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Passion, Purpose & Heartbreak — Your Roadmap to Happiness

Intuitive Intelligence

With January under our belt (can you even believe it?) What an ideal time to explore the synergy between heartbreak and happiness. You might think they are opposites, but you’re about to receive some powerful questions that will help you uncover what matters most to you. One of my favorite quotes by Joseph Campbell is “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek.

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How to Get Rid of Old/Unused Medicines

Noreta Family Medicine

How to Get Rid of Old/Unused Medicines How many unused or expired medicines do you have in your house? It’s ok to admit it. As a family doctor, I hear my patients talk about their “medicine cabinet full of old medicines” all the time. By reading this blog, I hope you will learn why it’s important to not only get rid of those old medicines but how to get rid of them properly.

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Preventing Pickleball Injuries

Boulder Medical Center

Dr. Jennifer Beck, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist, outlines some common causes and types of pickleball injuries and guides when to seek medical assistance. The post Preventing Pickleball Injuries appeared first on Boulder Medical Center.

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Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pneumonia: Empiric Thoughts and Approaches with Audry Hawkins

Louisville Lectures

Audry Hawkins is back to discuss antimicrobial stewardship in pneumonia. She starts with comparing differences in guidelines and recent primary literature on empiric treatment of pneumonia. Hawkins then evaluates appropriate empiric step-down therapy and durations and after, discusses the nuances in guideline recommendations for pneumonia. Watch on YouTube Listen as a Podcast Watch more lectures about Internal Medicine Audry Hawkins, PharmD, BCIDP Infectious Diseases Clinical Specialist Pharmacy

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FDA Can’t Reclassify Its Way Out of Reviewing 100,000 LDT Submissions

FDA Law Blog

By Steven J. Gonzalez & Allyson B. Mullen — On January 31, 2024, FDA announced its intent to initiate the reclassification process for most in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products that are currently class III (high risk) into class II (moderate risk). Most of these reclassified tests will supposedly be infectious disease and companion diagnostic IVDs.

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New LENS Therapy at Oasis for Everything Brain

Oasis Family Medicine

While we have had neurofeedback therapy available at Oasis Family Medicine since 2017, it is always our goal to offer the most up-to-date therapies available. The previous neurofeedback system we had was a good one, but it became more difficult to manage, so it became obvious that it was time to find a different option. I went on a year-long search for a new (and hopefully better) neurofeedback system.

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A Guide to Glaucoma Awareness & Proactive Eye Health

East Cary Family Physicians

As we embark on Glaucoma Awareness Month, East Cary Family Physicians is unwavering in our commitment to highlight the pivotal role of vision health, with a special emphasis on the early detection of glaucoma. Glaucoma, often referred to as the “silent thief of sight,” can lead to irreversible vision loss if left untreated. In this blog post, we’ll explore the importance of vision screenings, especially during Glaucoma Awareness Month, and how they play a crucial role in preser

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Outlining the Legal Arguments Against FDA’s Proposed Rule Regulating LDTs

FDA Law Blog

By Jeffrey N. Gibbs & Steven J. Gonzalez — In a new publication in the Washington Legal Foundation’s (WLF) Legal Backgrounder , we argue that FDA’s recent proposed rule regulating Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) is vulnerable to legal challenge, once finalized. FDA’s proposed rule has every hallmark of a case subject to the “major questions doctrine,” according to which agency action must be support by clear congressional authorization.

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Conflicts, Corruption, Medicine, and Me Part 1

Evergreen Family Medicine

At my age, it’s humbling to recognize how easily I can be manipulated. It is small comfort to know I am neither the first nor is it rare among my profession. Still, as a physician in my 44th year of practice, the events of the past several years have had a profound effect on the way I think of the care I have been rendering.The CDC and NIH manipulated the government and the willing press into supporting incredibly corrupt behavior.

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. This week, we talk about the other major palliative care trial of default palliative care consults for hospitalized older adults with COPD, kidney disease, or dementia, published in the same issue of JAMA.