not just the French version of Aducanumab). . In an article in the NEJM (a published article this time, wonder of wonders!)

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The hot sauces progressed from mild to extreme (and I mean extreme) heat. Can I just say…it works? Being asked a question with your mouth on fire, sweat streaming down your face, feeling the most awake and terrified you have ever been in your life, forces you to give an unadorned answer, straight from the heart. Lynn: Okay. Anne: GeriPal edition.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

So I have thought about this for months, maybe years since your 2016, cycle blog, but we have picked Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen. It’s been around for a long time but is acting like the hot new kid in town. But does this drug really live up to the hype? Eric: And why Under Pressure. So here we go. A little bit of under pressure.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. ” Somebody in the comments on their blog response said, “Did you check the date? We have a Canadian theme going.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. Jessie, welcome back to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

My Life, My Story: VA’s healthcare improvements through deliberate storytelling – YouTube. Eric’s blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011. Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? Because that really is what this is about. Wonderful work.

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GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

Today we’re going to be talking about narrative writing specifically for healthcare professionals. My entree into healthcare is not in the academic space at all. I started blogging as a patient, just talking about my own story online like patients did back in the day. So unlike academic journals and elsewhere.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Coming off as rote and scripted during a serious illness conversation can have a similar off-putting impact on patients and families. Today we talk with Josh about how to anticipate and avoid the uncanny valley. And talk about times when we’ve fallen into it. . Key message: Listen to the music. All the time. ;). We’ll have links to it.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Houck — In August 2023 the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) reschedule marijuana from schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule III. HHS forwards FDA’s analysis and recommendation to DEA. 21 U.S.C. §

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent. The number of people who have used MAID in Canada since it was legalized in 2016 has increased year on year from about 1,000 people in the first year to over 13,000 people in 2022. It is the slippery slope made real. Oh my gosh.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We previously blogged on FDA’s September 2022 guidance exempting and excluding specific naloxone transactions (e.g., All 19 members of the joint Advisory Committee agreed that the benefit-risk profile of Narcan Nasal Spray (NNS) is “supportive of its use as a nonprescription opioid overdose reversal agent.”

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

Althera Pharmaceuticals, LLC would have been wise to follow this advice in formulating its professional piece for healthcare professionals for ROSZET (rosuvastatin and ezetimibe) tablets, for oral use ( here and here ). Care must be taken that the combination of studies is scientifically and statistically valid.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As we’ve written about on GeriPal when we were a blog (a decade ago!) Amber tells the moving story of how these findings led a clinical colleague, her chief, to question and change his behavior. Of note, we talked about implicit bias in depth in this podcast with Kimberely Courseen. Amber: I do. You know what? Alex: That’s great.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 5, 2024

Letter to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, from Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine (Aug. 29, 2023). By recommending rescheduling to schedule III, FDA/HHS determined that marijuana no longer meets schedule I criteria under the CSA and that it does not meet schedule II criteria either. Letter to U.S. 21 U.S.C. § 812(b)(1).

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

He taught us a little about the different flowers and plants, and along the way a little about why he does what he does. One story that Allan told perfectly sums this up. Eric: And in the end, we have a very special part where we actually get a tour of their gardens outside of the hospice unit. So take a listen.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome you to the GeriPal Podcast, Julien Cobert, who is an intensivist and aging researcher GeriPal Podcast, Julien. Julien: Thanks Alex, thanks Eric. It’s great to be here. Eric: So we’re going to be talking about aging in the ICU. Chris Cornell is one of my favorite musicians. Alex: (Singing).

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We invited Dani Chammas , a palliative care physician and psychiatrist at UCSF (and a frequent guest to the GeriPal podcast), as well as Brent Kious , a psychiatrist at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, focusing on the management of severe persistent mental illnesses. What does it look like to take a palliative approach to severe mental illness?

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

Thus, Defendants argued that FDA already required the warning for pregnancy, rendering the decision to use it during pregnancy to a healthcare professional, and that FDA had considered the risks of in utero exposure and rejected the addition of those risks to the labeling. Koblitz & Deborah L.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Alex 00:48 And we’re delighted to welcome back Josh Briscoe, who’s a palliative care doc at the Durham VA Medical center in Duke and blogs at Notes from a Family Meeting. Eric 00:13 And Alex, who do you have with us today? Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today. Hope Wechkin brought this topic to us. Thaddeus 00:46 Thank you.

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GeriPal

MARCH 16, 2023

How do you find time to write and also be doctors and academic professors? Revisions and working with editors Writing an Op Ed – how to start, what to write, where to send it TheOpEdProject as a resource for learning more We look forward to the books and op-eds our listeners will write! Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Rosanne.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

Skepticism on the ability of predictive models to transform healthcare Consolidation of EHR’s into the hands of a very few companies, and potential for the drug and device industry to influence care delivery by tweaking AI in ways that are not transparent and already a sort of magical black box. Eric: What song are you going to play, Bob?

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